American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-05-16

to give her that little lesson" Z"
| And Harry returned with renewed
self.satisfaction to his drowsy debate.
Eight o'clock strikes, and Lucy ap-
pears preceded by delicious odor of
hot cack.
"Thcrc it is Harry-does it look
nice?"
Beautiful, Qikc yourself, J and if it
only tastes half SO well as it smells, we
shall have Robinson dropping in to tea
every other evening for the rest of his
'Flattory. But your friend has not
come yet. What sort of q person is he2
| hope he is not fashionablc?" ~
Harry burst out laughing.
ooh, don't be afraid" said he, ''he
won't oYerpower you with his personal
graccs. He is long and lank, and his
nose has twist to one side, as if some
one had tried, at some time or other, to
wrench it off, and failed; but then lie
is the drollcst fellow you ever saw in
your life. Jones says he would make
his fortune if he went on the stage"
"Was he not ono of the party to
Richmond the other day?" asked Lucy,
as she arranged her bright tea things
and trimmed her lamp. a
| eyes, and kept us in roars of laugh.
ter the whole day. He is capital
ventriloquist, and sent the walters skip
ping about the house answering imagi-
nary cal Is until they thought the place
was bewitched. Then at dinner the
fish asked what news from the river,
and said it hadn't been there these FIVE
days; and the turkey grumbled about
the stuffing. The melted butter told
us it was nothing but -four and water,
and the ale revealed family secrets that
would have made the landlady's hair
stand on end if she had been there to
hear, After dinner we strolled through
the fields; and he bet Jones sovereign
he would sail across the river in my silk
umbrella" ~
''ln your umbrella exclaimed tu.
cy, "and did he VIM"
"Of course he didn't my dear. IIe
lost both his balance and his bet; for
| the moment he put his foot III the uni
brella down it went and he with it; and
the bank was SO slippery lie was half
drowned before we could drag him out. =
WAS he frightcned?" said Lucy.
MOT he, returned Harry. fsThe
first thing he did was to make face at
us, with the water dropping from his
crooked nose, that set all Of us laugh
ing again like madmen."
What strange man." said Lucy;
With slight shade of apprehension in
her sweet tone. .s
"But that wasn't ALL" said Hsrry;
in the full tide of his reminiscence, ave
had to give him some hot brandy and
water to keep him from cathing cold;
and on the way home he insisted on dri,
wing, and charmed, ] supposc, by Ills
success in that attempt, wanted to Get
on the horses back to initiate Franco.
nj in The Wild Courscr of the Desert.
Jones got frightened and tried to pull
nm back. lie manfully resisted, and
both looked SO ridiculous could do no.
thing but laugh That was, rather an
unlucky prank, though" continued
larry, 'for the horse not being accGs-
toned, l suppose, to equestrian fcats,
ran away, burst from the harness and
smashed one Of the shafts; and I had
to pay two pounds fourteen shillings
and tenpencc for my share of the dam
age"
"And your silk Umbrella" said tu-
cy, "did you lose that too?"
eyes indeed, seventeen shillinrs and
sixpencc more, BY Jove!" said Harry,
with q sudden cessation of his smiles.
~ did not think the days pleasure had
cost me so much"
"Bcsidc the dinner" said Lucy.
"Yes beside the dinner; twelve shiI-
lings more"
! "Well, / dcclareJ' said Lucy, laugh
ing and clapping her hands, "that is the
trollest thing | ever knew. Two pounds
fourteen and tcnponco and twelve shil-
lings, make three pounds six and ten
pence, ard seventeen and sixpencc, cx-
actly four pounds four shiliiDgs and
fourpence.
"WelL"
"Just the price Of my BrRsscis car.
pct, and fourpcnce over"
"1Ie-cm" said Harry.
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