The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-07-24

an earnest of his affection, at once bestowS up
on him one-half of his immense wealth
THE TUSCALOOSA GlRLs-"Oh, aint they,
though amt they good looking? l should
rather think they are" said Tom II tell you
what It's | can just show you asprctty girls
in the south and west as you can find any where
on dry land. One l met at u ball in Tusca-
oosa was good enough for any body, and if
any white man says she warn't, Just let him
say it loud enough for me to hear him"
Tells us about her. Tom, suggested |.
"Well gentlemen, she was about five feet
high and eighteen years old, black hair and
eyes, and dressed as tasty as any woman in the
TMtes. Awful good on dancing, too kind
Of lroze to her first of, and got no better very
fast, after getting an introduce. Tell .jou what
it was-shc was a mighty stunning piece
waltzed with her nigh half an hour and then
we Sauntcred out on the piazza to ret cool.
Got to talking about the moon and stars, and
all that sort Of thing, (quecr how fond Of as.
tronomy young folks arc) told her that knew
one star-one bright particular STAR (Shak-
spear, you know that would Just take d,wn
all the rest of them put together.--She asked
what star twas !; hemmed and hawcd and
did a little bit of the dilldent- nothing like u
little bit of the dlidcnt with girls like her
finally, limited in a mild way that she was
the star, and squeezed her hand gently at the
same time.
Lord o mercy what pretty hand She
had just as soft as jolly little white rose
leaf, and no bigger than three Of my fingers.
Well when | squeezed it, she gave little bit
Of pressure back again, hat ran tingling all
the way up my brachial artery, and turned the
blood top pure nectar; then she rolled her eyes
up so that the moon shone on them. and !
could look away down into them about quar-
ter Of a mile That made me feel kind ofquecr
you know, and somewhat, without exactly
knowing much about il, found my arm around
her taper waist, and could feel her blessed lit.
tie heart jumping like rat in stecl.trap
Directly she laid her head over on my shouI-
der, so that her warm sweet breath swept over
my cheek and kind Of rustlcd up the end of
my moustache, at the same time letting the full
flood of tenderness pour up from her eyes into
mine
Don't laugh, boys, If get n little highra-
lutn;', you don't know how you'd have felt If
you'd have been in my boots just then II
took my breath away; but ] mustered up all
my courage, and tuned around u little, put
my left hand under the back OF her head, rails
ed it up (afraid mussed her hair slightly
it was done mp mighty nice, tell you and
bending down gave her n ringing kiss right OH
her mouth
"Now, boys, by jingo, tell you what it is;
I've tasted sweet things aforc now-talk about
honey aud sngar talk about your Charlotte
Rnsses-yonr Meringuee a la Crcme-they are
nowhere.---I felt as if | had died in n candy
shop, and had gone to the forty.ninth heaven,
where | was eating sweetcned ambrosia, with
whole crowd of she angels playing on gold
enh harps all inside Of my head. | swow, if
my heart didn't swell up as big as a two bush
el basket, and it hammered away, thump,
thnmp, thump, 50 you might have heard it n
mile of. She didn't say any thing when done
it, and was just going to do it some more,
when Jim Sawyer came along with his girl and
interrupted | hate jim Sawyer
"Too bad by hall" said Joe who had been
very quiet during Toms narration, "did you
then follow 1t up"
No; was only travelling through there
left next day, and never saw her again, nor
any other girl equal TO her. ! tell you what
I'd rather have lost the best paying patient
ever had, than to have lost sight of that girl.
But you know what we used to say at college
Mntatis mutandcr--'rempns fright; Sic transit
gloria mundi. That's all the Latin remem.
ber; let's 60 and have something, I'm as thrs-
ty as a craven mage.o