The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-06-06
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= w ny do you stand there rubbing
your hair down. It's rough enough,
you sleek roug ghness! Send s. yoir mas:
Ter. =
Ize no massa Zur.'
What have you then? WHO is your
keeper2 s,st s. gss,ss
sssNIissnz. q
ssIVell, send in the Sycorax. What
% horrible dungeon of a room they have
put me into! fit only for treasons, strata
gems, and spoils. lark dismal, and
ringing to the tread like a Yaulted tomb!
But what matter! can it be moro drcary
than my mind? No. Then here viii
.I take sinine ease in mine i'm. s5. q
Curses OH that peg in The wall! Itwas
put up to hang a hat upon; but it seems
by its look to hint that it could sustain
the weight Of The wearcr. And that
imp there, perched on the point Of it,
how busy it is adjusting on unsubstan:
tial rope, with a supernatural Jack
Ketch.like sort Of solemnity! Shadows
seem to flicker along the wall, and
llideous faces mop and now at met
That ttknotfin tho wainscot glares at mo
like the eye of an Ogre! The worm
eaten floor cracks and squeaks under
my tread; and the cricket shrilis under
the. hcarthstone! / cannot bear this!
Waiter! waiter! Enter the. .laadtdydy.I
What in!.the name Of all thar is nlonli:
mental, haYo we here? The whole
Duty of Man, in one volume, tall copy
neat. i never; ;beheld such a woman
till now! six feet two, I should think, in
her slippers! Respected be the memory
of the late landlord Of the Sumter Head!
IF hc subducd such an Eve as this, he
was q greater conqueror than him whose
sign he once lived under
ssWhat isyour pleasure, sir? curt,
scyind respectfully. .s5.
| stand up--and my eyes are on d
line with the keys at hcrwaist. MRS.
---Mrs.-''
s. s Furlong sir, at your Command = {
$ urlong! mile, exactly, not a foot
less. BE good enough, Mrs. Furlond,
to letme have q couple of chops, cooked
in your most capable manner; and, pray,
do show mA into a moro ehonrfs,l rnnrn!''s
Certainly, sir" q follow, like ID
minEow in the wake Of q leyiatban!J
s'Aye, this will do better. HcreI
can see what is going on in the world,
thoughitis not worth looking at. En1
lanalady.l have an antipathy to
tall woman, but really there is some
thing sublime in this Mrs. Fnrlong; and
as a lover of the picturesque, I shall
patronise her. Now, it was not sick
of this working.day world, and all the
parts and parcels Of it, I should be
tempted to propose for about one half
of Mrs. Furlong, twenty poles or so.
She has blue eyes, fair hair q complex
ion like a May morning and really looks
handsome, and somewhat Of the lady,in
her widows weeds: Fore heaven! I've
seen worse women! Then her voice is
soft and low, an. excellent thing in
woman" And this is u snug inn too;
comfortable room this, carpeted, clean,
and cosey, q view Of :watcry Venice, in
oil. owe: the Fireplace, and Before Mar
riage and After Marriage in Robinson's
best manner, on opposite sides, as they
should be. Ha! the chops alrea-
Sdy! and very nice they look! Really,
Mrs. Furlong, the outworks Of my heart,
no very impregnable fortress, are taken
already. Now let mo have just pint
of your particular old "wino if you have
it." Ha, this looks well, pale and spark
ing too, like sickly wit. Iinsist upon
your taking glass with me, Madam.o =
"Sir, you are very good =
"Quitc the contrary. a good d-sized
husband to you: Mrs. Furlong smiles,
shows q very good set Of teeth and
curtseys. IS ss.,ssl
TO DE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
ApvERTIs1NG. 1T is said quito 81.
ten, 0, people do not read advertise
ments. Everybody knows what zoe
keep. DO Mey? Here is d case in
point. Some friends Of ours, who gave
uslto understand that they consider
our notions on this particular subject as
tlitt,e botter than moonshine, Obstinate
y refused even to give us the opportu.
nifty prove the truth or faisity Of these
assertions; consequently, in tic kinds
ness Of our heart, We gave them the
benefit Of q couple of squares, free grat.
is, for nothing at al. But il 30 haps
pened, whether designcdly or NOT ne
willno say, that in drawing np the adj