Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-08-19

Mrs H." observed the Judge. with
cordiali,y of manner, Il am indeed very
glad to see you looking so well. How
have YOU been this fall Allow me TO in.
,,oduce TO you my young friend MIR. H.,
who intends TO practice in our circuit"
The old lady drew herself up TO her
full height. and with counlenance ex-
pressing the utmost Indignation, replied +:
"Judge r. you are The las. person
from whom should have expected such
treatment. You might. a. leasi, have spar
ed me this insult in my own house"
Insult, Mrs. h." said the Judge. with
The greatest astpntehmenl. "At hat is The
meaning of all this +! am entirely uncor-
scious of having done anything TO in ure
your feelings in the least.
You are. indeed ~ replied our host
css. do you no, regard i, as all insuI.
10 a lady. 10 introduce 10 be: such worth
less creature as tha, :" pointing 10 b.. who
stood by the side of The Judge. cap in
hand. and lost III uller smazegreni a, this
une xpee.ed attack upon his character.
Why, Mrs. IT," continued the Judge
., hi. is Mr.. H., one Of The mosl respec.a-
Die young gel,Ieman III cur country. You
certainly mus, have
: Respectable indeed" interrupted our
IandIady. in seq nlul and indignant man
ner. "A worthless hnssv blessed in
mans clothes. And you. Judge =,
to be travelling in company with such .
creature. | never would have believed it,,
had no, be!leld i. with nv own eyes"
Nv dear Madame" said H.. stepping
forward. vou are mis,aken--some one
mast have been imposing on YOU
Don, Gear Madame, me-yon brazen
faced lrollop," exclaimed The old lady
8 How dare YOU come into my house &
Ga, of nv house this moment-you i'm
pudent jade"
"Snrelv, Mrs. L.,' SAID the Judge, en-
tieaporing 10 stop this ,orren. of abuse.
there is some strange mistake about This.
| assure you that YOU are entirely mlsla-
ken in your surmi~es. This young gem
tIeman is well known 10 all the members
of our bar, Mr.. F.. YOU are well acqnan-
ted with Mr.. H.! Where is Mr., F.?-
The Judge looked around. bu. all had dis
appeared save The actors OF The ludicrous
scene.
As soon as we saw tia, matters were
coming 10 d caIsls, we all LETT the room,
and going round The bouse placed our
selves in position where we could hear
ali that was going on within. without any
danger Of being discovered. In the mean-
time. Mrs. l.. insisted tina, the Judge and
II. should both leave The house. Not be-
ing able 10 find any one 10 aid them in
their extremity, and despairing of conVIn
cling her Of the mistake she was laboring
under, they mounted their horses and rode
10 the mex, house. As soon as they had
departed. we returned TO the house. and
congratulated The old lady on the resoIu-
ton and spiri! she had shown on this try
ing occasion. As she had now success
fully repealed this assault. on her dignity
and the character of her house, ky driving
ont the invaders she soon became restored
TO her usual equanmi.y. She repeatedly
declared during the evening. that nothing
but her own ewes would convince her,
such had been her esteem for the charac>
Ter Of Judge -. She declared tina,
under The same circumstances, she would
have driven from her house the President
of The United States.
Tha, nigh, F. slep. in the bed reserved
for the Judge, and RECALLED himself with
many liule delicacies set apar. to the spe-
cial use OF his honor. In truth, we who
remained, were treated with unusual al
tenion. The Judge who soon nnravel|ed
the mystery was for snort time very in
dignan,; bu, being very sensitive 10 rid-
cule. he promised forgiveness upon con-
dilion that we would not tell the story on
the circuit.
H., however, said it was too good to
keep, although he was the principal suf-
ferer. Our hostess was for long time
indispensable, but eventually was recon
ciled TO us through the medium of hand.
some silk dress. IN. Y. Spirit Of the
Times.