LAUGHABLE INCIDENT

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 103, 13 October 1877, Page 3

LAUGHABLE INCIDENT

A laughable incident occurred recently which caused much sport, and the circumstances of which are as follows : An old gentlenian, who had two handsome daughters, was- so catltious of his charge that he would not permit them to keep the cfonipany of young men 1 . However, they adopted the following expedient to enjoy the company of their lovers : After the oldmanhadretiredtorest, the girls Vould hang a sheet put of the second-story window, and Jim and Charley would seize hold of it, and with the assistance of the girls would thus gain entrance.* It so happened last Sunday evening that the girls hung out the sheet ladder tao earlyj for the old man, by some-ill-wind, was accidentally out of doors, and happening to come around the corner of the house, and spying the sheet dangling from the window could not conjecture the meaning of its being there. So he caught hold and endeavored to bring it . down, the girls above supposing it to be the boys begalh to' h©ist and. did not discover the mistake until the _old man's bald head was level with the sill, when one of them" exclaimed, " La, it's dasd !', and let go her hold, which frightened her* sister, and she let go the sheet, and down came the old man on the" stonte' walk, breaking his wrist and unmentionables. His cries brought out the household: and several neighbors and they removed him into the bouse. He is now. busily cogitating whether to let the girls have their .beaux, m the parlor or to sue the young, men for damages. The boys have not been around to offer any spmpathy, and probably won't until the old gent feels easier. — " Taranaki News."