Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-03-20

aglne, for truly | am not a bad looking spe-
cimen of human nature But r 4
whist, Joe = Don't you hear some
thing? Isl. - s.ss..-. IL -... ..,a
| think.very probably they did; for the
words were hardly out Of his mouth when
there was = sound as Of forcibly tearing
fuslian. Il a. .s.-...,. --.., ......e
>. Get off ny Goa. tail whispered one
There goes enc flap, as sure as -. Why
get off, Ned And Ned was ff-and
one leg OF his breetehes loo, nearly, as /
supposed; for he was ah-ing, and all the
time was telling 10 he believed there were
nails in the side of the walls, for something
had scratched him tremendously, and torn
his breeches all to pieces. 10 sympathi-
sed with him. for Ire said half his coat was
hanging up there somewhere.
The boys were more in earnest than ev-
er. thinking that had driven nails there
on purpose to injure people and to tear
their clothes.
The old close-fsted bloat begrudges a
little fruit
They started on, hand in hand: for Ned
believed he knew the way. They had got
ten byond the trees little, when some
thing went swash swash! into the water
vat. GOSH was the first exclamation
heard after that, and coughing end sneezing
as though some one had the horse dis,em-
per-and then e.
by-thun-thunder That water
smells rather old.
Ned was little disposed 10 cut dirt for
home, but the others 'puppy-to-a-root-a-
tiveness,' vas too much excited to listen
TO any such proposition.
They concluded to stop little time and
listen, for fear they had reused me by their
floundering in the water land be drained
of their extra moisture somewhat. tho't
should burst forth into a roar of laughter
as listened to their whispered surprise
at the sudden revelation Of cistern Of wa
ter there. t@
Never heard any thing about ii before !;
how odd that we should both tumble into
lit so?' r.rf s-sr. s:
The old people must have fixed 1t on
purpose TO drown people in e.. f..
They concluded tina, they had not been
heard. and shortly pushed on again for the
melons. They presently perceived there
was something unstable about the ground
they were cautiously passing over. They
whispered to each other what could not
distinctly hear-some,hing about traps,
and started TO run to gel beyond this sus-
picious footing. Both were caught by
the cords, and headlorg they went into a
heap of briars and thislles and the like,
placed there for their especial accommoda-
ton.
Such a getting up stairs muttered one.
'Net,les and tbis,les-by Jemima Stotts
how they prick y
they determined to 60 on more eau
tiously.
How thick they are, 10! Come here
There's more than dozen fat ones rgh1
here !! ....
Down they sat in the midst of them. ant
seemed to conclude that they had gotter
pay for their mishaps.
Here, 10, take this muskmellon. Ism
it lunker? Slash into it y
1t cuts tremendous hard, Jim. Jim
it's squash.'
NO it isn't said the other. its new
kind, Old Swipes sent to Rhode Island fo
the Seed
We'll, the old chap got sucked in, that
ALL
Here, let ne gouge into this waterlnel
on-there goes half dollar I've broke
my knife.
If | did not know it was a watermelon
shord say it was pumpkin
What further>they did, while went Il
the stable and unmuzzled the dog and LEI
him into the garden, cannot say. ,Tha
they took long steps, the onion beds ant
flower pots revealed in the morning. Sd
i | thought that the boys, on the whole
must conclude that they had paid dear 70
their whistle. for they had not tasted of
melon, got scratched, clothes torn, were a
wet as drowned rats, and pretty essential
lily frightened-so the next morning | sen
invitations to all the young people in III
village TO feast of melons in the eveninj
I-particularly to Ned and Jo-on the prin
ciple of returning good for evil-thinkin
> that possibly it might be useful in the treat
ment of boys as well as men. My room
were crowded Defines with bright-eye
t throngs though-Old Swipes looked S
COMPOUNDED sour. l suppose. rs go =. -ss
: : They would not have come. [ presume
, had it not been that my nephew. a gres