The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-12-16

"N" 0itAAaiU At Hll4DNtu 4Ns NhNlfNts 50 as
D not 10 destroy Iie IA the young ady, wheu
, the dreadiu. business Of has visit was an
nounced lie must prepare her tor it gra.
dnsiy-the grapes offered an introductory
the lmp0ule fellow no; 10 oder her any dur
ing the long the long time they had been in
the arbouf-lhey had Just second before
reached it.
Plucking Oft large bunch he handed
them 10 her, and selected similar one ior
himself They were devonFcd in silence,
Jerry too badly frightened TO speake, and
AlaG wondering what in hc world was to
come next The grapes Were consumed,
another pair OF lunches selected, and the
sounding OF their champing jaws was aB
that broke the stillues,, Ierry eyes were
Fixed on his bunch, and Mary was watching
the motions of an sgie snail The cluster
was in progress of disappearance, when Jer.
~, summoning his whole energies COM
menced his declsmatious. Mis- Mary.
have something 10 impart'--herc he came
20 full stop aud looked up, as If 10 draw
inspiration from heaven but the umbra.
geous tohege intercepted his view, and onI Y
grapes met his eye---anG lheir Juice require
to be gone through with several processes,
before mach exlIaration or eIoquence can
be drawn from is. Pluckiug quantity, he
swallowed them, to relieve his troat. which
was becoming strangely dry aud harsh,
Miss Mary poor girl, was sitting there,
very much confused, busiy eating grades f.
/ neither she nor Jerry knew, whilst conlnu-
ing to eat, the quantity that they had con.
sumed; theif Thoughts were eswhere.
Miss Mary" again upspoke Jerry ''you
must have seen long before ths--but In |!
your bunch is eaten--have some more
grapes, Miss Mary! like them very much
and amidst much snubbling and champrg
another package of grapes was warehoused
by the lovers.
Jerry's fix was becoming desparate; time
was flying rapidly, and he knew one sub.
ject wonld soon be exhausted, for he eat but
few more grapes. Oh how he wished that
| fighting panther fist-6ght, had been made
one OF tthe conventonalities of society, and
assumed to be declatory of The soft passion
how quickly would his bride be wooed -
/ but those ,Efefnal words he could never ar
range them 50 as express what hemeant.
| Miss Mary. you must know that saw
saw DR.. Tensas today, he told me--have
some more, Miss Mary, they wont hurt you
| have come expressly 10 ask you--haye
another bunch let me insist, / have come
| Mis- Mary, to opose--another smallbunch
-" Mary I have come he almost shreiked
! TO ask you 70 have--onl, a few more--Oh
Lord and be wiped the cold sweat Oh.
Poor fellow hIu pluck would not hold out,
Mary, frightened at his vehemcnce, said
nothing but eat on mechanically, anxious to
hear what 1t was tar Jerry wished to dis.
close
Again he n,anshailed uis forces the sun
was dccdutag n thc West, and the morrow
would, perhaps see rhe "Swamp Doctor"
Nith ms glib tongue, hrealhinQ his vows
MISS Mary III love--grapes--no you--
grapes--wii You have ue---sone IRA pes---
marry me--no grapes--yes ME Oh. Lord
il is all over You wili--bess you'll
inast have Kiss Yop haven't cousentcd
ye;-but you must ~
The barrier seemed TO prop the spellwas
lifted off his tongue, and Jers,, in stream
Of native eloquence, running the iercer for
being so long pent up, plead his cause
could it be unsuccessful ? Oh, no. Mary
had made up her mind long ago.
Side by side, now, all their dfFidence
vanished thea sat under the blessed arbour
and discoursed Of their past fears and,bright
hopes for the future! Jerry bed The head
Of his mistress Oh his left and noble breast,
and, as in a sweet and pure strain he pic
tured forth the quiet domestic life they were
to lead when married. Mary could scarcely
believe that the impudent fellow who now
talked, SO glibly, and stole in spite Of her re-
Dukes, kisses unnumbered, was the tiind
and nervous swain a few minutes before.
But 10 behold what student iranslor-
nation. Has Jeny some discordant
Mary's features are contracted, as il with
pain, and pretty lace, in spite Of herself,
wears vinegar aspect Rather early
opine, for ladies to commence the shrew--
If am wrong, lady reader, attribute the er-
ror TO the ignorance of an old bachelor
Jerry, too, seems to partake of the sour con
tagion--he stamps upon the ground, wr!lhes
his body about and presses his hand upon
his stomach, ignorant, ! presume ofanatomy
He meant to lay them over his heart, poor
fellow, but he got to low wdown. Mary too,
is evincing the ardency Of hel affection; aud
while the same deporable ignorance Of the
locality ofthe organs. Verify. love is affect
ing them slnguany.
II may be pleasant passion, but that
couple, who certainly have a flesh, / win
not say genuine, article OF love, look like
anything bst accepted lovers. What can be
the matter +! They groan, and writhe their
bodies about, aud would press their hearts
too if they only lay where their digestive
apparatus certainly does Can the grapes
have anything to do with their queer con-