The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-11-25

home.
set up till midnight, and when they
was all gone to bed | went softly into the
back gate, and went up to the porch, and
thar, shure enuil, was CRATE big meal
bag hangin to the jce. It was monstron.
unhandy to git into it, but was larmlned
not to back out; so sot some chairs on
top of a bench and got hold Of the rope
and let myself down into the bag. butjust
as was ge'tin in, the bag swung agln the
chairs, and down they went with Terri
bic racket. Bat no body didn't wake up
but odd Miss StaIious CRATE big cur dog,
and here he conre ri7rln and tar'n through
the yard like wrath, and round he went
irwin To find what was the matter. sot
down in the bag and uidn't breath louder
nor kitten, for fear he'd find me out, and
after while he quit baIkin. The wind
begun 20 blow bominable cold, and the old
bag KEEP turnin round and swlngin so it
made me seasick as the mischief. was
lrad to move for fear the rope would brake
and let me fall, aud thar sot with my
teeth ranlin like had ager
It seemed like it would never come day
light. and do believe if dirn't love Miss
Mary so powerfully would frozen to delh
for my hall was the only spot that felt
warm, and it didn't beat more'n two ticks
mint, only when though. how she
would be sprsed in The mornin, and then
il went into canIer. B!me5y the cussed
old dog come up on the porch and begun
to smell bout the bag, and then he harked
like he thought he had freed sumelhin
Bow WOW wow" ses he. Then he'd
smell agin, AMI try to cit up to the bsg,
Git eul,n ses very low, for fear they
would near me; "Bow WOW, VOW" ses
he.
BE gone! you bominabe fool" ses |,
and felt all over in spots, for spected
every mint he'd nip NE, and what made
il worse. couldn't see whar bouts he'd
| tried coaxin-''come here, good Celer,n
ses |, and whslled IillIe to him, but it
want'no use Thar he stood and KEEP Nd
his eternal whinin and barkIu, al night.
! lanld'nt tell when daylight was barkin.
only by the chickens CROWN, and was
monstrous glad to hear 'enl, for il had To
stay there one hour more, don't believe
I'd ever got out - that bag alive.
Old Miss SNllious come oul fuSl and as
5000 as she saw the bag, SEES she,
"Wha' upon yea,h has Joseph put in
that bag for Mary2 I'll lay its a yearIin
or som" live animal, or Bruin wouldn't
bark at it So" She went ir to call the
gals. and | sol thar, shverin all over so
couldn't speak if tried lo-bul didn't
say nothin. Eimeby they all come runnin
out
NV Lord, what is it? "s,s Miss Mary.
"Oh, it's alive" ses Miss kesah, VI
see 1t move.n
"CaIl Cato, and make him cut the rope
ses Miss Carline, "and let's see what il u.s.
Come here Cato, and get this bag down.
Don't hurt it for the world, "ses Miss
Mary.
Cato united the rope tina, was round the
jice, end let the bag down on the floor,
and lumbled out all covered with corn
meal, from head to foot.
"Goodness graciousm ses Mss Mary,
iii 1t aint the Major himself"
Yes SEES ], "and you know you pro-
missed to keep my Crismas present as long
as you lived"
The gals laughed themselves almost to
death, and went to hrushin off the meal as
last as they could, savln they was gwiie
to hang thai bag up every Crlsmus ill they
got husbands too. Miss Mary-bless her
bright eyes-she blushed as beautiful as
a morn,n~glory, and sed she'd stick to
her word. She was rite out o'bed, and
her hair wasn't combed and her he'd wesn'l
iixt a, all, but the way she looked pretty
was rsle dislrarin. do believe if was
iroze sllfi, one look at her charmln face,
as she STOOD lookn down TO the floor with
her rogish eyes and her bright curls fall
ing all over her snowy neck, would foteh'd
me too. tell you what, 1t was worth
hanging in meal bag from one Crismus
to another to feel so happy as | have ever
since.
went home after we had the laugh
out; and set by the fire Till ! had lhawed.
IN The forenoon all the SlallIous come
over TO our house, and we had one of the
creates, Crismus dinners that ever was
seed in Georgia, and don'I beier hap
per company ever sat down at the same
table. Old Mass Stallious and mother
seuled the match, and talked over every
thing that ever happened IN their families
and laughed at me and Mary, and cried
bout their drd husbands, caus they WASN'T
alive to SEE their children married.
!. is all settled now, cept we haint sol
the weddin dav. I'd like to have it all
over at once, bat young gals always like
to be engaged awhile, You know, SO !
spose must wait month or SO. Mary
she says mus, call her Miss Mary now