Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-03-14

house. Now IL amt no ways hard tn
make first rate speeches up in a fellers
head, when he's going TO see gal that
he's beginning TO make shine arter; but
some how, the worst of 1t all is, a chap
always forgets every word on it when he
comes where the gal is.
L begun to grow awful uneasy list a.
fore got TO the house, and my heart sol
to beatin in my bosom like pessel in an
old fashioned samp morter. 1t seemed
to me as If some body was looking arter
me and as if they knew was goin cour-
ting in broad day light, which was enough
TO make any decent chap look foolish that
never thought Of making up to the gals
only on Sunday night arter dark, when
these things seem 10 come nat'ral. Wal,
when | got agin the house, took squint
up the winders, for thought mebby Miss
Miles would be lookin out, but there
warn't nobody to be seen, SO went up
the white marble steps that looked as
white as snow with great chunk of mar
Bile a curling down each side OMEN, and
there | stood stock still, for my heart
fiounde red about so that it eenamost cho-
ked me, and if I'D a been hung | couldn't
got pluck to pull the silver mob and
make somebody come and let me in; for
all the York people keep their doors fas-
tened in the day time, so that if feIlers
IN ever SO much of hurry, he's got to
stand out doors till niger comes to let
him in.
By-am-by black gal stuck her head
up from under the steps as if she was 60
| ing TO speak, so turned my back to the
door and stuck both hands in my pockets
and began to whistle, as indie pendent as
could be, iist to let her see that | didn't
| feel anxious TO get in. Arter | went
down to the step agin, jst givin a leetle
touch of Yankee Doodle as | walked up
and down on the stun walk afore the
house, tryin to git up courage. At last
gal cum to the door with a tin basin in
| her hands and begun to scour the silver
nobs, so jist went rite up the steps agln
| like a house-a-fire, and seq | TO the gal ::
as Miss Miles to hum?"
She kinder started at me, as If she was
going TO ask what wanted, but / warnt
going to stand there talking to her, so
jist pushed ahead and went into the en-
| try way. There warnt no body there,
but one of the mahogany doors that O.
| pened on the side, was open and | went
in. If any thing the two great rooms
was more hansumer than them at cousin
| Bebee's; the foot-stools and the settees
and the chairs were all kivered with shi-
NY red velvet figured off like all natur,
but they stood about all over the carpet
every which way, two or three little stun
tables stood out in the middle of the room,
one on 'em was kivered with decanters
and wine glasses, and some of the books
lay all kivered with gold, glittering
and shining on the carpet. The CRATES
were all lined with solid silver, but there
warn't spark of fire in either on'm yet,
and the ashes lay all scattered over the
stun herths as thick as could be. A part
Of the great silk -winder curtains were
hItched up and the rest on 'em fell clear
down to the floor, over the winders till
the sunshine than came pouring through
them looked as light and red as hun
| dred glasses full of current wine. Thinks
| |, what on arth has become of all the
folks; one would think they hadn't eaten
| break fast yet; that couldn't be, for by
that time it was eenamost ten o'clock,
and any body that has the least idee of
gettin Twin won't wait arter six for his
break fast Wal, arter wanderin about
the rooms a good while, jist went into
the entry way agin-by that time the
gal I'd seen at the door had got up on a
chair and was a hauling down great
round glass thing which was hung by a
sort of chain up to the ruff of the entry.
| When she seed me comm out OF the
two rooms, she yelled out as if she didn't
know that | was there afore-
| .sWhat do you want here" SEE she, inn
pudent as could be.
| Hold your tarnal yop, you critter you,
seq |, sand jist tell me where Miss Miles
| is, Eve come to make her morning call
The gal seemed little mortified by
that, and seq she, to little stuck up cuff
fee boy that come up stairs just at that
time; ''here's gentleman wants TO see
Miss Miles, is she up yet"
| "Wal, now, thinks seq I, ssif this York
amt the beatenest place that ever did
see-there amt niger in it but what's
a pokin fun at you. or throwing water
or some tarnal thing or another. won
der if these leetle coots think Pm soff E.
huff TO believe that an honest hansum gal
| like Miss Miles lies abed till ten o'clock.
They don't stuff me up that way any how,
| if | did come from the country
| ..What name shall take upf' seq the
leetle cuffee boy, bowin.
..Oh, | Amt particular" seq l, s'you
may take up any you like best-but |
wish you'd tell me where she IS, for be-
| gin to feel eenamost tuckered out, wal
| kin and standin about here"
The little cufee boy looked at the gal,
and then they both began to giggle and
hee hee like any thing.
..Look here, you little copper colored
image you," SEE to the niger, '.jist you
step up this mint il you don't want TO get
an ALFRED thrashing-"
The poor leetle varmant looked scared
out Of years growth, and seq he, as
humble as could be, SWho shall ! say
wants to see Miss Milesl"
"Never you mind that" seq l, Ego &
head and guess she wont be long in find
| in OUT
With that the niger went up stairs
and arter him full chisei; he looked