Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-11-11
THE BASHFUL MAN;
Or, My First Appearance in Society.
By FALcONBRIDGE.


of youthful days hang to US. How easy, clear
and distinctly we can see our first dckey, first
boots we wore, or books we read, while thou-
sands of such sublunary things coming in at a
much later date, are almost obsolete in our me.
mories.
81 remember-faith hundred years would
not dim the recollection" said Frank Fox
"my first dash into society," was old enough
to be better educated in the ways of the world
but it was my weakness to be rather bashful;
was big enough to take care of myself, but
was too timid and unsophisticated, and hence
my difficulties. We lived in small neghbor-
hood, but abundanuy supplied with live peo-
pie and any quantity of good.looking girls
While was in jacket aud trowsers, we girls
and boys got along together slick as whistle,
as our Yankee friends say. But by and by
left home to return double. listed, bullet-head.
ed individual, in coat and pantaloons, and with
about four to eight sprouts of sickly sort Of
moustache ornamenting my upper lip.
"The little girls left behind me, had not
been neglected by nature or art; returned to
find that time-even the brief period Of FIVE
years-had worked wonders. Susan, Jane,
Ann, Mary, Polly, Betsy, and 20 forth, had be-
come Miss Jones, Miss Smith, Miss this and
Miss that therefore they were young ladies' nd
setting their caps fes haops. b was soon
known tht Jhad got home. Some new acces.
sions Is The population had been made in the
way of two aristocratically inclined families
from the city Of. and these families had
some four or five highly finished daughters
each. Well, we saw them and they saw us;
for four or five days we kept shady, ogling the
girls--beg pardon, young ladies, at distance
dodging them, if they were likely to get too
close, and making ourself mighty scarce if any
Of them made their appearance about our do
micil.
"Frand," said my sistsr.in.law, (for never
was blessed with q sister, or perhaps should
not have been 60 backward in coming forward,
you see.) Well, my brothers wife says to me:
*Frank, why don't you buck up to the girls;
really believe they come over to see you, and
whenever they appear, away you shoot a. Il
mad dogs were after yos. You are not afraid
of them, are yon?" -. s,.,.,v.,e, egs.4a,z agI AL
"N.n.no," | hesitatingly replied.
",rhey won't bite you." FH' - as5'i7sol aF3
aDca't suppose they will" said I. 1iaa2s17sa.
sThen don't Be- stupid, when Miss Smith and
Miss Jones, and the two Miss DeGrands come
over again, let me-ah! here comes Mss Jones,
now Frank-- tsadsT 1lss' bs's9s @i51 eaes
aA--a-Lossy, Lofty, don't nervously i'm
plored her. .aqsa ag.i.aaq
an introduce you-dont be stupid-stand
still-", s...........s, .,.... -....,,s..
arm hanged If Ia" but It was too late.
sGood morning, Lizzie-glad to see you"
(Wl.spering to Ne. who siood trembling like
. leaf, stand still yoa goose." J Miss loses,
Ito me, sotto voice. .open your mopth!"l Al
low me to Introduce you' TO my brother, Mr..
Fox: Mr.: Fox Miss jones' : ito me, hold up your
head and speak s.t s.Js'iss esY .rets
aAh!-a-a good moving sir--bsg pardon,
how dye DOR This perfectly hsrcnlsan, feat
quite exhausted me; / never came 20 near cho.
king in my life. Thanks to my sister-in.law,
Il she got me into the ice, she got me out again,
for her tongue ran pita pat, Glitter -clattes, -
\ married woman's tongue will run you know.
So, getting breath, and with breath, confidence,
burst ont all Of sudden-sff How do syou do,
Miss Jonesl" a. my sistar.in-law and Miss J.
had been talking right strait along without .
reference to me at Ill who had sat silent as J
. sudden spasm quite startled them;
Miss Jones blushing like carnation Of : secret
1ahlia, in fine silvery voice said 4 ~, 'es
"Quite well, Mr.. Fox. thank You" a ~
sTha-thank you," ] inyoluntarily echoed.
ada! ba! hal" roared my sister 10 law.
sCharlottew said /, in q voice Of such abss-
ute frmness that il quite checked her cachina-
tory CALCULATIONS. had arose from my seat TO
make this determined effort at elocntion. /
faised my hand TO give it force, and fruitlessly
waved is once or twice more to give the grand
iourish % the rest Of nv remarks. butt WA
lone. could not get Of another word. and "a
With hurried motion, I anatched up my hat
md boltsd out Of the room.
hines with Mis- Jones. but but I I fslt worss than
,idity, that next day n revenge mon myself |
lot only went smack bang over 70 Niss Jones' |
o make an apology for nv rudeness. but du.
ms INV .tsv th.,a...4 .4ha .ls,n,;rc me- ~ g..
consecutive minates--soeepted from the pretty v |
ps Of Miss j, IN invitation to attend q whist |
artv n thu raaidasce of tha Misa ne(,r..d. i