Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-11-25

and swinging so il made INC seasick as
ine mischief ! vas fraid TO lnoyo 10, |
fear tho rope would brake and let me
Tail. and thar SIT with my teeth ra;tl,n
like had an ager. IL seemed like i,
would never come daylight, AMI 1 do
blieve if I dida't love Miss Mary SO now
eriully, ! would frozc To dcth, for NV
hart VIVA the only spot thai felt warm,
AID II didn't beat more'n two ticks "a
MINT. only when / ihooght how she
weuli be sPrized in The mnfn:h, and
thens't wen: INTO q esaleI- -Bimeby the
cussed osd dog sam9 vi, ON. tho ,ofch
aud began to smell round about the
ba 2. sndtheu he-barked like he thought
he haf trscd yoineihin. Bow, WOW.
voYr scs he Thefi he'd smell ayin.
Tand cry 10 GIT up to the bag. sGi, oat,'
SOS |. very low, for Iearrley would hear
the: Bow, Vow W W. SEES he. Bcsonei
you borninableasooi, scs L and | ,rtt all
over iI spo,S,fof Isspected every mini,
he'd mp me- and what made IL worse;
cooia a 4 see wirrr- beuis he'd take hold.
bow, WOW, woWr Then I tried Goa \ N
l-Cenc here. good fcller, ses. I. and
whisiied httle to him, but il want no
ase. Thar hesslood and KEEP up his e.
iernal whinin aud barkln all night. /
couldn't tell when day light was brakin
only by the chickens CROW in. aud was
m'nstrlus adj 10 hear 'em, for if h .d
TO stay ihers'one hoar more. ! dom, be
licve I'd ever got out o. that bag alive.
Old Miss Stanley come out Iust, and
as soon as she saw the bag, sas she.
what upon yeAr:h has Joseph put in
TO TINT tong bag for Maryf IA Law n's
yeariin or some live animal, or B-uin
wouldn'I bark mt il so.
She Welt in TO call tho gals, and sut
thar. shiv~ rim all over so | couldn't
speak If tried to-but / didn't saw
nothin. Bimeby they all cum raunin
out. sF
My Lord!w is i,i SEES Miss Mary.
Oh, il's alive! scs kvslah, seed il
move.
Call Cato, and make him cut the rope.
ses Mss CarlIne, and let's see what il Is.
Come here, Cato, aud let this bag down.
Don't. hurt it for. the world, .es Miss
Mary. -
CATO united The rope that was round
The Jlce, anu let the bag down easy on
tue flooE.apd ! tumbled out all covered
with corn meal from head 10 foot.
Goodness gracious! ses Miss Mary. ir
~ amt the MAJOR himself
- Yes, ses |, and you know you pro,nis.
to keep my Crismus present as long as
you lived. eyre =
/ The gals laughed themselves Almost 10
deth, and went to brusbin off the meal
as last as They could. say,n they was
gwIne to hang that bag up every Girls
mus tili they got husbands too, Miss
hary-sless her bright eyes. che blush
ed rs beautiful as mornin glory, and
sed she'd stick to her word. She was
rte out o. bed. and her hair wasn't
combed, and her head wasn't fixi al all.
but The way she looked pretty was rale
dlStractin. do believe If | WINS froze
stuff, one look Mt her cha face. as
she stood looking down 10 the floor with
her rogish eyes, and her bright curls
lallin ali: over her snowy neck, would
ioiched me To. tell you what, il was
worth hangin in a meal bag from one
Crisnus 10 another to feel SO happy as
l have ever since.
Invent home after we had the laugh
onii and set by the fire ull | had lhawed
la the forenoon all the SrunIeys cum
over TO Que house, and we had one orthe
greatest Crismus dinuers that was ever
seed Ia Gerogia,andI don'i believe a han.
Piee company ever sol down al the same
table. OLD Miss Stanley and moaher
settledthe match and talked over every
Ihlng that ever happened in their fam.
lies, and laughed at me aud Mary. and
cried about their ded husbands. caus
the 4 wasn't alive to see their children
marrild.s 40 80
|. 1eSsNtI.senIej now, e. ptwe haint so,
the, Yedpih' day I'D lake 90 have il all
oyssnetl d0ce. But. young gas always
Ike ~ 81. ehgHg,d awhile, SOU know, SO
sposs must Wait month or so. Ma
ssK if'ss Been good deal boihersomo 10
irasJslFlf ~ yan woDid see her. y on. would.
81! tsa t,is ] eDght Io.erodge a little s6E
'teFtn yet Sch sweet lille wife.
fouefansi cum 10 tie wrddin if YOU
possibly kin al let you know. No
moro lsom your friend till oeah.
Jos. JONES.