The Arkansas advocate., 1831-01-26

l found myself able to manage 1t with so much dcxterity that it passed with the world as bone
 of my bone and flesh of my flesh. l was sent home to Boston afterthe peace and was receiy- ed by my friends as one risen from the dead. 1 They tleimagned on seeing ne safe and hear. ty that had enc foot in the grave
 Now, although might have claimed and re-
 ceved pension for the loss of my leg yet re- solved to keep the matter secret as who would not2 Nobody wishes to be pited for his wood- en shin, when he can have the credit oi owning a pair of realliye stumpers. No one of my ae- quaiBtanee suspected that had sham leg, and I was resolved to take no pains to divulge the
 secret, but if got kick on my wooden shin
 even to scratch where # did not smart.
 The pcrtinacty with which have stuck to this determination, has le;. ne into the oddest adeentures. was kicked by q horse on iny fie- ltitious limb and to the astonishment of every bod walked home after 1t, with not 50 much iiI- convenience as a sprained ancle. was bitten 1 by q mad dog most furiously in the same place and every one prophecied that should die, but 1 1 got well of the bite and amazed them all. \ cart wheel run over my foot and jambed 1t into q cooked hat no.one but admired tine forttude with which bore the pain. Walking home 1 day with the Doctor, stepped with one foot fti3o si i'"aitN Si II tiS Doctor was positive should take cold in conse- quence of fl, and won wager of him by not coming off koarse next morning to his utter as l tonishment. But this unfeeling limb ofmine has sometimes brought me into awbard scrapes. never shall forget one evening when had been ridiculing most unmercifuliy certain foppish, conceted 1 pragmatical fellow about the town--ali this did in the presence of his two sisters, whom did not know to be such, and never imagined l that my friend Walter who sat next me would let mo run on at such strain without ap- 1 prsing me Of the blundcr l was committing. ] Why you incomprehensiye fellow,' said he to ine as soon as we came away, .what the veD- ] gcance possessed you to keep on talking in that style when was treading yoaf toe every ia- stant to make you stop.
 Once indeed became very near being detec- ed and the artliiee by which 1 escaped detec- 1 tion had the strangest effect. Who would be- lieve the ghost of q wooden leg eonId break off a match? Or that by saving limb made Mir. Beau Babbeton loose his mistress? will tell the whole story, for it Is seldom that wooden leg has kicked up such q dust.
 On very dark evening was walking home wards through street where the sidewalk was somewhat narrow and the cellar entraoces pro Eiected quite out to the curb stone. One of these happened to be covered with wooden grating, and in walking over 1t trod in the dark upon d ! defective part and my foot broke through. II was my wooden leg and in my endeayors 10 ex- tricate il, the unfortunate limb broke loose and fell into the cellar.
 Here was a terrible awkward situation for fine young gentleman to be in. There was no getting of my leg out of>its limbo n the dark, and to apply for help would discover n,o. Luck fly l had my walking stick, and with the help of that, made shift to hobbe to my lodgings, where arrived undiscovered, thanks to the darkness and lateness of the hour. But the difficulty vas net over. had lost my leg, aud 10 one could make such another; or if it could be re- placed the thing could not be effected without delay of many days and the story would inlall- bly get wind. What should do? knew the house into which my stray limb had stepped. but was not upon the right terms with the occupant to trust him with the secret. This was the most unucky circumstance of all--he was Joe | lCiackabout-a person with whomI was involved l in quarrel, and was moreover an arrant busy body. In short he was no man to trust with the secret of sham leg.
 At last thought struck me of method to l get my leg; and save my credit; for saw plain y that my leg must be had immediately, or else
 the catwould be let out of the bag. thought of Beau Babbleton, the foppsh fellow mentiorl-
 cd above, as parsonage on whom might with
 some conscience play the fathenng of my lost
 limb. had gotmysclf into bad order with his
 sisters and two or three scores of their gossip ping E female acquaintance, by means of ioppery and the insensibility of my timber toes, and
 determined now to be reYenged upon him by
 means of the same untractable members. The
 plan was this: to send by trusty servant note ! to Mr. Cackabout, requesting the leg in the E name of Beau Babbleton, by which means
 should getmy limb again without being suspect
 ed, and Beau might account for the suIerAuity