Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-01-22
How PipkTn Raowcd Himself.

ltlLOl takln5 silttlcS l,unCH III oTlhhltIs
4 Goljcs with his fieadsjon particular oc
casiioonns. He &asstst rate at maxim!
excuses for staying out #all night nov
and then !; he was terribly pressed will
business, as he tooktyery good care neve
to gos home crossed legged, his witi
never suspected anything, and all wen
on rery Well. oaanight, however, Bill
got; rather more dsan he could carry
straight, but he didn't find it out until h,
Was onfhis way ome He would'n
| have Susan know 5awas in such situ
/; alton fNsthe workes5nd he began think.
Ing, aswell as heSould viii, his heao
spinning round 50, SHAT was best to be
done to keep, ,hess58n finding him ont.
Hic-l've g6fh z,actly," said he
| (hic) Su-Susan kI6RsI'm (hic) terribly
f.fond of n:milk.Eell III jest take a
big drink (hic) thYt'll fix all rishs-so
(hic) sh.she4l neFer suspect nothin,
poor gal" ii
Home he Yentg practising straight
walking on the,WaJ, and studying how
he should talk stEiight, so that Susan
would not Ind hilnput:
When he found the latch, which was
on the wronS.~--sids OF the door which
opened the wfong@ay too, he felt around
in the dark for nasre doors than were
ever in the house esHfore, and into ever
so,many shaped ro4,ns, till he found the
pantry, where heakpected to find some
mik. Hadno yeryslcar idea us to where
it ought toshe; So after feeling about in
every place but tharlsht one, he came to
the conclusion to ssp to his room and ask
his wife whereitSas. The stairs SEEM
ed'to be, turnedaH-sid down and the
bedroom changedHlaccs with the kltch-
en, but he made DIT at last to find the
room.
81 After clearing DIS throat, and saying
oyer his speech 81 that he could not
make any mistakS he opened the door
end leaning agSHst the door-post, lis
tened 70. hear iflls wife was awake.
one was, sound asnep.
9 tAllthe bettetspr that" thought he.
sts7Sps: s7s.t 81 sf-:f
a doze. IS that you. come home' my
dear, SO late w.,p.u
"susan! Susan J" said BIZ, not paying
any attention TO "hat sne sa,u-N'S a,, ne"u
Delhg inll OF MIX ousa"
What my dcarw
Z" Is there any milk IN the houset !,
Yes dear-but what IN the wosio-
Susan ai; Susan: 81,
What dear !! :,
Whar is the milk
IN inc 'an'ts .. IL. .'e ,.,o '."'''g 1ed Oo' Oo,
dear but ouhad better come to Dcd no~'
IL So So, i, .on,o
"Bill didn't say word but took some
terrible long steps in the dark. lie found
the dinlng.room again ana the pa!itry'
but he couldn't find the milk anywhere.
After trying lor about hVe minutes nc
went up stairs and leaning against tho
door to study h'mscf' asked MS "''e
again.
"Susan Susan" said he, very en-
phatically.
"Eh-what" said she, waking up
again.
"Is there any milk in the house?"
"I told you there was some milk in
the pantry, dear"
Down went Bill again. This time he
tclt everywhere and upset every thing,
making a terrible racket among the
croc!,erv but not drop of milk could
he find.
% Cres tbo milk said he! "whar could
tl,o, mt in
'''I i, . r,;r,to bc WAS at thc bedroom
,ra;,
Susan! Susanp' said he.
y, % .ss';Ja,a
''ts :. W. W. ~, ..,;a ,oro,bor ,roosod ,bis
.: n"' ''iu DIV '"''''' 'l
'"aeI MI. .,,ouo 49, IL, :, tbo bonsaw
.Yos " ..'ei. to,J I' ,.om % io
.Wo,, ,,.lau n : :. 2. so;1N,e
aI .o,d ' n"u on - tho shelf, The ,,on.
,ru-;u The d;uine.room. said Susan
hro,k;na II of in = short momh;ul of
it,l;c
That rather scared Bill, and put him
off his guard.