The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-11-14

well, SIR she answered, Il see you
don't understand our ways, but you
must sit in this chair if you please
And she indicated a chair which /
had not perceived, in the back slaves
of which were entwined laurel, ivy
and flowers.
Anxious to conciliate them, | com
piled with her request, resigning
myself to my fate with desperate
fortitude. Scarcely had taken my
seat when they lifted me up in the
chair, as high as they could, three
or four times, laughing most outra-
geously at my looks of bewildered
horror. | gave myself up for lost ;
an unfortunate young man, who had
strayed into a rustic wilderness, far
from his home and his friends, en-
trapped, cnsnared, and forcibly car
ricd away by six violently pretty
girls; bnt if | was horror struck at
this proceeding, judge what was my
CONSERVATION, when the leader Of
the assailants, that very Mary, who
had brought my breakfast half an
hour before, and leered upon me as
only a charmingly wicked waiting
woman can leer, advanced, seized
me round the neck, and impressed
upon my half-parted lips ferocious
kiss. This was the climax. | de-
fed destiny from that instant, and
resolved to meet my fate like mar
tyr. La, SIR said Mary, q declare
you are quite alarmed; | must have
another, just to bring you to your
senses And she 'had' another, and
it did bring me to my senses. How
soon one gets used to kissing. All
my terror had vanished at the sa-
Lutte of the third damsel, and ! re-
paid the 'lip-servicc' of the sixth
with interest. | got so fond of the
sport, that | even wanted to repeat
the performance, and would not have
cared to employ the entire day in
such pastime.
"Now, sir said Mary, you must
know that this is our 'heaving day ;
to-day the young girls 'heaves' the
young men, whoever they can catch,
gentle or simple; and tomorrow
the young men heaves we, if they
can catch us, and them as don't get
kiss, man or woman, pays forfeit.
| was also informed that it was Gus
tomary to give some triiling gratui-
ty to the ladies', as a keepsake; a
practice to which | conformed, by
giving them a trifle of money, which
they did not keep long, and they
left me well pleased with the sue
cess of their exploit, while l was no
less so.
! rode in the mail coach to within
about two miles ofmy friends house
and walked the remaining distance
My road lay through narrow lanes
and across fields, until came upor
a small village. Hitherto | had no
met a soul; but was walking merri
ly on, whistling or singing, in love
with all the world, not emitting tn,
most important item in the aggrc
gate-myself. But as | entered TIT
struggling village, | could perceive
gowns, and many colorcd caps, fit
ting backward and Onward, and hat
an intuitive consciousness of woman
resolved on having achievements
lying in ambush behind imperviou'
hedges, which filed me with strange
trepidation. | proceeded, however
calling up look of magnillcen
stand-of or Fll-bite you expression
thinking in the innocence of my
head, to check too familiar advances
by an assumed hauteur.
| was miserably deceived, for {
strong built young lady, in a state
of most barbarous health, came for
ward to meet me, with an artiu
carelcssness of manner, evidentl,
wishing to persuade me that | wa
unnoticcd, and that she was only 60
f ing to the spring for pail of water
but when she arrived within crap
r ping distance, she flung her pal
away, clasped me rudely around thu
waist, and before could say 'alas,
she lifted me from my feet and kiss
cd me with violence. She Offered
+ no apology for thus assaulting me oil
the Queens highway, but laughed
! in my face immoderately, and Gale,
f out, 'Sukey, Pvc got him! o.
=, dear! Oh dear! scarcely had sh
|, spoken, before Sukcy, and Bet, AM
:, Polly, and a dozen others, spranl
y into being from invisible places, am
y | was surrounded by laughing
, shouting group of unfeeling, robus
: tious females.
y | expostulatcd and cntreatcd i
p vain; | was pulled about, lifted VI
and kissed without mercy, till, ma
. king desperate rally, ! burst frol
their embraces and fled along tn
lane nj the ton of nv spced. follow