Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1850-12-17

t This method Of address alarmed
Jerry, and he promik dd he woul{
: do as |. directed.
r Accompanying him home, ! saw
: him fairly dressed, and then left
$ him, as the demands of my pa.
; tients were urgent.
5 Jerry mounted his steed, and
etset off at a brisk canter for Maj
lSmith's. Il was only a mile and
] a half, and would have been trav.
+; elled in quarter of an hour, had
| the steed kept his gait. But some
I how, as the distance shortened,
}, the canter leased, and a pace SUI
perseded it; the last half, his gait
4 had moderated to a walk; and
;. when he ma de the last turn in the
road, his horse was browsing the
grass and cane. Up to the last
, few hundred yards, Jerry was as
brave as panther with cubs, and
determined bn following out my
prescriptions; but the moment tht
house, with its white dhimneys.
commenced appearing round the
J, bend of the bayou, the white pin
], feathers began to peep out in his
leart, and Verify, nothing, I be-
lieve, but my threat, il he proved
recreant to- day, of cou rting hef
myself on the morrow, kept him
/ from giving up the chase, and re-
i tracing his steps home.
i But the he use was reached, and
the hearty va ice of the Major, bid
ding him alight, cut off all retreat,
], He was fairly III it.
Jerry got down, left the yard
gate carefully open behind him.
lied his horse up the Majors fine
Ngrass-walk to the steps, and was
.labout bringing him into the house,
when a sery ant r elieved him OF
1.-THE task by CARRYING the steed I'd
ithe stable. Not noticing the ain
Of establishment with which the old
Major was regard ding him, he
shook hands with the negro for
Maj. Smith, and BID wing toa large
yellow y ater-jar, addressed it as
I'sMiss Mary" and then finished
the performance by sitting down
! in a large basket Of eggs, the sud-
den yielding Of his seat, and the
t laughter OF both father and daugh-
ter, aroused him to a full con-
sclousness of how ridiculously be
was acting. His apologies and
explanations only served torcnder
bad worse, and he thereto nc wise
" determined to take a chair and
say nothing more. Dinner was
shortly announceda and this he
concluded in very respectful style
without making any more serious
mistake than eating cabbage with.
a spoon, or helping the lady to the
drum stick of the chicken. A CT
gar was smoked after dlnh Ter, and
then the old Major, giving a guess
how the land lay, declared he
must take his afternoon MP, and
retired, leaving the field to Jerry
and the daughter. Snow or new
err was the motto with Jerry.
The old Major, in addition to
planting cotton, retrieving a dissi-
pated fortune, V as great dabbIer
in horticulture and had bestowed |
great attention upon the tultiya-
ton of'the grape. BY much care
and grating, he had SO improved |
upon the common varieties of the I
country as to render thelnb0
slightly inferior to the choicest
foreign specimens. An e4tehsiveE
arbour was in the middle Of theI
garden-the finest and most ex-d
tcnslve IN The swamp-and this
was literally covered with the rud-
dy clusters ofDgrapes, now in the
fullest tlde.of ripeness.,
ssNow or neyer,o ] say, was
the word with Jerry. Max ing
desperate effort, he faltered out
Miss Mary you. father has
very fine garden! shall we 20 sec
the grapes?. | am very fond off
them, Miss Mary! do you like
grapes Miss Mary? Hal halo-
The cold sweat bursting out from
every pore.
VERY much, Mr.. Wilson, and a
oa's are really very fine, con- slider
ne that they have not the q uality
If being exotics to recommend a
hem to our taste. \ | will accom- n
'any you to taste them with fnuch
pleasure" replied MisslM arys and III
ripping into the house, soon ap-fi,
feared, with the sweetest little sun /,
'onpet on that witchins dalnsel Ih