The Arkansas banner., 1849-03-13
No. p.
LovE r,Iw nAckwnons.

NeuhR 0dNss | shentd FH4tfstf HWn<8 Was iu tor ssEn some, myself them iiInea
 rAis was said by an elc uas, whom we will n- 1 irodace as MF. Jsmes WaAdls, oa rather as old Jtm Waddle." Everybody trrcept the rsoderl | knows hum. and his pssokssf Eu yaFa spinning lt ! is the evening of a military tnlHlag day. 1here 1 are goodly number, afteE u soHspsny dismissed from dOty, who are IoaWglag areaRd and ali Row ga,her around the aforesaid id Jiua, io hear his yand 10 whch.he has siFesiy begun the prelude. and oniy awaits somebody taHrge hin, to 10 oH This there enough te do. He then iBQsired what they would havc--." e4r Q his haniim' ox c"urtin' spEerss" The boys unaimeasiy deulaadesi inc lat,er Then, after requesting that nose of them should laugh tlH he got shroagta. with few PrepsFatnry hsHsa, and assanVsioa ef eemicslay grave faee, he eommescetgs I ~iatsd easld vrSevt his isissstadse iaAgsyre psAznfsr 4 tsssstum
 '' MhsR was . hoy. yva knew. daddy V~~d from VirgsnDy to kaintack. t+d h~eH horn snd iolched Wp the lrUaleers, and kaintuck a perfect paradise for to hunt bars and inlias ia Bnt forgOt-you want eouriin' story, Well, although l was always a cuttin ap some deviltty among the hoys. yet somehow 1 was leetIe shy and ske-ry amongst the gals liked the critters prodigiously. bat about the ouy way coald manage 10 show t was hy caStin' sheeps eyes ia abundance at 'em. We had mceiias. ss well as froiics, tunes. While the preacher was preachn tender heartedness, brothery kindness, and love, wasn't thinkn O nothin else. used io sol where could look the gals in the face; sud then gaze ai some party one till she'd blush as rcd as a pepper pot. Then felt so queer about the gzxard. and wish | an aFihqsske would reme and throw right into her lap l was in love, but could n't tell who loved mest. There was Peggy MasoBhanuer, mighty fine gal. in her tow linen froek, her cheeks were as full as China pigs, and red turkey gobbler's and then thar was sally Per kns, with her glorionsly striped home made cotton frock, besides, her har and eyes were as blark as ink; aud then thar was dmpie-oheeked, blue eyed Lotte smith, who alwns toied hes shoes aud stockas in her hand till she got in sight O meetin'., We'll, O these three could T tell foF n,y life. which liked best sometimes one, and sometimes another; hut slas the last one looked at
 " But when Squire Crumpton came Co our dig gn's, his two gals took the shine off the rest 'em-'specially fhe oldest one. Betsey. l shast attempt to describe her; but when l tell you she had a calico frock, with yellow flowers as big as your hand; brass ear knobs besides half dozen strings O beads large the end O yur leetie finger, you may think she charmer-l did. any how. Of all the magnun bonum eharmers I'd ever seed, she was the rngnum honuIDeSt! And so all the young ieilers said, tu W hen fust seed her. twas at Deacon Suooks's meetin'. fastened my eyes her till hers met miue-she look | Eteadiastly - then smiled a oharTaia' smile, and blashed an looked down. Lordy there Hut terin' then, equal to mill, tween my two jacket pockets! 1 felt was goner FroaI that hour was too big tor my brooches, and of Sunday.
