The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-11-02

said old Mrs. Wallis.
"Oncommon! | tell you when !
was ten years old u fly wouldn't
Ii Int on my face and 1t can't be
much wuss now! Shct up. and let me
tell the Squire my Experience"
Its no use,' put in Lucy, "to
be running ones own self down that
way, daddy, it amt right"
"Runnin down! Thunder and light
min Lucy, you'll hav. ME as guod look
ing as John Bu2cman your sweet.
heart" AS he said this Old BiIlook-
cd at me aud succeeded in covering
the ball of his left eye, by way Of
Il wink. Lucy said no more.
The old man continued:
"Well hard as Thought it'ud be to
get wife, tust thing knowed, | had
Sally, here, and she is, or was, as
pretty as any of them"
Old Mrs. Wallis knitted convuIsive
ly and coughed slightly.
However, she never kissed me
aiorc we was married and it was
long time artcr atorc she did. The
way OF 1t was, We had an old one.
horned COW, mighty onnery (ordina-
ry) lookin', old as the north star, and
poor as black snake. One day
went out to the lot-'
Daddy, wouldn't tell that" said
Lucy in Il persuasive tone.
"Blamed cf don't though-it's
true. and cf you don't keep still, I'll
send for Buzcman to hold you quiet in
the corner"
"Yes, ] went out to the lot, and
thar sure rs life was my Ole woman
swung to The COW, and the old thing
hyin round and cutti G up ali sorts of
shines. Scs ], what the deuce are
YOU up to old woman?'-And with
that she let 60 and told ME she was
trying to practice kissing on old Cher.
ry, and she thought arter that she could
make up her mind to kiss me-"
"Old man you made that! Eve heard
you tell it hefore-bnt you made it,"
said the old lady.
Well, well, itoid her, Squire, ses'I,
come down toit, shctyour eyes! hold
your BREATH and upon that she bus
sed me SO you might have heard it
quarter of mile, and since that
nobody's had better kissin than me.
Now, that was my fust Experience
about bcing ugly, artcr i was grown,
and it warn't So bad neither!
The next time my ugly feeters
came into play, was in Mobile; was
you ever thar? Greatest place on
green yeartll; steamboats,, oysters, free
niggcrs, furriners, brick houses-th that
is the place! | went down on flat
boat from Wctumpky, with old John
Todd. We had tust rate time oft
till we got most to Mobile, and the
steamboats, would run so close TO
us that the sloshin, would pretty near
capsizc. They done it for devilment.
How old John cnsscd, but it done
no good. At last scs I. I'll try 'em; et'
thars emmy strength in cussing, III
make 'cm ashamed! So the next one
came along, cavorting and snorting like
it was gwine right into us, and did
pass in twenty feet. ! ris up on cot
ton bag and scs to the crowd-and
there was a most almighty one on
the guards of the boat-ses You
internal understanding, snorting sons
o.
"Afore I could get any further in
my cnssln the crowd gin the most
ycarth-shakin' howl that ever was
hearn-and one feller, as they were
broad side with us, hollcred out, Sits
the old He ugly HIMSELF JENNY what
month! With that thar was some
thing raned and ratified in our boat
like hail, only heavier; and directly ne
and John picked up peck ofbnckhorn
handled knives.
Old Mrs. Wallis looked to Heav-
en-. rs ifappcaling there for the for
gvcncss of some. great sin her ugly
consort had comriitted, but said moth
ing.
50 lost nothing by being ugly
that time. Arter got in Mobile, how
ever, was bothered and pestered by
the people stoppin in the street to
look at me, all dirty, and lightwood
smoked as ] was from being on
the boat"
81 think I'd n cleaned up a little," in
terposed Lucy.
sold woman ai'nt you got9narry
cold tater to choke that gal with?
Well, they'd look at mo the hardest
you ever seen. But ! got ahead Of
my story. a few days afme thar had
been q boat bursted and heap of
people scalded and killed, one way and
another. So, at last went into a
grocery and squad ofpeople folle,cd
me in, and one lowed, sex he, its one
OF the unfortunate sufferers by the
bhrstin ofthe Franklin; AMI upoi, that
he axed me to drink with him, and as
had my turnbler half way to my
mouth, he stopped me Of sud;