Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-04-16

IS sudden attack, one of The
Here she goes there she goes was
tie sole reply
1he physicians stepped into q corner
and consulted together.
WIN you Be good enough TO run for a
barber M must have bis head shaved
and blistered said DR.. W ms.
Ali poor dear husband, said the lady,
8 fear he never again win know bis mis-
cradle wife.
Here she goes, there she goes con.
tinued the landlord, with a little more en-
phasis, and with more nervous yet de-
ierrnined waving Of the finger in concert
with the pendulum for the minute hand
was near tile twelve-that point which
was to put fifty dollars in his pocket,if be
had arrived at it without his suffering him.
self to be Interrupted.
The wife in a low, bewaling tone con.
tinued her utterancesa
No never nor Of his daughter
Here she goes, there she goes p al.
most shouted thelandlcrd, as the. minute
hand advanced to the desired point.
The barber arrived, he was naturally
laxative man, and when the doctor made
some casual remark, rejecting upon the
quality of the instrument he was to use,
he replied,
/" All ha f? no Monsieur, you say very
bad to razor-tres beautifuI-eh ?-look
-look-very fine isn't she 2"
Here she goes, there she goes 7"
screamed the landlord, his hand waving
on-on, his face gathering smile, and his
whole frame in readiness to be convulsed
with Joy.
The barber was amazed. "Here she
goes, there she goes !" he responded in
the best English he used, Ware ware
shall begin Vat is dat he say -
"Shave his head at once !" interrupted
the doctor, while the lady sank into chair.
Here she goes-there She-goes -
for the last time cried the landlord, as the
clock struck the hour of nine, and he
sprang from his scat in an ecstacy of de-
light, screaming at the top of his voice, as
he skipped about the room
"I've Won tive wonit!"
What ~ said the bar keeper.
What ~ echoed the doctors.
"Whatp - re.echoed the wife.
"Why the wager-fifty dollars !" But
casting his eyes about the room, and mis-.
sing the young men who induced him to
watch the clock, he asked the bar keeper
where are those young men who sup.
ped here last night ? oh quick, where
are they z"
They went away in their wagon near
" an hour ago, sir !" was the reply.
The truth flashed like a thunderbol
through his mind.
They had taken his pocket book witt
ONE hundred and seven dollars therein
and decamped-a couple of swindline
sharpers, with wit to back them! The
story is rife on all mems tongues in the
ncighborhood where this affair occurred
and the " facts are not otherwise thar
here set downs" but we regret that the
worthy landlord in endeavoring to over.
ta'se the rascals, was thrown from the wa.
q Ind so severely injured as to be con
} Fl q his room at the present moment
can watch the pendulum Of hi'
q. siis leisure.
] FEMALE PlETY.-1he gem Of all others
) which encircles the coronet of a Lady''
character, is unaffected piety. Nature
may lavish much on her person--the en-
chantment ofthe conference.-the grace
/ fitness of her mien, or the strength of hel
intellect, yet her loneliness is uncrowned
till picty throws around the whole thu
sweetness and power of her charms. Sh'
then. becomes unearthIy in her temper
unearthly in her desires and associations
D The spell which bound her affections tt
. things below is broken, and she mounts OF
the silen. wings of her fancy and hope Il
e the habitation Of God, where It will be he
e delight TO hold communion with the spirits
d that have been ransomeo from the thral
3 dom ofearth, and wreathed with garland
Of glory.
) Her beauty may throw its magica
u charm over many--princesa and conqueror
may bow with admiration at the shrine o
J. her riches-the sons of science and poetr,
y may embalm her memory in history anC
0 in song yet piety must be her ornamcn
her pearl. Her name must be writtel
d in the book ofliie, that when mountain
e fade away, and every memento Of earthl
e greatness is lost in the general wreck {
e nature, it may remain and swell the list {
!. that mighty throng, which have been cloth
ed with the mantle of righteousness, an
y their voices attuned TO the melody Of heaA
en-.
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