Show story of a humorist traveler OF A HITTER IN 1792 well I 1 have seen your friend and find him to be exactly w what hat you d described bed minas him us being a humorist no trick however was practised practiced upon me and as I 1 found suase q quon lly I 1 was such jad indulgence to one which WAS reserved for me at night and was such ili as per ila all my english phlegm would inot not have oni enabled bled me to bear bea r with patience I 1 escaped however being put to the proof by the merest accident the arrival of a pour poor scotch surveyor who was a fitter subject for the often repeated experiment the scotchman man was treated with extreme eeme hospitality he was helped to lo everything i to 0 excess his aglais glais was nver u ver at al lowed awed to stand full nr UT fr one minute the rotations potations ions suspended not until and only while the cloth was byg ajr supper during alter after which they were resumed I 1 W id el energy our entertainer was like the lind laud lo 10 lod d described by addis addison the liquor seemed to have no other effat upon him thin than upon any other vesel ve sel in tho the hue h u e it ass not dotso do with this scotch aguet who was by bv thi lime 0 much birther advanced upon the cruise of in it lon calion liln than ihan half sens as over otter in this sta diate to he ws conducted to ins his chamber a i fine goth I 1 lc ic a apartment wl with th a bedstead that seemed coeval with the buil building ding I 1 say seem seemed ed fr that was by no means mean the case it being in reality a piece of StU structure LEUre it was wag ol 01 0 lark dark in miho tho gany with its four posts extending complexly to tile tho eel ceiling aing u of f the Lh chamber amber the bed ho however vever was not more inore than about two feet from tile the floora floor the better to enable tile hie paty 10 got get into it the fhe bru lp ia with a good do il of ass assistance was soon undressed au and hid ad his body dep i ired in this place of repose all tile party then re tired wishing him a good night light and removing the candle fur for fear of accidents I 1 when tile the door was closed i was lor the first tims made ac aati minted 1 gilted with tile the structure of the bedstead whish on our host collid considered d ashia t his in I 1 terriece ister ter piece upun upon the touching of 1 spring outside d 8 the door the bed was so acted upon by a ij illy til it it ascended bowly and ana sin lethly through the four until it came within bituin two or feet of the ceiling diio ano norial of the krotchman was the signal for touching tile the spring p r alig nd he was soun soon at the proper altitude tile servants re required no instructions how td act tn ili one toom nt the house was in an uproar cries of lire fire fire was h heid em d it in different directions direction 3 A pile of shavings was set in a blize blis opposite th the window where aber por sawney sawn y slept the landlois land loid s voice was was continually headd exclaiming good heavens save the poor scotch gentleman if possible th the e flain flames s have gut got into the room just juat under tinder linn him 11 adothis at this mainem maillant we heard board him falland fall and bellow out A sudden silence took place every light wi was extinguished and tile the whole e house seemed to be buried in the most profound re poe the Scotch mins voice could alone be heard roaring out in the highest dialect of his co ciuni antry ry for assistance tt at length I 1 two of tile the men servants in their shirts entered tile the with a candid candle juat just lit and yawning as if just argued aiom fi om their first sloop sleep they faund him sprawling on the floor 0 dear sir w what bat is the matter witti you A matter latter says iier 1 why the house on fire no at all sir 1 I 1 what wag wa the the reason of the cries of fire then I 1 I 1 bless you sir you yott in t tt it t h ve ive beau bean drea dreaming dream mag ng why there theres s mot so much mitch as a mouse stirring ng and his honor and the willa have been beeh asleep these three hours tie scot inn bin in now gave up tip a all I 1 11 credit in tile die testimony of his own senses i 1 I must mist ha bal been dreaming indeed a aad lid h lia a hurt hurl myself by out of bed I 1 hurt hart yourself sir not much I 1 hops hope the bed is so low and by tills this time lime it had been made to descend to its first level the poor scott was quite confused quite asha ashamed nied at disturbing i tile baga begged ged a thousand p audon s she ll 11 e servants ts tot to the hodor dour closed it after theland the them mand and was once inice 1 re left in the dark I 1 i but tha last act of the pantomime was not performed the spring pring had been immediately tou touched ched upon closing the door and tile the bed was soun awn beyond the reach of our guest we band could hear hint him groping about all and d uttering rl frequent laotians of astonishment he easily faund the bed post but it A wa in bourd endeavor 1 to get in he u moved oved it hi 1 I 1 hands up an and d down his leg was often lifted by way 0 of f stepping in III bat always encountered the flaur his docent decent he uttered exclamations of surprise e not loud laud but beep fr fear feard nf again disturbing the bamily lie he concluded tins ift i be in asse iston ision of some soine evil spirit in short wien w ien it was fil aind and by his silences silence that he h had a d liven von up the tak its hopeless is and had disposed of himself ap p a one if f the tha chairs ch airs tile bed was allowed to slide dou down wn agun jig tin and in the miming dawney could not but express his astonishment at not being able to find it in the darle dark cambers journal |