The Arkansas advocate., 1830-10-20

lected as usual at sunset. ssI have hardly had chancen said the landlord 'sto ask you the news, Sir. ) spose there's something string
 "Why, indeed,' replied the officer. skipping his small clothes with his glove. ssthe rebels talk as loud as ever, but pon honor We have teo little to dc in the way of our profession-you understand me. ,
 "Ays Sir, New ! ork's safe enough, spesen
 s1f9RAess acsi we livs luxariously in that city. tTE'it1e 'it1e rebel girls weaken Us more than their fathers husbands aud brothers-you understand me. We have balls and parties, and parties and balls. 1t would be refreshing pon hon. or, to have little. .fghting as wellas dor,- eng.
 esYou are too young, Sir, spose, to have seen.a great dealof hard service.' , "By no means, landlord. was at Lexington-indeed l was, so earlyin the war as that. should have done some thing there had 1t not been for the sly and very unsoldierlike habits of the re- bels-you understand me. have had five horses shot under me-leaped four six bar fences just ahead of a bullet-- shot twenty -one men, stabbed eleven, all standing-hand to hand--indeed l have." Here, the loungers were gap ing with wonder and curiosity, but Mir. Ruggles maintained his grave dubois physiognomy.
 "Why-at a skirmish near Boston, continued the Captain, s'I was taken prisoner, but the scales turned-l saw stout regiment of ours not far off knocked one guard down, brushed by another~-run a gauntlet along a sharp fire of musquetry--swam strong cur rent and mounted Bucephalus at the head of my own gallant company; in- deed ] did landlord-you understand me.
 Not long after tlis Capt. Fudge call ed the landlord aside and after some conversation was heard to say, sEYou will procure me, landlord, the privilege of paying my respects to Miss Wheeler. although ughherfatheris,you say,a Whig?1' @"All right, sir replied the landlord.
 The fact was, our captain, in his rice had caught glimpse Of a young siady who was the daughter of Mir. Vince Ter, in the neighborhood of the tavern. He applied to the landlord for his assis- tance in obtaining an introduction to tho family, althoughhe almost despaired of overcoming the obstacles which the Whigism of the father would probably throw in the way of an intimate acquain- tance with his daughter-The constant recollection which the captain had ot his own personal beauty and power over the sexs prevented any doubt in his mind as to his success in the subsequent points provided he could once obtain an opportunity of employing his ad. dress.
 At this time a small detachment ol American soldiers lay at no great dis tance from the village and this circum stance the londlovd we'll lznew. Cap. tain Fudge however, was not aware O it, and if he had been, would have re lied upon his own troop which he hae left few miles off and his fellow off cers who were engaged yet nearer te him in such recreations as the times per mitted.
 
 The landlord procured for him .the desired introduction. The father was cold but tolerably civil, and the daugh ter was declared by the captain to be 'sincomparably the most victorious re bel be had met with in the two cam paigns!n After his first visit, he made the landlord aware of the character O his designs towards Miss Wheeler. His plans were laid and his visits were con tinued nearlya week, with what seem ed to the suiter a manifest advantage to his purpose. His scheme was conf ded only to the landlord, MT. Ruggles One or two shrewed neighbors conlec tured the existence of some special in 1 leTeSt belWeeH tlelils Dut these Hdu be other reason for it than their having no ticed in the conversation between then slight and momentary shade pass ovel the usually hard and unchangng fea lures of the landlord, like the shadow of a cloud driven before the wind owe q field of wheat. Meanwhile he haC tleft the village fora day or two-upol what business was not known to tn, Captdia-and on his return he hasten ed his guests schemes to their eonsgm nation. The details were entrusted f, his nara and he arrss,red fhnrn -u,ifi