Show 1 A TRYING TIME I 1 1 J haec aa ta a dueal of 0 courage coinage for me to ait 01 ais 4 for foi I 1 tim oin nf bashful lai ita n d I 1 i indeed it deed if I 1 were not one n e con could id not wonder at my illy lisin dilill pi eligi i tomake public such pee ilee cot t trying events event ts occurred atle to we roe at tin ra fule ol of which I 1 am about to write it win in the summer of ism ned it and my myself self were aver L I 1 en enjoy aug ha t a i trip to the white hills arid and ell 03 1 ill it most heartily too 1 shall never forget that ride through the orl the lc UIL only I 1 per som in tile the stage ourselves afler yes were werd a jolly old gent find two lovely girl sone lie his hia the other figlio hi i in niece ece although sl si rangers to us s when we left conn con 1 ay I iy y ANC c were S soon for iho can rp the sociability of a staige ride and when did looking young roen men and two pretty girla giris ings puss two or three hours together without scraping an acquaintance out I 1 hurry over all this thia for tile the perspiration is already oozing from every pore at the thought of what befell me arid and of what I 1 have to record dif if I 1 ido do not hurry I 1 sh shall ja we dined daneil it at the mount crawford of course arid and late in tile the afternoon drew up before gibbs hotel which ever every one remembers as lying i tit at tile the foot of mount washington the only drawback to the pleasure sure of our ride had been the cleasure lust arid anil when we anve topped stopped we ive were fill all dressed alike in gray suits we were in haste to have yoonus assi assigned gued us and malce make ourselves presentable the young ladies were told by their chaperon to wait for liim him in the reception room while lie attended to the luggage etc ned was marched arched in oft off to tile the apartment apart mint allotted him I 1 hailed a green looking son lot or erin arid and begging him biln to dispose di s 0 c of me inthe same way was about out to follow him up stai stairs I 1 nv when ei 1 bethought me to look after my q trunk that that he might c take like that ila with ith him I 1 u I 1 judge of my feelis feelings I 1 gs ahel I 1 found that it had been I 1 left eft behind hellin li here v was a pretty go the driver could not dot tell whether it wis nt at the mount crawf crawford ord or at conway in either case I 1 could not 0 get it u until 1 the 1110 next day swearing was wa usyless us cless so with a melancholy gesture I 1 bride bade pat go ahead and follo following him up tip apro pair of f stairs was ushered into it a very well furnished and abod codr sij siad cd apartment th 3 I 1 next tt thing lillo was iras how to makl myself presenta presentable bleat at the tea table without the aid of the toilet appurtenances contained in iii my bly trunk As I 1 sury surveyed eyed myself in the aglais glais 1 I as a mare more deplorable feigum could not ivel be imagined r i took olf oil coat and pants and gave aye theli to vat with orders to give gibe thein a thorough beating arid and brushing oil out t of do doors 7 A sm then their bring them up tip to me i before fart further her disrobing dis for bathing co purposes I 1 looked around my roon room I 1 and saw a floor door apparently patently ly a clotet cloret door I 1 opened it anti and sury enough there was a spacious cloat cloa ot ii which bich I 1 in it hotel is 13 a groat great rarity I 1 think balue malignant fairy behind me at that time tor what it did me to ex explore lore t til 11 at closet so leisurely atil aud 1 t it lit else would have caused the door to so go nearly close behind me suffice it to siy say the these e filings arl take place arid itea t I 1 ll 11 1 1 I loiso ill u tile lie room turned ti li liking to see pit pat Y rith my coat arid ami pints 1111 ough tile the el crack ancic where the ci loset closet door stood ajar I 1 beheld entering my the young ladi ladies alic were ivere out our traveling companion companio nii in tile the st stage I 1 haj bail me lie pre 0 of mind to geraw draw the closet door to be bc fore they lad had turned toward it ind and with faculties benumbed at the turn of my situation heard them coolly tel lilie lie waiter that the file would suit them very well lio ho III might ight go down anti ami bring up ill their trunks tr I 1 shook in every limb what wad I 1 to do speak and mike make known the alie plight I 1 was in ill thus making myself ridiculous and loie all chance of phillin winning favor lit the ie eyes eves of fanny for foi IV whom lont I 1 h had to already Z conceived a tender pasion pis iun no never what should be done P woula tho the waiter returning with my e jollies clothes inake dinke search for me an anil 1 firl finding ding ex expose 1 ose tile me to tile the ooze of oh 11 horrors my lily blood tart colbat I 1 found 1113 self unable to think clearly the to perspiration er SI was avas bourin pou pouring rin down my 1113 body that is is it if slowly trickling can call lie be called pouring for I 1 mingling with t the II 11 e dust it became about tile consistency of goud good su suga gar house honee molasses meantime the young I 1 lad ladies led were off th their cir outer garments arDie lits and expressing themselves well weli pleased with their quarters tina gators of romance rom ince fa 11 i said mabel mabal ugh I 1 inwardly groaned 1 I think so decidedly 11 it II certainly does continued to fall in with two such elegant young men and so e early 1 I aly in i in our journey Jour but AW il my lily favorite theodore is mine may stid ra fanny tin I 1 im in ill love with him nl already leaT 1 I began to think life ii had rl not nat 19 last A ull its charms 1 well walthen their were both suited here cattle came a knock at the file floor door it and lid I 1 heard the ilioff Ili oft clothes theres no gentleman hei here c Is said till funny L wasn gasn t there c oil oh heavens what should I 1 du duk F there were my lily