Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1858-03-25

Do you know Billy Blundersome7 Well,
Billy lives in = neat little town. nc. . thou.
sand miles from HarTisonburE, and 10 e..
teemed very good sort Of . fellow, though
much addicted to the uncomfortable habit
Of 'putting his foot into it Iu short.
Billy's bsptisma! sponsors did him no in.
justice, for he has been = bluuderer from his
earliest year
Nov, Billy has been living ever 80 long
at the boarding house Of An o1eeedipRly
precise aud particular virgin, Of no parIie.
ular age, whose name is Miss Nancy Pru
nam rIsm. But, TO the surprise aud COO.
ster alton Of all Tongusyills, Billy left Miss
MAJ "a bag aud baggage, right in the mid.
Ole o heiAst snoW storm, and went 60 board
at % Tenth Legion Hotel Up TO this
presen writing, not Toogueyillisu knows
the reas On why. But Billy has told IS all
about II aud we intend this TO be the most
I'pular humber OF q newspaper ever seut TO
to Tong rviile post ofhce, because We are
aerat, thI 1gh the medium thereof, to per
XII ths iefioe qusdrupvd TO evaeuate the
receptacle Tor cereals, or, vulgarly aud
vernaeulArly speaking, to let the cat out Of
the bag
Well, this Is bow it happened. Billy's
bureau vas At the shop Of cabinet maker.
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getting mended He was prOzinng cabinet
maker, Who made it q rule TO promiss At
least seven times before be performed once
ln the meautime, Billy's bachelors buttons.
with the shirts annexed eicetera, Jared bad
ly. Nov, it 50 happened that Billy Tad
seen, IN bliss NaDcy's sitting room, several
nice little bureaus, with n couple OF drawers
ia each. O0e moruIBg, sft,r making this
discovery, Mr. Blundersome seut bis com
PlInebts to Miss Pruusnprism, With q
formal request for an iniervieu, which was
formally though grAeioHsly granted. There
uAs such an atmosphere Of dignity peryadinR
the presence Of Miss Nancy, Ihsl our friend
never approached that vestal vicinity With
out feeling Of ave not at all favorable 10
the nain'snhncs Of any great degree Of self
possession On this occasion, wishing 10
get the thing over a. soon As possible, Buiy
bad hardly entered the reom before hs
biundeTsd out
Miss Nancy, the weather is getting quite
cold aud my clothes aud things are so-are
getting $3.50 much-e-s-Miss Nancy
VIII you loan me pdN Of your dyatO,Isr
Lend yoE pair Of Bty drasse,S screamed
the iudisuAot sPiuster 'I-I-l-' bat toe
quintesseotiSl supcTlatiVvBess Of outraged
modss,y could h1d no Vept 10 uoT 10 aud
Miss Nancy, seeing 90 other alternative de
termined 10 faist. aud fAint abe did, r.sll N.
20 the unWilii0g arms of Billy ID uud,fsomy.
Here was caiAstTopt 9 for uhieh or B,iiy
pasi sHPtTieOoe could farbish nothing like
precedent, add sc JhIDk it quite probable
that he would have fainted himsr4i, II his
guardian angel bed not made htr sppssr
Aoce, 10 the person Of old Aunt Salis, uho
hearing an uEusuAl noise, rushed D. In tm a.,
kitchen, aud, seeing lns soai shat ,quIyoeai
position ~ The parties. exclaimed
Bless By sosi and body Mas giiy. ysu
done huggsi MIstiss a'most 20 ds.thf
You IIsi you black What followed us
are unable to say. for the Eord ,buggsd' hav
iug brought hiss Macy 20 lie GgaiB, tb.
mOment she recovered she made a dsrt At
the bFoOmstiot Wbsthcr it vss intended
for biD or Tor Auut Sally, our frisnd dida't
stop 70 ioquirs, but made 2 40 stretch Tor
ths door, and thence f,r bis own rooa aud
fsw minutes sftefuards be vas seen, uith
al his goods aod ebatiles aboard . negro
cart beating Up against the Wibd and vio
lsut ssos storm, bound for the Tenth lie
gion Hotel
Billy Biundsrsoms i povsrful man, bat
Ne souldnt be a biz afraid 70 6ght him. Asd
We Souidut strike him, neither We you'd
knock bin dovu by simply lsanias over asd
uh'sPsnBg 10 his ear Will yoa lead bs
pair u your dyarsTt''- Rocktn ghaa Reg.
tney.