Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-20

things looked in these days, an lunertlc asy- lum was the only place where you could see lem. So went to a doctor l knowed, he says, 'an got certificate from him to this pri vate institution, where we could stay for a while an git posted on romantics
 Then, says l, the upshot was that you wanted to teach lesson
 Jus that says he.
 "'All right says l.; its teached, An now let's git out of this jus as quick as We kim
 "'That'll suit me, he says, 'an' we'll leave by the noon train. I'll go an see about the trunk bein' sent down.
 ''So off he went to see the man who kept house, while falls to packin' up the trunk as fast as I could.'
 When thought of Mrs. General Jackson and Tom Thumb, I couldn't help thinkin that must have looked pretty much the same to my husband, who, knowed now, had only been maxim believe to Take-believe. An besides, l couldn't be angry very long for laughin', for when he come back in a minute, as mad as March hare, an said they wouldn't let me out nor him nuther, 1 fell to laughin ready to crack my sides.
 They say, sad he, as soon as he could speak straight, that we can't go out without another certificate from the doctor. I told 'em I'd go myself an see him about it, but they said no couldn't, for if they did that way everybody who ever was sent here would be goin' out the next day to see about leavin'. didn't want to make no fuss so told them I'd write letter to the doctor and tell him to send an order that would soon show them whether we could go out or not. They said that would be the best thing to do, an so Pm gein' to write it this minute, which he did.
 '' How long will we have to wait ? says I, when the letter was done.
 Well, says he, the doctor can't get this before tomorrow mornin', an even if he an swers right away, we wont get our order to go until the next day. So we'll jus have to grin an, bear it for day an half
 " This is lively old bridal-trp,' said I, dry falls an lunertic asylum
 We'll try to make the rest of it better, said he.
 ''But the next day wasn't no better. We staid in our room all day, for we didn't care to meet Mrs JaUhson an her crazy brother, an I'm sure we didn't want to see the mean creatures who kept the house. We knew vel enough that they only wanted us to stay so that they could get more board money out oi us"
 "We jus made up our minds to wait for the doctors letter, but It wasn't much fun. An didn't tell no romantic stories to fill up the time. We jus sat down an behaved like the commonest kind O people, You never saw anybody sicker of romantics than 1 was when l thought of them two looms that called them selves Mrs. Andrew Jackson and General Tom Thumb. l dropped Miguel altogether, an he dropped Jigel, which was relief to me, an took strong to Jonas even callin' him Jone which consider good deal uglier an com, moner even than Jonas. He didn't like this much, but said that if it would help me cut of the Miguel, he didn't care,
 "Well on the mornin' of the next day went into the little front room that they called the office, to see if there was letter for us yet, an there wasn't nobody ther to ask. But saw little pile of letters under weight on the table, an jus looked at these to see ii one of 'em was for us, an if there wasn't the very letter Jone had written to the doctor They'd never sent it! I rushes back to Jone an tells him. an he jus set an looked at me without sayin' word. I didn't wonder he couldn't speak.
 '' I'll go an let them people know what ] think of 'em, says l.
 "Don't do that, said Jone, catchin' me by the sleeve. It wont do no good. Leave the letter there, an don't say nothin about it. We'll stay here till afternoon quite quiet, an then we'll go away. That garden wall isn't high.
 An how about the trunk ? says I.
 Oh, we'll jus take a few things in ou1 pockets, an lock up the trunk, an ask the doctor to send for it when we get to the city.
 All right, says I. An we went to work to get ready to leave.
 About five o'clock in the afternoon, when it was nice time to take a walk under the trees, we meandered quietly down to a corner Of the back wall, where Jone thought it would be rather convenient to get over. He hunted up short piece of board which he leaned up agin the wall, an then he put his foot on the top of that an got hold of the top of the wall an climbed up, as easy as nuthin'. Then he reached down to help me step onto the board. But jus as he was agoin' to take me by the hand: 'Hollo" says he. Look a-therev An l turned round an looked an if there wasn't Mrs. Andrew Jackson an General Tom Thumb a-walkin' down the path.
 What shall we do ? says I.
 ?" Come along, says he. We aint a-goin' to stop for them. Get up, all the same.'
 'l tried to get up as he said, but it wasn't so easy for me on account of my not bein' such high stopper as Jone, an I was a good while a-gettin, good footin' on the board
 'Mrs. Jackson an the General they came right up to us an set down on a bench which was fastened between two trees near the wall. An there they set. a-lookin' steady at us with their four little eyes, like four empty 
 You appear to be goin' away says Mrs Jackson.
 Yes says Jone from the top of the wall We're agoin' to take a slight stroll outside, this salu- -brious evenn''
 Do you think, says she that the United States Bank would be open this time of day ?
 Oh no says Jone, the banks all close at three o'clock It's a good deal after that now
 '' But if I told the officers who was, wouldn't that make difference? ? says she. Wouldn't they go down an open the bank ?
 " Not much, says lone, givin apull which brought me right up to the top O the wall an almost clean down the other side, with one jerk. l never knowed no officers that would dc that. But,' says he, kind O shuttin' his eyes so that he shouldn't see she was lyn', we'll talk about that when we come back
 If you see that team of little oxen. says the big man, send lem round to the front gate
 " All right, says Jone an he let me dewn the outside of the wall as if had been a bag oherse-feed.
 '' But if the bank isn't open you can't pay for it when it does come, we heard the old lady a-sayin' as we hurried off.
 ''We didn't lose no time agoin' down to that station, an it's lucky we didn't, for a train for the city was comin' jus as we got there an we jumped aboard without havln' no time to buy tickets. There wasn't many people in our car, an we got seat together.
 " Now then, says Jone, as the cars went a-buzzin' along, I feel as if I was really on a bridal-trip, which l mus say I didn't in that there asylum
 ''An' then I said:
 ' I should think net, an we both bust out a-laughin', as well we might, feelin' sich a change Of surroundin's
 '' Do you think, says somebody behind us, when we'd got through laughin' that if was to send boy up to the cashier he would either come down or send me the key of the bank ?
 "We both turned aroun' as quick as light nn, an ii there wasn't them two lunertics in the seat behind us
 "1t nearly took our breath away to see them settln' there, staring at us with their thimble eyes, an a-wearin' their little straw hats, both alike
 " How on the Twin harth did you two get here 7 says l, as soon as I could speak.
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