Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-08-22


give them greater pleasure, than TO meet
tie sou of theft old school mate, MIR H.
Our young friend pleaded the want OF clo-
thing, aud made every excuse he could IN
invent, but all in vain--every excuse
was done away so readily, that he at
length repaired to the toilette-a adjusted
his cratat-brushed his hair over aud over
again. On examining his pockets howev-
er, he found his main weap IN OF defence 10
time Of embarrassment was gone. Now,
DR.. X. like many other bashtul men while
sitting AMONG a company OF young ladies,
if any joke was passed To the annoyance OF
bis excessive modes;y, was in the habit, in
order to conceal 1t, of practising kind of
manuel ersrctse with his pocket HANDKER-
CHIEF, much in the manner recommended
by Addison to the ladies', in the exercise
of the fan, such as
Handle your handkerchief.
Unturl vour handkerchief
Twill your handkerchief.
Recover your handkerchief
Pocket your handkerchief.
When he came to The mannuvre, "twirl
your handkerchief" he would twlh one
corner behind his chair as he leaned back,
catch it with his left hand, and fairly tie
himself into his chair. and as the cmbar-
rassment snbsided he would unite the
knot. This mannuvre was never practised,
except in case ofsolne joke about the girls,
or some other cause OF extreme entarfuSS-
ment.
Thus armed and equipped, he starts for
The hospitable mansion OF Mr.. c., rings the
bell and is met in the entry by Mr.. G. him
self who, with bow of mathematical pre-
cision, greets his young friend, and then
taking him in by the arm, presents him
to the company, agreeabv with the eti-
quete of that time. Capt. b before
named, was shrewd discerner of the hui
man character and although gentleman
of fine feelings and refined manners, yet
he could not at all times rid himself of his
sea phrases, and the frank and generous
feelings he acquired by his early adventu-
rous habits. He was, therefore, the tenn
porary guardian of every young man who
needed his assistance. He was not long
In discovering, that the son of his old
friend, was not exactly at his ease here, and
when seated at the table, he was careful to
place himself beside him, and engage him
in conversation about his father, the village
Of, and the various mutations it had
undergone, since the DAYS oftheir boyhood.
&c. Thus did our M. DIS. old friend
amuse his mind with old yarns, through all
the rounds Of dishes, moi emitting the hoi
batter pudding, whose caloric proved no
small annoyance to the volubility Of our
guests, as the sequel ,oiH proce While
they were thus engaged, basket of ice
balls, was handed round, so fancifully COLI
ored as to resemble fruit, and as DR. Il.
was too much absorbed in conversation to
examine bonne-bouche" of any kind, he
received one Of them in his right hand,
slight compression with which soon inform
ed him of his mistake, and the old captain
perceving it, as the water commenced
dripping through his fingers, whispered in
his ear, 81 would fire a stern chaser into
snow-baH." His young friend took the
hint, and unseen and unsupported by any
one. tossed the dissolving ball into the fire
behind him. The idea OF firing snow-bals
OH such an occasion, and in such place,
disturbed for the first time the DIS schoI
astic gravity. He looked round to see if
any one was observing, and happening to
catch the eye Of Mrs e. foLnd her COM
mencing one Of her fits Of cachination-he
O. first thought it might be the SNOWFALL"
or she had seen him laugh; but he soon
found her eye directed to his ruff1e-he
cast his eyes in that direction, and there it
was sure enough! During his earnest and
close "tete tete" with his friend, his rut-
fe had protruded through the lapel of his
vest in great display-he attempted TO tuck
it in, and in doing which. he UNEXPECTEDLY
bedaubed his finger with piece Of batter
pudding he looked again, and found
large piece Of it adhering with great tena-
city to the plaits Of his rufie-he attempt.
ed to remove it, but il stuck TO its post like
a good soldier-he looked toward Mrs C.,
her eve was rivetted to the ruffle. She
had seen the whole maneuvre. of dropping
the hot pudding from his mouth. which was
nigh being burned, and ii had produced
kind of hystericAl laugh, to conceal which,
she compressed her handkerchief to her
mouth.
The doctor watched and at length
caught her eye-but this increased her
laughter the more-what to do he did not
know-he looked around to see if any 9TH
err one observed either Of them-each one
was busiy employed about their deserts
again he caught her eye-it was wild with
the paroxysm of laughter-his embarrass-
meni increased. and he leaned back in his
m .f.I aaSa md huth ht