The Dawson journal., 1886-12-02

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Here was new food for thought
We're they Chiness2 Were th,
rats to be cooked for supper
Are these specimens. of woman
as 9 class9
Theodore" said / to myself
what q state ofignorance have yor
lived in. my.boyi How innocent.
ly you have always regarded the
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The rats seemed 30 have been
captured without difficulty, though
in spite Of my suiferings i listen.
ed for squeals. sg
"Are the irons hot, FanY' w
Horrors heaped upon horrors.
Could those two lively girls be
about TO put rata to death in
that most In aman fashion2 ]
must protest. ninst it;saudi:yet,
the disgrace OF being found. No;
the rats might die before l would
venture q word in their behalf.
Lind myself utterly unable to
give any adequate idea OF my feel.
ings during that terrible'tinls, and
occasionally the thought of the
ridiculous figure / should present.
could any one have seen me, over
came all other emotions, and /
came near laughing aloud.
AT last (as near as I could
judge) the young ladies had COM
pleted their toilits. The rustling
of silk told me that, il 1 were ever
to get out of prison, l should soon
have the opportunity.
The tea-gong sounded, and I
felt like shouting for Joy. The
old gentleman knocked at the
door of the room, and as the
young ladies' opened it, I heard
the voice of my friend Ned. How
CHEEKY it sounded, how refreshed
he seemed to feel, and how |
wanted to throttle him, as if he
had been the cause Of my misfor-
tunes. At last their retreating
voices and footsteps assured me
that I was safe, and with a bound
/ sprang from my hiding place,
at once for the bell rope
and door key. just as 1 reached
the latter, the door opened and
Ned ssoSd bess1se { met Never
shall l forget his expression.
horror, incredulity. dis
may, everything that a mans
face could convey, was there.
"Thode Marston--"
"Stop, for Heavens sake, Ned,
and help me-" / exclaimed, pite-
ously; and in as few words as
possible I told my dismal tale.
In return / burst into a fit of
so protracted that | first
grew enraged, then alarmed, lest
serious consequences should en-
sue.
Finally, after taking Miss Ma
bel her fan, for which he had re-
turned to the room, he succeeded
in finding the waiter, who had nm
extra srit of clothes in his hands,
and who had so stupidity allotted
room to me without Civ
ing any notice at the Office; and
by the time the ladies returned
from the supper room / was pre-
though feeling rather
weak in the joints, l must confess.
Ned had promised secrecy up-
on his honor, but his black eyes
did twinkle when Miss Fanny
asked how I had enjoyed myself
since our arrival, at which /
hlashed 80 excessively that !
knew she thought me a fool. /
confess that it took me some days
to recover from the effects of that
afternoon; but Fanny's sweet
face, and my ardent love for her,
drove oil unpleasant impressions
away at last.
She is my wife now; anil for
the benefit of my bachelor friends,
and lest they should feel alarmed
at some parts of my story, will
say that all that about the bones,
skeletons, rats, ETC., wasn't what |
thought at all, in fact, it was
nothing terrible, and if they want
to feel sure of it, l would advise
them to get jest such q wife as /
Loo J I1,o:Il 49,