The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-09-12

Oitentmes man is placed in posi-
ton when he wished he had saved the
last match that was given to a coorcd
individual to light stumpy pipe, that
had been smoked out many weeks ago.
However, we know of an Individual who
wished hard for a match lie and his
wife had left home quite early in the
evening, and of course the lamps had
not been lighted This aforesaid indi-
vidual returned home before his wife,
and the house inside was us dark as
ErrbuS The door was unlocked and
the matchlcss man entered. The clock
on the mantcl licked away. AMI Il bee
line was made for the time piece. The
table brought the fellow up at short
turn. Straightnlng ont again, step or
two was taken and lunge was made
over hassocl, which landed him head
iurmost aglint the wall. Still the clock
licked on sad and dolriully. 1t was be-
coming interesting. The poor fellow
arose to his feet slowly, and carefully
felt on the shelf where the clock licked.
Not match to hc found Several small
vases and a bottle or two came near he-
ing turned to the floor. The fellow then
wondered where the matches could ne
Thinking perhaps they may be in the
| adjoining room the match-huntcr stead
| led himself along the wall until the door
was reached, and then he had to scrape
up and down both sides of the door be-
fore the latch could be found. All this
time the fellow was thinking deeply, and
| the clock licked on. After cnCountering
several objects in the dark that seemed
to be remarkably queer pieces OF furni-
| turc and We're calculated to tear the
.ti., 1 .
TO the first room was soon gained. The
clock still licked, but it was Just as dark.
Another search was made of the shelf
where the clock stood, and in not getting
the reckoning quite right, a vase and 4
bottle of tlavOring extract crashed on the
floor, This was Il hard CO. The fellow
wondered where the matches could bt
and the clock licked on. The poor fel
low sat down on chair, or what he sup
posed was one, but he had the chair re
versed and something dropped on tho
floor hard. Crawling on all fOurs. he
gained the door, after humping his heac
several times, and sat down on the steps
and wondered where the matches COnl,
he, and that knocking clock still KEEP
ticking serencly and momentarily along
> The now bruised and hat match hunte
! famed himself with his straw hot Sit
ting there tanning away the good wifi
: comes along
| MY patience, Obcdiah, why haven
:. you lit the lamps" She said
Light the lamps to thunder" he nut
: tered, because he was too angry to talk.
{ "What in the world ails you, any how
Have you the rheumatism or the CramT
agin"' she quietly said
"No, couldn't find them infcrni
y matches"
Law me, they are Just inside the doc
v forgot to tell you. How careless Al
, of your welfare" and she slipped he
=, hand inside the door and struck mate
l. and entered the room and lit the lam
l. Ohrdiah was a sight lie had run afo
Of the flour bag ami some where in
/ surrounding picked up a paper of lam
black Mr. pOseiUn gave one look
the miserable looking object, and tho
fairly shoyE tine mouse with laughter
= Nov stand there and laugh as thong
Le you saw a large circus several cages
8. monkeys and a funny clown" he said
) All she could DO was to point iowa
m the mirror.
40 lie looked and stepped back a-hast
his own reflection II Just took that go
j. little woman three hours before Obedi,
= boscdOn was prcscntahir To company
. is dangerous to say matchc- to him,