The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-06
THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER q. 1851.

thing ihs, lived in his memory iusi as
he remembered once reading vision.
ary story book called III. ARABIAN
Nights entertainments, when boy.
Well, the General had settled down
into an amintle. gentlemanly old fellow.
living alone, with comfortable wealth
around him. and having li.,lv TO do.
save nos and then 10 entertain an nld
comrale in arms, which companionship
afforded Opportunity for him to fsh,
his battles o'er sgain.' But ala. o'cr
this calm evening Of the old Generals
day deal Of perplexiiy WAS doomed TO
fall, and hc soon found himself in
troubled waters, the depth Of whici, he
could by no means understand. lie
hsund-r-d about ikea Gagged rat upon
pump--and such another melancholy
fish out of water never before swallow.
cd the bait, hook and all. Of the ang
ling god Of love. The poor General.
We must give him a name or we can't
tell the story, and the best name for
such story is Uncle Toby. Poor
General Uncle Toby debated abstract
cdly about his new POSITION, and never
had siege or campaign given him such
perplexi,y before.
Al length. however, the blum, honesty
OF his disposition rose uppermos, among
his conflicting plans, and his course was
chosen. Al school he had once studied
'Othello's Defence to recite Mt an ex.
hibition, but made great failure and
he now recollected that there was some.
thing In this defence very much like
what he wanted to say. lie got the
book immediately, fouud the passage,
clappeI on his hat with u determined
air, and posted of TO tho widow Wad.
mans with Shakespeare under his arm.
Madam, said General Uncle Toby,
opening his book at the marked place,
with the solemnity of special pleadcr
at the bar Madam
Rude am in speech.
And little bie,s'd with che ~, phrase or peace
For since these arins Of mine had seven
1910. (yrafs piih.
Till now some nine moons wasted, they y
(have used
! Then dearest action in the tented field:
And little Of TINS great world can 1 .prak.
More than pertains to fears ofl,rUil and battle:
Aad the reiore-
Here tie General closed ihc look
wiped his forehead, looked up ut the
ceiling. and said with a spasmodic ynsr.
l icant 10 get married.
The widow laughed for ten minutes
by the watch before she could utter a
syllable, and then she said, with prc.
cious leafs Of humor rolling down her
good natured cheeks. "And who is i,
you want to marry. General p
You, said Uncle Toby, Hourishinc
his sword-arm in the air, and assuming
a military attitude Of defarce, Us il he
expected an assault from the widow
Immediately.
will you kill me il / marry you 2
said the widow. with merry twinkI,
in her eye.
No, madam = replied Uncle Toby
but one thing ! am bound TO tell yo,
of madam ! ,cear nig :"
The widow started, remained silen
a moment, and then went into long
er, louder, and merrcr laugh than sh,
had INDUCED in before, at the end o
which she drew her seat nearer TN
General, gravely laid her hand on hi
head, and gently lifted his wig off an,
placed il on the table. ..I,..
General Uncle Toby had nevc
known fear in hot battle, but he no,
felt y most decided inclination to ru
away. The widow laughed again, Il
though she never would stop, and ID
General WAS about to lay his hat upo
his denuded head aud bolt. when tn
face!ious lady placed her hand upon hi
arm and detained him. She then i.
literately raised her other hand, with
sort OF military precision executed
rapid maneuvre with her five finger
pulled of her whole head Of Gne CLOS.
hair. and placed it upon the table by Il.
side Of The Generals. remained seaie
with lndicrous gravity ia font Of be
accepted, lover quite bold.
As may be expected, Uncle Toi,
nov laughed along with the widow, an
they soon grew SO merry over the affa
that the maid-servent peeped throur
the key hole xt the noise. and saw u
old couple dancing a j's and bobLir
= their bald pa,es al each other like
3 pair Of Chinese masdsrins. So u
two shortly laid their heads togrih'
z upon the pillow Of satri'uony.- Ion
q Csuraaf.