Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-04
JOSIAH AND SAMANTHA 1T 4 RINK.
Lay JOSIAH AtLEN,s WEI

W hen JOSIAH Allen ana me Y w IN new
Y ork village on our tower, ! SHOULD have
took sights of comfort If Josiah hadn't
talked so much about fashion and high
lie, and wantin' to enter into EN-.
And one night he came into our room at
Miss Asters' es tavern-all rousted up with
new idea. He wanted to 90 l sl<atin', and
{ says coolIy:
How be you q lsyin' ont to skate on
bare ground, Josiah Ailen?'
And he says, Il am goin' 10 q rink"
Rink" says I, Whats that? That
voTd has q strange sound - me, Josiah
Allen"
We'll" says he, 1T did 10 me at first,
before l got more used to fashionable life
Rink, Samantha, is, | 'spOSe. derived from
she Greek word rjnktum, suDthjn new
new rinktum, you have heard of that,
aain't yOu2'
Says J. looEin' him coolly in 5he eye, 4"
have heard of good many things, Josiah
Allen, and think Of q good many, when |
hear you talk"
Greek." says I. you don't know any
more about Greek than some Of the critics
II old Homer do.
Wet, know 7 want TO skate, says he,
iDESediy, or some doggedly-not SO much
dog Us ! have known, but considerable dog
ged.
Says I, I'm the fret place vou would
h1eak Your neck and you know it."
W ell, its my neck, hain't IT, says he,
cross.
NO" says I, tenderly, no, it's my
neck the neck | welded at the altar of
Iouesyilie and pure love And | can't
seam 70 understand how you're i goin' to
, Zoo on q rink
And then he explained 10 me how q rink
WIZ where they went . sllatin on little
rollers and slipped and Sided round, Jest
ike putin man on casters gnI pushiu'
IN. And says he, pleadin
DO less 20, Samantha-less 20 tonight.
I nave got my skates all ready-less 60"
Oh, no, says I, Sc / have got TO 20 to
npetin tonight"
Il was Wednesday night. and l had
hunted up q prayer meetlu' and l beset
him TO 60 with me ,buthe said hccouldn't go.
Says l, 90 7 on will not deceive me and go
forth alone to the riuktum?'
No, he said he wun't goin to he rink
.su5 he had q prcSSin' engagement-And he
a. good IS told me i WIZ q case Of life and
death with him. And gin in. seem how
earnest and determined he looked Why.
hewu fairly pale, he VIZ So earnest in it.
Bat be wouldn't conGIe ana I s1t out i'm
lnediately after supper
And when I got back from prayer meet
in ! heard q strange sound inside our room,
and for one-haif q moment WIZ fearful of
being burgled, the sound wuz so uncom-
mon strange and weird
opened the door cautious and there
stood Josiah Allen in the center of the
room, on castors moYiu himself round
axe buro.
Says /, Josiah Allen. what are YOU on
castors for?' Says |, Has luny overlook
you, and do you think you are piece of
ferniture-or have you bought some casters
tar our buro and are irwin EN- 90 see if
they arc good ones, or what duz all you p
81 anu a skatin', Samantha These are
roller skates. am en;eTin high life, says
he q leayn' the wall. and moviE' towards
ne am bein' fashionable
And at that very minute both Of the cas-
tors rolled ont from under him and he fell
PROSTATE at my feet.
" Fashionable says |. II should think
a much But | helped him up, and per
swaded him to foregO his diversions for
tho present, and, as he had hit his head
BADLY. he deSiStcd and ! rubbed his scalp
hard with anarky.
But way along in the dead silence Of the
aght | walked up sudden thrilled with
Ejerd and vague alarm
1t seems to me it was about the yagueSt
eyer see, and the wierdest
What WIZ the natter Where wuz l
The wall paper looked strange TO me, and
the pictures. Then il come to me that I
wu.n' I IN my own coy bedroom at home
was on q tower.
But as my senses came back this thought
pierced me ike arc, Where Buz my
Josiah? His place by my side was vacant.
Where wuz my beloved companion ?"
nearly screamed, but held back NV
emotions with iron grip, and only
groaned. Then l riz up to explore. And
rs l advanced toward the door into the hall
J heerd a strange sound proceedin' out
gift
advanced with trepidation and hare feet
and glanced cautiously ont. And then !
see white, ghostly form glidn' afar down
the corridere, and anon it turned and
moved towards me
| felt myself glued with glue 70 the spot
I could not move, for felt that wuz be-
holdn' a fantem. Says l to myself: Il
haye always been iookin' for il, and now
the time has come that am being an
peared to. Be calm. Samantha Be calm
John Rogers-the Twins
Thus did I strive to strengthen myself.
A the fantem advanced toward me-but as
il drew nearer, see suthin' familiar in the
appearance of the shade. And I muir.
INJURED to myself, 81 Did a ghost ever appear
In a tall hat, and not much clothes to speak
of | Will challenge the shade"
And as it drew still nearer, moyin along
IN curious, glidin' way, says:
whence contest thou, and why9'
And you could have knocked me down
with pin feather, as it were, as familiar
voice replied
~ am practicin' skating, Samantha. 1
couldn't sleep, and so got up, and have
been skatin' little"
Says / DO you realize how you look,
Josiah Allen-why haint you dressed?"
"Oh, took it into my head sudden. and