The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-01-29
LLrTER VI.
MORNING CALL OF MR.. SLICB
A coQrgTrE's DREssIso ROOM.

coQrITTE's pREssIso ROOM.
Wal, srly next morning, got up and put on
my new clothes agn, and sot aiore the FIRE
thlnkin Of eenamost every thing on suh. ill
the clock struck nine then I jist slicked down
my hair leetie, aud pulled foot up for Broad
way sgin. kinder expected every mint that
! should meet Miss Miles as l did yesterday.
but somehow there ddut seem 10 be any body
stirring. Ther ~arnt a single one Of them
~bislered chaps In sight, and all the women
folks that ] could see up or down seemed 10
have On nothing but their every day clothes.
! saw two or three rale honespup. modest look
Jog young critters. but they ~snt dressed up.
and some on EN- were carrying bandboass and
and sch things afore them. Once got alfred
~raihy. for a niggcr woman stood out on the
stun walk with great long brush in her hand
a scrubbiug the winders Of big house with IT,,
and ii~, rs / snme along she gave the brush q
flourish, and cent q hull thunder shower Of
dirty water all over my new clothes. You
etarnai black nigger, you you'd better look
out and keep your soap-suds for them that
wants washing. sez ]. But she hee-he-ed out
larfu, and begun 10 brush away agin jist.as
ifT bsdu't q said a word TO her. Thinks SEE
i. -oolda,t be list the thing 70. sny body Il
may az well grin and bear II. tor j don't know o
any thing that proves lsllsr a lestie soft IN the
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parson that 10 so much beneath him that there
amt nothin 10 bs gained. though you do sit the
upper hand. So jist ehoked in and took out my
hankercber. and wiped of my coat sleeves. aud
went along but IL ~arnt no easy matter 10 nav
ipar so rs not To cit a second duckiDs. for cv-
cry niger in York seemed 10 be washing win
dep. ] come near slipping up. two or three
times. the s;uns were 50 vet sfore all the hous-
es. | can tell you what. this going 10 make
morning Gala siot no joke, especially IL felIcr
happens TO he dressed up. Tho niggsn ~ilI
sponge his coat for him Il The tailor forgot to,
without charging him for the trouble.
Jest afore got up to ibs great four story
house where Miss Miles lives. begun to feel
sort Of anxious agin. Think ser ]. what on ar,h
shall say to her when do git there. So Kept
q thinkin over q nice leetlc speech that meant
to make. I'D read in story boots about lovers
that always went down on their knees when
they talked soft solder 10 such stuck up Gals as
Miss Miles. but tn save INV life. couldn't make
up my mouth to do il +; the gal must he some
thin more than common flesh and blood that
wonld ever bring Jonathan Slick on his mar
row bones I'm thinking so II she calonlaies
hat I'm a going 10 make such a mean coot OF
myself as Tint, why she may 90 to grass Tor what
| care.
Besides. sez Ito myself. how on srh could
! knseI down 10 these new fashioned trousers. u
I would ever so mnch when artsr putting one
thing and another together. made up my mind
that knrsling down to the gals must have gene
out of fashion here in York when tho chaps
give pp wearing them trousers pulled IN ut Tho
Wristbands. This kinder made my mind easy
on that point 30 I went on fbinkiD over whai
should say 10 Miss Miles when 70 10 her houss
Nov. II amt no ways hard 10 make 6rst-rais
=. Ill L.. al hSa hsss \ sat
10 see gal that he's begiDning TO take shine
sner; bot somehow the ~orsi on IL all is. chap
always forgeis every word on it when he comes
where the gal 10.
Ibegun TO grow awful uneasy iist sIors got
10 the house and my hear sot TO bea'in 10 my ho-
som like the pesfle in an Old isshiooed samP
mortar IL seemed to me as IL somsbody vas
a lookin at me. as " they knew was going a
courin IN brosd day light. which was enough TO
make spy decent ehnp look foolish that had
never thought of maxim up 10 the gals only on
a Sunday night srter dark. when these things
seem 10 come na,'ral Wal. ~bsn got aaiu the
house, I took squint mp TO the ~indsr.. Tor
thought msbby Miss Miles would be 'ook'n
out, but there varut nobody TO be seen. 90 !
went up the vide marble steps fhst looked ss
white as snow With great ehnnk OF marble
curling down each side on EN-. and there
| ] $1,000 etOfk tof IVY "N"''
bout 30 that IL eeusmoa ehoksd me. and "
I'd /. been huoe I eonldn'i got up pluck to
puII m. silver knob and make somebody come
and let me in: for al the York people keep
,h.ir doors fastened in the day time. SO that II
(,I.r's IN ever So much Of q hurry. he's got
Ia stand out doors TIL nigger comes TO let him
IN.
By-am-by black gal stuck her head up from
under the steps ne II she was going TO speak.
go I turned my back to the door aud stuck
both hands in my pockets and besus to whistle
=, independent ss could be. rst 10 10, her see
that did'pt feel anxious TO get 10. Ausr ihst
I vent down the steps ssip. JET giving ieetis
touch Of Yankee Doodle as / WALKED mp and
down on the stun walk afore the house, a try
ing TO ri, up courage. Al last . gal come to
the door With tin basin 10 her hands and begur
TO scour the silver knobs, se ! Jist vent nsh
up the steps sgin Fte house hrs' ana sea
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