The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-12-05


that cs.aslua Test after dgels al that.
oh. yes we'll, 20 on. please "
-An' IL we're for tha. his loFdSAip a.
WAYS ksr. one @ the men waiting half
the night Tex, ~ bis bedroom till he
read him .elf to sleep Well. one nigh,
II were my turn 20 wait. an | waited
till il were near morning. an A. last
coaldGa keep awake any longer, an |
just out an said. 4 think yonr lortlship.
~ time for reasonable folk n have
3oee wi crack reading an 20 10 sleep
Fellow " be shouted ike orc stark
mad. fellow DO you know to whom
you aTe sleaking = 'Ay. your lord
ship, that | do; bat I'm aseared o
naaght neither lord, tuke. carl or
king - To- the matter o that :
Il doubted Id lose my place. bat
Mrs Clark begged his Lordship's for
giveuess for me, aud Iwa-ns dismiss
ed Bot made up my mind his Lord
ship shouldua sleep more nor one night
agasn At Amnesty Hall
Mrs Clarke said. you'd rather
the brutes would not spoil your white
coanterpane 'Ay.J =. said she.
bnt lare no; offend his Lordship.
Well, diina say aught. but l just
went about il, and this is how did il.
The great bed in his Lordship's room
had heavy curtains, an they were hung
on brass rings that run on brass bars,
an they made a deal of noise an. rat
Tim when they were drawed. | found
big ball o pack thread, an run one
end through all the rings Oh one side,
aud til other through all the rings on
t'other side aud when CARED the
two ends down the post and along the
floor cut clean slice off the bottom
o the bed room door, so the thread
would be shure to pull easy-like an !
put the rug over the thread. an then |
couldn't la told myself aught was
wrong
After rue tellin, his Lordship a
piece o my mind about his crack read
ing. they took the next man to me to
wait on him for that night. an thought
it would be morning before he ever
would have done. he was So intolerable
long But nj last heard the door of
his Lordship's room open. an as soon
as everything was quiet, | peeped
through the crack and made sure the
master and tho brutes Were all sleepin.'
Then pulled the thread II was an
awful shriekin' the rings made over the
brass bars, an in a second, crack went
pistol and the dogs barked crack
went another pistol, an the dogs howl
eli. an his Lordship called, Help help
thieves
Il ran 10 my bed fast as my legs
could carry me, an In minute all of
doors of tue house flew open. an can
dies were harin' an women screamin',
an all the men poundin' on his lord
ships door an csllin'. Open the door,
my lord. There be five o here. an
we'll sure make sure o. the raScas"
Some one came and tried to waken
me but you knaw | had my breeches
on. an If I'd got o bed they'd knawn |
was nj the bottom o the mischief.
=" Go long to the great room an I'll
come. said at last, yawnin an then
makiu as if | had Just hauled on my
clothes, | joined the men at the door.
an after his lordship was convinced we
burst the door in be opened it,
and such rushin' of men an dogs was
never seen afore, I.ookin' up the chin
ney and under the bed, were really
frightened at the danger was in o
being found ont, an shakin' all over,
when ! said. There be naught there
your lordship-nei,her thieves nor muir
derers-an' | doubt it was the bogies
from the kirkyard yonder'
My word DO one slept any more in
the hall that night. an il WAS the last
time that his lordship ever went to bed
at Amnesty Park
But you are sorry now. j. -. for
the trick you played, since Miss Chad
worth might have married him il she
had known Lord Byron better, and had
no, been deceived by Mr.. Mus,ersy"
"Ay. that he. an it often gied agin
my conscience when | waited till all
the folk would be asleep in the hall. an
then Ia bring Miss Chadworth down
10 meet Musters in the dining hall, an
leave EN- bit 10 chat an that; an
when Id knock sometimes he wouldn't
GO, an I'd have 30 tell him he must. for
tho folk would soon he stirrin' in the
ball. An oh, the picnics We had in the
grooves. I'd send out the hampers by
the men 10 the blscksmi,h's. an they
never knowed what was in them And
Masters man would get them, aud lay
the cloth on the sol, an such long and
merry talks they'd have while we
strolled away n bit, an then they'd 20
of together while we'd lunch bit.
The very last time We were feasting in
the groves Masters man said: So many
bottles are strawn around. an these 5e
nice ones, j: one for You an one
for me, an we put EN- In our great
coats; and there they are: YOU can have
'em both if you want EN-. Ah. little
dill the poor thing know what was CON-
in The lay she WAS Of age she mar
ricd NJ Musters. an smonth from that
she paid 800, 600 10 the moaey lender.
that were only wsitin' All the time for
his promise ;o pay them when he was
10 the helFess. Aud oh. she
was the most happy woman alive when
be openly treated her bad like, an all
he wished OF her was money money
Never will forget the day hi. lord
ships funeral was comm 10 the ian az
Nottingham My poor mistress came
iato the towu an up IN the very door
before she kuowel whose funeral it was
She WAS 50 stricken with trouble an
illness that the folk thought even then
she we're ~afne'a, DAFT An tSO wears
more was a she could manage. She
died from the naihou,e LspYlHcg'f's
Hfassi.e Fgr Sggsss.f~r.