The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-07-03
GOING A MAYING.
BY JOHN JONES, JE.


simple minded"
Jones" said friend to me, near The clos e
of a March.like April, in which we had en-
Iloyed plenty of showers, but rather a small
quantity of snn-tears in prolusion, but no
over abundance Of smiles -"we'le getting up
a party for May morning. Will you 60 a.
Iong?'
"a Maying party" inquired.
eyes"
"Who are to be of the numbei?'
"Johnson, Williams, and myself, and some
of the girls"
"Ah! What grIs?"
"Grace Phillips
! "Indecdi'
eyes; and Mary Wcslon'
The name of Mary Weston made my heart
beat faster.
care you sure Mary is going?" said I.
80 yes" was replied; "She made the frs,
suggestion"
II guess III 60 Them
"Very we'll. In fact we have already put
you down as one of the number. viii you
call for Mary?"
"You couldn't ask me 10 do more agree
able thing" said |.
'AIl right, then. You'd better see Mary,
and tell her Of this arrangement"
| Winch duty hesjtalcd not 10 perform.
After some consultation among all the
parties to the affair in contemplation, it was
inally arranged that we should meet at suns
rise on the BaIsidere B:idge. which spanned
the Falls, about half mile from B,
unless we happened to get into company or
our way towards cur place Of rendezvous -
From this 10 nj VIC were to proceed up the
York road, and get our May flowers from the
garden Of wood, which ever gave the bcs,
ipfo'nise of horal treasures.
The las! day Of April was day of genial
sunshine, and closed with The promise Of a
bright May morning; but, if the clerk Of the
w uther bad been arrnigned on The next day
fo breach of promise, rather think an i'm
partial jury would have convicted him. This,
however, is anticipating.
AT the earliest dawn, | was stirring. As
passed forth into the street, the air struck
damp and cola upon my face, causing me to
shiver. | was about turning back for an
overcoat, when the thought of going May.
ing butoned up 10 the chm in a helvy sus
tout presented itself as ridicnous, that | II,
once abandoned The thought.
A lew squares distant lived Mary Weston
When | called for her, she was all -eady
dressed in a spring attire, and we were soon
ION our way towards our place of meeting
"lladn't you better 60 back Eor a lhicke
shawl?" said |, afer VIC had gone on little
way The light silk scarithrown around he
shoulders only then observed.
80 no; it will soon be warm enough" she
replied.
AS we passed from tho city and came il
sight of jones Falls, heavy fog was seer
filling the whole valley through which the
stream flowed, as we'll as covering portion
Of the surrounding hills; and the air @e now
Ibreathed was colder and more heavily laden
with VapNr.
"IIadu'I we better reurn?" said |. "The
morning is too cold and damp"
), 10 no." answered my companion, gayIyt
"having once started, we mustn't look back
They'll laugh at us. 1t will be bright ant
warm as soon as the sun rises"
And as she spoke, | saw that her leetl
were chaterring.
Oh we FASTENED until we reached the
Lridge, where we found two OF our party
shivering in the humid air.
We tried TO Jest and be gay al meeting
but the attempt was a failure. Mutual in
quilies we're made for the rest of our fiiends
but none ofus had seen them. Alter wait
ing and shivering in the cold for some fiIleeI
or twenty minutes, we concluded that the
had been wiser than we, and so determines
that we would proceed onwards withou
them.
"Wherc shall we go to2" was the mex
question.
"To DR.. Mann's place." suggested one
"There are plenty of flowers there
So over the hill we scampercd, 10 warn
up our blood, and were soon al the beaulilu
country seat mentioned. BY this time, th
feet of our Two ladies' were as completely SC
uracd as if they had been dipped in water
and thciT dresses nicely dragged. Bold
clambering the fence, a!ier trying the gat
and finding il securely fastened, we wer
proceeding in hot haste for cluster of lila
bushes, when our course was suddenly al
rested by the apparilion Of man carrying
gun, which he Immediately proceeded {
level at us with as much codness as if W
y had been SO mauy birds. The running
IN screecbing, and tumbling that immediaIel
" took place among the giIIs of our small part.
n il wis painfully amusing 10 see and hea
~ As for us males, we reireated as deliberatel
"a and with as much dignity as tho occasio
le would permit.
q. No lives we're lost; but Mary Wesio
n came or minus a shoe. On dlscoverin
n this, Irecrossed The fence 10 go in search
az the missing article; upon seeing which, IL
,e man with the gun brought the gun once moi
r TO his shoulder. The girls screamed, and
n. paused.
nd "oG with you!' cried he Of the gun, at
=, horitatively.
he zone Of the ladies' lost her Shoe," erie
IN back.
=, 49, 81 don't care! Clear out!'' was returned
rs "Conlound il! The lady must have h
: shoew responded, beginning 10 feel angry
"Clear out, or iii Shoot" was answer
03 10 this.
les 'shoot and be hanged 10 you" said ], Q
lnI vancing.
The man swOre and clustered, and ihrO