Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-30

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down suddenly on the General, and
spoil his Mobile joys.
"She arrived at the hotel about 10
O'Clock in the evening. The Genera,
was unwell and had gone to bed early.
capt. - ard wife and child had
gone to the theatre. She was Mrs.
Gen. and would they please
show her to the Generals room?' Ger.
tainly, with pleasure. A boy was or
dered to show her to Gen. --,s
room. The boy showed her to the
room assigned to Gen, --- on the
register, but actually occupied by
Capt. wife and child She
entered, closed the door. No one there.
buthe were woman's paraphernalia!
Great heavens! only too true, too true!
Oh that had died before coming to
this!' And she groaned with agony
as she pressed her hands to her tenn
Piles.
"But she bethought herself that the
General and the pretty widow of her
imagination would likely soon come in,
and she must hide. Where could she
conceal herself to await the further de-
velopment? In the wardrobe? no, for
the pretty widow would be sure to open
that on her return.
"Under the bed? no, that would be
too ,sndigniaed. She never would put
herself beneath any other woman un-
der the sun, never!
"In the corner there behind the
wardrobe, that would do, and snre
enough. there she concealed herself.
Neither Capt. nor his wife
knew Mrs. Gen. -.
Every soon Mrs. Capt. and
child entered the room and prepared
for bed, the Captain calling at the Cen
erals room to see how he was. Soon
he went to his room and all prepared
to retire. First the child kneeled by
its mothers knee and said its prayers,
and was laid in bed. Then the man
and the woman kneeled at the table,
and the man very reverently repeated
some short prayers.
1.-THE woman behind the wardrobe
was amazed. 1t sUas so strange. The
voice of Gen. -- did not sound Just
that way? and she looked out care
fully, and-horror Of horrors! She
was in room not with Gen. -,
her husband, but with strapgers-dnd
as a spy! She gave shrek and rush.
ed from her hiding place past Capt.
and wife, out into. the hall and
fell, yelling 30 frightfully as to startle
every one in the house. Gen.
'.sess soor OF fsls ruari and ssask
out his head with a night-cap on.
Guests in their rooms opened their
doors, and some who were naked, peep
ed into the hall timidly, others partly
dressed rushed out, running every
which way, some screaming for help,
and others opened their windows and
called for police. supposing there was
riot. The darkey servants were
mostly up in the attic having little
theatrical performance of their own,
md they came running down in all
'orts of caps and costumes. some with
'rooms, and mop-handles, the women
and just then fellow who
vas in haste to light his lamp in his
'oom. set his shirt on fire, an6 rushed
nto the hall and fell over the poor Mrs.
3en. --, and everybody shouted
fire! fire."
"Some parties got out of windows
md slid down the kitchen roof, in their
One excited French
nan tied sheets together and let his
wife down from a wiudow in the street,
md the police caught her and hustled
Ter off to the lookup. and the husband
lidn't find her anymore until next
lay.
MY room was near the centre of the
and threw the contents
# my washbowl on the burning shirt.
And while everybody was rushing,
md hallooing, and crying, the fire.
nen came tearing in, and at the same
ime stream of water from their en-
,iBe on the street came rushing
through the window at the end of
he hall that sent some Of the folks
reels over head!
"By golly, it was the d-st time /
yer saw for little wbile!"
And here the train came rushing in
o the station, and the two story-tellers
umped aboard, and our reporter lost
he rest of it.
Decaying wood, the Sanitary Engi-
'eer says, is an unsafe thing, because
is great assistant in the contraction
t yellow and typhoid fever.
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