Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-04-06
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From the Marshall County Republican.
GALLANTRY REWARDED.

In all great cues, IL not unlTcqucHtiy
happens, that young ladies who have
occasion to walk home in the evening,
from church or from the house Of a
friend, unattended, are accosted by the
RouEs with which all large thorough
fares are more or less infected, who
with great politeness tender the offer Of
their company to the fair, and most
ardcntly solicit the pleasure of"seeing
them home."
@My dear Miss! may Ihave the ex-
qmsite pleasure ofseeing you to your
homer" said a dashing fellow ofthirty,
one fine evening, to a gcnteelly dressed
female, who was perambulating far
famed Broadway, apparently in great
haste. The fair one made himnoreply,
but quickeled her pace, as anxious to
escape the lattering and marked atten-
tons of the amorous gallant. But he
was an old soldierin the wars of Bel
zebub, and not to be easily rebufed-
for, he argued to himself, "no respecta-
BILE young lady would be out alone, at
nine o'clock at night"
"You needn't take me for a green
one my pretty charmer. ! am up toall
that sort ofgammon! Come! come! take
my arm, fair lady,"
The lady stopped, but said nothing.
In few seconds, however, a brief par
ley took place, and the lady resumed
her walk, in high chat with her newly
caught beau, who had taken his line of
march by her side.
The gallant was highly elated with
his fair prize, and she seemed highly
delighted with his conversation, which
was that ofan accomplished man of the
world. They arrived, after a short
walk, before the door ola splendid man.
sion, in the lower part Of Broadway,
where the lady stopped, much to the
establishment other gallant, who looked
aghast as she said
.This is my home, SIR"
@Ah! | taker' said he, you are "do-
mestic-ated here! 'damoiselle Of the
chambers, en-!
"Walkin, sir!"-and she opened the
door softly, without ringing the bell"
This last triding circumstance, con-
firmed the polite stranger in his opin-
ion, that the fair one was frail servant
belonging to the house, and he obeyed
her welcome order. Following her
through the long entry, she ushered
him into dark room at the end OF it,
and requesting him TO remaina moment
until she could return with a light, she
disappeared, but to the horror of our
gallant, she closed the door as she went
out, and locked it.
Our amorous cavalier passed mis-
cradle night, "soliary and alone" in the
unfurnished apartment to which his
cruel lady-love had confined him, and
from which all the effortshe could make,
failed to extricate himself. His snight
thoughts" however, cannot be describ-
ed-the reader will have to imagine
them. They were doubtless Solemn
and partook of the thick darkness
around him-but morning brought him
not releasement-not ray of light
found entrance into the apartment,
which by cropping about with his hands,
he found as closely walled on all sides as
dungeon;i it having been formerly the
study or oratory Of a celebrated, elo-
quent counsellor, who had it SO ceiled,
that he might practice the graces of
rhetoric, without disturbing his neigh
bors. There he was. snug as a bug in
a rug, but by no meaes SO comfortable.
Not soul came nigh him; the time
passed most tediously away--each Sc
\cond seemed an eternity TO the solitary
Land to add to his intolerable suffer
ings, ne began to feelthe cravings OF
conscience and the cravings ofhunger
he Thought now of his baseness, and
then Of his dinner-now he inwardly
cursed hrs fairjailor, and then he cursed
himself for blowing petticoat to over
reach and out wit him so confoundeblJ
and how would the strange adven
ture terminate? Hewas doomed TO en-
ioy second nights 'slodging on the cole
ground ere that query was solved!
On the second morning of the cap
tiyity Of our amorous spark, as he la,
oppressed with the weight ofhis woes
and painting in imagination the charm
ola full breakfast, he was reused by
rough voice, exclaiming near his plac'
Of durcss, in an authoritative tone
aBring forth the patient,' 6immediatel
the door was opened, and two stout fel