The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-02-27


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cssniai' 20 iace .sns masao. neng sr I1s
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.cank to- Keep my fees warm, watcn,ne the
heads booong up ana Gown oenind inc W.n-
dow CURTAIN, and wishing the numbering
party would RSesk ug- ~ couiq 81 20 my
rooms = eAchea Up aeancn- s1>seers, ana
.sasltiwas getting iate anasesgn!1 unoonsoft'
1ablss I concluded 70 shin up ne 'doer post:
No ' sooner aasd tnsn zone, ano soon Lound
mylen snug ~ bed NowJ ssys !, YET her
fpl Dance uh ;youf vino gives oat! And
cuddling under the quilts, Morphea: GRAB
bed me. lwas dreaming OF soft-shell craobs
and stewed tripe and Was having go0d
time, when somebody Knocked Of the door
and woke me up. Rap again. ! laid low.
crap, rap, rap r Then beard 2 whispering
and know there was . whole ran Of girls
outside. crap, rap!, Then Lib sings out,
Jack, are you in there ?? Yes says l.
Then Cameo roar Dt laugQtce Let Us IN
says she. WON'T says i, cant you let
fellow slonS r Are yca s-bed 7, says che.
Il am, says L sGes up4 says she. Il WON'T
says l.. Then came another laugh. ~
thunder! Ihegan to get filed. sGet out,
petticoated scarecrowsp | cried; cant you
get beau without hauling fellow out Of
bed? won't 90 home with you-l wont
% you may clear out And throwing boot
at the door, felt better: But, presently.
oh! mortal buttons! heard still small
voice, very much like sister Lih's and it said
Jack, you'll have to get up, Tor oil the girls
things arc in therep oh, Lord, what a
pickle! Think OF me in bed, all covered
with shawls, Enufs, bonnets and eloaks, and
twenty girls outside the door waiting to get
in. rolled out among tho sbonnet-wsfe
and ribbons in hurry. smash! went the
millinery in every direction. had to dress
in the Ndark-for there was a'crack IN the
door, and the girls Uiy poep-and and the
WY fumbled about was death on straw
hats. Tho critical moment came. / opened
the door, and found myself right among the
women. 20 my leghornn cries one. my
dear, darling winter velvet p cries another,
and they pitch in-thcy pulled this way and
thar, boxed my ears; and one bright eyed
little piecc-- Sal--her nam1 iwas-put her
arms right around my neck, and kissed me
sieht on my lips Human instare couldn't
stand that, and give her rs good as she
sent.. 1t was tho first time that ever had
4 taste, and it was powerful good. l be-
,;eys / could have kissed that Gal from Ju-
Illus Caesar. to Fourth Of july, Jack said
shs. swe are sorry to disturb YOU. but won't
Won. see me home p sYes,' said |. Il will, .
aid do H. and had another smack At The
oate. Too. After that wetook kinder fur.
ia. doyinp after each other. both of us siph.
inc like a barrel Of new cider when we were
from each other. twas at the close Of a
glorious summer day-the sun was setting
beyond distant hog.pen-the chickens were
going "a roost-t6e hull frors had com.
neuced their evening songs-thc poliywogs
in thsir native mud nuddies. We're prenarine
tbemselvesfor the shades Of nirht-and Sal
and myself at upon an antiousted back-lop
listening 10 de music of nature, such q tree
tonds, roosters and granting pigs, and now
and then the mellow music Of distant
iackass was waited to our ears by the gentle
.sephyrs TINT ;sirhed among the mullen stalks
and came heavy laden with the delicious
,sdor of hen roosts and pig stycs. sSodyg
The last lingering rays of the setting sun,
Rlancing from the brass buttons of a so!ita-
~ korseman shone through knot-hol in
the hos-pen full in Saps face, dyeing her
hair with an orange peel hue, and showing
of my thread bare coat to bad advantage
one Of my arms was around Sal's waist, my
hand resting on the small of her back-she
toying with my auburn locks of jet black
hue she was almost gone, and was ditto.
She looked like grasshopper dying with
tho hiccups, and felt like mud turtle
.choked with Goldfish ball. sSal,' says I,
in a voice musical as the notes of dying
swan, will you have me p She turned her
eyes heavenward, clasped me by the hand,
had an attack of the heaves and blind stag
gers, and with sigh that drew her shoe
strings to her palate, said, 'Yes!' She gave
clear out, then, and squatted in my lap-sho
corkscrcwed andI curaumuxed and rolled
in it. Ihugcedher till broke my suspend
crs, and her breath smelt of onions which
story short, she Get the dav. and we proc-
ticei for four weeks every night how we
would walk into the room to be married. TIL
We got so we could walk as graceful as a
couple Of Muscovie ducks. The night, the
COMPANY. and the minister came. the signal