Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-17
"By you leave, ms'am, il NAV small
"You NAV not ~

Humphrey closed the door, but rem,inaa
minute gazing on the panel. III he meditated
any expOstulation he gave il up and proceed
cd TO drive away the boys, one of whom was
as,nde on the dead Plantsgenet, q second
gii1ning through his collar, and two more pre-.
p3Ilns to play at horse with the reius.
Inen away Humphrey went, and I found
tne time gov tedious in his absence I had
almost made up my mind to follow his exam.
pie, when hope revived at the sound of wheels:
ana up came tax cart, carrying four inside,
namely, two well known porkers, Master Bar
dell, the pig butcher, and his foreman. Samuel
STARK, or as he was commonly called. Sam the
sucker They inquired and explained in a
few words, the lady 3 dilemma, taking care 20
fcrewarn them, By relating the issue of nv
own attempts in her behalf.
"Mayhap you warn't half polite enough,
observed Sam, with side wink at his m aster.
1T an { q bit of scrape and a civil word as we'll
as to get strange lady up into strange gem.
mans gig IL wants n warmth like aud ma
king on her feel at home Only let me alone
with her for a persuadcr, and I'll have her
up IN our cart my m lster's that is to say
hoofs."
In moment the speaker was at the car
rage door, smoothing down his sleek forelocks
bowing aud using his utmost eloou.nce, even
to the repeating mcst of his arguments twice
over.
1t was quite unnecessary for Miss Norman
20 say she had never ridden In a cart with two
pigs and two butchers; and she did not saw IT,
ohe merely turned away her head from the
man, to be addressed by the master, at the
ether window, the glass Of which she had inst
1T down for little air. "a tax cart mad am,p
he said, "nayn be exactly the vehicle acsus-
toned to, and so forth, but thereby, consider.
ing respective ranks of life, why. the more
hoEor done to your kumbles, which, as I said
afore, VIII take every care, and observe the
respectful; likewise in distancing the two pigs -
The sudden drawing up Of the window, 60
Violently as to shiver the glass, showed sufi-
clent,y IN what light Miss Norman viewed
Master Bardell's behavior 1t was an un-
lucky smash, for il afforded what the trades
man would have called an " advantageous
opening" for pouring in fresh stream of ell
oquenee; and the sticker who shrewdIy
estimated the convenience ef the breach
came round the back Of the carriage and as
Junior counsel, " followed on the same side ~
The lady was inYinciblo.
Tho blackberry boys had departed, the eve
ming begfn to close in, and so Humphrey made
his appearance. The butchers horse was on
the fret, and his swine grumbled ut the de-
lay The master and man fell into consulta-
ton, and favored me afterward With tbs re-
suit, tho sticker being the orator aIt wa,
In an duty" he said, "to look after the wo.
men, pretty or ugly, young or old; il was what
we came Into the world 10 do, namely to make
ourselves comfortable and agreeable to the fair
SEX"
As for himself, "purtecting females was
his nature, ani he should never be easy again.
II so be, he left the lady on the road; and pro-
vIdlng female wouldn't be prrtected with
her own free will, she ought to be compelled
to, like any other live beast unsensible 70 its
own good. Them w1s his sentiments and his
m aster followed EN- up"
l. attempted TO reason with them but NV
consent had clearly been only asked as a COM
pliment. The lady herself fastened 10 the
catastrophe. Whistler she had overheard the
debate or the amount of long psnt-up emotion
became too overwhelming for its barriers, L
know not; but pride gave way to nature, aud
short hysteric scream proceeded from the
carriags, Mss Norman was in fits.
We contrlyed to get her seated on the step
OF the vehicle, where the butchers supported
her, tanning her with their hats, while L ran
on 70 little pool near at hand for little cold
water lt was the errand only of some fouror
ave minutes, but when L returned the lady
only half conscious, had been caught up. and
she sat, in the cart between two butchers.
They were already on the move.
jumped into my own gig, and put nv horse
to his speed, but had lost my start, and when
l came up with them, they were galloping
iutO W. Unfortunately, her residence
was at the further end Of the town, and thither
L saw her conveyed, screaming in concert with
the two pigs, AMI answered by the shouts of
tho whole rabblement Of the place. who knew
Miss Norman quite as well by sight, az cher
caErisgen'