Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-06-17

we'd steadily along his path as usHal-breke
| up ms iailow eround-tended his tan-pits.
| ana mendsd has sOtes with all his usual couan
! unity, as lnaftenuye as a dcalm to the tu
m1t and confusion of such a moral earth
q1ske-not but that he had bis idea tn his
! he17-bat they never showed themselves out
OF a. lie bore all tllis with SAINT ike patience
for halt a score of years-whiie his farm
sWeiied INTO greatness around hun hi. tan
I merry became an immense establishment, and
! ms shOe-bench opened foreign narkcts-ho
| had also become hardened to the regular per Z.
/ iormaDce of hls ecclesiastical dates and could
~ last present the plate without breaking il
/ IN his grasp, and pass the sacrsmental VINE
without spilllng IT over the dresses OF the
commandments. And Eow he began TO una
! CINE within hlmselftnat It was his duty (that
was his word on all occasions or as he
sometimes said, "ihc viii of the Lord'') 10
insrry--to take uEto ham rb---a heipnste
who might relieve his shoulders OF part Of
theIF burlhsn and besides, what would be-
come Of his property il he did moi beget heirs?
Such thoughts as these flowing through his
| mind-he cast his eyes round about him in
| search Of the happy one that should tecoms
Mrs. Deacon Marvin. There was mighty
host to choose from and long did be ponder
and hesitate, and take inward counsel; nav,
so ne prolane historians assure US, that, how
| ever strange we may think ii, aud however
uncommon il may be 80 lovers, be actually
| went apart, kEelt himself down in the bushes
| and prayed Tor the assistance of heaven ia so
| important a matter.
After chewing the quid ofrefeetioa in this
sagaeious manner, he finally jumped upon a
| cone ssios--':my s,ars exclaimed he, using
tl-~ only oath-likc expression IN which he ever
| NIL mi ia latt b..
very creature--fbanks be praised she is ready
! broken to the yoke Billy! Billy, say. sridle
my horse!"
Now If any curious reader is ready 10 ask
why the good Deacon Marvin did not order
! bis horse saddled as well IT'S briuled. mast
delay my story while ! answer the inpert
nent question. The Deacon had horse
yea, a fire tall, barr, boned red old nag of 90
| years experience in the ways OF the world
moreover he had bride that for two gen-
erations bad guided the feet and filed the
mouths OF the equine famIy-''a very an
| cient" and dsacoHly biidle-but here his
| trappugs ended there WAS no saddle where
with TO separate the dan slmg hmbs aud sup
port the dial lied lorhl oil the worthy lover
! No, the Deacon had Ear loo great r. gard
/ TO economy--too strong an affection Tor ieAta-
err, 70 allow it wasted away IA the shape OF
tough ntegument Tor that part mncre honor
! lIes''-and his nurse with "a dosgy coat 10
| smooth ''the wear and t-ar, oil riding Oare?'
! II was full as much as conscience would III
! low to cover the seat oil his shoe beach with
| sheep skin--ss to the luxury Of u saddle-it
was out the question.
The horse was prepared andthe pious Dea-
son leaving his sAop stayed not to remove
his leuthsrn apron, (tis'.t sdOsd sLots) but lead
Jog his Rosinaute to rail fence, he grace
fully elonb apon her back ana trotlsi ia pur.
suit of widow Beckett
Row beseech thee gentle reader. not 10
imagine that the louhtaio Of the Deacen's
feelings was at all moved or asitated by the
object in whose pursuit he was engaged
| No such thiasl He rode forth as calmly as
he usuallyrode to mill or 10 church, not even
troubling hiniself, like Cyril Thornton, with
preparing a formal speech-uhllke common
lovers Gf lovers he may be eailed) he adhs-
red closely to that srriptural in junction ''take
no heed for yourselves what We shall say
Bat as time was precious, and when once en-
gagged in Ia job he loved to finish it with dss-
patch--he quickened his nags usual shanb-
ling pace into kind OF ot-amu.ing him.
sell with listening TO the rattiisg of the beasts
bones in their tic shlsss coverings, or whist.
ling the lively AIR OF cold hundred
You may well guess that the expedition Of
the Deacon excited the curiosity aud csnver-
sation among the watchiul neIShbors. For
whoever has been cursed (pardon the rough-
ness of the word, ths subject is TO m, feelings
a sufficient excuse;) with residence IN q
small country village, must remember how
all eyes follow your actions; how ysur COM
plexion, dress, gait character, movements,
sayings and dolngs are noticed, remembered,
talked OF and recorded. Oh! tho pleasure OF
lviag like Dinnsfords white mice in a cage,
or like monsters in spirits to be stared and
wondered at-so thought not tho Deacon,
for he thought nothing about tt, lie had
hardly been gone an hour before reports and
stories were flying from house te house: the
old gossips gathered in grand couael to in-
vestigate tiie subject-snd the younger ones
collected ia little 4nots wondering what was
about to happen.
Bat leaving all their wise contradictions
snd profound surnlSes, let US go on with the
lover who is now in sight oil the desired ha
ven--the widow Becketis house, and Just be-
ginning a little solIloqny within hnasslf.--
s'Shc has a hundred acFcs OF land" though,
he, 'and qsite a clever little snug hosse, be-
; Ing the ddyest womaa about here-let me sea
she is twenty -eight-pns-yes, twenty
! nine years old-and is rnddy and fair to look
upon-ahsa whoal Dobbin!'' Rosinants
, halted al once, before a neat little cottage
, while the Deacon with his usual regard tc
saving of time, stretched forth his whip ano