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which was forced to make, exposed 10 d cIuei
rakinr fire fore and aft. Although lsay it, who
should hot say it, an emergency never arose
for which had not resource. had one 1oT
this The plan was the work OF moment
de-


"Ah! ! see, you stormcd the battery and
s-n


"Bah, don't Interrupt me, No! attempted
by bold ruSe de gterre, to throw her atten-
ton out of the window, clear the perilous pas
sage, and fortify myself under the countcrpane
before she recovered her surprise. The plan
failed. You see ! am a small man, physically
speaking Body, limbs, and head, setting up
business on one hundred and seven and hall
pounds, all told, of flesh, blood and bones, can.
not individually or collectively, set up any We
ry ostcntutious pretensons. ! believe the
Young lady must have been settling in her
mind some philosophical point on that head
Perhaps her sense of Justice wished to assure
itself of a perfectly fair distribution of the re-
spectve motives. Perhaps he did not feel
easy until she knew that kind Providence
had not added to general poverty individual
wrong. Certain it was she seemed rather
pleased with her speculations, for when arose
from STOPPING posture finally, wholly olsen
numbered of cloth, ! noticed mischlevous sha-
dows playing about the corners of her mouth.
1t was the moment had determined to direct
her eyes to some astonishing circumstance out
Of the window. But the young lady spoke at
the critical moment"


"Mr Douglass" )" she observed, "you have
cot mighty small chance of legs there"


Men seldom have any notice OF their own
powers. / never made any pretensons to skill
in ground and lofty tumbling; but 1t Is strictly
true, cleared at one bound, the open space,
planted myself in the centre OF the bed, and
was buried in the blankets in twlnkIing."


81 congratulate you, my boy" SAID ], pols-
ing cube of the crimson core OF the melon on
the point of my knife ga lucky escape, truly
But was the young lady modest?


"Modest, sir!-there is not in Illinois more
modest, or more sensible girl. It's hablt-al
habit. think nothing of it now. why it's
only last week | was at fine wedding party
and large and fine assembly of both sexes
lodged in the same room, with only three feet
or so of neutral territory between them"


"You astonsh me, Mr.. Douglass"


"Fact sir, upon my honor You see these
people are the soul of hospitality, and never al
low fine social party to turn out at twelve o.
clock at night to go long distances home. All
this is more cleverly managed here. An Illinois
bed has power of elongation or expansion per-
fectly enigmatica to strangers. One bed four
feet wide, will on occasion flank one whole
side of the house, and is called feld-bed, and
large parties will range themselves on opposite
sides of the house as economically as candles in
q box.


Bnt my dear fellow, this is drouthy prose-
Introduce yourself to that little fellow in the
corner and pass him over; and now tell me a
bout old Canandaigua