The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-08-16
nc Adrentures Of a Nirht.

MH EBtT0K BY Putting this and that
together, 1 have become acquainted with the
following little episode Which occurred not
a hundred Years ago, and the actors in
which do not live d thousand miles from
Bolivar. For convenience sake las 1 do not
wish to mention names,) l will call the gen
tlemen Nos. l; 2 and miss Blank Dash
viii do as a designation for the voting lady,
who, you must understand, is d charming,
bewitching little creature, arid had hope
lessly ensnared the affections of the three
young men named above, as well as numer-
Gus others. Well, one evening just after
dark "two horsemen might have been seen"
vending their way out of Bolivar in a
-ly direction. Theywere Nos. and 3,
and they had started out to visit Miss Dash,
and were happy in the consciousness of
neatly getting ahead OF No. !, who by the
way, was rival not to be despised. But,
10! what was their astonishment when they
arrived at the house where the object of
their affection abode, to find No. comfor-
tably euscOnced i'll the softest chair in the
parIor, talking to Miss Blank They saw
they were outgeneraled, but proposed to
make the best of it, and enjoy the evening
They had noticed when they arrived that
there was no horse hitched in front Of the
house, so when they found No. l inside they
told him his horse had broken loose and
gone off No 1 seemed considerably exer-
cised, and persuaded them to 90 ont and
look for the missing animal, which they did,
but without success, from the simple reason
that No. (sly fox had walked out from
town. No. ,. and 3 reported their failure,
and laughed in their sleeves at the idea of
their rival having to walk back to town,
which he cheerfully resigned himself to do,
but was in no particular hurry to start At
a reasonably late hour No. got up and bid
the rest good evening, saying that he would
walk on to town, but instead of doing so
went out and led one of the horses around
back of the house, and awaited results. He
had to wait considerable time, but finally
/ his patience was rewarded. Nos. and 3
made their adeiuX, but when they came to
mount their fiery steeds, and found one miss
ing, their feelings may be imagined. Never
suspecting No. l, they came on to town,
riding and tieing" Now was No. Is OPP
portunfty, for they were scarcely out of sight
when he walked into the house, and was
soon enjoying undisputed possession of the
charming society of the young lady. Mean.
while Nos. ? and 5 came to town, got anoth.
er horse, and started back to look for the
missing animal. 1t was now somewhat af
ter midnight. A rising young doctor of oul
town returning from visit to a patient
met the pair just out Of town. "Hallo,
said he, "what do you mean?" ooh, moth
ing" "Well, where are you going?" ooh
nowhere that was all he could get ou
of them. When they passed by the hous,
of their DuIcinea, what was their chagrir
to see the parlor lighted up, and No l sit
ting in there as big as life They went in
and he then told them about walking out
and stealing their horse. No. and saw
that they were clearly beaten, and yielded
, as gracefully as the circumstances would ad
nit, but they never mentioned the adven
lures of that night to a living soul, and a
No. has since been absent from town, the
rested secure in their secret 50