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judge Douglass in Illinois.


nois, puts the following Story in his
mouth. Referring TO his early ca
reel in the Sucksr State, the question
was asked
How do you adapt yourself TO the
people, How did you naiurdiise
yourself, as i, were'
"Oh. nothing easier: You see
like it. It's Democratic. But II did
come awkward at first. You knew
| am, or rather uas. bashful to rather
a painful degree. Well, now, nine
tenihs of my constituents despise
luxuries, and have no such thing as a
second rocrnin their houses. la beat
ing up for votes, ! live with my con-
stitucnts. drink with them, lodge with
them. pray with them. laugh, hunt,
dance and work with them: | eat
their corn dodgers and fried bacon.
and sleep two in a bad with .hem.-
Among my first Acquaintances were
the L-s down under the Bluffs.
Fine fellows the -L-s,-by the
way. | am sure of five votes there.
Well, you perceive | had TO lire there
and | did live there. But, sir, !
was frightened the first night | slept
there. own it; yes. sir, acknowl,
edge the corn. An ice bath in Au-
gust is something; but | was done to
an icicle; had periodical chills for ten
days. did you ever see a Venus in
aNo!"
"Then you shall see Serena LIS.
They call her the "White Plover:"
seventeen: plump as a pigeon: aud
sooth Ms a persimmon. How TIE
devil, said | to myself, soliloquizing.
the first night l slept ihere-am | to
60 to bed before this young lady! |
do believe my heart was topsyturvied,
for the idea Of pulling off my boots
before the girl, was death. And as
to ditIing my other fixtures, ! would
sooner have had my leg taken of
with n wood-saw. The crisis was
tremendous. 1t was nearly midnight,
and the family had been hours III bed.
Miss Serena alone remained. Bright
as the sur, the merry mink talked on.
1t was porientousIy obvious to me nj
last. that she had determined to out
sit me. By repeated spasmodic ef
forts, my coat, waistcoa', cravat.
boots and socks wore brought off,
During the process, my besuti'u!
neighbor talked to me with unavett-
ed ewes. and with lha; peculiar kind
of placidiiy employed by painters 10
embody their idea Of the virgin. !
dumped myself down in n chair, in n
cold perspiration. A distressing
thought occurred TO me. Does not
the damsel stand on Il point Of local
etiquette. II may be the fashion ot
these people to see people in bed he.
fore retiring themselves' May !
not have kept those beautiful eyes
open, from ignorance OF what these
people deem good breeding? Meth
er the lady's eyes nor tongue had in
deed betrayed fatigue. Those large
Jet eyes seemed TO dllate and grow
brighter as the blaze of the wood fire
died away; but doubtless this wns
from kind consideration for the
strange wakefuIness Of her guest
The thing was clear. ! determined
to retire. md without delay. ! n.
rose with frmness, unloossd nv sus-
psnderS, and in 4 voice not allogeth.
or steady, said:
mis- Serena, ! think will retire.
"Certainly, sir" she quietly OBJ.
served. "you will lodge there, SIR
inclining her beautiful head toward,
q bed standing a few wards from
where she was sitting. ~proceedec
to uncase: entrenching myself be
hind a chair. the while fondlv imaein
ing the position offered some securi
~. 1t is simply plain TO 4 man ii
his senses. that a chair OF tie fashion
Of the one | had thrown between nv
self and "the enemy as a military
man would say. offered almost no Sc
Lurity al all. No more. in fact! ,hal
standing up behind a ladder-nothln,
in the way OF the artillery OF brigh
eyes, as a poet would say, sweeping
one down by pla,oons. Then | l,a'
4 dead open space OF ten feet be
tween me and the bed: n sort G
bridge of Lodi passage which wa
forced to make, exposed to a crue
raking fire fore and aft. Although
say ii. who should not say it; an {
Emergency never arose for which ha
not a resource. had one for thi.
The plan was the work Of a momen
| de-
"Ah! | see. Won stormed the bait,
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