Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-10-06
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logue between Jim sawney and Boo
SneeZe.

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Inter Jim Sawney, soli7oguizing.- u
vi, this is a strange world l don't y
X ~ what to make Of it. l thought 1 :
Md have been a married man before this =
: lie, but hang such luck as l have. =
Enter Bob SReezc Good morning, !
Jfb what seems to disturb your equa- :
pity and natural good temper this morn :
NJ
kim.-I have had piece Of luck that is
b to disturbsnybod that knows what
bad lu1Hris. |.
BoH-If you will be kind enough to
speak ct, maybe l can explain the mat
ter to IyJour satisfaction.
m.-Well, Bob, as / don't know that
I lave a better friend on earth than you,
I'll Just tell you al. about it. You will un-
derstand in the frst place, that Miss Sally
Bobtail aud ! were engaged to be married,
and SO far as l knew, we were getting along
very we'll. Well, [ goes over the other
morning to see about setting the day, and
in short, arranging tho whole affair, and
what do you think she told me? She
told me she had taken another notion since
she last saw me, and she believed she
wouldn't marry now and gave me to un-
derstand, that if | was anxious to marry,
] had better look out somewhere else. Now
is it any wonder l am fastricated. You
see / loved Sally, and how could l help it
You know she is a first rate looking gal,
and she is tolerable smart, and rich as
creom
Bob.-Well, Jim, | am sorry to see you
take on so about so trivial a matter. I'd
lot her 60 and welcome. l could explain
the whole affair to you, but | suppose you
would not believe mo.
JIM promise to believe every thing
you tell me, unless | know to the contrary.
Come, tell me all you know about it, and
not keep me in suspense. These love
scrapes are the hardest thisgs to bear that
has ever come my way yet. l would rath-
er face a c%annou's mouth than get q kick
FROM q gal | love, especially after | thought
/ was as good as sure of her. But so it is
we are never sure Of any thing in this world
but trouble, aud that comes very often very
unexpectedly. Well, Bob, if you can ex-
plain the mystery, please proceed, aud I'll
listen with all my heart.
Boil will preface my explanation
with a remark that you may not like so
Nwell. | thought, jim, you were a more
sagaeious fellow than you are-I could
have told you long ago that Sally Bobtail
was only flirting with you, but / was afraid
to do it, for fear you might think, l was
trying to draw water to my own mill. But
/ never had any idea of counting Sally, fol
l thought she was something of coquette
aud as counting is hard work any how,
could not think Of flying round a gal tina
would feed me on soft sorder awhile, unit
she had the name of having me for a beau
and kick me as hard as thunder, and turr
round and laugh about it.
Jm.-I am far from being offended a
what you say. believe you have told tn
truth; but you know it takes a sharp fe
low to see very far into a milestone whe
he is heels over head in love. But 90 q
with your story, l I'M very inpatient
hear it all.
Bob-Well, to proceed, that gal has h.
her eye on another chap for some time, al
been using all her arts to entrap him f
you must know, girls nowadays try
marry to the best advantage. She hint,
to me the other day that Will. Snipes W
the best match she knew of. | began
smell a rat then, and at once thought yo
cake would be dough-but said nothir
as / thought it best just to see how I
matter would end. l can tell you il
gals nowadays are not to be trusted
dou't believe they marry for love, like IL
once did. The fellow what's got The ri
est Daddy is the chap for them-it matt
not whether he is any thing better tia
vain, silly coxcomb. But let fellow, ]
you or me, what's industrious and smi
only hint round anything about marryi
aud they will turn up their nose as thou
they smelt something not very fragrant
Now this ame Will. Snipes few ror
Sally some the other day at a camp m
ing, and | suppose she felt. like she VIC
soon be as happy as folks gets to be in
little world. Now don't you begin to 81
4 mice tooi
JIM wonder Sally's Mother ha
taught her better than to be flirting
clever young men who have been bre,
to some honest calling-and have the
utation of being honest men.
Bo6.-Indeed | believe in my very
their Mothers are very apt to put high
t~ocrAtic notions in their heads, and
to carry them out all they can in a
roundabout way. But l am glad to