Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-03-14
NEW SERIES, VOL 9, NO. 81. SUNBURY. N

mill.tail, but they oil laughed nightly at tn
fun. and after a while ses /, "l,rother, In
bobbed !" "Who bobbed you" ses they.
guessed the biggest.fsted fe!ler in room, bu
it wasn't him. The next minnt spang wen
the book agin Cousin Pete's head. "Whew !!
SEES he, brother I'm bobbed - But Cousil
Pete didn't guess rite, nuther, and the ius
thing knowd whang they TUX me agin.
was dredful anxious TO guess rite, but it wa
no use missed it every time, and so di,
Cousin Pete; and the harder they hit th,
harder they laughed. One time they hit me
a great deal easier than the rest Brother
I'm bobbed y ses /. "Who bobbed you !
ses they. "Miss Mary Sheldon" sez l.
mo, never ses she, and they all roaret
out worse than ever. ....
l begun to git monstrous tired OF sich fun
which seemed so much like the frogs in the
spellin' book--for it was dcth to me--and
don't know what would have done if Mary
hadn't come up and ontied the handkerchief.
Let s play something else" ses she; and
her face was red as fire, aud she looked sort
O. mad out of her eyes.
l seed ther was something wrong in o
minnit.
Well, they all went on rlayin' "pawns,'
and "pon honor" and "here we so round the
| gOosebury bush," and 20, sister Feby how
merry we be-" and sch nonsense, till they
\ knowed; and wheu they was playn' Mary
| told me how Cousin Pete bobbed me hitn-
selt
Itwus the most dudacious takein l ever
heard Of. DO you think he didn't set rite
down beside me ard never bindfold himself,
and bit me every lick himself, now and ihen
hittin' his knee with the book to make me
blieve he was bob'a too My head was sing
in with the icks when she told me how he
done me, and do believe il it hadn't ben for
her Id gin cousin Pete sich a lickin rite thar
in that room as he never had aIorc in his boln
days. Blazes but was mad at iust But
Mary begged me not to raise no luss about
it, now it was all over, and she would fix him
for his smartness. hadn't no sort OF a ide
how she was gwine to do it, but knowed
she was enuff for Cousin Pete any tuna, SO
jest let her 90 ahead Well, she took the
somiuable fool off to one side aud whispered
to him like she was gwne to let him into the
secret. She told him bout new play what
she learned down 10 Macon when she was at
the college. called Introduction to the King
and Queen" what she said was CRATE deal
funnyer than Brother Bob" and swaded him
to help TO git 'em all to play.
After she and him made 1t all up. Cousin
Pete put out three chairs close together in u
roe for throne. aud Mary she put a sheet
over 'em to make 'em look "a little grand Bill
Byers was to be King and Mary was to be
Queen.
Now You must all come into tother room,"
ses Cousin Pete, ''ouiy them what belongs to
the court, and then you must be Introduced,
one at q time"
II aiut gwine," sea Tom Stations, for
there's some trick in it,"
mo there amt" ses Cousin Pete, "l'll
give you my word there aint no trick, only
little fun"
Well" ses l, "I's had fun enough for one
mite"
Mary looked at me and kind O. winked, and
ses she, you're one of the court you know,
Major, but jest so out till the court is sum-
ensed before the throne.
Well we all went out and bimeby Bill
Byers called out lords aad ladys what be-
lunged to the court, and we all went in aud
tuck chairs on both sides OF the throne.
Cousin Pete was to be the first one intro
duced, and Samuwel Rogers was TO be the
feller who introduced the company. Well,
bimeby the dore opened, in come Cousin
Pete. bowin and scrapin, and twistin and
rigglein and putin on more ares nor French
dancin master-he beat Crotchett all TO
smash. The King sot one side ofthe throne
and the Queen on tothec leaving room in the
middle for some one else Sam was so full
Of laugh at cousin Pcte's anticks that he
couldn't hardly speak.
doctor Peter Jones" seq he, Il interduce
you to their Majestys the King and Qneen.'
Cousin Pete scraped about II while aud
then dIopt on one knee, rite afore 'em.
Rise gallant knight" ses Bill Byers; rise,
t,,k l.pi, of hu ho,
Cousin Pete got up aud bowed and scraped
few more times, and went to sit down be-
twesn 'em, but they ris up Jest as he went
to set down; and the frs. thing he knowed,
kerslosh he went, ite into big tub of cold
water with nothing but his he'd and heels
stickin out.
He tried to kiss Mary as he was takin his
seat, ahd if you could jest seed him as he
went into that tub uf water with his prms
reached out to her, and his mouth sot for
kiss, do believe you'd laughed more'n you
ever did atore in yOur lile.--The felcrs was
all so spicious that some trick was gwine TO
be played they all left the dore open, and
when the thing tuck place they all run in
shoutin aud laughin like they would bust their
sides
Pete got out as quick as he could, and
never seed "a feller so wilie1 down in all my
life lie got as mad as Il hornit, and said it
was a mean trick to serve emmy body SO, es-
pec;aily in cold weather. Aud he went rite
off home by hmselfto dress ...
Mary made the nlggers take out the mid
die chair and put the tub of water thar when
we was in tother room. Pete didn't spicion
the trick was gwine to turn out that way he
thought the queen was gwine to sentence
every ieller what didn't kiss her as he sot
down. to do something that would make fun
for the rest, aud he was jest gwue to open the
game. | felt perfectly satisfied after that
and don't think Cousin Pete will he quite
SO fond of funny tricks the next time.
But like TO forgot to tell you, my weddin
is to take place--providin ther aiu't no more
yearthquakes nor unacc0untable things to
prevention the 22d oft month, which you
know is famous day what ought TO be eee-
braied by every genewne patriot in the
world. shall look for you to come, and
hope you will be sure TO be thar. for | know
you couldn't grudge the ride jest to see Miss
Mary ones what is to be, We's gwine TO
have considerable getherin, jest to please
the old folks, and old Miss Stations ses she's
gwire 10 give us a real Georgia weddn Of the
old time fashion. No more from ..I ..
Your friend til deth, Jos. JONES.
p. S.-I went over tolher mite to see 'em
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