The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-07-29

er display OF caution, escaped from the
vehicle, procured the water and returned
forthwith. What little l had then of the
sweet voiced traveller-to wit, the little
glove and the little paw, only made me
more anxious to see more of her. and with
this object in view, held the glass of
water in such a position, that, in order to
take it from me, she would have to move
forward out of the shadow of the curtain.
The plan succeeded admirably She did
move forward, and the light fell upon her
1 1fgure-just such petit and faultless
figure as had supposed would accompa-
ny that voice and that hand, but to my
iunspeakable regret thick veil hid her
face from my sight. All
Requesting one of the people that stood
by toreturn the glass to the proprietor, I
entered the coach, and by pretending to
catch my toe in the mat, stumbled on to
the back seat by the side of the lovely
unknown. At this moment Bob jumped
in, putting vigorously at his cigar. a
/ "Hellol" he said, looking around, shift.
Led four seat, eh?'
"Yes it lis very disagreeable to me to
ride backwards" H.gs.. 5.zi4 es.,=
! "Neyer heard of that before" he grunt-
led. s so asf ~
Besides, it is disrespectful to horses. !"
"Heard of that number of times, 'and
he continued to puff on in silence.
Thinking the smoke might be disagree
able to the lady, decided before request
ling him to terminate his fumigation, to
try the effect of her voice upon him. eas
'Do you.6nd this night travelling very
wearisome?" asked in most insinuating
tone. $50 +alt g. ~, "a
/ "Yes. sir, quite so; and this is very
weary route; but one becomes accustomed
to it in few days" as9a
Bob stopped putting and pricke6 up his
ears. a
"Have you travelled farl" / continued.
20 dear, yes indeed, sir, / don't know
how many hundred miles within the past
week.n sE
/ Bob jerked the cigar out of his mouth
and threw it out the window, so magical
was the effect off her voice upon him.
Bob was gallant and extremely suscepti-
BILE fellow, as well as myself.
I continued the conversation-spoke
! feelingly of the beauties of the night; OF
8 the quiet gentle stars (the night was dark
as Egypt)-the silver moon beaming SO
peacefully down upon US, leading our
thoughts up to higher and better things
. (than what couldn't have told to save
myself; to all of which the low plaintive
voice responded most musically, and
may add, confdingly
Bob made several attempts to join in
the conversation, but subdued him di
rectly, eventually shutting him up com
pletely, for, fyou ever noticed the fact
it is mighty hard thing to compliment
and say soft things to a pretty little lady
with view of ingratiating yourself wher
e you happen to set some considerable dis
# tance from the aforesaid pretty little lady
o and with great whiskered fellow between
s yourself and her. So Boo held sulk,
a silence at his end of the coach, while
did my utmost to fascinate my fair frient
r at my end of the coach. 1t was easy t,
perceive that the fair creature 1T my sid
h was not at all displeased; and, indeed wha
it sensible girl would be displeased at sue
IS q thing? Becoming more and more in
terested every moment, l ratified ava
le with extreme volubility, upon all sorts Q
r subjects; making a great display of my &C
d quirements. go @ 81
She, on her part, answered very prett
y little yes sirs, and no sirs, whenever aske
Of her opinion on any subject. I speedil
a discovered that my little dear's stock {
n information was by no means as extensiv
'e as my own; whereat was highly ticklec
p for say whatever yon will about the cult
vation of the mind, the power and lovel
d ness of female intellect, go in for ce1
le tain degree of ignorance. How mnc
r more delightful to have some dear lit
y creature, with pouting lips and beamin
$, teye, looking up inquirlngly into your fac
4 asking what such aud such things meal
Id and then to have the bewitching labor
n instructipg her, than to enter into an al
d truse discussion with o strong minde
sr young lady of studious turn, who tall
tO It&hC ptOtCSoHE, uuo "hOf u yOu Cudus
j. to make suggestion which does not coli
in eide with he-. ideas, will knock you. dow
ID with laundering quotation in the orig
he nal tongue from some learned old codg
of Q Greek that lived hundreds of yea
ny ago, when hens wore shoes. No, no, gi,
be me the darling ignoramus; what if 81
be don't know anything about the old anc
he ents, or the political history Of the gre
rd empire of No-go7 l will cheerfully tai
d, it upon myself to teach her thing or ty
st more than a whole library of such stu
ny Having learned, to my delight, that n
interesting young fellow was hot fre
o. from some overwhelming ainstitute,"
<. changed the tenor of my discourse, al
'st gradually waxing sentimental, scared aw
b" into the regions of quotation, using
or poetry and poets, from Byron and LoD
~ fellow to Puffer Hopkins and z. N. Peppt
ee That she was pleased with any remarl
SO was evident from a thousand indisorib
4 L. I.