Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-01-02
ACT Ii.

raning of that good bye,' sweet Sallie,
b presume 1t intended to convey this -
4r, | have enough of you, SO let our cor
f?ondence cease!' There is no doubt,
i ny own mind, as to the correctness of
]: supposition, and thus shall not look
IA reply to this, especially as you we're
FHy careful not to ask me to write
Vow, as sincere as my admiration is for
tcot'ty trlends-as much as respect and
love those to whom | take, and as much
real pleasure as it gives me to correspond
with such, still | am as independent as a
carpenter S canine with rule in his mouth,
and never bow and scrape, for the sake of
keeping friend. | never saw lawyer,
yet, that asked odds of any human being,
aud it's as hard drawing sigh from their
F'"!y souls as tear from a granite block.
told you before, that we were heart
less set Of sophists, and 50 we are. Now,
SaLhe, as | said before, [ never expect to
hear from you, directly, again, while time
endures, though it would give me infinite
pleasure to do so; and all | can say, is,
that l must round up and take it.
Miss 5. No, you didn't expect any
such thing, and you know it just as well
as /. Now when might, sable goddess
throws her mantle DER the world and pins
1T with STAR just you think of this tre-
mendous yfb, and see how you II call upon
the sheets and quilts to fall upon your
guilty head, and hide you from the spectres
hadnting your abused and dilapidated con-
science. 90 wad some power the giftie
iePne,' to delegate little compunction-
sprite the office Of beating down the door
OF Pur finty' soul, and with the wand Of
'emPrse, strike repentant tear, for this
outrageous la'oyer aPprtenance, CD from
your granite heart. Take care that you
cont meet the gentleman in black, some
midnight hour, and have to render an ac-
cunt for the great presumption, and Won
dsrful facility with which you trespassed
non his premises, and usurped his special
peogative, when you gave utterance to
such an astonishing did nt-belieUe-H!
Mr.. n. No [ didnt expect to hear from
You again, you rattle-brained creature you; /;
IaleI YOU tell me that li-sfib. Why
ifsnUdfd I, n sie could any results be
deduced from the premises, than those
which [ arrived at You did not ask me
to reply to your letter; on the contrary,
the tone of that utterly forbade any such
supposition. Z always tell my friends to
write, to answer speedily, too; but you
said nothing AYE, worse than nothing
But you are tormenting creature as ever
/ had the luck to run afoul of, and so ut
terly heartless and vindictive do [ consi-
der you, that [ really shouldn't wonder il
you did, some day, impale me upon the
point of your cruel pen.
; Miss S. Yea, verify! l fused up two
lawyers before you ever WINGED under th'
; discharge of my battery; so you'd bette
look out, or you may find yourself, SOM
day, suspended in etigy, upon the sharl
8 point Of this miserable pen of mine !
. Mr.. n. Oh! you voracious cannibal
! ! have made way with two lawyers, and the.
not satisfying your awful appetite, you ar
about to swallow third Did those tw
diges easily, or did they give you toucl
4 OF the b0cturnol haUucination ?
MiI S. No, indeed, that was only
+, small dfair; ii didn't begin to give me tn
l horrors. Pm very much like Reynard
. when he declared 'Chanticleer very good
u u but have not had enough yeti
" Mr.. n. Wuat do you mean?
Miss s. Mean? why | mean to serv
:, go" the very same way, if you don't bt
;, have certainly l do; what else could
mean! But, then, to use you up, or
~ your elegant phraseolog, to swallow you
II II would just be too small and insignificant
= piece of business to talk about?
. Mr.. n. Now let me whisper in your ca
- sweet Sallie, that you will probably find N
), a hard bit to digest. am inclined to thin
>, your teeth will require filing before yo
10 can 'chew me up altogether so readily
y y might be at first imagined.
w. =, Miss ). Hard bit to digest indeed
ot 80 Why, bless me Il hav'nt the least douI
- but that, if you should see me about
,u : fire. you'd be like Col. Crocket's gan!
, and come right down the tree and gl7
- up! Hard bitn st. Cecilia! you NAL
!, - me laugh
y Mr.. N. The fact is, several of your Sc
- have tried to swallow me, but have, as
general thing, run against snag. Still
-. love the dear things, dearly, and you
II IL particular. Do, upon my word, Sallie .
u Miss s. Oh, my if you were only her
= and said that, and knew you liked scene
H. IL, Id get up one, impromptu, and faint grac
's fully, in the heig hit of the mode; let y
bear me lovingly to sofa, and bathe
>; fair brow with cologne water ct cetera.
~ Mr.. n. In the first place, 1t may
be amiss for me to tell you, that I'm a u
OF rible creature to love,-throw my wn,
Id soul into the business, and the only trout
en- in the world is, love too strong!
MT Miss s. you throw your whole sc
) into the business All! then don tar
S. it at me, pray, for l have bad habit
lodging whole-souled lovers, and tn
", invariably hit upon something uncomt'
zee tably hard to rest upon, on the other sl'
lie, In fact, ran three hundred miles, OF
9TH upon time, to get rid of whole so
zen ed gentleman, and don't like it, bit;
IN isn't pleasant to 90 Gilpin fashion, o.
Vat the broadway of this world, and miss
the beauties as We pass
TX Mr.. n. You are cruel creature, S
an lie-ah, indeed you are, to treat my 8
1t less declaration with such ironic levi
al | do like you Sallie, do, upon my wo
the more than " all the world and the rest