Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-01-25

best furnished rooms he had in his house, as
they were tired and wished to retire.
Jehoidah sighed There was evidently
something weighing on his mind. A pain
ful impression was his !
my dear friends said Jump, it is SOL
emnly impressed on my mind that ye are
not married according to the word, but young
larks from the City come out here to bring
reproach upon me and my house. All!
! Al"
Charley Chigel looked thunderstruck =
Nal was the spokesman:
Indeed, Mr.. Jump, we really are, and if
we were at home we could prove it.
Nay, verify, thou art not; can see the
evidences of the evil spirit lurking in thy
ways; thou dost not comport thyseE like un-
ito a married man, ndstiies~+bee, nor thy
, friend
But, Mr.. Jump, re-
i Nay will not; thou canst not overcome
me with smooth speeches, tho thou layest
r thy tongue in OIL
| Really, Mr.. Jump, this is an awkward
| predicament you-thou have placed us in;
we we're only married last fifth day
= Wy oAN "OS lo'A0EuOON
s to thy manifold abominations.'
J, The d, man! beg your pardon
Sir. Come, Chisel, let's leave here. Will
: you order our horses, Sir. What's our Bill?
e Don't thee swear in my house, young
: man, lest l close my doors against thee?
c I begged your pardon, Sir, but wish
n our horses and vehicles, if you please
Not to night, my sinful friend the night
IS is far too dark for the tender sisters here
d They shall be we'll provided for; no doubt
they have been decoyed away from home by
evil speeches and smooth words, and their
g dear mothers hea-ts howo!s aasNs with grief
e and great aff1iction. Nay they must abide
d under this roof-Aw Doaoro-Mee" i"
# And Dorothy came with clean brass can
o dlestck in her hand and said:
Did thee call, Jehoidah!
e. Yea, verify show these young damsels
1t to a comfortable resting place.
" And then whispered something close to
d her clean muslin cap that none could hear.
d Dorothy led Mrs. Mardyke and Mrs. Chisel
II away, and Jehoidah stood in silence by the
door.
To- In few minutes Dorothy returned and
" handed a kew to her drab lord and went on
% her way. Jehoidah said
le The damsels are now locked up together
in private room. Come with me, young
- men, and thou shalt have where to lay thy
heads in another
Look here, old man. said Nal, assuming
- defensive attitude, swear them gals are
6 our wives, and if you don't-'
u,
Tll-aw DaD ro-thee!'
And Dorothy came.
i" { Is the room overhead ready?
an yea, verify it is
rn We'll, follow me, friendly Youths
er by Golly, old man, this is too bad,' sale
ou Nal, L tell You we are married and II
swear it by all that's good or bad
We But thee mus Mt swear, wicked youth
,Iy bear my testimony against oaths, both M
ne and mine. [ would not believe thee tho
ch thou vast to affirm it,
WI Look here, good Mr.. Jump said Ma
nix getting down on his knees, seeing whic
as, Dorothy fled, l tell you here in the pres
nd ence Of these witnesses that I am legally MAJ
1se ried, and SO is my friend, Mr.. Chisel an
Ia you are for unlawfully separatingus. O!re
or member, Jump-Mr. Jump and Nal raise
1p- his eyes imploringly up to the stole face
me the Inn Keeper, who stood with candle i
lcn his hand, remember-I charge itupon 20
5nt to reflect upon what you ar,ss-so,.sg you al
ad' separating man and wife, aGd y6a know til
Ut Good Book says, Cursed be he who knowing
ray lv putteth asunder man and wife, let him
ePI o'aathenao maoranatha.' (Mal has since rea
my the Bible more carefully y
WIS., But Jehoidah was not to be moved fro
en- his purpose oy protestations and charges
Ker He led the way and Mardyke and Chisel fc
h' lowed him to cheerless room-a very ii
domestic looking attic indeed! That nieI
TWO Mardyke lay awake. it is feared, heaping II
IN precautions on the head and house Of the co
Der sciencious friend for not furnishing pr;va
ood rooms.
SIX The next morning they were suffered
lar, depart in peace together, and after spendil
and a few days in the mountains they return
home but did not abide with Jehoidah al
'un- more.
,sed l received this incident from the lips
heir Mardyk Ike himself, and he concluded the !
ar' miniscence by saying =
llPS MAJOR, if you ever marry comfort vol
III self both at home and abroad, as a MARI
sgls- man.
oy' The same good advice the Major gives
cast his Benedictiar readers, and to those W
eed- expect to be.
they -
nap PosING A PEDAGoGUE- Sally Jones, ha
'Nes you done that sum | set You?'
entity NO thir, / can't do it,
Can't do it! am ashamed of vou w
lests at your age | could do any sum that was
read ME. hate that word can't, for there is
with sum that can't be done, tell you'
,;ona q think, thir, | know thum you can't th
nons OUT
ne ~. 'Ha! Well Sally, let's hear it and we will
his 1t ith thith, thir: If one apple cauthed
mp's ruin of the whole human rathe, how nj
were thuch will it take to make barrell of thw
nanv thderg
but Miss Sally Jones, you may turn to y
10 ho parsing lesson
con-
slped PIERCED BY SWORD FIsH.-The Bri
in ST. ship Lord Riversdale, on hes xcSege to \
Ma! paraiso, having sprung aleak at sea, the ve
dorL was hove down for repairs, when it pro
- that the tusk of sword fish had pier
Aer through the plank, which was elm three inc
tnat and half in thickness. The point oftbe
they projected beyong the plank seven inches cl
from making ten inches and half thrust thro
p fol- the wood.