The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-24

of ice water should happen to press = , times instead of =, times and. upon hearing footsteps in the hallway. open his door and ger cold stream of water all over him from an oser-zealou> fireman the hotel management mt sh; be called IT for damages they ought @ change II. but ihey de Het change any thing there the same old head waiter with his s~allow-;ailed soa, and set smile. has been condae;1as hungrY guests l. ,heIr seats. for the pa, ,hir;Y yea5,. and he has grown sfey and shak> IT ;he ser vice.
 I wen, blues,hins Of New Bedford. Mass. la; week. |; ~4, quite f Wlndy day and Wc hzs: yaeh, called ;he filrt. ard Ine.er sa~ anything 70 appropTia,ely named. We would lightly ride one wave and sink 10 meet thcHex, one but n nine cases cut of ten. the bottom af thdS yae ht would slap the water Ni1h bang. and the bnnv liquid would fir;sall over Us.
 The fishing aas good. bat we dian'; .hink i, halt so much fin after the frs, hour had passed and strange and dea,hly pallor spread over the classic ;ea- tures of our party. \ grlm silence has been maintained for sometime. Say boy, don't ,hipk I strange f se, sea ssek .."-.ee = assured hun .af OUT sympathy and fellow feeling" Suddenly he turned. ard. sasping. lei, h,s break fas, where the dear hsh could enjoy II with him-we noticed him uneasily studying the water, and upon asking the l cause:
 Il believe. boys. my internal digestive depar,men, Is blrfisnS knossI did not drink 2 quar, of heei-hland this morning, bu, vet the water Is stained with blood red hue Ne saw tha, he vas correct and were q, loss to know how to com for, him. when he fain,ly remarked:
 70. know It's them bcets :"
 New Bedford Is ! quaint old whaling town-or. as an Arkansa~ man might | say. is a whalingly quaint old town - with is old houses. built years before Little Rock had even 'lai and three j saloons old ~haves and cooper shops where the barrels were made. in years gone by. for whaling vessels ,o carry with ] them Tn bundles. each stave marked and ] nited to niccty. so that the barrel could be put together in few moments.
 The day went fishing d ship sailed pas, Us. for four years whaling trp- i humble. with his name on the record. to show he Jeff the harber of New Bedford on that day. bound :. for whales" ] called on friend m Brooklyn the other day-he boards in house m an aristocratic part of the city. and had q good thing" to give me. There's a young cripple in this house. sad he who has large and costly array of we'd ding presents among which IS an elabo- rately nlaid and laquercd Iappancse fold ing bed one of these kind which shuts slp Ike q Y would fl hinged a, the point, In order to sleep in il. you pull h .nde and |, tia,,ens ou, or the floor. in winch position II stays. provided a certain bol' or catch is properiy adjusted The other night. after a lively dinner party and eonscquen, fatigue and hastily cssfebing, went 10 res, his wife WAS at the further end o the room preparing ,o follow his worthy example when smothcred cry. IS Il from the depths of some bo,tomlcss Dit I-i1tie help me. help me quick, Oh Lizzie'" and she saa Ina, the Japanese bed had silently shu, i'sef up and ssal. lowed hcr hcge lord bodily. only s1ngl, foo; and spindlns shin pre,ruded ifor the side Her laughter overeame her al first. but as i; dawned upon her tha; i was no laughing matte for him. sh. caught at the les as dro~nlng mar catches l, ,ha, straw which is alway. floating around handy. m the proverb and pulled h:rn ou, of hs badly m Sed IT and uncomierable hx.
 The young couple no~ sleep on . straight. old-tinoe. f5ur-pos;cd bed. and have returned :hc folding bed 70 tn, donor. with some badly composed p,.a' on .snap-,ud sments and ~doublclointcc -o-as-you-plea~e wedding prc,ent>.
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