Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-04-02

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Isenditto that Casket, that every BODY reads.
70 be printed. As | don't keer u cent, however.
III up and'tel you. Adreadful nice chair This
TO- yourn."
very" said impatiently, Gorl was anxious
TO hear the story
"Moves on casters, ! do Declare" contin.
ued he.
"Yesw answered rather tartly
.'sAnd stuffed with rsehair, guess" |
nodded assent. swell, as you're impatient,
III go on with my history So after hitchne
his chair, untAit attained its proper distance
from the fire, he placed his feet on the fen,
der, locked his hands together, and Join
log the extremity Of his thumbs, he common.
Iced.
81 oncs heerd crazy chap explain the con
Is!ructlon Of the aiyth, He commended that it
was tarnalion big pot O. mush, ami that the
mountains we're the Jumps Of meal that hadn't
got mixed, US they oughter didn't do moth.
IN at first but snicker, and wonder where IN all
natur they billed the mush, and what a lot oil
hasty-puddin' for breakfast the meal would ha'
made. This was when | was leelle shaver
with my hair as curly and as white as shavins.
As grew up my mind often reverted TO it, and
Il thought that some of US get good many
hard taps on our noodles, with the mush-stick
of misfortin' When got lickin' from "a
chap,I used to say. only the mush.stck.'-
When got goin' among the gals, and found
any of my acquaintance that had the sack to
hold, | used 10 say, they've got bat with the
mushstick,' So the crazy chaps theory was
to me like a pot o mush to a hungry man, a
great consolation.
81 was about twenty or eabouts when
first went to Jabez Lanes singingskule. |
used to fiirt about among the gals, as much as
a mallshy officer among his men on trainin'
day, and used to feel jest as big tew Folks
said SICK Bartlett's courtin' Jemima Brown.
NO he amt others would say 'he's a courtn'
Smith well, guess you air out
o your reckonin' this time, says third,
hes payin' heap Of attention to Chart
ty Buskbody.' And SO thags went on for a
long time.
"There was one gal that had known ever
since was SO high, and used to beau her to
and from singin'- skuleiwheneve she hadn't no
body else to do it. She thought was rale
clever fellow, and thought her TREMENDOUS
nice gal, and We were both on us, not SO very
wide off the mark, neyther, but we didn't love
one another However, SEEM as we went So
much together, every body said it would be a
match. We both tried to contradict it, but ii
want of no manner of use. A fellow endeav.
orin' to suppress any thing of the kind, re-
minds me Of chap chasn' his hat that's
blown of, on windy day. Ev'ry grab he
makes at it drives it further ahead, and so he
keeps followin' up until it gifts lodged in the
nearest mud puddle"
Something" observed, "like rolling
snow ball, it grows larger as it proceeds"
"Yef! and sloppin' it, is like stoppin' water
with a big stone. ltiumps over, and hides the
denial.n
"The best thing in those cases would be
to leave the society ofthe young ady" added
4 inquiringly.
"Yes!" was the answer, "and have all the
old maids noisin' your name about, sayin' ii
was a shame and sin. Calm you black
hearted brute, and endeavorin' officously 10
bring about a reconciliation, No! no! that
would never do, so | shook my head, and when
ever any Of my acquaintance rallied me about
ii, and asked me when I'd git married, told
'em when | an my gal can hitch bosses.
Zone night, when called at old Peter Samp-
sons 10 take his da'ter Patience to singin'skule
as usual, she ran out TO me. LEX said she,
you must put on your best behavior tonight,
there's a goin' TO be a dreadful nice gal to-
night at skule, and I've fixed it you shall fall
in love with her. oh! get OUT says L.
Bein' its SO though clap your fxin's on and
let's git there as soon as possible. So we
did.
Gas we entered the room where the skule
was held, in the basement story o. the Babtlst
meetln' house, looked toward the desk, and
there sttin' jam O. one side of it, was the slick
estgal ever did see. felt the warm blood
fushin' up TO my face and temples, and could
almost hear myself blush. She had the purti-
Est blue eyes, the whitest hand, and such a
voice. IT, shet my eyes, | can hear that voice
! ringin' in my cars, as it did that moment.--
Alter Patience introduced me, | sot to work
alking to her SPELL What said never
,ould recollect, and rayther guess It want
worth the effort few memorise, for was stru ok
Ill of heap. Alter skule was out, II asked
cave to go home with her, for Patience TO gil
ne chance had made her brother come alter
Ter.
q slowed her in my wagon, and We. druvI
ound to herhome. As my critters streaked
/ along the road, fecoyercd my confidence
n measure, and language thawed out as fast
IS il iriz up before. AT FIRST talked soft nom
ense to her, but il didn't suit. Then got onl
yineral topics, and soon found that though shcI
want blue-stockin' she was sensible, well-
,ead gal. 4 poured out all the thoughts could
muster, and believe / did talk now like min