Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-03
Ny Uncle's love Story.
BY 4. u'nsAnr.
Fisbs: pua,,a, Horace.

fs4a 4stfs as kt6D1S uueitas--H1faCe. -
| s''Many years asp-eh very many years
Eago. enjoyed week full Of North Caroli-
ma hospit .lity, which was then, as row, cor
dial, generous, and better than al, aitogeth-
,er sincere.
ssBy che way, Arthur, Inever understood
why hospitality is so generally, indeed, nj
| most universally marked as a southern cha
rncterist,c-so distinguished rs to imply that
the virtue hardly exists elsewhere. Now
have found warm hearts in the dcyilish cold
corners Of New England-iust MS warm as in
hot States towards the Guif-and . Pennsyl-
| vanian Datchman has entertained me rs rov-
ally, in his way 10 be sure, as ever did an I.
+. Virginian. The American people are ey-
erywhere hospitable; and in being SO they
are rather obedient 10 m every day feeling
than to an impulse; a feeling too which has
| nothing to do with northern or southcrncalo-
| ric. DIN this 6 ography in america"
| ''Uncle, tell me your story 80
"We!E fell in loves aswe used to say.
with girl---she was only seventeen, and ;ht
| sweetest, loveliest-''
's'.Yes, know" said |, 81 have seen suci.''
ssBut Ellen, tel! you: was n noaparicl-
she loved me; and loved her With a love SC
/ .
smooth. }s
ssSoon after our engagement, it was earl,
in August, Ellen aud went to visit Col. t..
friend of her father, in the country. W.
found there half a dozen-yes mora-youna
ladies- --and real devils they were, 50 d:tTeren,
from my Ellen. The old Colonel was de.
lighted with the noise we made, the gayety
1 and fun; he was fond OF fun, and Us gay a,
| nf had
Here my uncle stopped. He was busy
witt. memories too sacred to be scattered BY
I any thoughtless speech Of mine An ole
man's recollections7 s7-but he resumed.
@ss Arthur, hate feas.
! My host showed me my room was fatigucd
with riding and dancing, and was soor
asleep and dreaming. The ladies left ,he
drawing room---or rather dancing DOM, be.
fore did; half dozen 'huddled together
in one large chamber, as discovered after
wards suppose there were "a plenty of bed:
| in it-but for that / neither know nor care
''Col. L., came to my room and awakened
"Jump up: quick-I'll showyousome fun
j Come with memo ones here.o .sat:
''And so followed the old scoundrel il
/ the dark to a door at the extremity of sth.
hall. had neither pantaloons nor slippers
but it was a warm night and the floor wa
smooth and cool. 5.sG ss -4.1..a 1%.3s.&
"Now look,' said he, as he placed my eye
to the key-hole .as sr.. s.4 .. q
81 had noticed that the door Wis ajar-
butI peeped. BY the Lord, the girls wer'
searching for Aeas in their sacred linen! an,
Ellen was among them--slx Of them, by tn
Lord. s aasI-5 ..s :. ~ ~ 5t
81 had no sooner seen this and digested
thought that Ellen might have been in bette
business than the same Colonel gave me
ush with both his hands and in a twinklin
| was in the room on my hands and bar
knees among all those girls. .a.s4sas
i think went and dressed myself, Col
L., did not sleep in his house that night.
had letters which required me to leave YER
early-before breakfast. received lette
from Ellen two days afterwards, anG hav
never seen her since.-New York Spirit o
the Times. -.s-. "-.- st- 81 o. fs.+