Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-01-25
q GET OUT OF TH8Tr,

Surely, thought ], it will be difficult for d;,,.
cy to smooth the ruffied feathers of that p,rnp
Surely the Russian bear will learn that he has U
the sake of hug, gone little too far on tba fr
bling branch Surely he viii find that it is ; ueA
siblc for him to- AnpOS
-ss . Get out of that 70
Exactly so, my ficnd-
get out of that e claimed the voice ono,
turned towards the speaker, and discoycrrodd oie
it was not ar opinion but an admouition tb.t s
uttered. That whilst Twas phiosophisinaa' ne naf
probabilities of the future he was addrcsSrOIt Ae
self to the abuses of the present, and cndcasSon a
to correct them. 'Oflgg
The abuses soon perceived were of ~
human character do.not mention it as an p ou1!
ordinary coincidence but as one that should WA
the sympathies of the reader at the outset SGs
the abuses) were conferred in sugar hogsbo.d1 ne
if we are permitted to measure them. Were ~ aug
four feet-four very fat, red, and dirty feet A'Cu!
To condescend to simplicity, for once, I will.
plain that the admonition, Get out of that" e.
uttered by a=clcrll who standing in tho o. was
a warehouse eating tobacco lie was of m; iSy
very much buttoned-up temperament, and wor. aug Jug
hands in his pocket as part of his professon.i e
tire Having spoke twice with prodisious nla;I. d.
he changed the plug in his mouth, and with sU NY
expensive tin-foil tobacco treasury, held dannu F
tween his thin fingers ION which the envious I't
detect ink exclaimed once more gu"
"Get out of that!"
There was something affectingly paternal IN L.
voice. Something SO threatening in word .nd Ills
feeble in effect, that found myself powcrfnIr
terested in the objects, abuses, that had dray+
forth. "ER
soon gratified my curiosity. An empty suo,,
barrel stood before the door, and two bareJoSI
ragamuffins, like human flies were inside battassS:U
on the unctuous slaves. That respected man D1ocr1
was never more absorbed in his tub than tba-
Provided with imperfect instruments, (indeed noG
ing but clam shells,O they delved in snug creyrs
and mysterious knots for the succulent treasure
was beautiful to see how the genius of our comrt
could adapt itself to the eXigencics of its post:
and with imperfect instruments surmount great fa
cuities. Grain by grain, these interesting ragamF
ms, (for all ragamuffins interesting now-alarr
especially if they have bare feet,) collected Then
masses of vagrant sugar and piled it into little Hin
(Which anywhere else might be called sand hin,
without any great impropriety) Then, as final
triumph, they conveyed it 10 their mouths and
smacked their lips with as much satisfaction as ny
beloved brethren in ebony would have done on n:
dr-adfully debated ground whence the barrel came
My cerkiy friend, therefore, addressed himself
the human flies, or rather to their feet Cor it is,
fact asily demonstrated, that the collector of srrr
titious sugar from promscuons barrels must needs
appeal to the general public through the medium
his feet. So to the upturned soles (soilcd as mos
souls apt to be in this muddy world) he Of the
tobacco addressed himself.
He desired them TO g Get out of that!" and as A.
eXantlcr Dumas would write it
They did.
But flesh is frail, especially where the sweetsd
life are concerned and those who sip them from
clam-shcll enjoy them much as you or l. Ye
my dear Madam, we love and we hate, enioyand
despise not more powerfully in our tinselled word
than in that duller of whose potter circles hee
urchins were distinguished members.
Scarcely had they scuttlcd round the corner than
they scuttled back again. The 4lexander-lke CLERK
1,ol IIo hoI Tr
appeared in the labyrinthinc of his warehouse
Seduccd by what they had tasted seducedby what
they might yet enjoy, these helpless youngSteH
plunged once more into dissipation and the barrel
had not time to moralize on the spectacle ere |
beheld my placid friend once more at the door, and
not harmlessly as before, with mere tobacco asa
weapon, but with a long and very unpleasant look
ing stick in his hand. He bore it Iightly-as man
with his lofty magnanmty always does when he's
going to punish, and not be punishable bOret
lightly, so lightly that the unsuspecting innocenb
gathered round the blissful bung-holc were in ad
ignorance of his approach. Their feet q can scare
" resist being philanthropical when speak of then
they are so suggestive of corn protluded in a maj
ner that would have been irresistible to Mandarl
and was irresistible to my buttoncd-up friend.
" You scOnt get out of this ?"
One, two, three, and running accompaniment
yells One, two three, in proper bastinado fashion
One, two, three, and limping bowling, unsatisae
tory retreat.
Ny friend watched them turn the corner Thu
examined his instrument of punishment affection
atcly, as Crusader might gaze on the bright bbh
that had let out few thousand Paynim souls He
flung it in the road, turned down his wristbands
took another plug, and sauntcred into the warehOus
as gravely, as solcmnly, imposingly as thOughm
had been following dear friend to the grave
turned away, not gladly, from the spot for sim
pie though the incident, it was excellent and nSte
tive. \ drunken man, with hideous leer on N
face, and long, lank hands that seemed to clutch
everything, like the claws of a cat when she Bn
danger of falling, staggered past ME. All! my BIB
ulous friend, thought |, could you but mark mora
| would tell you that the barrel you eSPeaSe Is IN
wrong one and that sarely as the Owner secs yO4
will the bastnado come, and the bitter, bitter pun
ishment. But, where, in the name of common sens I
is the use Of mo1alising with q man whose only
telligbc sentence is conveyedin a roar, and ezPles
that IS j ordan am hard road to trabe, PROVE
it incidentally by rolling in the gutter. lie WILLIE
it difficult to Get out of that without being neil"
by an attachee of the law.
And now that I am conversng with sober mne
and summing me in the light of merry eyes, that!
pardon word of admonition, let whisper aWat /
or two about the general difficulty of getting quito
that. 1t is a matter of perfect indifference 10
what the quality, state, or condition of that may
But as every one has skeleton on his hearu5
every one has clever pi,vc of darning someHnu,
that he don't wish the world to Sec depend on II
friends, that is it. and toget out of it should 6scC
an object of the dearest soliciude. Particularly
regard to skeletons, which take it are like deOG
the sooner you get out of them the better lnC S
respects we viii adduce an instance or two. Guy
pose, for the sake of argument, my charming l ID
accomplished friend, Mrs MoRrE, has delga 4Ir
habit of saying pretty little things TO you. Jus.
cause they sweet, and when your back is 'ulnns
of saying wicked thinsa about you, just occa "n
they arc bittcr-don't you think my charming a.
accomplished friend would add to her thousand W
tues if she would get out of that? Or we VIII "a u
Mrs. UPToN, who is certainly blessed with the ~" A.
est and dearest dry goods clerk who ever took !"