Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-06-12

IL was on tllG last tlille we ever 0lU SOi that
the circumstance occurred which | have
now to relate, and which gave the first
death blow to my hopes of happiness. We
were crossing the street, her dear arm link
ed in mine, when we CHANGED to meet
! female friend; and wishing to have little
chat with her without incommoding the
passengers, we got to the edge of the tyot-
tier, near which at the time there was
standing an old white horse totally blind.
harnessed to calcche. lie was a quiet
! looking animal, and none could suppose
from his physiognomy that he had any saw
age propensity in his nature. But imagine
my establishment and horror, when sud
denly heard my charmcr give scream that
pierced me to the very heart!-and when
perceived that this atrocous old blind
brute, having slowly and slyIy swaved his
head round, caught the-how shall | des-
cribe t-caught my Elzabcth-reallv
can't say how-but he caught her; and be-
fore could extricatc her from his Jaws, he
made reef in her garments such as lady
never before suffered. i
As rapidly as could, of course, got my
fair one into a caleche. and hurried home,
the truth of the ball room tete-a-tete grad
ually opening in my mind as TO the true
cause of the disaster-it was that the blind
horse, hungry brute, had been attracted by
the smell of my EIizabeth's hustle, made of
hay-new hay!
Elizabeth was never the same to me af-
terwards-she took the most invincible dis
like to walk with me, or rather to be seen
in the streets with me. But matters were
not yet come to the worst. and had in
| ft,lrr ,,,h Il, i l..
| had, however taken deep aversion to
bustles, and even determined to wage war
upon them to the best of my ability. In
this spirit, few days after, determined
to wreak my vengeance on my sisters bus
tie, for | found by this time that she too
was cmuIous of being a iIottentot beauty.
Accordingly having to accompany her and
my intended wife to ball, | stole into nv
sisters room in the course Of the evening
before she went into it to dress, and bounced
upon her hated hustle, which lay on her
toilet table. | inflicted a cut on it with nv
pen-knite, and retired. But what mis-
take did make! Alas it was not nv sis
ter's hustle, but my Elizaheth'sl However
we went to the ball. and for time all went
smoothly on. | took my Elizabeth as a
partner in the dance; but imagine my hor-
ror when | perceived her gradually becom.
ing thinner and thinner. losing her en- bon
po'nt as she danced; and worse than that
every movement which she described in the
figure-the ladies chain. the chaSSe--was
accurately marked, recorded, on the chaIked
floor with bran! Oh dear reader, pity me:
was ever man so unfortunate? This sealed
my doom: she would never speak to me or
even look at me afterwards
But this was not all. Ny character with
= the sex--ay, with both sexes-was also
destroyed, |, who had been heretofore, as
| said considered an example of prudence
and discretion for young man, was now
set down as thoughtess, deviI-may- care
wag, never to do wel the men treated me
coldly, and the women turned their backs
upon me; and so thus in reality they made
me what they had supposed was 1t wa:
indeed no wonder. for | could never after
sec lady with a hustle. but felt an ire.
sistablc inclination to laughter, and this toe
even on occasions when | should have kept
a grave countenancc. If met a couple
OF country or other friends in the street
and inquired after their famiy-the cause
perhaps, of the mourning in which they
were attired, to their astonishment would
take to laughing, and if there was a horse
near US, give the lady push away 10 an.
other situation. And if then were asked
the meaning of this ill-timed mirth, anc
singular movement, what could | saw
Why, sometimes made the matter worse
by replying, Dear madam, it is ONLY tC
save your hustle from the horsem
Stung at length by my misfortunes anc
the hOpelessness of my situation, became
utterly reckless, and only thought Of car
rylng out my revenge on the bustles in ev
cry way in my power; and this l mus
say with some pride did for a while with
good effect. got number of the hatec
articles manufactured for myseH--but not
reader, to wear. as you shall near. Oh no
but whenever received an invitation to Z
| party-which indeed had latterly beer
seldom sent mel took one of these arti
Giles in my pocket. and watching favora
bic opportunity when all were engaged il
the may figure of the dance. let it secretly
fall amongst them. The result may be i'm
agined-ay, reader imagine it. for canno
describe it with effect, First, the half sup
pressed but Simultaneous scream of all til;
ladies', as it was held up for claiment; mex
: equally simultaneous movement of the Ia
dies hands, all quickly disengaged from
, those of their partners, and not raised NJ
in wonder, but carried down to their
hustle! Never was movement in the dane,
executed with such precision; | cannot sa,
! it was graceful, yet should be immortal
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