San Andreas independent., 1858-04-17

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served up in the ball room. | sat be-
tween Bimby and Jennie, and made love
to both OF them in turn-to one, as Mag
gle Lee, tothe other, as myself. After sup
per, at which | astonished several by eat
ing rather more heartily than young la
dies generally do; we had more dancing,
and | limited pretty strongly to Mr.. Bim-
by that | should like to try another
waltz. He didn' take the hint. Finding it
rather dry amusement to dance with my
own kind, | soon abandoned that pleas
ure and persuaded Jennie to stroll off in
to the moonlight with me- We found
the grove a charming place, full of pic
turesque little corners and rustic seats,
and with arbors and gray rocks, leaning
over the river. On one of these latter,
little bench was placed in a nook shell
tered from the wind and from any sight.
Here we sat down in the full flood of
moonlight, and having just had dinner, |
felt wonderfully in need of cigar. Ac-
cordingly, went back to little stand
near the ball room and purchased several
of the wondering woman that sold re-
freshmcnts. Then returning to the seat
by the rocks, I gave up all the cares and
fears of my incognito, and revelled in the
pleasures of solitude, the fragrance of my
cigar, the moonlight, and little Jennie S
presence.
How long we sat there Heaven only
knows. We laughed and talked and
sang, looked into each others eyes and
told fortunes, and did all the nonsensical
operations common amongst young peo-
pie just falling in love with each other,
and might have remained there until the
month of November in the year of our
Lord eighteen ffty-seven, for aught l
know, had not the carriages been sent to
convey us home, and the rest of the COM
pany began to think where we had gone
At length they hit upon the path, and
all came along single file until they came
to the open space above. Then they saw
sight! | was spread out in free and
easy position-my bonnet taken off, and
my hair somewhat towzled up. One foot
rested on the ground, and the other on a
rock about level with my head, (regard-
less of ankles that time,) and there l sat
putting away in very lady-like style, at
lighted Concho. Jennie was sitting
close beside me, with her head almost
upon my shoulder and her small waist al
most encircled by my arm. Just as the
party came along above, | laughed out in
n loud v,oco,,1;na x-o.oa
"Just think of poor what's his name,
there-Bimby! Suppose he knew he
had been making love to a man y
i" Hush p cried Jennie. "Look =
there he is Oh gracious, there is the
whole company
Yes, we were fairly caught. 1t was of
no use for me to clap on my bonnet, and
assume falsetto again-they had all seen
too much for that. Besides, by this time
Bob Styles and Maggy Lee were doubt
less one flesh, and my disguise was of no
importance, SO [ owned up and told the
story. Lawyer Bimby was in a rage; he
vowed to kill me, and even squared off
but the rest of the company laughed at
him SO numerically, and suggested that
we should waltz it out together, that he
finally 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
he owes his wife to my masquerading,
but he doesn't feel under any obligations
to me, for l owe my wife to the same
thing.
N. B. My wife's name is Jennie.