Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-10-15
A Trying Time.

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write this, for l am bashful man
and, indeed, IL l we're not, one coul'
not wonder at my disinclination t.
make public such peculiarly trying Q
vents as occurred to me at the time o
which / am about 10 write.
/ It was in the summer Of 1S-. Net
| Nixon and myself were enjoying
trip to the White Hills, and enjoying II
most heartily, too.
i shall never forget that ride through
tho Notch. The only persons In the
stage besides ourselves were jolly ole
gentleman and two lovely girls-on'
his daughter, the other his niece. AL
though strangers to us when we lef
Conway. we were soon good friends
for who can resist the sociability of {
stage-ride ? Aud when did two good
looking young men and two pretty girl:
pass two or three hours together with
out scraping acquaintance
But hurry over all this. for the
perspiration is already 0ozing from ev.
cry pore at the thought Of what befel
me, and of what haYe to record II
I do not hurry, shall not have
strength to proceed.
We dined at the Mount Crawford, OF
course. and late In the afternoon drew
up before Gibbs Hotel, which every
one remembers as lying at The foot of
Mount Washington.
The only drawback to the pleasure OF
our ride had been the dust. and when
we stopped we were all dressed alike in
gray suits.
We were in haste TO have rooms as
signed us. and make ourselves present.
able. The young ladies were told by
their chaperon to wait for HIM i'm the
reception. room while he attended 70
the luggage. etc.
Ned was marched off to the apart
ment allotted him.
Ihailed a green-looking son of Erin,
ard begging him to dispose OF me in
the same way. was about to follow him
upstairs, when / bethought me to look
after my trunk, that he might take that
with him.
Judge of my feelings when I found
that it had been left behind I Here
was A pretty 90 ! The driver could
not tell whether it was at the Mount
Crawford lor at Conway in either
case. could net get /. until the next
day.
Swearing was useless, SO. with a mel
ancholy gesture. 7 bade Pat 70 ahead,
and following him ND two pair of stairs,
was ushered into a very vel, FURNISH
ed and good sized apartment. The
next thing was how to make myself
presentable at the tea-table without the
aid OF the toilet appurtenances con-
tanned In my trunk.
AS surveyed myself ia the glass.
more deplorable figure could not well
be imagined, took of coat and pants
and gave them to Pat, with orders to
give them q thorough beating and
brushing, out OF doors, and then bring
them np TO me.
Before further disr0bing for bathing.
purposes, looked around my room,
and saw q door, apparently a closet
door. / opened Ii. and. sure enough
there was a marvelously spacious clos.
ct. which. In a hotel, is a great rarity.
think some maligant fairy was be-
hind me at that time, for what did pos.
sess me to explore that closet SO leis-
urely !? and what else would have
caused the door to so nearly close be-
hind me 2
s,e,oo .. - .ov .h.so tb;ros aid tate
r,o.o ond beor;no a noisa in t,e room
Itrrnod ,h,nhino to sao Pat with INV
.a,t Ga nont, mh.r throrch tho
.s,. - A.. .,a.o. aoor .tooa o;or
so,,.,a o,'to-;nn ~. .nortrnont the
,ornc ,.d;os wbo w.ra our travelling
IN Tho stare had the
..o.anoa 80 r,ind n IRON tha closoet
- :. 80, .,,., haa tr~nod +ouard