The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-05-20

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Of the window and bed curtains, bun eau
looklng-glass, &c, the door being open
showed that this was a girls room, ant
took il for granted that my sister wa
also asleep there. a IN Ia ,s5,,;
was prodisious hungry, but still ha
ted to spoil the joke J calculated on
by waking any body. An old fashion
ed safe stood in the passage, which .
was sure contained some ething in the
eating line. | openedit, and found hal
a boiled ham, the best part OF a CHECKER
pie, a plate Of biscuit, &C., and a jug o
buttermilk cooling itself ia a pail of wa.
ter. Besides these, a basket Of peach
es was standing on the table, and sew.
eral large water-melons wing under it.
With my then keen appetite, and know
ing how welcome it was to any one,
much less to long absent son, ! die
not hesitate to satisfy my appetite in a
pretty substantial manner. ,a,s,i
Having appeased the first calls ol
hunger, then looked around to recon.
noitre the premises. The furniture, as
well as the house, all looked new and
strange, the cats, dogs and horses, also
and even the negroes, as far as | could
judge from their sleeping posture, were
all new. The old man must have sold
out his negroes and stock, as well as
land, thought, or should certainly see
something familiar to me-ho we yer,
they will soon be awake, when shall
know all about it. Now for my joke,
said | to myself; ! will lay down and
pretend to be asleep, just to enjoy their
surprise when they find me. But |
must first peep in and look at little sSis,'
as she has left her door open. | stole
softly 10 the door, where | could plain
iy discern the form of young lady fast
asleep; the curtains were, down, and the
room was too dark to make out her iea.
lures distinctly. You little toad, said
4. how you've grown-l'll punish you
for this. I've great mind 10 kiss you,
and suiting the action TO the word, |
stole as fine kiss as any one could de-
sire. The sleeper cringed, and | thought
was going to awake, so | got out, and
lay down on a bench in the piazza, pre-
tending TO be asleep, but the heat of the
weather. and the fatigue ofmy journey,
together with hearty dinner, soon put
me into sound sleep. How long !
continued in this state. know not. but
whenl opened my eyes found fright.
ful little negro, about nine years old,
strangely deformed, tanning me with
long bush; a large, red faced, red.haired
old man sat opposite TO me, grinning
and chuckling, and wiggling about, as
though he wished, but feared, to awak.
en- me, lwhile,a little old women was
bustling about very notably. i raaa
~ was thoroughly amazed and dumb.
founded-had forgotten how came
there, and did not know where | was.
AS my scattered senses returned, | be.
gan to recolIect my situation, and the
joke ! purposed playing upon my sup
posed parents and sister. .Ea
'You have had long nap,' said the
old man, Il hope you feel refreshed?
'Very much,' replied, and tried to
apologize for the liberty | had taken in |
4 strange house. |
Not at all, not at ALL said be, ! sex-
pected you D Yesterday. and had fine
beef killed. Old woman, isn't there
some oft left yetgsi absanJ ai eso14 |
The old lady said there was plenty. |
Then make haste with supper. The
gentleman has had a long ride, and |
lare say is hungry as well as tired.'
q told him | felt quite refreshed, and |
was not tall hungry, having taken the |
liberty Of opening the safe, and helping
myself to such provisions as | found |
here y"' att'2'sl 4b'"'.t'@
Quite +iyht--quite right. And now
ell Us the news. When did YOU leave |
Savannah? What's the price of saltG
How do they sell sugar and iron--and |
what is cotton worth? Do
YOU thinkI done a good business in SELL |
ng mine? Don't you think IFS going |
10 riser ''sY|s ,t'''''''',i ,,' 'i'oii s9 ~
'Confused and embarrassed, as well |
9y the rapidly Of his questions as by |
he nature Of them-his having expec-
ed me yesterday, his asking when | left |
Savannah, &c, placed me in quite |
luandary. answered that Ihad little
lews- that | left Savannah Eve DAYS |
previous, and that cotton was ten cents
md falling s, sa,'l''l7 ''.','.s ,.is s.5iis
.Good.' good. s. Mine brought ME ten
nd a half; ! done well in selling
you certainly did, answered. I
.sTwenty.seven bales, at ten and
off comes 10 how muchs' a,ee1 ~.
ALLOWING The bales 10 weigh three
undresd pounds aPiece they would
/, But they weighed more than three L
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