The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-10-21
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said, "Billy, my dear, when are you going
TO ask me to marry :yon7 for want to
get my dress all ready"
E Bill tainted ON the spot, and hartshorn
and water were.applied for half an hour
before he was finally restored.
3 -"Wbat has been the matter, Miss Lu-
cy,u said he.
ls,Oh, not much; you tainted when you
were about to ask me to marry you, but |
told you; and Oh, how happy we will be
when we are married. klove you so dear
ly-and as you said next Tuesday, when
I'm willing the wedding should De then
my dear Billy, how do love you.''
81 am willing, Miss Lacy" was allthat
jenkins could articulate, while Lucy al
most kissed him into fits. What aglori-
Gus victory.
5 Here We ought to stop, but justice to
our narrative requires that We should pro-
|ceed to the finale.
The next Tuesday had come, and Jen-
kins was trembling at the approach of
evening; something seemed to harrow upon
his mind, and to no friend would he COM
|municate his distress.
tz--t.1Y ou arc not afraid, certainly to get
married, why to marry such beautiful,
charming and Intellectual being as Mrs.
Ligginga you should wish that time would
|fiy like news on the electric telegraph line.
Cheer up, Jenkins cheer up"
&c, replied Bill, you don't know what
distr sses me. lean COUP and get mar
ried; that is easy enough, but there is
Something; know it, / feel it; that1l
Ineverls lshallbe able to do unless Lucy will
Eassisti me. -
+ "Explain yaarselGp replied his friend
land ig I can with propricts, will endea-
5or to render you comfortable
Is But jenkins couldrnot explain; he dar-
ed not, it was his timidity; he saw The
Rnbicon before him and knew he could not
pass;it but he was Determined to get mar
ried aud trust to uck,and lucy. deaag
IL The night came, and'they were married l.
EAll were merry the laugh, the chat, the
spng. the dance ufade sup aTliveiy party Jill
midnightt then. commenced to disperse,
Iand at one O'Clock. Bill Jenkins was left
solitary and alone in the-halt.- Lucy Ann
I'had retired. ana her briaeniaids were tffin
a distant room alone.
no Bill Jenkins walters. and friends had
gone home with the ladies'. Bill was on
| the point where he thought his frmness
would leave him. His situation was Q
ipeculiar one he was not cefiaiA whicl
| was Lucy AIMS room, although lie llat
| been told; and even had he known HI
| could not go to it. i'.,s '2sg f..i.
The watchman- cried past two o'elocl
ana yet jenkins was still alone, and appa
}rently pernsing an old almanac which b.
lchaiice had been left in his coat pocket
an old female darkey who resided in til
tfpmily, had been prevailed upon by tn
tiadies who noticed Jenkins'2 bashfulnas
Ito show him to his bed room. and sh
1accordingly introduced herself to him j
as modest style as she could. aei lies
"Mr. Jenkins,no said She, ''itis past tw
fo'clock, y sisss.i'.5l a5fti. = 3e1i'si'lss
3 "oh, yes, know it I'm going home j
tafew minutes now old woman, where
my hat. . - - ''i'''.'ii r 9sti.l lss a's.
otis in Miss Lncy's room, sir; you ca
/ get itsthcre if you'll go in. Mr.. aJeiikif
/ lwhy don't you go to bed? Miss Lucy
/ waiting for you; don't be so modest; 81
/ ladies will laugh at you. Come with n
and / will show you the room, for wal
to put out the lights. lock the house an
1 go to bedn sag s 81 g.lsts
IA, The old woman seized hold of Jenkil
land pulled him along until she got hi
flout of the hall; his gaze was fixed for
moment upon the entry door, but t.she W
determined to put him into Miss Lucy
room; and after violent efforts succeede
There he stood with the knob OF. the do
. in his hand, but the old darkey had be'
4 smart enough to lock the door outsid
f Lucy pretended, for some time. to
tasleep but that sort of CANNON would n
7 lanswer; she at length said: 90 ''.A 1
..What, my dear Billy, what is t
3tmatter?', la ns9il sIas5 $50 81
4 leis.M want my hat" screamed JenkiI
jtand 1Lucy knowing hisIomodesty, lean
lns Loats of bed and after caressing him I
he tsemetiale, Billy went to. sbed with a
Iar} r}caothebsand boots on, sandqthere heatre
sfe| |bleli tih morning. Gsss9sa asugd sseF
het tasHowi Jenkins subsequently dmanag
IN tmatters rand things in general, can a
enf fknownsby application tos his dear kLu
cit Ann. sSgassa D aT54i f5o;i qa 4ssIs
'as Reader, strange as it may appear, tn,
ae. lare Jenkinses all over the world, but I
ty. itfreemasonry Of welded life draws the c,
9 tain before the eyes of uninisiated G
oatfing to bed on the firstnight after mafrial
lmust be among the most delicate Situate
lao of life Ask your married neighbor b
TO it wes with him. 81 l kiIE sis ..
nth sd ,------.-.-..-- a1l.
OF Hr Horace Mann, said a good thi
but When in a recent address he remark
ole- .Ne:who live at the West boast of
TX great rivers of water. would much p
en- fer that we could boast of using a tub
stlil of it every day. 'Out West, howel
lar water is only esteemed for strictly ntili
tyNofap sct z<l,; z.