Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-28


my protec ION To such pattern Of ronnnbia'
,endernrss and, Offering my hand to worthy u
ba0iah, i added, Il am obliged to YOU, Sir, Tor
this mark at YOUR confidence, and will endeavor
10 render Mrs. Johnson's journey sale, ii mol a.
greesble.'
A. hearty Thank thee, friend, judged as
much from thy appearance, was all the reply,
and the stage being now ready, we stepped IN
aud drove off.
AS the carriage ratified over the pavement,
my Thoughts naturally reverted To their charge.
All! thought /, VIVA, happy fellow is Captain
Johnson Of the Rinr. VIVA, a prize he has
drawn in the lottery Of life. How charming IL
must be TO have such a devoted wife. Here was
/, solitary bachelor, doomed perhaps TO eirf-
nal celibacy. Cherries indeed was my iale
compared with his. Should fall sick, there
was no delicate female to fly TO my ordside; no,
l nigh, die, before 4 minist.ring angel would
come to me in such shape. But, fortunate
Captain Johnson! no sooueris he placed Oh The
sick list, by the rcgimental surgeon, Than his
amiable partner quits her mansion, accepts the
protection OF stranger, risks her neck In
stage coach, AID her health in the night air, and
lies 10 the relief Of the invalid.
wonder what is the matter with Captain
Johnson, coh,inutdI Go, The dengue perhaps
or perhaps the dyspepsia; they are both very
fashionable complaints. Sickness is generally
| an UNIV eicune aud often an alarming ,isiier.-
/; always brings The doctor, with his long bill
and loaihsome drugs. and i, sometimes opens
the door 10 the doctors successor in Office
Death. But sic ncss, when II calls home an al
feclionale wife, when IL proves her love and her
courage, when It's pangs are Soothed BY the ten.
der and skilIul as,iduiy "f a loving aud beloved
friend. even sic kness, under such circumstances
mus, DE welcome 10 that happy man, Captain
Johnson Of tie Rife.
Poor fellow perhap, he is very sick dying
for ough, we know. Then the lady will be i
widow, and there viii be i vacant captsipcy in
Ike Rife Regiment, Strange tina, should new
&C have heard cf him before thought knew
ali the officers Waal kind Of d man can he be !?
The r he is fine regiment. They were dash
ing fellows IN he lat war; chiefly from the
West-al maTksmrn, who. could Gu, oil i
squirrels head, or pick out the pupil Of srsn-
ader's eye He was back oodsman, no doubt;
six feet SIX, with red whiskers, aud an eagle
eye. His regimentals had caugh, the lady's
fancy; The SEX loves any thing in Uniform, per.
hap> because they asc tie very reverse Of every
thing ha, is uniform themselves. The lady
did we'll 10 get INTO The Rifle Regiment; for she
was evidently sharp shooter, aud could pick
she mus, have 4 p ague OIL Captain Johnson?
Wha, evil geLivs scn, HIM poachng here q
Why spor, his grey and black among the pref
~ Quaker giIls of Phil,delphia: Why could
not he Rife officers cnlis. their wives else
where? Or why il Philadelphia mus, be ri.
FED Of its bcauly-why l had no, been Capt.
Johnson?
When man begins to think upon suLjcc,
OF which he knows nothing, there is no end Of
~ e MIN Ss hES oo III Iao e ett
i, was that my conjectures wandered from the
CAPTAIN 10 his lady, and from the lady 10 her
father. VIVA, an honest, conhdlng soul, must
worthy Obadiah be, oon,iuued |, 20 myself, to
place a daugh,er So esiimsbe, perhaps MS on
~ child. under The protec Of an cn're stran-
ger, He i, doubtless phvsiognomi,t. car>
~ The hes, Of all letters Of introduction, good
appearauce Perhaps he is phrcnologis'; but
that cannot be, for my bumps, DC they good or
evil, are al! mufIled up. After all the worthy
m an might have made woful mistake. For
all tina, he knew nigh, be a sharper or sen
a,ur. a piepipotentiary or piokpocke'. might
re Rowland Stevenson orW a>hington living
! might be Morgan or Sir Humphrey Davy,
or the wondering Jew. nigh, be vampire
or a veniriloqu,s. | might be Cooper 'he
novelist; for he IS sometimes traVeiilng
bacheloi,' or l might be our other Copper, for
h- is regular occ"pan, Of the stage. Nigh,
be Captain Symmes going 10 the inside OF
the world. OF Mr. Owen going-acoording 10
circumstances. nigh, be Miss Wrighl-no.
couldn't be Miss Wright-nor IT was would
ANY body be guilty of such soleeism as 10 ask
Miss Wright TO take charge OF lady, Tor she
believes that ladies' can take charge OF them
selves After all, how does OBADIAH know that
am no, The President Of The United STATES =
VIVA, mistake would that have been. How
would the chief Magistrate of twenty four SOW
ereign republics been startled by the question,
pray, friend, would it sui. thee 10 take charge
Of LADY,
l, i, mol to be supposed that | INDUCED IN
this soloquy a, the expense Of poli'eness.-
Not at all; j. was too soon TO intrude on the sa'
credness Of the lady's quiet Besides, however
voluminous thes' reflections may seem in the
recital, bu, a few minutes were occupied IN
their production; for Perkins never made a
.T,,l tho hF ON