The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-02-12
The Tuscalooaa Girl.

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looking! : should'rsther think they are
! II tell YOU what us. ca
Jc su as pretty girls 10 the Suu
adO~IV est as you can fld anywhere u
dry land. One | mel at ball in Tu,
caIoosl was good enough Tor anybod,
and il any white man says she warn
Just let him say it loud enough l1r inc t
hear him"
Tell US about her, Tom," suggested
/.
We'll gentlemen, she was about fyt
feet tlst and eighteen years old, black
hair and eyes, an / dressed as tasty a,
any woman in the States. Awful pooC
on dancing too. kind of frcz to her rit,
off and golno better very fast, after geitiu.
and introduce. Tell you what it was
she was a mighty stunning piece-waIrz
ed with her niga half an hour, ahl then
we sauntered out on the piazzl TO get
cool. Gh 10 talking about the moon
and stars, and all that sort otrhing, (queer
how fond Of aslronc ms young folks are. y
told her that knew one s'ar-ore bright
particular star (Shak spea are, you know
that would Just lake down all the rest Of
them put together. She asked %harstar
twas; hemmpd and hawed, and did e
little bit Of the dilident-nothing like a
little bit ofthe dffiJent with girls like
her-fnaIly hinted in mild way. that
she was the star, and squeezed her hand
gently al the same time.
lord O. mercy, wha, o pretty hand
she had! just as soft as a jolly little white
rose leaf, and no bigger than three of my
fingers, Well, when squetk-d it, she
gave lille bill Of a pressure back again,
that ran tnging all the way up my brach.
iaI artery. and turned the blood to pure
nectar; then she rolled her eyes up 50
that the moon Shone Oh them, and could
look away down Tito them about a quart
er OF a mile. That made me leeI kind
Of queer. you know, and somehow, with.
out exactly knowing much about il, |.
found my arm around her taper waist.
and could feel her blessed title heart
jumping like rat in a steel trap. Di-
rectIy she laid her head over on nv
shoulder. so that her warm. sweet breath |
swept over my cheek and kind ofrustIed
up The end olmy moustache, at the same
time letting the full flood Of tenderness
pour up from her eyes into mine.
Don't laugh, boys. i! do get a little
highfaIutin =; you don't know how you'd
have felt ilyou'd been in my boots ju,t
then. II took my breath away; but |
mustered up all my courage, and turned
around little, and put my left hand un.
der the back of her head, raised it up
,'lraid | musSed her hair slighlly-ir was
done up mighty nice. tell you). and
bending down, gave her a ringing kiss
light on her mouth.
"Now, boys, by jingo, tell you what
t is; I've tasted sweet hings afore now
talk about hones and sugar-lalk about
'our Charlotte RusSes-your Meringues
| la Creme-lhey are nowhere. felt ,,
IS il had died in candy.shop, and had
,one 10 the forty ninlh heaven, where
vas eating sweetened am5rosia, with
'hoIe crowd Of she angels playing on
olden harPs all inside OF my head.
y ow, if my heart didn't swell up as big
5 two'bushel basket, and it hammered >
way thump'thump1hutnp. SO you might I
ave heard it mile off. She didn't say !
nything when done it, and was Just
ding to do some more, when Jim Saw v
er came along with his girl and inter. .
lpted. hate Jim Sawyer.
TOO bad by half said Joe, who had $
cen very quiet during Toms narration, y
did you follow it up?'
"No; ! was only travelling through d
'ere--lelt next day and never saw her
gain, nor any other girl equal to her. Il :,
II you what, I'd rather have lost the :. y
EST paying patientl ever had, than to :" -
ava lost sight Of that girl, But you know :, -
hat we used 10 say at college. 'Huiais =, ~
mIandw- Tsmpus .trigit--S,c transit ~ ~
'orid mundi.' That's oil the Latin III
member; let's 60 and have something,
IN as thirsty as craven image" ~
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