Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-24
Cuupetia Glurkaburg Rpsiatpr'
LoyR IN d STAGE COACH.
BY A sAcnrxna.

the eaaementi splash, splash onthe ground
underneath, all night, and now when l
awoke, here 1t was, raining away harder
than ever, as If q second deluge was at
hand, Confound that breakfast bell l.
do wish there was no such thing as
breakfast on q rainy morning, for then
one might lay abed all day, OF. until the
storm cleared of. Philosophers tell us
that rain is necessary for the economy of
nature it may be true. though ! never
trouble myself about such things; but if
so, men ought to be made like dor.mice,
to sleep on ina seminal state, until the
rain sees fit to cease. Nature never IN
tended Us to be out in shower or we
would have been born with patent OH
cloth or India rubber Sims
Down it poured what on earth was
! to doP The day before had been the
brightest eae of the bright month Of May,
and ~ had passion Tor walking in the
country--more fool for it'll had trudg.
cd away of here, eight miles and more
from town, to see a country wedding,
latter the order used among Friends. -
must say, that the thing was very
handsomely done, and that ! was much
edited so much so, that one of these
days shall tell how the parties deported
themselves, how many new hats there
were in tho wedding companies, who
drove the finest horses, and all other
matters OF gossip so interesting to young
misses and old bachelors like myself
oThe day passed of, with bright blue
sky until towards dusk, when thunder
shower came up, that lasted till bed time;
but retired, fully resolved that the NOR
ming would see clear sky over my head.
But morning had come, and here it was
pouring down, in one dark, splashy, con-
tinuous stream, for all the world like an
old maids obiurations when her tongue
gets to wagging
Down hurried to the breakfast table.
! had Just buttered my bread, and was
swallowing the first mouthful Of coffee,
when the horn of the coach to town was
beard, and looking out of the window, l
saw the vehicle, with its four smoking
horses dashing down the turnpike. 1t
was nv only chance toreach the city that
day, I boiled my bread, gulphed down
my coffee. till my throat was scalded,
jsmmed my hat on my head, and made
drive through the door. The driver did
not see me, but cracked his whip with q
flourish and went on. ! shouted, still
the old villain would not notice me, but
with another flourish of his whip, set his
four.in-h hand in brisker trot and ratified
down the hill. Desperate with fear of be-
ing left, pushed after him, scattering
the mud around me at every step, and
shouting at the top of my lungs, but l
might have run on, and shouted till dooms-
day had not passenger seen me and
stopped the deaf old sinner. Out of
breath, wet to the skin, covered with mud
from head to foot, and not in the best hu-
NOR from the loss ofmy breakfast, noun
ted into the coach, but the moment pla-
ced my foot inside the vehicle, all my sui
kiness vanished, for one of the loveliest
angels that ever blessed an old riCkety
coach, or warmed the soul OF sour,
breakfastless old bachelor, with her pres.
ence, sat upon the back seat
Did you over fall in love? OF course.
And the lady was the loveliest of hersex?
To be sure. THIN this stage coach beau
ty was twice as handsome as your sweet
heart, and if, after this, you don't think
my fellow passenger cherub, then give
up all hope of making you appreciate her.
Such eyes, such teeth, and then lips, egad
it almost makes me crazy to think OF
them. put myself down for the luckiest
dog in the world. She was dressed in a
plain straw cottage bonnet, with green
veil-iust such costume, said l, GAS a
real lady wears when travelling"
then she gave me such sweet, but halt
rosuish SMILE, as timbled into the coach
in the plight have described, that knew
her at once to be paragon in the way
OF education, taste, fortune and all that
AID rcsolved-whstk knowing one would
'nt?-to make the agreeable off hand,
fo!Sthere is nothing like meeting an heir
ess in stage coach, where she thinks
she's unknown, and dreams that every at
tention paid TO her springs from pure
loye-ahem s-on your part
Il was in clover. What cared l for rain
Splash, splash, splash, aye rain away
there, like blazes--who cares ?-Oue
doesn't get tete tete with pretty girl
every day of the week--so l determined
TO make the best Off
And faith, what with few sly compli
. ments, and my extraordinary good looks
I soon got as cosy with my unknown beau
ty, and she with me, as if we had beer
acquainted since the days of Noah, We
talked of the wedding, for she too hat
been thereof the scenery--of the rair
and of whatever came uppermost; ant
there was such charming frankness il
all she said that really thought her thu
most winning little witch that / had eve
seen. and verify believe ifthe floor hst
been softer, and had known the accurate
number of houses of which would b.
the tenant, in courtesy, should have
gone down on my knees to her at once
I hate.showing ones learning off in pub
lie so avoided anything like literature