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graph line. Cheer up, Jinkins-cheer up,
"Oh," replied Bill, "you don't know what
distresses me. | can go up and get marrl-
ed--that is all easy enough, but there is
something's know i'll feel it-there is
one thing | am satisfied will never be able
to do, unless Lucy will assist me-"
"Explain YOURSELF" replied his friend,
Sand, if l can, with propriety, ! will en-
deavor to make you comfortable"
But Jinkins could not explain-he dared
mott was his timidity-he saw the Rubi-
con before him, and he knew lie could not
pass it-but he was determined to get mar
ried, and trust to luck and Lucy.
The night came, and they were married.
AN were merry; the laugh, the chat, the
song and the dance, made mp a lively party
until midnight-tle company then COM
menced to dispense, and at one O'Clock Bill
Jikins was left "solitary and alone" in the
hall. Lucy Ann had retired, and her brides
maids were off in a distant room. Bill jim
ikins' walters and friends had gone home
with the ladies'. Bill was now at the point
where he thought his frnness would fail
lhim--his situation was a peculiar one. He
was not certain which was Lucy's room,
although he had been told-and even had
he known he could not 60 to it.
The Waterman cried "pasttwo O'clock"
and yet Jinkins was still alone, and appsr-
Iently engaged in perusing an cid almanac,
(which by chance had been left in his coat
pocket. An old female darkey, who resi-
ded in the family, had been prevailed upon
by the ladies who noticed Jinkins' bashful-
ness, to shew him his bedroom, and she &C
cordingly introduced herself to him, in rs
modest a style as she well could.
'Mr. Jinkins," said she, sits past two
o'clock"
"Oh yes-I know it-I'm going home in
Ia few minutes. Old woman, where is my
Ihat?"
"It's in Miss Lucy's room, sir--you can
get it there if you'll so in. Mr.. Jinkins,
why don't you 60 to bed? Miss Lucy is
there waiting foI you-don't be so modest;|
the ladies will all laugh at you. Come with
me, and I'll show you the room, for l want
to put out the lights, fasten up the house
and 60 to bed"
The old woman seized hold of Jinkinsl
and pulled him along until she got him out
of the hall, and his gaze was fixed for a mo-
ment upon the entry door but she was de-
termined to put him in Miss Lucy's room,
and after several violent efforts, succeeded.
There he stood, with the mob Of the door in
his hand-but the old darkey had been smart
enough to lock on the outside. Lucy pre-
tended for some time TO be asleep; but thatI
sort of CANNON would not answer-at last
she said:
"My dear Billy, what is the NATTER"
81 want my hat" screamed Jinklns, and
Lucy knowing his modesty, leaped out of
bed, and after caressing him for some time,
Billy went to bed with his clothes and boots
on-and trembled till morning.
How Jinkins subsequently managed "mat-
tiers and things in general" can be known
by application to his dear Lucy Ann.
Reader, strange as it may appear, there
are Jinkins' all over the world, but the free
masonry of welded life draws the ~curtain'
before the eyes of the uninitiated. Going
to bed on the irstnight after marriage must
be among the most delicate situations I'M
life. Ask your married neighbor how it was
with him! We have no experience exactly
in that way.
The wisest man may occasionally do a