Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-11-05
selves, but upon'---upon-
Gilman what-thcir d,gsa'


mo, Miss julia ! replied with a
glance that was thought TO be signif-
can't
What then--their coatsi'
'Now how can your
'Or their sticks and umbrellas, like
Yourself? You have done nothing to day
but knock these two distinguished visi-
tors up and down, here and there to the
great detriment of my peace, and your
own amusement, ] suppose
| Here was blow! done noihing else? |
fancicd the citadel was undermined and
nearly carried-thoucht to have perform
cd wondcrs;-m seli.posscssion was
nearly gone; ! Gdgetted for my senien-
Cos, ,and betrayed myself thousand ways.
What recipe should | now follow! 1t
must be done by a coup-de-main.
MADAM; or rather Miss, for you have
scarcely surmounted your teens (she
look'd surprised--but ! was carried on)
II am too presumptuous perhaps, when
! consider or imagine that my past ad-
dresses have been received
'Mr. Sims!'--I faultered, but well
aware that anything was better than de-
lay, rushed on in moment with my Sec
Ohd charge.
'Presumptuous l may be--but when !
fancy with the poet, that it is good to
have an infant brood, that cooing doves
enjoy connubial loves, and that the mar
riaee state is ordained by fale--no!-
zounds !-that the marriage state, should
have said, may come too iate-'
Sir exclaimed Julia, q cannot guess
what this rhapsody is intended for, un-
less you are entertaining yourself at my
expense
Entertainment, say youP-And ]
moulded my face into compound ex-
preston Of jest and earnest l fear with
wrong preronderance to the latter,
and sighed four times as loudly and long
as could-sho looked alarmed.
'Are you i'll, Mr.. Slms-or-' mao, she
would have said, but | interrupted her
with hyena-grin, and an answer quito
to the purpose.
mo! not ill-only in love! Yes! Pm
in love, decidedly in iovo!-ha! ha! ha!!
and jumped up and childshIy roared
with laughter TO convey tI,c idea Of good
joke. But my tactics were not simple
enough; in the dolirium Of co orlusion and
awkwardness | had mixed up all my diC.
ierent modes of attack, and rendered il
as shapeless and unmeaning as the par
oxysms Of unatic. However, did not
discover this till afterwards, and quite
blind to the effects Of so much rant
stupid, muddled and bewildered, filled
up pause created by a breathless as
tonishment on her part, with an explosion
of my last Gmmunition,-a burst, as felt
convinced, Of rhetoric, overwhelming,
sufficient and conclusive. With one knee
on loot-stool and with upliltcd hands,
in theatrical etylo, exclaimed
'Oh! goddess Of the translucent nose,
and Pons maximus Of an eye, may thy
swain dream of interminable blss-may
he lead thee TO- the word stuck in
my throat, and she rang the bell in a
state of fearful alarm. A servant enter
cd.
john she said, in a trembling tone,
attend to this gentleman; stay here with
him, or if you can, get him safely out of
the house, Poor fellow! who could have
expected it.
found myself on the threshold Of an
asylum, and apoIogizcd out of it as l
could.
| wrote once more to my uncle for ad-
vice. An answer came after two posts
Dear Hary-It is an unfilial act to
drive an old man like me into corner;
but it is done. You complain Of misbe-
haviour on late important OCCASION
| dare say! who is wise, who prudent,-
who say, can possibly do otherwise'-
Tis no use to dissemble any longer. l
hold this same crisis to be deadly and
damnable. God forelcnd that l should
ever be used as a monitor again. ! am
as ignorant as you arc, Harry, how these
things should be done. may have lost
some devilish fine chances by my igno-
rance, or cIumsiness, or what not. Har-
ry, the truth must out,-when I had to
marry, got Jack Douglas of the Blues
to pop the fatal question for me.
'Yours ever IN pincotlo matrinlonii,
GROCER SIMS
| am still bachelor--a plague on
the untimely end Of honest Jack Doug
las of the Blues!