Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-06-21

sible, and tying 1t up in my handkerchief | placed
it under my cloak, and left the dead-house
Had left Immediately for home ON the babv's
absence being discovered would have been suspect
ed Immediately; great was the danger had
no other than to return to the lecureroom
and await regular dismissal, running the chan.
ces of detection. No one, on looking at me then
would have accused me of feigning sickness: for
manfully as strove to be composed, the danger of
discovery unnerved me completely, and gave me such
| tremor as would have passed for creditable ague
have been often in imminent danger of my life,
! to know what cold sweat and minutes appearing
hours are but the longest life in the shortest space
of time ever led, when, in the midst of four
hundred students, | sat on those hard old benches
with the dead niger baby under my cloak, waiting
for the lecture to conclude. 1t had its end at last
and waiting till the class had pretty we'll dispersed
sauntered away towards my boarding house, hoping
that the inclemency of the weather had kept Lucy
from keeping usual appointment.
sleety rain had fallen the preceding night, and,
like Mrs Blennerhassetts tears, freezing as 1t fell
had covered the pavement with thin coat OF ice,
making the walking for pedestrians very insecure
| Surely thought, as keen gust came round the
corner, piercing my marrow with its GOODNESS, her
tender frame will not be exposed on such day as
this IT'S good thing, too, for she would be horn
fed if she found what my burden was; when her
smiling face with her beautiful nose red as an inta
med eve appeared, and told me did not possess
proper appreciation of Yankee gals affection
Somewhat vexed for the first time in my life sorry
to see her, wished her Gas it was so cold,) III the
hottest place knew of; but, assembling my feel
ings, vowed, when she up, that if had re-
ceived the appointment of surgeon general of the
gels it could not give me more pleasure than to see
her then appeared as uncOncerned as could and
seduously talked to her of such things as are very
interesting lovers and old maids but deuced tire
some to all other parties concerned.
| We had nearly reached the street where
we usually parted, when, horror of horrors who
should we coming round the identical corner but
the ladys father accompanied by man who bore
marvellous resemblance to the city marshal.
Instead of fanting, Lucy uttered stifed shrek,
and grittng her teeth dragged me into house, the
door of which stood invitingly open step more,
and if fate had not been against me, these pages
would never have been written, that baby would
have been anatomical, and in all probability instead
of being an old rusty swamp DOCTOR caring cuss
for nobody nobody caring for me- | would have
| been the happy head of family, and rolling in my
carriage. But the beautiful has departed-and new
er
A growl loud yell, bow-wow! WOW! and, with
mouth distended like alligator catching his des
ert of flies huge bulldog sprang at us, placing
in rather Of dilemma it was the dog of daddy on
one hand and the daddy of dog on the other
Unlike Miss Ullin, who preferred meeting the IA
girg of the skies to angry father, embarked in
skif and got drowned preferred angry father to
a mad bulldog; So Selling Lucy, made spring
backwards forgetting in my haste the slippery pave
ment our feet flew up, and down we came IN the
open street, cross and pile, inferior extremites
considerably ntermngled and her ANGLES not as we'll
protected from the heat as they might have been.
My cloak flew open as fell and the force of the
fall bursting its envelope, out in all its hdeous real
ities rolled the Internal imp of darkness upon the
gaze of the laughing, but now Mortified spectators
The old man had witnessed the whole scene
Springng upon my feet, assisted the lady to rise,
and handed her over to her father AS he disappear
ed with her round the corner, volunteered to whip
the crowd individually collectively. but nobody
seemed disposed to accept my services Picking up
my baby, explained the whole to constable. who
was on the point of arresting me for child murder.
:; sent the sub ect back to the dead-room and came
as being expelled from college ever lover of
knowledge did. | have never Lucy since, and
my haggard features and buttoness coat testify that
the swamp doctor is still a bachelor .,.,-