Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-07-15

|ally improved by ride with her to one of thes(
heterogeneous omnia-gatherums.
In this unsatisfactory style ef4eoartship,
three or four years rolled away, the poor
Scribe growing more and more desperately in
love, while recedng farther and .lrtiier from
the real point at issue. ThrougT this long
period, long indeed for pining lover, and
those numberless camp-meeting lraats, the
Scribe as he we'll remembers, gotsnoi nearer a
: declaration than something 1likatae follow
ing:
JENNIF: 1t is very pretty dayl
SCRIBE; Very, indeed, Mss Hem ha 7
JENNIE Do you know JanaSSsimes?' 2
SCRIBE tchoking,) Yss, s7nOt very
WILL . 1s
Jren'ir IIe i 1 cls9 u
SCRIBE (Choking-er - -
JENNIE Yes thitrNp sos Cutting her
black eyes rogueishly at me.
JENNIE Do you think it w'Train to-mor-
row.?
SCRIBE Don't know why dayou ask p
JENNIE Oh nothing-onEFat--'
SCRIBE: Now, I don't belieT3 tllat
JENNIE Only James Grim tent me word
he was coming to take me will, him to the
{ Camp-meeting, Tomorrow
And T oou1d not ha alone aopfoun1 +Lo
law-offico and books Confound Tie impertinent
puppy How hated the very7f ne, Grimes /!
Then I, like gump would cske up more,
and carry my heart in my rbuth for the
next hour, wholly unable to sf'-sf a word
Then, perhaps, to clap The Eimax, at the
close, or in the midst of one q these deeply
absorbing conversations, whla 4 was nearly
wrought up to the true p5ihF gt courage, as
we logged leisurely along, Up would scampel
the aforesaid Grimes, and take his post on the
opposite side of the fair one, Without SO much
as with your leave, Sir = lIwould sooner
have seen the Old Nick = f1hd | want to
know if something connot be Dine with such
fellows, to teach them manners Ind morals ~
But now bend your organsiof Vision upon the
part. Off they dash-Jennie, vhom thought
as good as belonged to me Jennie, for whom
l built 50 many baby-houses, {Qthe ingrattude
of womankind y and whom nine eyes had
faithfully woood for tho Tsf six or seven
years, and that ugly, deestablc fellow,
Jim Grimes-into q spiritwg and flashing
conversation, while I. si.B ninny, rode
along hiding my diminished heed,' as
dumb as though I had baqi an Egyptian
mummy And sometimes V Shcd we're ono !;
for then could not have, ferl. wonder if
Jennieswas coquette
sL..l1sa III s,@.ss. @s
the nigAt-mare whenever cldNoa hy eyes l
went to studying Mythology and writing
poetry. From Mythology I gathered a world
of notions about Cupids, Junos, Vcnuses,
Diannas, and thel1c, (not knowing or caring
whether they were true or false,) which I
strung into doggrel rhymes b my fair one
not one of which did she ever see neither
shall you sec them. They are sacred, and
shall never see the light of DAP They would
grace the pages Of the KNIcKERBoCKER, and
most likely make its fortune but am under
no obligations to make fortune for your Mag
1ritb ,ba NJ + loko ,ol
I'll not do it.
This state of affairs, say sas not to be en-
dured; SO, having returned to Muddletown one
Monday morning, aftefoue of these unpleasant
rencontres with the Aforesaid Grimes, as mad
as March hare, determined to fix the bus
iness at once. Sure enough that very day,
with palpitating heart, penned the follow
ing letter, which | have nQ.-loabt will serve
for pattern for all similar emergencies in the
future
'Mullletown, April lst. 1S--
'DEAR MISS JENNIE 1t is atSisen in the books, as
read them, that A faint heart meier won a fair lady
Whether this be the shoe TRUTH and nothing but thu
truth, know not. Butas We lawyers wont to say
1t is necessary that he who woad : wln-a fair lady
should come to the point and make up his pleadngs This
with much fear and trembling, aow undertake in my
own behalf. have often wished ial often faied to
say in person what now commit % back and VIII te
And do not know how say {, but will try. COKE
says reversion reperse comehq the Latin word re
uerter, and signfeth returning again.. That seems tt
be the point returning again 5f my ardent affection
IL yInsT ,,Ia r.. ao.
Now hope and trust Miss JExsis, that you will moi
onsut me but take pity me, and your petitioner
as in duty bound, will ever pray, ETC. THE SCRIBE.
Mss'J. LYNDON, LyndOnyilIc.
Capital This was intended to bring matters
to crisis, and it did it.
The next point 'was to.sElz =. safely and Sc
.curely into the hanGsss ssssA AEF5s., Sallying
forth, with the precious episAe in his pocket
the Scribe by accident tp7oyidentially, as hC
thought) met an old negro Gallow, who lived
near Jennie, to whom after binding him ovel
to secresy, he committed 1t, with the following
instructions, well-seasoned with shilling
SCRIBE Now Simon, this letter, mind, is tC
De given 10 Miss Jennie by you yourself. You
are to ask for her and give it to no one else a
the peril of my everlasting displeasure. And
you old -, if you dare give it to any on
else I'll cane you the first time | lay my eye
on your blackness -
He he he Massa Scribe, you tink OLE
Simon dun no he he but he does know, do
He knows what dat letters bout for sartin
lie amt gwine let no body for see dat letter
He he he
Now I'll ventures wager the Scribe is il
fix. Nor is it amiss for rs to just here t
give an opinion as is an opinion, as was pred
icated of Captain Bunsby The Scribe got
wife, or he didn't get wife,
The letter reached its destination, but alas
it was placed in the wrong hands. Here wa
IA fnttcr 1t was read by all the Lyndons, in
cluding the children and the old gentleman