The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-06-18

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GOING TO BED BEFORE A YOUNG
LADY.
BY JUDGE DOUGLASS OF ILLINOIS.

cided the most original and amusing
member of the western bar, or we are no
judge.
As was saying, ten years ago, Judge
D., of Illinois, was beardess youth, of
twentvone years of age, freshly come a.
mongst the people of the ''sucker state, !"
with an air about him suspiciousl Y redo
lent of Yankee land. A mere youthful
adventurer amongst the squire Suckers
-one who would deem the position en-
barrassing Not so the Judge-he had
come on business. A political iortu:.e
was to be made. and no time lost. He
was about launching on the sea of public
favor, and he commenced a general coast
survey the day he arrived. He soon
made himself District Attorney. member
of the Legislature, register of the United
States land office, secretary of state, and
Judge of the Supreme court.
"How do yon adapt yourself, Judge"
saio |, ''to the people? How did you
'naturalize' yourself. as it were?"
oh. nothing easier-you see like it.
It's democratic. But it did come awk-
ward at first. You know am. or ather
was, basAful to painful degree. Well,
now. nine tenths Of my constituents de-
spise luxuries. and have no such thing as
second room in their houses. In beat
ing up voies live with my constituents,
drink with them, lodge and pray with
them, laugh, hunt, dance, and work with
them-I eat their corn dodgers and fried
hoo ,pl elaa,> IN hol III fho,,
Among my first acquaintances was the
LIS; by the way, | am sure of five votes
there. Well. you perceive. had to live
there, and did live there. But sir. was
frightened the first night slept there
| own it--I acknowledge the corn. An
ice in August is something; but was
done to an icicle--had periodical chills
for ten days. Did you ever see Venus
in linsey woolsey?
No
Then you shall see Serena U.s.
They call her the white Flower sew
enteen. plump as pigeon, and smooth
as persimmon. How the devil, said |
to myself, soliloquising, the first night |
slept there, am to 90 to bed before this
young lady? | do believe my heart was
topsyturvy, for the idea of pulling off my
boots before the young lady was death.
And as to doffing my other fixtures,
would sooner have my leg taken off with
wood saw The crisis was tremendu-
Gus. 1t was nearly midnight. and the
family had been hours in bed. Miss S.
alone remained bright as the sun, the mer-
rv mink talked on. 1t was portentious-
ly obvious to me at last, that she was de-
termined to out sit me. By repeated
spaSmOdlc efforts, my coat. waistcoat,
cravat, boots, and socks, were brought
During :he process my beautiful neigh
Dor talked on with unaverted eyes, and
with that peculiar kind of placidity en-
ployed by painters to embody their idea
of the virgin. l dumped myself down
in the chair, in cold presperation. A
distressing thought occurred TO me-
Does not the damsel stand on point of
local etiquette? 1t may be the fashion of
these people to see strangers TO bed be-
fore retiring themselves Had | not
kept those beautiful eyes open, from ig-
norance of what these people deem good
BREEDING? Neither the ladr's eyes or
tongue betrayed the least fatigue. Those
large, jet eyes seemed to dillate and
grow brighter as the blaze Of the wood |
fire died away; but. doubtless, this was
from kind consideration for the strange
wakefuness of her guest. The thing
was clear. determined to retire with
out delay. / arose with firmness, TN
loosened my suspenders, and in voice
not altogether steady, then said.
Miss Serena, think ! will retire.
Certainly, sir. she quietly observed,
you will lodge there, sir, inclining her
head toward bed standing few yards
from where she was sitting. l proceed
ed TO uncase, intrcnching myself behind
chair the while fondly imagining the
position afforded some security. 1t is
simply plain to a man in his senses, that
chair of the fashion of the one that l
hai thrown between myself and 'the
enemy as military man would say, af
forded almost no security at all. No
more. in fact than standing up behind a
in the way of artillery
of bright eyes, as poet would say.
sweeping one down by platoons. Then {
| had a dead open space of ten feet be-
tween me and the bed; a sort of bridge of ]
Lodi passage, which l was forced to
make, exposed to raking fire fore and
aft. Although say it, who should not a
say it, an emergency never arose for {
which had not resource. had one d
for this. The plan was the work of a I
moment; T. a
'Ah! see--you stormed the battery, ,
and s. il