The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-11-27
A Young wOman,s Predlcament.

THE experience of Massachusetts
Il young lady who recently climbed
a chestnut tree in Berkshire county is
worth narrating. Early in October this
estimable young lady suborned her
younger brother-aged 10 - to accom-
pany her on clandestine chestnutting
expedition. A chestnut tree, separated
from the road by narrow but dense
belt of trees and bushes, was soon found
and the pair zealously searched the
ground for fallen nuts.
The young lady-and perhaps we had
better call her Miss Y, for the purpose
of identification, as the lawyers say -
soon grew weary of this occupation, and
determined to climb the tree. With the
aid of a. fence-rail, and the jealous
BOOSTING of her brother, she succeed
ed in reaching the lowest branch, from
which her progress was easy. Pleased
with her success, she soon grew careless
and finally venturned out upon limb
until it bent under her weight.
Becoming frightened, she lost her
presence of mind and her hold, and sud-
denly fell. Fortunately she did not fall
far, for her skirt caught in a fork of the
limb and suspended her between heaven
and earth in the attitude of an umbrella
which has struggled with a violent gust
of wind and experienced reverse. Her
voice, though somewhat smothered by
the peculiarities of her situation, could
be easily heard by her astonished brother
and in accordance with her calm direc-
tions that devoted small boy instantly
fled for help
Now, it so happened that each of the
young lady's lovers had noticed her as
she started from home in company with
her brother, and each had independently
determined to meet her as if by accident.
Thus it fell out that the first person the
small boy met as he rushed along the
road was the mild lover, who listened to
his incoherent tale and hasted to the
ruscue.
No sooner, however, did he come
within sight of the tree than he prompt
ly paused, turned his back upon the OBJ
ject of his alteration, and in flltering
voice explained to the small boy that he
thought his sister would not care to have
him help her, but would prefer the as
sistance of a vague servant girl, in search
of whom he professed himself ready to
start.
The small boy, having no sense of
delicacy whatever, called the good young
man names, and said be was afraid to
climb tree, but failed to shake his res
olution. So the latter started on run
to find his hypothetic servant girl, and
unlike Lots wife, refused to look back
though the indignant small boy sent
shower OF stones after him.
Meanwhile, the other lover, a bold,
bad young man, was approaching the
scene of action, " cross-lots," at the top
of his speed. His iron nerves did not
falter even when he reached the tree
that temporarily bore such marvellous
fruit. Requesting the young lady to
calm herself and trust him to rescue her,
he armed her brother with knife, and
instructed him to climb the tree and
cut his sister loose
The small boy, hailing with delight
the opportunity to cut something, did as
he was bid, and in few moments, amid
the noise of rending garments, the
young lady dropped safely into the bold,
bad lovers extended arms. Half an
hour afterward eleven women, bearing
five step-ladders, approached the tree,
while the good young man waited be-
hind the bushes to receive his rescued
mistress. 1t is needless to say he was
disappointed, and his disappointment
was still greater when he was subse-
quently told that she was to be married
at an early day to his bold and bad
rival