Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-03-12
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From the N Y. Eve, Mirror
GOING TO BED BEFORE A YOUNG
LADY.
AN ILLINOIS STORY.

AS was saying, ten years ago Judge
Douglass, of Illinois, was beardless you'll
Of twenty years Of age, freshly come
amongst the people of the "sucker State
with an air about him suspciously redo.
lent OF Yankee. land. A mere youthful
adventurer amongst those square" Suckers
lone would deem the position embarras.
sing. Not so with the Judge; he had
come on business. A political fortune was
TO be made, and no time lost. He was
about launching on the sea of popular ia
vor, and he commenced general coast
survey the day he arrived. He soon made
himself District Attorney, member of the
Legislature, Register of the U. S. Land
Office, Secretary of State, and Judge of
the Supreme Court of the State.
" How do you adapt YOURSELF" said J.,
"Judge, to the people2 How did you
'naturalize' yourself, as it were2"
ooh, nothing easier: you see like it.
It's democratic. But it did come awkward
at first. You know / am, or rather was,
bashful to a painful degree Well, now,
nine-tenths of my constituents despise lux
uries, and have no such thing as second
room in their houses. In beating up Tor
votes, live with my constituents, eat with
them, drink with them, lodge with them,
pray with them, laugh, hunt, dance, and
work with them; ! eat corn dodgers and
fried bacon, and sleep two in a bed with
them Among my FIRST acquainlances
were the LIS, down under the bluffs
Fine fellows, the L----.s,--by the way,
am sure of FIVE. votes there. Well, YOU
perceive, | had to live there--and did live
there. But, sir, | was frightened the first
night | slept there. own it; yes, Sir,
acknowledge the corn. An ice bath in
August is something; but was done to an
lclclc; had periodical chills for ten days,
Did you ever see Venus in linsey wool
sey2"
"Now
Then you shall see Serena Is.
They call her the White Plover'. seven.
teen;--plump as pigeon, and smooth as
apersimmon. How The devil, said to
myself, soliloquizing, the first night slept
there, am | 10 60 10 bed before this young
iadyi do believe my heart was topsy-
turvied, for the idea of pulling off nv
boots before the girl, was death. And as
TO dofiing my other fixtures, would soon
er have my leg taken off with wood saw,
The crisis was tremendous. TWAS near
" midnight, and the family had been
hours in bed. Miss Serena alone remain.
cd. Bright as the sun, The merry mink
talked on. 1t was portentously obvious to
me at last, that she had determined to out.
SIT me. BY repeated spasmodic efforts,
my coat, waistcoai, cravat, boots and socks
were brought of. During the process, my
beautiful neighbor talked 10 me with una.
verified eyes, and with that peculiar kind
o. Placidiiy employed by painters TO en-
oody their idea Of the virgin. dumped
myself down in char, in a cold perspi.
ramon. A distressing thought occurred 10
me. Does not the damsei stand on point
o. local etiquette. II may be The fashion
o. these people 10 see strangers in bed be-
lore reuring themseIyes2 May not have
Kept those beautiful eyes open, from irno.
rance of what these people deem good
breeding? Neither tho lady's ewes nor
tongue hadindced betrayed fatigue. Those
large JET eyes seemed 10 dilate and grow ,
brighter as the baze Of The wood fire died ,
away; but doubtless this was from kind
consideration for the strange wakefulness (
%her guest. The thing was clear. Hi
us'e'mlned to retire, and without delay. II,