Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-02

news, regardless OF costume; less eXpe-
rienced travellers retired to their rooms.
Miss Maria Mutton, who had never
| slumbered in hotel before, fled before
the approach of the lights and found
shelter under stairway. Mr.. Marrow
| bone, who felt that night robe and
cap did not compose a dignified cos
| tune, turned suddenly into a little
cross-hall near which he happened to be
standing, and there awaited the retire
ment of the other guests to their rooms.
| Afterwards he knew that when he
emerged from his retreat he must have
turned to the left instead of the right.
However, after much wandering about,
and as much chilliness of body as heat
of temper, he came upon the magic
number "5'' shining upon silver plate
upon his door, entered and closed 1T
with bang.
"All rig ht," he said, as he struck a
match. "There is my trunk; there is
there is M. NJ on the side," Then
he blew out the match and popped into
| bed.
Almost at the same moment Maria
Mutton, with palpitating heart, caught
sight of the magic number 70, opened
her door, saw her peculiar trunk, noted
the initials of her name upon it by the
light of the lamp opposite her door,
said "Thank Heaven ~ burst into tears
and drew the drapery of her couch
about her.
"What fearful adventure !" was her
last thought before she sank into the
arms of slumber. All, had she but
| known it, fearful adventures were only
just begun for her.
| Mr.. MarroWbone awakened early.
| To demanded
prompt attention. He sat up in bed,
took off his nghtcap and looked about
| him-he looked in vain. Those gar
ments which he desired to assume were
not visible. In their place hung, over
chair-back, a wOman's dress; on the
bureau, where he had surely left his hat,
lay bonnet and gloves; in place of his
manly boots there stood at the foot of
the bed a pair of button CATERS, num-
Der three and a half at the utmost.
"Have | gone out Of my senses -
cried Mr.. MarrOWbOne.
How did these garments come to be
in this room? Where were his own?
! He gazed about him and flew to his
trunk
cts mine, certainly" he said.
"IIere are my initials, but | never
tied a bit of blue ribbon to the handle"
He dashed back the lid. Within he
beheld silk lace, linen articles, con
trived for ladies' wear-nothing that
| had ever belonged to any masculine
being A horrible thought, engendered
| by certain works Of fiction that he had
recently perused, rushed into his mind.
Was this case of transformation
double identity-Whateveri was called :?
he asked himself.
He rushed to the mirror expecting to
see a female face there, but his own
! florid countenance, garnished with red
sidcWhiskers and crowned by a bald
forehead, welcomed him. He breathed
great sigh of relief and sat down to
recover from the shock. AS he stared
came to him.
She-the lively lady who shared his
seat in the car the day beforehand worn
one like it. Yes, her travelling costume
was made of that material.
"Please, ma am, said a voice at the
door, "the electric gentleman wants to
come in to fix the wires before any more
boarders kill themselves"
"Good Heaven" cried Mr.. Marrow
bone; 81 say, will you send waiter to
! mc-a mana boy?"
"There amt only lady-waiters in this
house, miss replied the girl from with
out.
"Whv does she call me miss, ;" asked
Mr.. Marrowbonc Of himself.
''Then, if the landlord wouldn't mind,
or the Clerk-any man; send man to
me, !" said Mr.. MarroWbone.
81 can't miss; misses is a Widder and
don't hire only lady clerks. There
amt no men employed,'' responded the
girl, with suspicion in her voice.
"Please, the electric gentleman is in a
hurry"
81 can't see any woman in this dress"
said Mr.. MarrOwbonc. 81 must put on
some gowns and strings in order to eX-
plain my position to the landlady." Ac-
cordingly he proceeded to attire himself
in gray dress which deserted him
above the ankles, knitted worsted
BASQUE, which had deficiencies as to the
meeting Of hooks and eyes, and, having
thus assumed the aspect of bearded
lady who had outgrown her wardrobe,
put the bonnet on backward, tied gray
veil over it and opened the door.
"If | am not arrested before / find
the landlady, | may get matters ar
ranged as they should be" he said with
gasp, remembering his pocket-book
and watch and with tieeting vision of
a diamond pin in the missing cravat.
MEANWHILE Miss Mutton, aroused by
tap upon the door, had received the
same information concerning the "elec-
trio gentleman and sprang to the floor
in terror. She looked around for her
basque and beheld a coat; she sought
her skirt in vain; in its place lay a pair
of inexpressibles; where the bonnet
| had been was a mans hat. She lifted
the trunk lid, and saw only masculine
garments.
II must have been in a wrong room all
night" she cried, jumping at the
truth more quickly than Mr.. Marrow
bone had done. A way of deliverance
occurred to her more speedily. And as
| she was in more terror of the vague
dangers of electric wires, her wish to
escape was greater. Gazing into the
depths of the trunk a linen buster
! caught her eve She donned ii. Its