The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-02-26

ahout rs obsir"perous as my russy cousin a
PRIME chap he was and / took sori nj q no
ton Ia him. he acted out so slick. By-am BY
IN eone the purtyest looking critier that ever l
did see; she walked aud sidled through the
garden like bird among the green trees. aud
her voiee sounded so funny when she spoke.
she kinder let her words of, and sred 'em out
so sweet. that every word sounded rhurk full
Of honey. swan IL made WY h~ari rise up in
my mouth. every Time she spoke. She had
ta'nal harnson'e eyes, 40 bright as the biggest
star IN the eirl-dPper. and ! could almost tell
What she was saying by the cut OF her face
] never did see tritter hook So happy. She
had the runningest lee,le white hai that ever
did see. stuck on one side Of her head, with
blue rihauds \ sireaming fom il over her shout
ders; on foihcr side her long shiny curls hung
down on her shoulders, aud a hsrnsome ~hits /
rose was suck in hem back of hsr ear but il ,
didn't seem much whittier than her forhed aud
meek. for they were AZ white as the froih on
pail Of new milk aiore il is strained. She had
on blue silk ffock, at the bottom cut Oh a lit
lie too short for my notion, and her cunning
leelle feet rally cut about iesile too spty
never did see any thing so supple as she Vas in
my life. The mint she came into the Garden
all the folks in the galleries and on the seats
bei"w began to stomp. and yell, aud hollor. ill
begun TO be aieared that ! made n mistake
and got into Tsmmany Hall agin. She begun
ib curohy. and lay her hand on her bosou,. aud
cuuhy agin all the while. u looking so sweet
and mealy mouthsd that ! wanted 10 eat her up
hull. swan ] did. Auer awhile they begun
10 get ii~d of making sich e,arnal coots Of
themselves. and then she begun TO 20 round a.
mong the folks in the garden and give them
presents. because she was going 10 gin mar
RED IN the morning 10 a rich gentl, man that
lived close by. There Vas one nice leetle gal
that seemed TO take an awful shine TO her and
the way they talked and cbait~d together was
enough 10 make a FILLER feel happy for a hull
week. The comcai lrerls fellcr that she lived !
with. looked as Il he'd cat her up. bonnet aud
all. he was SO ti"kled when she called him her
dear par. and give him beautiful silver pitch
er to remember her by. By-am-by the two gals
went away among the bushes 10 tails over thincs,
as young gals always will jest nfore they ri,
married but all 10 once the connical old chap |
called out Madeline !" and rive her the letter
thai the post-rider had broug ghttor her. never
sre criiier so scared, aud yet SO overjoyed as
she seemed to be when she took the letter
Arter she'd gone into the house. he began TO
tell the folks all sbou, her how she was lee.
tie French gal that he'd undertook 10 hing up
and Keep oni OF harm. when every body in her
counrry was afesred OF their iivss--snd how
she got brother yet in France. whose life
woniun'r he ~"nh fourpence- half penny IL he
should once set foot over in England Tor they
made believe that all this garden aud things
was going on in England.
/ Wal. arter they'd all gone in. ont come Mad
cline agiD With the letter in her hand. swan.
ny, but eouldn, help but feel for the poor
critter She looked as il she'd been a crying !
her eyes out. but she kept kissing the letter
and reading Il sort of loud. and q crying all the
time. so that We all found out il come from her
hsng .nI I'll H. Il I-sl
away with him IN the morning and it seemed
to make her feel bad because he didn't know
that she was going To be married then. When
she d read her letter through, she went into The
house agin. looking as peaked and wan,brcrop-
ped as sick lamb. All 10 once great pirter
fell down smasb-dab right over The garden, thai
made me Jump up. was 80 scared. A great
tall wa nan. all dressed oni in red velvet. stood
in the middle on it. looking a, savage a. a meat
aae. aud more Than dozen folks boys and NO
men and men. all in some kind Of fire red cloths,
were piciered on IL as large rs life. and. good
deal larger. BY the living hockey. think. sez !
I. there aint M mistake about that picter. lf =
Old Scratch hadn't a hand in that, somebody
has stole good hrap of his fire and br,n,sione.
The folks on il looked so big and savags. and I
yet So na'ral. thai couldn't seem 10 think that
il wasn't nothing but picier at 6rsi. but by j
am BY j cot usvd Ia looking at it, aud Il did mt
make me feel so slloysrsh. a
IL warDt long aiors the pitter vas rolled up :
agin rs true as you live The garden was all gone.
and there sot the puuy leeiie Madeliss IN .
room with chest open BY her filled with wo-
mems clothing. and there was a rsle handsome
young feller standing by her that she seemed :
30 fond Of, and that she called her broiber.-- c
While they ~eis talking together and afors {
she had time to tell him she was going. 10 be
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the door, and you never see = cat jump up spy
er than she did. She turned rs white as a Q
sheet and W.T. jng her leetls hands and seemrd .
more than half ciszy. for she said the officers
had Gum srer her brother 10 hang him Tor y
q spy. She hugesd him one mint. aud then e
she'd wiring her hands. and look round so anx- Q
ious Tor some place to hide him in vt last she
run to the chest. pulled Ill the clothes out on q
il. and made him sit in ihee.-sh. put them n
all back gin, and kversd II over with . great e
red shawl. She hadn't but JIst sot down and $
took up her sewing work, when great etsrbal h
coot of sfsller. that made my blood bile every v
time looked 81 him. cum into the room along
with another teller. and begun to sareh AFTER :
the poor young ebsp that she'd hid away. We
could see that the poor gal was eensmost scared u
out Of her senses. Tor she turned as white as &
ehost-but she cooked one foot over iothsr. d
and went on sewing zs fast ~ could be. n b
was rally enough to make one cry to see how u
scared she ~s,. and yet how shs routriyed TO q
fling dirt in them felisr's eyes The grsst tall n
rssg ged loon Of a feII~r begun TO grumble aud !,
cuss to himself while ioiher chap sarched sl
round the room. swauoy IL made me ~rsihy u
TO hear the ,srmint nov he run out sen the q
poor gel. Shed gin him the sack once. and s
hs vas determined to spit out his wrs,h on her Il
for IL. never did see seh wicked eyes as hiz- o.
en- were ia my iifs. nor sch ragged drunken ;,
looking shack it made my grit rise every time q
he looked towards that sweet gal. o
The officer couldn't fEd nobody, and wanted b
10 60 hun, but the tall shack vent up TO the c
che,t, and bsgun TO poke about ssnong the b
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