The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1858-05-22

| Yes, as sure as yon live; but betwteseeh yJou
and me, Mike came mighty neat not geftin
= How vas s'thass'
Iss,aY B ! saa.s ,sel1 near ]';I 8. .i,;'
Your
Yes, III tell you about it: You see Mike
and me went over to Bethel meeting house
one evening to prayer meeting, for no other
purpose than that Of going home with Sally.
[ saw him as, ,so6h DIS I'd got in, and he saw
me, SO we both knew Whit re hhsH depend ON:
when meeting was out we both made d
dive for the door to go in for the chances;
but, as luck would have It, He got entaneled
in among the people, and SO I beat him ID
Sally; and cut him out as Slick as Il Whistle:
If I'd found d chest Of gold it wouldn't
have pleased me whit Better, for ybu see.
I was already in love with the gal. We talkz-
ed and laughed along as merry as crickets,
and but for the fact chat there had been b
shower Of raih the evening before, which
had left puddles of water here and there in
in the road, everything would have been
just as it should BE:
For my part, didn't care a copper for
the puddles-in fact, am not sure but I
would rather have had them there, for each
one Of them made Unnecessary for me to take
Sally in my arms and leap over, which by
the way, was anything but disagreeable.
1t would certainly have done you good to
see me put on the sagony' every tithe came
to one of these paddles. I done it for the
express purpose Of hurting the feelings IF
Mike; who Was following along after Us III
a crowd sober as judge. Of course
Sally and led the way all the time. It
was very dark, so dark we could scarcely
see the ground; yet we could see all the
puddles of water very plainly by reflection
Aes they looked white:
ssson after we entered the lawn running RI
tip to Tona Smiths, saw en- unusual large
puddle Telling sslly t9 bold hSS tempss,
awful leap. Do you think { lit safe and
sound OH the other side? No, sir; lit with
one leg on either side Of the neck Of an old
white COW that lay in the road, and which
had mistaken for puddle of water. The
COW being doubtless as much surprised as
myself, sprang up hind feet first, and the
next instant Sally and l found ourselves
landed on our heads. But that was hot the
worst Of it--one 6f the old brute's horns
caught in the strap of my waistcoat, and
away she went, dragging me down the lawn
and roaring like a ion. I suppose she had
dragged me nearly fifty PAGES before hef
hOld tore loose; but as the road was
perfectly smooth, sustained but little inju-
ry. The only serious hurt that l had re-
ehited was All internal one, and that was
caused by the sharp squat that Sally gave
when we lit upon our heads. It went through
me like a knife, and kept OH ringing in my
ears, fer I had nc idea but the poor girl was
killed.
sAs soon as I could clear the dirt ont Of nv
eyes, 1 hurried back to learn The worst. In
a very little while I learnd it, but in a diffe-
rent way from any l had expected. There
came Sally down along the other side of the
lawn, swinging on Mikes arm, and laughing
fit to kill herself: Don't you think [ was
mad? hadn't word to say, But just
dropped back and cut across the fields and
left them.
"A few nights ago, called 6A Sally With
q determination to pop the question and
bring matters to d close. [ went over the
whole rigmarole, and she listened to me till
1 was through, and then With one Of the most
provoking laughs you ever heard, she look
ed up and told me was d little too late
she was engaged. Mike had got the heels
Of me, and nothing under the sun But the
Old COW Vas tie caiise Of IT,