Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-02-12

! 'IH yet shame the old gal into re-
/ funding us our money and letting us
| of, he whispered to me.
He at length appeared at his door,
and made a pause. He had boo jack
| in one hand and a long-handled flesh
brush in the other; and, tn ugh perspir-
| ing freely, wore smiling countenance,
| and appeared to enjoy the spGrt.
-Wnatl have they just routed you
outp' he said. You must lave the
hide of crocodile. I've hunted lions
IN Tripoli. but Ill swear this sport is
the more exciting of the two. 1t bur
nishes up mans inventive genius
wonderfully. I've tried all sorts of
tactics with these brave insects. This
| bootjacH is a capital thing-hattens
'em out by the score. Well, it won't
do to be standing here. You'd better
get to work at once. old fellow. Vav-
Wy, here, is doing pre- ty well, consider.
sng his poetical temperament. Charged
] la. hai'
And he plunged back into his room,
with weapons waving high.
1 1, who had been ceaselsssly shIf ing
my position while he WAS speaking, did
get to work, ami kept up the fight as
best 1 could till the gray of morning,
when the enemy beat retreat and d S
/ appear aIed-whither, L knew nor cared
no for, utterly exhausted, L sauk upon
lounge and fell asleep.
The breakfast bell awohe US at about
nine O'Clock.
/ As soon as We descended, we took
/ Mrs. Skillet aside and entered a no
very good-natured protest against our
/ midnight assailants. She was at fir, {,
/ TO all appearances, astonished, then
I angry, and then, to our astonishment,
/ accused us of having brought the mid
night wanderers with us in our bag
gage. If she had dreamed of our being
( infected with such things, she would
never have admitted Us into her house.
Jack immed ately suggested that a
I return OF our money would effect a
/ speedy riddance, upon our part; but
she failed to view it in the same efful-
gence.
/ We then went in to breakfast. Every
one at the table looked haggdrd and
I care-worn, and each was discussing a
large plate of suspicious looking hash.
The hilarious Reginald had evidently
kept up his spree all night, for he was
slumbering gently beside his spouse,
with his nose in his coff e-cup, and 2
piece of buttered toast conyulsively
clutched in his listless left hand.
The lncapacious Mr.. Martyr was
dreaming over a cup of tawny-hded
! fluid, which he was fondly imagining
! to be tea.
The giraffe-iike Aurora TbeodOsia
was nlbbling a fragment of cheese, and
invigOrating herself with occasional
sips of pure Orange County milk made
out of cha!F and water.
The rest of the guests, as Mrs. Skill
I ~ ~as fond OF calling her boar {: S,
were going through the forms of break
ing their fast il liStlesS, sickly, un-
! happy manner, which would have
| spoiled the appetite of a caStaw Y.
We, in due time, received our raJions
! of lash. l was 50 hungry, from the
battle of the preceding night, that
shut my eyes and went for it by the
| forkrul. Algernon rescued small
/ piece of butter from IA multitude OF
| tioundering flies, which had there found
! their slough of despold, and tried Il on
a piece of bread, but laid 1t down again
with a sigh.
Jack Briggs contemplated his hash.
| with thoughtful brows and folded arms
| for about five minutes, and then handed
it back TO the waitress, with feeble
smile, and shake of his head.
4 give it up said he.
what do you maze, sir?'
Il say l give it up, my dear. L can't
make it OUT
Don't you want to eat it, sir?'
oh, is IL made to eat?' exclaimed
Jack, taking back the plate, with we'll
dissembled astOnishment. L thought
/ it was meant as a cOnundrum.'
Our landlady frowned, and trOd upon
/ the toe of her somniterous liege-lord
who reused up a little, muttered con
| fusedly that three pairs beat two skies,
and FIVE IN a square rattle, and then
| settled down again, with his nose IN
the cofTee-cup.
There were three courses of meat at
/ breakfast. Hash was succeeded by
/ beek-steak, which, from its toughness,
appeared to have been cut off from
| somewhere in the region OF the horns
After We had exercised our teeth on
I the edges of the meat for some time, a
/ plate containing a long link of sausage
/ was placed before each of Us.
! Jack. who was determined to take
everything cheerfully, instantly pro-
duced dOg-chain, which he happened
. to have in his pocket, and, making one
end fils- 10 the sausage and the OF -er TO
/ the over-hanging gas-jet, proceeded to
! butter piece of bread, with the ut
most sang froid-
Really, Mr.. Briggs, your eccentricI-
/ ties are remarkable said Mrs. Skillet,
growing red in the face, while a gen-
eral snicker went around the table.
'Will you tell me what you do that
/ forY'
We'll, madam said Jack, since, ac-
cording to your own account, we
! brought SO many midnight marauders
with US, thought We might possess
some magnetic power which might
cause even a hashed-up canine to start
/ into life. There, told you sol Bow
/ : soo-wOoI' he exclaimed (being an anna
/ teur ventriloquist in his way, and 1T
the same time prlcking up the sausage
with his fork. You see, my precaution
WAS not unwisely taken, madam
Mrs. Skillet tried to swallow some
| thing which wasn't in her mouth, and
again tro1 on the toes of her youthful
consort, who this time bridled up. AMI
mumbled something about having paId
/ for the last round of drinks, and then
subsidized again into his coffee-cup.
while the gIraffee-like Aurora Theodo-
sia looked fearful and sad, as thoug
some one had hurt her feelings.
Well, what do you think of it?' said
Jack, as we were on our way down
l town.
Algernon simply groaned.
Il wish we had not paid that month :
board in advance, said /.
"Yes, that's the rub; and the duse of
it Is we're so Internally hard up that
We'll have to stand it out to the end.
| However. We'll see what dinner Is like.
I'll he prepared for it
Dinner came, with its many courses.
4 watery broth styled chicken soul