The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-11-15

at fhe unuSal stiffness, tried the door from
which [ had made eLre>s the preceding night.
1t was locked fas. Successfully | tried every
door within my range; alas there was neither
ingress nor outlet, for he front entrance was
also fastened in such manner that il de-
fed all nv enleavorS to move the lock. 1t
seems that my cousins housekeeper was one
Of the old fashioned sort, and never retIred
without. fastening up everything in The house;
| question somewhat whether she did not lock
her bed curtains.
.'Three mortal hours did | stay shIverlng
in NV room on that eventful morning, soaclng
myself with doefuI glances al the brick walls
Of a distillerv. and running over the pages of
Greek Lexicon. which assuredly was all
greek 10 rne-and nothing else
AT !ength O, welcome sound; the bell
rany, and l. blue with cold, descended to the
breakfast room. There met my cousin, and
for the first time III my life witnessed sham
welcome | did rot understand it then, 10
understand such things better now.
NV cousin tried his best to be agreeable.
but l that disappointment stood out all
over his actions particularly when mention
ed that | lad come for a long visit But |
soon got over the unpleasant feelings conse-
quent on this discovery, aud determined to
brave it out Had he not stopped summer af-
ter summer on nay fathers farm? Did We
not every Elk months send him some favor in
the shape Of the best winter greetings, rus
sets or BaldwinS? So | put myself on my
dignity, awkward thought was. and appeared
if | observed nothing unpleasant.
Wherever | went, | could see that my
relative was ashamed of his tall cousin
Now knew in my soul that | was good for
something. | had the consciousness of in
tellect, no way inferior to his own. At home
| was famous yankee story teller, but
having a fear of the minister's superior attain
men,s always before my eyes, had never al
lowed him TO see what | could do. This false
timidy was, however, slowly wearing away.
| began to feel anxious to resent my cousi..s
oficiousness, and l daily grew stronger in my
determination to do so. | noticed his deport-
ment when he little thought of it; his quick
step ahead TO seem alone when he met
some fashionable lady, his little maneuveres
to slip in out Of church by himself; his care
/ ful avoidance OF all mention of my name to
others AMI | thought to myself, one day III
teach YOU lesson, young man, If you are a
minister
How il was | knew not, but by some mis-
management. suppose, invitations were sent
to US to attend large dinner party, given IN
honor of some distinguished divine, then ere
ating quite an excitement in the city. My rel
ative looked astounded when he found had
resolved to 90, and tried to intmidate me by
! limiting at the fashionable character of the
! teranment. A last, finding me resoiuie, lie
said. with a bland smile:
! You had better then let me introduce you
as my cousin from the country and you
are not inflated into the arts and mysteries
/ Of fashion, it will help you wonderfully; they
viii suppose YOU ignorant of etiquette, and
therefore excuse your greenneSS.'
"Thank YOU for nothing" thought J, and
consented.
Il went to the party. There is no mistake
about Il. was at first aba>hed in the comp
ny of 50 lluch dignity and beauty; ! trem-
bied for myself My cousin sat opposite ID
me- and by his side lovely girl robed in
b,ue. who looked to me the nearest to an
gel that it was possible TO imagine. | soon
saw that my heart had been travelling in that
direction; H. was devoted 10 her although lie
kept an eye on poor me- to see that his cous-
in from TIE country did him glaring d.
credit
Il heard him address her as Miss Harriet,
and onee in filing her glass from the crystal
pitcher near by, lie overrun it, and the fluid
mingled with meat and gravy on the young
lalys plate.
Aha thought l, glancing at him slyly,
cousin from the country
Presently | noticed another miSLap. a
reverend and absent-minded looking gentle
man al my right undertook TO carve chicken
By some awkwardness. a small bone flew
from the edge OF his knife, and slap it went
against the nose of lady opposite, SCATTERING
her face with the gravy. The lady turned
red--tEe gentleman apologized, the company
seemed more than usually serious as compa-
nv always does, when it reS:rains itself from
hearty hugh. aad l looked strait AZ my
friend across the table, saying. plain IS
eyes could say it, aha cousin from the
country'
And that was not ,hc end of the chapter,
for my cousin. attempting 10 cut butter. which
a. it was an unusually warm winter day. Aa!
ice upon it. unfortunately knocked the frozen
element on the table, and eli all the efforts
ever saw put forth 10 catch slipper, article
those he made IN the matter of securing thai
ice were the most ridiculous.
First he laid siege with knife and fork, bat
i: danced about like ice-bewitched polka
waltz and redown step. hopping now agains
Miss Harriet'S ya.e, gliding about among ho
vegetables. aud sliding under meat dishes uu
Ii! lis capture became matter OF stubborn
principal.
Forum Atelv, one OF the servants hurried t,
his help with a large spoon, and in using tha
my cousins elbow came in contact with liz
tie glass dish filed with pickles. and away j
>Pun over on Miss Hagriet's lap, aud ice fol
lowed after. 0, with wha, gusio | coulC
have shouted at that moment. '.coasn from
the country" bat piled the blushing divine
and eoateuted myself wish an iaHart
chuckle.
Bat by ani-by. things went on more
smoothly and We all rot merry over tie des
>ert assure yo1, ministers can enjoy them
selves as We'll As the rest Of Us: ana why pray
should they pot2 One after another told some
: amusing aneciae,. until the smooth. sleek Vi,