The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-02-04

never was much OF feller after the
girls In fact, they was the only thing
was afraid Of, and | was skiitlsh Of
them.
As l said, l expected TO be married
some day but that was goods ways
off, and thought Il would come round
In the material way without my having
much to do with II. But, Just as AlvIry
turned the corner, the ldee popped into
my head
Jake, my boy that's the girl for you.
Strike In and win"
And the thought did strike In 40 deep,
that the next Sunday night / walked 2
miles, In the teeth Of n searching wind,
10 old Hart's. Talk OF love Of the pres
ent day, boys Where could you find
the man who would do that now,
eh
tell you, II was cold walk but
when Alvlry herself opened.the door for
me, and showed me Inter the best room,
where bright fire was blazln', forgot
all about the cold, and would have walk
ed twice the distance right over again
without n growl or a-carln' bit.
Well, we set and talked about the
weather, the chanches for slelghln', and
other things, Till the clock struck nine,
and heard the folks In the settin'- room
go TO bed. Then hltched my chair
little closer, and we talked about sing
In school and qulltin,bees for another
4 IA
Alvlry blushed this time, and begun
to feel bolder.
Then all at once loud new broke the
silence.
Alvlry jumped up and said
go myp'
| jumped up too, and asked
"What the matter ?''
It's Aunt Dolly's cat" she says
cts out In the wash-shed and ] must
catch It, and take IL up to her, or will
get II In the morning. o dear / wish IL
was dead"
Leave it out" says 1, and may he
II will be In the morning."
oh, wouldn't dare to- says she.--
"And what would be the good she'd
have another In week. j must go for
1t. Mr.. Simmons, will you please hold
the light for meY"
Certainly" says.
And took up the candle, and follow
ed across the settin'- '-room and kitchen
to the Mushroom that opened Off the
kitchen.
The door was shut. sbe tried to open
IL but IL stuck fast.
gave IL push; but no go; and git
tin r'led, let out little of my mus
Gle, when all of sudden 1t flew open,
and let In gust of wind, that blew out
the candle, and left us In darkness.
go my ~ says Alviry, "what shall
we do ?'
You see we didn't go round with our
pockets full of matches In them days.
SO says:
"I'll go back to the sittin,room, and
light the candle"
But she says:
You'll never find the way. Give 1t
to me, and you wait right here till
come back" :"
l gave her the candle, and she left
me there in the cold and dark.
heard her open the parlor door, and
then low NEW drew Off my attention I;
and looking out into the shed, saw q
pair of shining eyes that seemed right
in front of me.
Heigho !" says to myself, " here 3
a chance for me to make pint L will
catch the beast before Alviry comes
back.
And started for 1t.
But, alas for vain ambition at the
second step, whack went my shins agin
somethin' hard and sharp, and 1 pitched
forward. threw out my arms, to catch
myself; but no good. The next min
ute my hands was tryin' to clutch some
soft stuff that would keep slipping
through my fingers, and my head was
buried to my shoulders in the same
mess.
Jericho but can feel that stuff now
-sousin' in my eyes, nose, and mouth,
and slippln' down my collar. thought
my time had come; that had found
the bottomless pit, and was sinkin' into
1t.
tried to get my head up; but the
blamed thing held me like pump
sucker. 1 couldn't scream, and be-
gun to smother.