Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-02
MIFFLdNToWN yUNIArA COUNTY, PENN'A, JULY 9, i!

body without any literary skill; if they Z
consulted me about 'em, l could hav,
suggested a good many improvements
What they meant to say was. the SAFE
was to be secured by two locks. and tina
q key of each. no: interchangeable tn,
one with the other, was to be in the Gus
tody, &c. Now you understand why l
wanted Mr. Cousins key.
"Eh, my !" said the servant, opening
her mouth wide, "and what might you
want Mr.. Cousins key for r.
Just as stupied as you. you see.
was mad with the girl. l own 1 always
get out of temper with those Yorkshire
people, If you ask 'em the simplest
question, first they open their mouths
and cape at you. When you've repeated
the question twice, they shut their mouths
and think for bit. Then the idea seems
to reach the thing that does duty with
EN- for brains, and exctes sort of re.
flex action, for, by jingo instead of an
swering your question, they go and ask
you one. And tha. makes me so mad
Oh, they're very dense race, those
Yorkshire people.
why, to open the safe, you stupid
said ]. Where is he T. .e. .as......
Don't ye know r. says she. -s
'Know 2 | cried in rage. "What
should ask you for, if | did know :"
Didn't thou know be were at your
house F. ..-.-.. sal. .
"Ah so he was. I'd nearly forgot
ten that he was one of the guests at my
wife's party. Clearly, couldn't get the
safe open. and / didn't like to leave the
money in my desk, so | put it in my
pocket, and took it home, thinking Id
give it to Cousins with my key, to put
it in the safe when he returned. E.. s..
/ A nice mess l got into when reached
home for you see it had been arranged
that | was to 60 up stairs and dress be-
fore any body came and that then our
room was to be made ready for the ladies
to take their bonnets off-for they were
not all carriage people. Well. you never
saw such thing When l got home and
crept upstairs to dress-;he people had
all come, so the servant said-there were
six muffs, and four bonrets, and FIVE
pork k-pie hats, and half-a dozen shawls
OF the bed and one lady had left her
every Gay curls hanging over the look
ing glass. Upon my word l really didn't
like to perform my toilet among all this
feminine gear and tbere was no lock
to the door; aud my dress clothes were
all smothered up amongst these mufis
and things. But got through pretty
well. and had just got one OF my legs
into my trousers, when bang atrop-dop-
dop such rattle at the knocker, and |
heard my wife scutiing away into the
hall. They were the Marksbys, our
trump cards, who kept their own carriage
and everything grand.
80 kind of you, dear ~ said my wife
kissing Mrs. Marksby most affectionate-
ly; | could hear the reports where
stood
80 delighted Really, how nicely,
how beautifully you arrange everything
| can have things SO nice, with all my
and -
"Run up stairs, dear, do !! said my
wife you know the room-my room,
right hand at the top of the stairs"
l heard futter of female wings on
the stairs. What was | to do ! If
could have managed the other leg, l
have minded, but l couldn't
hadn't worn those dress things for a
good while, and don't get any thinner
as l grow older. No, for the life Of me,
| couldn't dispose of that other leg at
such short notice. What could | do l
could only rush to the door, and set my
back against it. Did tell you this was
our house warming party l think not.
Did tell you our landlord had altered
the house for us, making our bed room
larger by adding a slip that had formed
a separate room think not. And yet
ought to have told you all these cir
to enable you to understand
the catastrophe that followed. In a
word. the door opened outwards. I'd
forgotten that peculiarty-never having
had room so constituted beforehand
never will again. The door went open
with a crash and l bounded backwards
into Mrs. Marksby's arms. Smelling
,alts and sal volatile, was there ever
such an nntoward affair 7
Rum It'd itimity -tum- de-de' The music
struck up for the dances as hoped
pack into my room. / hid my head
the holsters and muffs. and al
most cried ; for I'm such delicate
minded man. Yes. it hurt me good
leal more than it did Mrs. Marksby for,
would you believe itq-she told the story
Iown below to the whole company. with
action, and when ! showed {
myself al the door Of the drawing room, I
was received with shouts of f1inextin. I
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