 borrid dads brooches he'd been msrried in before the revolutionary war, and come off ali hts knees; but. as he vas tail aud warnt they came below mine three or foer inches. Agtn the next meetn prepared to cut big stiff sister Sal for the pur- pose, staFched aud roned mv new fine shirt as stii and slick d sheet of tin. This shirt had the finest kind of flax-inen ia the bosom and collar
 but the invisible part ef lt coarse tow. with hem that would cable steamboat Now while Sal smoothin the rinkles near said hesR, with an iron just hot from the fire, down stairs tumbies Q the tsrna brats, knock'n the breath ontn it It was Saturday night and she The only one up, and fun la it, in course, but afore il to the iron had very dee dedy made it's mark-that is
 burnt two holes in the extremity of linen. Next mernin' putt on t was; then dads true blues; then the frsl regular pair Q shoes I'd ever had l was seventeen, just, that Sunday morDiB, and, in Sunday rggin', felt myself msB and resolved. if Betsey Crumpton al meetin', to show it. We'll, she thar, and aXt her for her company. and got it' Walkln' by her side felt as light nothn'- skeersly touched the ground ] walked But shant tell you the tne things thought aud said to her on the way, and more after got home. co, yes, do,' said several voices No, you II have enough without ihat-you re to skim the of the story yet.
 She kept me up late--ssy two o'clock--asd, spite of the novelty, (t being the fust tme,l got sleepy. Nov, the Squire had just come to these par s, and pat up story, one rooaed log cahin and the whole family. 'eept so,ne o' the young ans
 aept bclow. l was leetle bashfp bout ggine to ted there, but was three miles from home, and l, was rsiuip' like blue blszes had 10 do it, and did, without exposin' the blanks in my linen. resolved to be uP afore anybody else ia the moruin on the sasiie account, aud some others
 '' That the last knowed tin wskcn'd by the hSuuds tbaif dozen Of sheh slept under the besr} PHin the kiyers off'n ne. Holy hssren the sIn two hours high breakfast on the table, and
 n ted! Just as l was g~ine to spying out m pops tbe oid oman. with plate oi venison. twas dog
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 possain sleep till siIe went out agn, then iOoked tor my troN sers; thar they war n the jaws of the pups al the oot of the bed I made n mighty innie the fool board o rettke them. hut oh borrors' my bead down, aud my heels Hr. What's the rnat- ter thiBks but Il hast across me iu minit that Inc hole nay linen over the post-aad a talI post, in' ] k,ck q, and fiouD,ierd and hoanced, bat sll tu no puF1,o~e-- eould'n nt r,t down. 1 sii is,Red to break inc hem but ,t all go. JEst aii tie hounds commenced yeihn' fari- ously ihe old 'otnan and both gals run in to what was up, sud when they sccd it was they ruR out agin--oae begiB to holer for ike Squire, ~b'ie teth0ts, through thc cracks, batIied with
 ist,in poles the kursed hounds that were wullia' Ios. oh, drought of Ahsal"n aud every body else that ever did hang with inc wrosg end up that vas ronsaHtion hs,iu't | d q cusI my fate like Bes'un. but 1 Tenembar'd ! heloag'd to mesiis' and il was agin the ruixs. dd he~sotasver. think sotBe mighty hard words v didm speak 'enl, Bnt aH that did bt do 10 gcod.
 could nt ruake nofhiH by pallin dow ards go
 thought I'd eli'ne uP the post snd unloose myself that way l had neasiy succeeded when om@ o' tke aamaaseT'y Paps atlacksd u.r 70 the ratr. and loosiH uty holt fell m kpni e,cssiIy p4eitnc oT my liO~n-lhe button busted os aad | cssse out fan length on the Aoor. preeiseiy ihe I,- state ct hN Job sad he conss talo iss world The aeSI mint 1 anier the he'd where the everls.tia' pups had dragged my trow-ers 1 cuff them of, ent every tune put o' lsg partly the i,iisrnal whelPs would pHll toiher of l worried this way sonie iin'e, ~bea pgge h""n cive way, and fsll through into trough of soap under the honse Gosh! thought Naz ln thY ptt that hotiomiess' sprung for mY hfe, but in dois' fhis l thssw '"ss-'t 'sie The Ieoe and stomach ni Square cTgnp ton. %ho vas co'sio tps tan, 'st,asiine ,ks, inlins was massscFee'ng ihs whole family The collision tlfrs~ biBi aowH hill and followed Suii heels over hsas 10 the bottom Hefe resaF.sed tay .a'lsfstandipE. and without any spoiae,@s or eseR word, struck a bee tlae fsF hotss lis. ss "A my A Vf z.l A. l-.