, 1876-08-20

10 1rlcnQ tne details OF IN adventure in BOs
! ton hotel 90 remarkable as to dcserye life il
print. The story Is brief, but With IN immense
moral as showing how in some things lovely
woman will always come to til, relief OF sister
! in distross to outwit the tyrans man. The jour.
nalist above referred to, stopping at the hotel, q
! private one, where the guests were accustomed
! to the entire freedom Of tie house, felt late
one night the imperative necessity Of eating
some fruit before retiring. It WAS too late
| to send out to buy any; he did not want
to arouse the servants Of the house at so late an
hour. and yet fruit or preserves or something
toothsome OF the kind seemed to him personal
necessity. He knew where the store-room was,
knew that the door Was left open, and finally
resolved to go down quietl! and prig enough
sweetmeats to satisfy this need. No sooner
was the thought conceived than acted upon, and
hooking preserves out Of jar and enjoying
himself immensely in satisfying the craving
which had come upon him.
For few minutes the enjoyment Of the man
at the preserves was complete. Then he was
startled by light, swift step in the hall, there
was whish and rustic Of garments, the door
oPtued suddenly, and some one bounded in with
such suddcnLess rs, coming s1uareiy against
the form OF the midnight raidcr, to knock him
half way across the room, and fairly off his
UNCONSCIOUS assallant to be startled BY sub
dued shriek andto find that he had captured
woman! Further, and more terrible still, he
discovered that the plump form of the lady who
AaG wanted something to eat rs we'll as be was
clad only in night-dress. Still, though trying,
the occasion was one not Of unmixed horror br
any means, and in a moment the genteman's
nerve returned and his curiosity rose to fever
heat
figure i'll his arms. No answer.
- Who Is it!" lie repeated i" You'll not get
out of this until you tell" Still no answer, but
a struggle In the darkness, the plump figure
trying hard to get away.
lack OF response, but this time resounding
slap In the flce from hand that was doubtless
pretty, but which hit with decided force, was
the reward OF the qucstioner.
He was put on his mett1e at one. Is You think
you'll get of unknor-n Wells see about that!''
be exclaimed: "1'vc device that'u work, l
think" And then, after silent and deter
mined struggle, he caught little bit of the
}ady's right check between his teeth and bit it,
not badly so as to break the yelyety skin, but
sufficiently hard to leave mark which he knew
could not disappear for day or two Then be
released his unknown prisoner, and she fled
ike the wind along the passage, disappearing
tn some room impossible to locate in the dark
ness.
The next morning the gentleman with a mys-
terry to solve came down to breakfast early. No
ladies' had yet appeared, but at his table were
one or two intimate male friends and to them
he confded the story Of his adventure in the
night, relating also the means he had taken to
secure the Identification OF the unknown lady.
The most intense curiosity at onre prevailed at
tile table, and the advent OF the ladies' was
awaited with an impatience scarcely to be COL
trolled. Five minutes later the belle of the
and seated herself for breakfast. Eager eyes
followed her, and, her face was fairly exposed,
there WIS sensation among the gentlemen
Upon her right cheek Was strip Of court-pla3tcr
an inch long! Thecxcited men exchanged gglanccs
and whispers and smiles. The mystery was
solved early. But just then another lady Ell
tered, this time 4 dignIfed matron. AS she |
seated herself there was disclosed upon
her right cheek piece Of court-plastcr identical
IN ,, appearance with that upon the face OF the
Upon the right cheek Of every one OF them ap-
peared piece of court~plaster. The tables filled
up, and not a lady at one of them but wore
on the right cheek! And then the |
Wilted They conprehendcd the situation. The |
lady who had been captured in the night had |
conided her extremity to her friends, and they |
had come to the rescue to outwit male humani-
u. They had succeeded, too. The discounted |
men at that particular table knew that beneath
'oom were hidden the marks OF teeth, but
which WAS the identical bit OF court-plaster they
:ould not tell. And they never learned.
Mr.. ROBINsOS'S MONUMENT.
3ir. Robinson (says the Philadelphia Bulletin)
rent out On the cemetery on the day after the
nterment Of his wife, and had an interview with
he Superintendent.
"What are your regulations in regard to
monuments in this cemeterya" asked Mr..
robinson. 1
swell, we hardly have any special rules.
Ve let people do pretty much as they pleasc''
sYou wouldn't make 4 fuss,'' said Mr. Rob
nson, "if a man should put up something orig
nal and novel over grave, now would youa
something calculated to attract attention.
"N-r-no, ] guess not What have YOU in
iew2" :.
swell, you see, Harriet Was an uncommon
atrfotic woman; made socks for the soldiers
uring the War, and was all the time knitting
ddle-faddle things for sanitary fairs, and I
hought maybe I'd get her up some kind of a
I'd, white, aAd blue monument, With a brass |
agile on top and the American flag dyine from |
pole. Perhaps might put tHail Columbia
gilt letters on the stone one side, aud pic |
ire OF Gen. Washington holding the Declara-
on OF Independence in his baud on the other, |
low does that strike you3'
'sIt would be unique, ANYHOW"
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