Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-07-14

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naetiioenf etie L IWPpplddIn gpplddIn say word against levi
Tor Or the Iworld, but Somehow t. has become
impressed upon my ming, ,that he is; a spoon-
ey; besides he kicked mel emit forget
hiatt wouldn't forget It if could. ,TWas
the happgpiest moment Of nay life; felt proud.
tickled to, think that I, had been kicked sby
q Smith, he Kicked me- with a heartineesss s.
that convinced me he was in earnest. and
though the was serving me right True
felt mortified. at the same time. not thai I
was kicked. O., Smith I. Lew, ,Smith!s YOU
kicked IS p IRE ii in the presence g Of Mary aines,
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Smith c,ourted Mary Haines about. Eve
years before ] eyer. thought of upsettipg his
apple carl. Every body because it is Gus,
tomary for. everybody 10 NEEDLE. with. the
business Of everybody, wondered. why they
did not get married;, old folks said il. was
scandaious; young folks SAID they would
not stand i; end the girls especially declar-
ed they would sack him off. = /, considered
the matter, Iconcluded to cut, him out and
take her myself; go the. whole figure, be.
siege the fortress or.t and carry off the prize.
| had long cherished a sneaking notion for
her, and now determined to let my feel
ings have full swing. Accordingly, open
ed talk with Mary on the subject; ap-
pealed to my admiration Of her love for
pork. and beans; [atickled her conceit with
the long straw of yfattery; Ipitched into
Smith, till her dander raised up; convinc-
ed her that Smith was trifing with her feel
ings,I promised to marry her in three weeks;
that fixed her flint, and she landed in my
arms with a rush; / loved her, and she
loved me. But how, to get rid Of Smith,
for three weeks we held astwo hours con-
sultation each day, and every day we grew
fonder OF each other, but, how to get rid Of
Smith? twas the first thing we thought
ofwhen we met, and the last thing spoken
when we, parted. At length we settled on
a plan, which we deemed honorable and
just the thing. Honorable as far as Smith
was concerned, and just the thing for our
comfort To tell the truth, did not feel
altogether tranquil when i reflected upon
the fact, Of my going the whole, length into
Mary Haines'; affections, knowing that she
was engaged to Smith, and that she was
deceiving smyth or myself, possibly my
self, more probably Smith. One day Smith
came to our house on business errand, !
drummed up sufficient courage to invite
him on walk with me down to the bro ok
a goodly distance from the house, where
we could not be interrupted. Once there
/ seated myself uuya rock, and invited him
to help himselfs so another, and the follow.
ing talk took place. "a aoi5@ssz~s 6
81 should like to-, know why you have
trotted me way down here?'' s..l fl, s,.s
"Smithp' said emphatically, at the same
time putting on look of awful portent,
"Smith Twill tell you.''' :, -....: $50 =
"Well out with it-what do you look 50
devlish foolish for?'
"smith, do you love Mary Haines?"
None Of your business So
Business, Snnith2 Do you intend to
marry Mary oHaines?" .~-s.
"Why you Internal jackass!''' ...... -.
"Jackass, Smith? are you fooling Mary
Haines?'4 tscaI - %; So -
"Fooling the devil! What's the matter
with you?'' fs'72 81 3 81 s.24H3 9.-t@H aa
"Matter, smithe 1 love Mary Haines:a"5
ssMary >Haines.n -5'lee - s'Ias9s 5"H
"Mary Haines, SMITH, ] intend to mar
ry herb ~. %s3Ha2xH e55t, 80 aia1
"I've a good intention to give you, a
thrashing." aTafi s.'sHi& 0-.s< = G1t" Il:
"Thrasbing, smith2 wouldn't fool Mary
Haines.'' .sEsfasi
"No, dom. think you would; you're
too big fool for that. % s.. -'3<'<
'Am l, Smith? look here, Pm going to
cut you out.''a o. ,uo5gaifsaT7 !, s5-7a
Sand ifyou go there I will kick you
outs St. -. ....-.. .....-,., s,,ar,,
"Now, Smith, keep cool and listen
You've courted Mary Haines for FIVE
years. = s1s-z,cs . ts-'s- .ts- ~:s- % 7aii1
ssThat's none of your business!''asd q
sand everybody says thatyou are fool
ing her. Now, if you are courting her. for
the sport Of it, then calculate that have
a perfect right to go in for the sport too;
but if you intend to marry her 1 won't in
fere. Now-''1oaq GfS5o 1o!Ea4 -sar4 81
"Well, what next2'slhhl5na2 81 10 7sji.
"Doe y ou intend to marry her2" stid9e =
Gas told you before, it is1none Of your
id business! oand ifbF catch you polking
your ugly nose around the house Idt pouch
your headofor youse Now don't open your
lips again -butjust think over how you
can best profit bye'my advice to you; be
careful Of your stupid pate, that's all.oi i'i'
Levi Smith travelled II stuck to the
rock. E At first stunned at the display of
his stupidity in not approaching my edisin-'
interested intentions; then indignant that
he treated me so cavalierly; by and by, 4fu.'
rious to think that / had informed him Of
the ,laudble motive that induced me,to cut
him OUT Finally Ipulled off my boots and
went to wadng after pollywogs in shallow
water, thinking that might cool me off, and
and thinking ofsMary Haines.} got out
of depth, put my foot into hole, and down
went ali oyer into the ;.ereek,i which in