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and ready Tor bed; but 10 getting in she accl-
dentally put her hand upon the age ITS bead
"Why, Nelly!" she exclaimed, ''tnero's some
body in the bed, as sure as Pm alive" Our
hero (for such he ought, by this time, to be
caled) was almost convulsed with laughter,
ats only little Sis,n replied Nelly, "she al
ways sleeps with me-" This answer satisfied
Susy; and Nelly, without the least fear, got
into bed too. The two girls were soon snugIy
"ensconced" under the quilt, which had been
made the season before, with (as they suppos-
ed) "little Sis'' OH the back side, Susy Dolbear
in the middle, and Nelly on the front side, but
in truth, "little Sis'' having been taken into
bed with her pa and ma, as Nelly was absent.


Susy Dolbear was as affectionate girl as
Indiana can boast of, and as proof of tins as
sertion, we have the fact that she could not go
to sleep without having first given little sis a
kiss-so she turned over to perform this plea
surable act, when she put her hand upon our
hero's face, and feeling his huge whiskers, she
was made aware of their mistake. In less time
than 1t takes to tell Of it, she gathered up the
bed clothes, and with an effort almost super
human, she sprang into the middle of the room,
screaming, ''lts man! It's a man! NeIym"-
Nelly Of course partaklng of Susy's alarm,
rushed into her fathers room followed by Susy,
leaving our hero in perfect fits OF laughter,
from which he has not recovered to this day,
as he laughs immoderately every time he sees
pistol, or the occurrence comes TO his re-
membrance.


Nelly's father was up in twinkling, and
light being obtained by the aid Of a loco foco
match, the whole affair was explained to the
girls who, afterwards passed through the room
of which our hero now had full possession,
with a light in hand, gathering up their perso-
nal clothing as they passed through--to ano-
ther iOom in the attic story of the house
where they retired, and soon fell asleep.


Susan Dolbear, of the two girls having play
ed the most conspicuous part in this affair, did
not wait for her breakfast, but made her es-
cape from the house as soon as the daylight
dawned; but Nelly, CONSCIOUS Of her inno-
cence, boldly met our hero, face to face, at the
breakfast table, where she learned of the mar
row escape she had made, OF being shot for a
robber. Our hero, from the conviction that 4
pistol was not fit instrument to be used in
the dark, in a country inn, has laid it aside,
with resolution that he Will never again car
ry it, but trust himself to the mercy of rob
bers, (should he ever by chance meet any,
which, by the by, in the course of seven OF
eight years travelling he has never yet done,
and the Providence OF God.