Squatter sovereign., 1855-09-11

On the strength of the butter, dicker,
was speedily contracted, by which Nehen-
iah was to be put immediate and absolute
possession of a coat, vest and pantaloons, of
good material and fit.
'Now. then,' said Mark, 'what kind of q
coat viii you have e
i reckon I'll hey blew un, Squire,
yes, but what kinda dres coat e
Certainly, Squire, certainly, jest what
I wan coat for tew dress in"
'Ah exactly; well. just look at these
plates,' pointing to the fashion plates in the
window. 'and see what style you fancy
oh darn yeour plates, don't want any
crockery; 'spect Nance has got the all
kiliin'est lot of arthenware you over sot
eyes on
Yes, I see; well, just step this way,
then, and think can accommodate you.
Nehemiah speedily selected a nice blue
coat and vest of green, but he was more
fastidious in his choice of the pants, those
crowning glories of his new suit. He
seemed to indulge a weakness for long
pantaloons, and complained that his last
pair had troubled him exceedingly, or as
he expressed it, 'blamedly,' by hitching up
over his bolts, and wrinkling about the
knees. Nehemiah delved away impetu-
ously amid stock oftwo or three hundred
pairs, until finally his eyes rested upon
pair of lengthy ones, real blazers, with
with wide yellow stripes running each way.
Nehemiah snaked them out in twink
ling. He liked them-they were long
and yellow-they were just the thing, and
he proceeded at once to try them on. The
new clothing store had nook curtained
off for this purpose, and Nehemiah was
speedily closeted therein.
The pants had straps, and the straps
were buttoned. Now Nehemiah had seen
straps before, but the art of managing
them was mystery, and like Sir Pat.
rick's dilemma, required mighty dale of
nice consideration" On deliberation, he
decided that the boots must go first; he ac-
cordingly drew on his Bluchers, mounted
a chair, elevated the pants at proper an
gle, and endeavored to coax the legs into
them. He had time of it. His boots
were none of the smallest, and pants were
none Of the widest; the chair, too, was
rickety, and bothered him; but bending
his energies to the task, he succeeded in
Inducing one leg into the "pesky things
He was straddled like the Colossus of
Rhodes; and just in the act of raising the
other foot. when whispering and giggling
in his immediate vicinity, made him alive
to the appalling fac. that nothing but q thin
curtain of chintz separated him from twen-
ty or thirty of the prettiest and wickedest
girls that were ever Gagged in one shop -
Nehemiah was a bashful youth, and would
have made circumbendicus of mile any
day rather than meet those girls, even if
he had been in full dress; as it was, his
mouth was much ajar at the bare possibili-
ty of making his appearance among them
in his present dishabille. What if there
was hole in the curtain! What if it
should fall 1t wouldn't bear thinking Of;
and plunging his foot into the vacant leg
with sort of frantic looseness, he brought
on the very catastrophe he was SO anxious
to avoid. The chair collapsed with sud-
den 'scrouch,' pitching Nehemiah head
over heels through the curtain, and he
made his grand entrance among the stitch
ing divinities, on all fours, like fettered
rhinoceros.
Perhaps Collier himself had never ex-
hibited more striking tableau yivant than
was now displayed. Nehemiah was a
model every inch of him, and though not
exactly revolving on PEDESTAL he was
going through that movement quite as eff
fectually on his back-kicking, plunging,
in short personifying in thirty seconds all
the attitudes ever 'chiseledr AS for the
gals they screamed, of course, jumped up
on chairs and cutting board. threw their
hands over their faces, peeped through
their fingers, screamed again, and declar-
ed they should die. they knew they
should
oh Lordr blubbered the distressed
young un'; don't. gals, don't! didn't go
sew, swan to man, didn't; Its all OWN
to these cussed trowsersevery mite ont !;
ask your boss, he'll tell ye how twas
Oh. lordy. won't nobody Ever me up with
old clothes or turn the wood box over me
Oh, Moses, In the bullrnshes, what'll
Nancy sayF
He managed to raise himself on his feet
and made bold splurge towards the door.
but his 'entangiing alliances tripped him
up again, and fell kerslap upon the goose
of the pressmans This was the unkindest
cut of ell. The goose had been heated ex-