The bee., 1884-01-12


from want Of exercise, and knowing tha
would never do, he resolved L. you'd q
Iect every opportunity offered Oy the at
sence of the loved one to 90 through hi
I regular performances.
One evening, at the rel, est of Priscilla
ne called at the house whero the Dorcas So
elety mad met, in order to escort his dsr
/ hing home
lt happened that he arrived too early
anu as lt was rule that no man should be
/ admitted to the society, he was compelled
/ wait for Priscilla in the hall.
PRESENTLY the members of the society
IN the parlor heard terrible noise in the
nall, ana they all rushed out to ascertain
cause.
They found that Charley Smith had tied
one end OF tippet to the baluster, had
mounted ON post at the foot of the stairs
ana mad balanced himself there on one
toe, using the tippet as a rein. When they
entered the hall he was standing on one toe
of his right foot with his left leg stretched
out straight behind him, holding himself
up by the tippet and shouting, Hoop lal
hoop la y at the top of his voice.
he ladies were disgusted, but Priscilla
merrily laughed as she walked home with
her lover.
Tho old maid who owned the tippet was
rlp-staying mad
Sunday morning was one of Charley
Smiths regular periods for taking exercise,
but Priscilla insisted that he should ac-
company her at church.
ie was frightiully uneasy during tho
pening prayer and bible reading but
when the orchestra in the choir struck up
he felt quite at home.
1t seemed to him like the period called
veen the acts at the theatre. Accord
ingly he whispered to Priscilla that he
wished to see a man around the corner, and
immediately slipped out of church.
The hall of the church was long and
wide and ecvered with carpet
There was no one In tie hall and the OPP
portunity seemed too good to be lost.
Charley Smith proceeded at once to in
dulge in a series of what is known to the
RECESSION as Catherine wheels, and made
landsprings rom one end of the hall TO
other so rapidly that you could hardly
- .guish the parts of his body.
Unfortunately the sexton came into the
hall, and, having seen the performance,
rushed for the older deacon.
When, therefore, Charley performed his
Catherine wheels along the hall for the
second time he was observed by the sexton
and the deacon.
When he had the end OF the
hall the deacon stood there in great Dig
young man." said the deacon, "this is
not q circUSn
well" said Charley Smith, "there w.~s
. Young woman who sat behind me crunch
.ug peanuts, and that misled me.'
He slipped Glove in his mouth, and as
the music of the choir ceased he resumed
his seat by Priscilla's side.
Sho looked at him severely, but as he
;melt of cloves Just as if he had been see
mo- a man around the corner, and as she
lid not know what had happened IN the
hall. what could she say.
Friday night was the night set apart for
prayer meeting, which was held in the
basement of the church, and Priscilla and
Ier lover went.
OF course they took the longest route
md admired the moon and the stars and
-ah, we'll! everybody has done that sort
Df thing, so it isn't necessary to describe
their performance.
1t was somewhat late when they reached
he church, and as the Easements was quite
Iull they had to take back seat.
Priscilla's lover behaved very well for
some time, but presently he began to grow
nervous. He kept hoping the orchestra
would come in on that there wOuld be q
break down during which he could 90 out
and see man, thus getting ten minutes
exercise by springing over the grayestOnes
in the yard at the back of the church.
He waited in vain, however, for the per-
fOrmance was like that of variety show,
o continuous one. The curtain was not
once rung down. A brother would pray,
and then sister wOuld start hymn, and
then brother would tell his experience,
and so it went, without skip OF a break.
Priscillas lover fidgeted about in his
seat, and had about made up his mind to
make o rush out and stretch his tired
limbs, even if thereby he burst up the
whole business, when the minister request
eel every one in the room to kneel in prayer.
That was Charley Smiths opportunity,
and he took it.
As soon as the congregation had knelt,
Charley hastened from his seat, and COM
menced to do stunts along the aisle be-
tween the rear seat and the back of the
room.
He stood upon his head and waved his
feet wildly in the air, then he stood upon
his hands, and with his legs where his
head should have been, be walked on his
hands along that rear aisle. Then he stood
On his head once more and did all sorts Of
wild antics with his feet He opened and
shut his legs sidewise, then forward and
back, and twisted them in all sorts Of ri-
liculOus positions. He kept his ears wide
open, however, SO that when the minister
should arrive at the end of his prayer he
night hurry back to Priscilla's side.
Everything would have gone well if it
had not happened that the minister had
glass eye.
= The minister's was the only face which
was turned toward Charley's legs. When
the minister had commenced, his face had
been on the pulpit cushion, but as no had
warmed in his prayer he had slowly raised
up his face. Unfortunately his glass eye
tilted so badly that he could never shut
MS good eye when the bad one was in its
socket.
As his face was raised his eye fell on
Charley Smiths legs.
Being unaccustomed to circuses, he had
never seen such performance before, and
Charley gymnastics tickled the old parson
70, that he snorted several times, and finally,
when Charley twirled and twisted his legs
into q series of cOncentrie spirals, the min
ster burst into loud and long shout o
laughter.
EVERYBODY sprang up at once, and of
course Charley was seen by all the cOngre-
CATION.
Some laughed the deacon was Mortified,
and Charley sneaked to his seat with his
Oye.