A Man in the Bed.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4311, 25 October 1882, Page 2

A Man in the Bed.

An Embabassin& Position

A sensational and highly amuaitig' story is going the rounds in this community of a ludicrous episode, .in which a young. Methodist minister was victimised into the j& role of a leading character. Owing to'*ff the high social ■ standing of the parties concerned we suppress the names, the general outlines of the funny occurrence being as follows :—Two sprightly and beautiful young ladies hare been visiting a lady cousin living in the country,' not far from Worster. These three young misses arc of that happy ~ age which ; . turns everything into fun and merri. * ment, and. were constantly plajing practical jokes upon each other. iJtVW ' three occupied a room on the groundfloor, that which in country parlance is termed the " best room." The two visiting young ladies went to a party in the neighbourhood. About an hour'after they had left the aforesaid young Methodist minister called and craved a bight's lodging, which was, of course,' granted, and as ministers always have the best of everything, the reverend was assigned to the "best room." The young lady who had not gone to the party was entrusted with' the duty of sitting up for the absent ones/ sad informing them of the change of rooms. She took up her post in the parlor, anxd, . as the night was sultry, sleep, overtook her, and she departed on an excursion to the land of dreams. About half-pa3t 11 the sprightly cousins returned, and as it wp.s late [they concluded not to disturb the household/so they quietly stole into; their room through a low open, window. By the dim light of the moonbeams as they struggled through the curtains the young ladies were enabled to descry the outlines of their cousin, rs they supposed, ensconced in the middle of the bed. They saw also a pair of boots. The thought flashed across their minds that their cousin had set the boots.-in the roam to give them a good scare. They put their yA heads together and decided to turn the ■ tables on her. Silently they disrobed, and stealthily as cats took up their position oa each side of the bed. At a given signal they both jumped into bed, one on^eaqh side of the unconscious dieiue, laughing and screaming, "Ob, what a man?" giving the poor bewildered minister such -.-■• a promiscuous hugging and tusslinga* few '^< persons are able to Drug of in a lifctinie»^|| The noise of the proceeding avrakeued th/JUjf sleeping sentinel In the parlor, aod.the^^^ old lady who was sleeping ia an adjoiuing ij room, and they rushed to the soene, 4p| explaining the situation. There was one prolonged, consolidated screiin, 'a daih'bifj muslin through the door, and all was over The best of the joke was that the minister took it all ia earnest, and would listen .to no excuse or apology, but,, solemnly folded his official robes about . him/and silently stole away,—New York' Mercury. . . '■ • /