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Masonic Reminiscences.
which sent it like a shot , against a small table of curious marquetry just behind , upon which was placed an antique vase , which fell to the ground with a fearful crash , while his own person came tilt upon some hard , smooth , substance , by no means conducive to his comfort
The noise brought to the scene the two before-mentioned yelping cms , in full cry , who attacked him , front and rear , with the utmost fury and ferocity , he standing , or rather sitting , on the defensive with his cane . In the midst of the fray , he found , to his intense horror , the hard , smooth substance he had fallen upon , in motion , and himself involuntarily moved along , he rolled away from it in an of fear and frenzyshoutin
agony , ° - fire , murder , robbery , anything that came into his head , leaving a large land tortoise free to crawl along , after its OAVH lazy fashion . In his excited fancy , he believed himself in the den of a sorcerer , and shouted loudly for help , but no help came , while the curs continued their attack without intermission , biting any part , they saw for a moment , unguarded The Colonel of the heroes
was one of Waterloo , but the roar of the enemy ' s cannon upon that gory and well-fought field , had less effect upon his nervous system , than these two curs , and the harmless tortoise In the recklessness of rage and despair , he made a rush for the door , and doivn the grand staircase , cutting right and left , as if affile head ' of a troop of cavalry m full charge , demolishing all impediments , and in his sacrile ° ious onslaught , leaving the battle field bespread with the mutilated remains of a whole regiment of gods and goddesses .
Miss Lavimanow made her appearance with a face of well feigned alarm though a close observer could see under her affected amazement , an expression of malicious archness . Approaching the Colonel , she poured forth a thousand apologies , and chastised with" her parasol her precious pets-Sappho and Tasso . The Colonel on his part paid little attention to her apologies , but was pouring forth all sorts of execrations on her infernal curs , and regretting the want of his pistols , most unceremoniousl y entered the carnage , and ordered the coachman to drive home as rapidlv as he -could . 1 J
2 AO sooner had the sound of the wheels died away in the distance , than the household of the amiable Sir . Johnson was convulsed with laughter and no laugh rang louder than that of the gentleman himself , who of bourse had never left the house . Lavinia was afraid things had gone too far but her lather assured her it was managed to a nicet that the of the
y ; rage Colonel _ would he had no doubt , bring on a fit of the gout , whfch would banish lnm at once from Simpson Hall , and it would go hard if , before his recovery , Phil and his fair daughter were not bound in the rosy bonds of Hymen . He had he said , a little plan in his head , which , he was sure would more quick Avm her lover ' affections than all her shinino
y s - attractions and which he should put into operation that day , so he requested she should have ready some of her choicest pastry and best wine , as he intended to bring Phil home to luncheon . The Colonel after having his wounds examined and attended to , reached ( he Hall with his rage still unabated , rushed into his brother ' s room in a state
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Reminiscences.
which sent it like a shot , against a small table of curious marquetry just behind , upon which was placed an antique vase , which fell to the ground with a fearful crash , while his own person came tilt upon some hard , smooth , substance , by no means conducive to his comfort
The noise brought to the scene the two before-mentioned yelping cms , in full cry , who attacked him , front and rear , with the utmost fury and ferocity , he standing , or rather sitting , on the defensive with his cane . In the midst of the fray , he found , to his intense horror , the hard , smooth substance he had fallen upon , in motion , and himself involuntarily moved along , he rolled away from it in an of fear and frenzyshoutin
agony , ° - fire , murder , robbery , anything that came into his head , leaving a large land tortoise free to crawl along , after its OAVH lazy fashion . In his excited fancy , he believed himself in the den of a sorcerer , and shouted loudly for help , but no help came , while the curs continued their attack without intermission , biting any part , they saw for a moment , unguarded The Colonel of the heroes
was one of Waterloo , but the roar of the enemy ' s cannon upon that gory and well-fought field , had less effect upon his nervous system , than these two curs , and the harmless tortoise In the recklessness of rage and despair , he made a rush for the door , and doivn the grand staircase , cutting right and left , as if affile head ' of a troop of cavalry m full charge , demolishing all impediments , and in his sacrile ° ious onslaught , leaving the battle field bespread with the mutilated remains of a whole regiment of gods and goddesses .
Miss Lavimanow made her appearance with a face of well feigned alarm though a close observer could see under her affected amazement , an expression of malicious archness . Approaching the Colonel , she poured forth a thousand apologies , and chastised with" her parasol her precious pets-Sappho and Tasso . The Colonel on his part paid little attention to her apologies , but was pouring forth all sorts of execrations on her infernal curs , and regretting the want of his pistols , most unceremoniousl y entered the carnage , and ordered the coachman to drive home as rapidlv as he -could . 1 J
2 AO sooner had the sound of the wheels died away in the distance , than the household of the amiable Sir . Johnson was convulsed with laughter and no laugh rang louder than that of the gentleman himself , who of bourse had never left the house . Lavinia was afraid things had gone too far but her lather assured her it was managed to a nicet that the of the
y ; rage Colonel _ would he had no doubt , bring on a fit of the gout , whfch would banish lnm at once from Simpson Hall , and it would go hard if , before his recovery , Phil and his fair daughter were not bound in the rosy bonds of Hymen . He had he said , a little plan in his head , which , he was sure would more quick Avm her lover ' affections than all her shinino
y s - attractions and which he should put into operation that day , so he requested she should have ready some of her choicest pastry and best wine , as he intended to bring Phil home to luncheon . The Colonel after having his wounds examined and attended to , reached ( he Hall with his rage still unabated , rushed into his brother ' s room in a state