The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
VOL. II, NO. "A.


or more heartily than young ladies gener'
ally do, we had moro danclng, and hin.
ted pretty strongly TO Mr.. Bmby thatl
should like TO try another waltz.
Hc didn't take the hint.
Finding it rather dry amusement 10
dance with my own kind, soon aban
doned that pleasure, and persuaded Jon'
fnic to stroll of into the moonlight with
me. We found the grove charming
place, full of picturesque little corners,
ISnd rustic seats, and grey rocks leaning
Tout over the river On one Of those lat.
ter, all the bench was placed, in nook
sheltered from the wind, and from sight.
Here we sat down, in the full food T
the moonlight, and having just had din.
ner, felt wonderfully in need OF cigar.
Accordingly, went back to little stand
near the ball room, and purchased sew
eral Of the wonderful women who sold
refreshments. Then returning TO the seats
by the rocks, gave up all hates or fears
for my incognito, and rGveled in the
pleasure Of my soltude--the fragrance
of my cigar-lhe moonlight and little
Jennie's presence.
How long we sat there, heaven alone
knows. We talked, and laughed, and
sang, and looked in each others eyes,
and told fortunes, and performed all the
nonscnsical operations common amongst
young people just falling in love with
each other, and might have remained there
until this month Of June, in the year OF
our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty eight,
for aught know, had not the carrl'
ages been sent 10 convey US home, and
the rest Of the company began 10 wonder
where we We're.
This wonder begot questions, the ques.
tons fears, and the fears search, headed
by the valiant Dmby. They called and
looked and listened, but our position down
in the sheltered nook among the rocks,
prevented them from hearing us or we
/, them.
At length they hit upon our path and
all came along, single file, until they got
, 10 the open space above.
Then they saw sight.
was spread out in free and easy po'
siton, my bonnet taken off and my hair
- somewhat .Ocslcd up. One foot rested
y on the ground, and the other on rock,
about level with my head (regardless Of
; ankles this time, and there sat, putting
. away in a very unladylike sly le, at high
favored Concha.
Jennie was sitting close beside me with
her head almost on my shoulder, and her
waist almost encircled by my arm. Just
as the party came along above US | laugh
} ed out in loud, IN asculine voice.
"Just think Of poor what's his name
there-Bmby! Suppose he knew that he
- has been making love 10 a man.
G "Hushl' cried Jennie. "Look here he
c is, and oh, my gracious! there is the whole
a company"
a Yes, we were fairly caught. 1t was no
/. use for me to clap Oh my bonnet and as.
e sv4442e fssotto again--they had all seen too
much for that. Besides, by this time Bob
e Styles and Maggie Lee were doubtless
!. zone fish," and my disguise was Of no
c further importance, So owned up and told
C the story.
d Lawyer Bmby was in a rage. He
. vowed to kill me, and even squared off,
e but the rest Of the party laughed at him
i. so numerically, and suggested that we
o should waltz it out together, that he final
n ~ cooled down, and skunk away TO take
some private conveyance back to D.
+. Bob Styles and are living in large
- double house together He often says
that he owes his wife to my masqueradlng,
o but he doesn't feel under any obligations
to me, for owe my wife TO the same
thing.
j n. B.-My wife's name is Jennie!