clothe r olf before varv cars not knowing linow ilig nahe I 1 bombl ever see sec them torain there C w iario help belli for it ond and J heard pat auts 4 bewildered tones as 13 lie ho turned away fiem file dior to look else alin L for bortle the dintleman gintle man this aviso cp isole lec over ranny anny 1 A aud babet c u u vv hat api eared to bo be ft a process Iro ceis cess and I 1 W was 19 froin my apu apathetic bbate of ile simir by lie hearit oring it 1 the former rl re mark maik I 1 i 1 I 1 I declare bones bonas arc iny illy lore are nearly all broken I 1 A v klisit 1 I jo do v it ill t ol 01 i il if it if OIK with it beautiful limby so tur or aured me that I 1 ivas on the point of rushing to when I 1 wai was s borri horrified fied ly by hearing her cousin reply relly never mind dear I 1 have 1 I ive it skeleton in my trunk that I 1 will lend you Gooda Goo lusi esi gracious grac iou was ivas I 1 what sort ol of these hese that broke their bones ind and Insel inserted ted new or old ohl skeletons at their pleasure my afy blood grew cold and lot liot by turns I 1 lost ill all t thought of my own predicament in my horror still the disrobing dis dig of tile alie maidens proceeded ven then I 1 heard the refreshing sound of sill sil ahing water I 1 imagined well no matter whitt what I 1 do not think I 1 am ain accountable table tor for all that passed ill tough through in my bewildered 1 brain it at tit that it time all this while it had seemed to tile me that I 1 could buthe anil and dress a remi regiment ament in lews timo time than it ha had 1 I tion those two young women il I 1 had grown so nervous that I 1 was in in imminent danger of 0 either cither laughing 0 or crying aloud it seemed quite uncertain ameli what would ned think baa become of me MCF how was I 1 ever to betout get out of this place how get lu div a where under the sun are arc my rats demanded fanny alerc was neav food for thought were they chinese were the rats to be cooked for their supper are ill se specimens of Ayot woman fiali as a claw c A I 1 theodore said I 1 to myself lin in ty what al a state of ignorance have hav eyou you lived ved my boy how innocently boil on have always regarded the sex the rats seemed emed ao 00 to have lee been it captured without difficulty thought though in in spite of oe my lily sufferings C I 1 li listened stcl for squeak squeal i 1 are the irons hot fan horrors heaped upon horrors could those two girls be about to put rats to death i in 11 that most fashion 1 I ewt protest pretest against it and byet mhd disgrace of bein being found no the rats might light di die before I 1 venture a aw word 0 rd in their behalf I 1 find myself utterly ii 11 ablo to gile gaie any adequate idea of my illy feelings during that te terrible time 1 and I d occasionally th the 0 thought of tit alie c ri ridiculous li culous figure I 1 should pi present ebent cot could I 1 II 11 any ally one hyvo seen me oter overcame c it n ie all other oilier emotions axil 1 I came near laughing aloud 1 at list last as is near no as 1 I could judge jud cl the young ladies lad compia completed their toi toilets leti the rustling of silk told me that if I 1 waa ever to get t et out of my luy prison I 1 should s soon 00 n have tile alie opportunity the tea gon gong sounded and I 1 felt like shouting for joy the old oil gentleman knocked at tile the door of tile the room and as the young 0 lallies ladies op opened ned it I 1 heard the voi voice e of my f friend ned ilow how elfeel cheery 3 it so sounded how refreshed lie lip seemed to feel arid and how I 1 wanted to throttle irim him as if lie had been tile cause of my misfortunes at last their retreating retreating c voices and footsteps assured tile me that I 1 was sate safe and with a bound I 1 sprang from my hiding place making at once for the bell rape and bor doorley door ley just as I 1 reached the latter the door opened tile me 11 I 1 forget ills his expression surprise horror incredulity disma dismay i 1 C Y that a mans fim face could convey was there thouc marston mai ston stop for salie ned wad help me I 1 piteous ly ind in ili is few words woi ils is as pOs possible ibold 1 told lily iny dismal tale in return lie he burst into it a fit of laug laughter liter so KO protracted thit ha I 1 first it grew m w erl enraged rage A I 1 then alarmed lest serious serious consequences should ensue F finally I 1 after taking 0 miss Mis aibel sMabel her fan for N hiell lie had returned to the room he succeeded in finding ili the waiter who naho had biad an extra 0 suit of clothes in ill his it hands ind 8 and ana who had su so stupidly stupid I 1 1 allotted another s room to tile me without Nit hout gning ain any 12 gotico 0 tice at the cf fice anti and by tho alie e time 1 11 e tile the returned from the supper loom I 1 was presentable thou though I 1 I 1 feeling rather weak in alic io joints ld I 1 confess IN ned had secrecy upon ilis his honor hut but his black eyes did I 1 Livili twinkle kle when fanny aked a ked how I 1 had enjoyed ill myself self silim our arrival at which n I 1 TIn shed so excessively that I 1 knew ahe he thought me a fool I 1 confess that it took me some lays days to recover front from the lila effects of t hat afternoon but faunys sweet face and my ardent it lent love for her droye drove all unpleasant impressions i 1 1 16 away at last anit cheis 1 1 e 1 s my 11 ay iy wife now anil and tor for the bf benefit 11 befit 3 if my illy bache bachelor lor friends arid and lot locc they should feel alarmed itt at some parts blurts cf if my story I 1 will say that all that about the bones skeletons rats etc wasn gasn t what I 1 thought it at til in filet it wu ilota nothing terrible ind arid it if they wa majl it t to 0 feel fed sure oi of it I 1 would advise advin them to get et just ills t such it 11 nife as I 1 have all and T they will soon understand d till ill ab about tit it chimney chi y comer Co iTier |