Amador weekly ledger., 1858-05-15

Ptoote '-tnls was dear word to aunt LizZy
Now, aunt Lizzy, will you take a Bible
cath that you will never communicate what
am about TO tell you to living being. and
that you will keep it while you live as most
inviolable secret ?n
Yes, Squire, declare / wont never tell
nobody nothing about it as long as | breathe
the breath of life and I'll take Bible oath
on 1t there, sartin as / live Squire before
you or any other magistrate in the whole
country"
Well, then, you know when went up to
Boston year ago"
Yes, yes, Squire, and know who went
with you, too-Susan b. and Dolly T. and
her sister Prudence"
Never mind who went with me, aunt
Lizzy there was a whole lot of passengers
but, but -
None Of your butts, Squre-out with it
If folks will act so-a trollope y
But, aunt Lizzy, I'm afraid you'll bring
me into the scrape"-
I've told you over and over again that
nobody never shall know nothing about it,
and your wife knows | amt leaky"-
My wife / wouldn't have her know
what was going to say for the world why
aunt Lizzy if she should know it''-
Well, don't be feared, Squire, once for
all, III take my oath that no living critter
shant never as long as live, know a lisp ont"
Well, then, if you must know it, slept
with one of the likeliest Of your church men,
bers nearly half the way up !"
Aunt Lizzy drew in long breath-shut
| nj har kox - Ia, hor bot
muttering to herself:
"The ikeliest of our church members ! ]
thought it was Susy b.; lkeiest this comes
of being fattered--a trollope. Well one
thing know-the way of transgressors is
hard;' but hope you'll never tell nobody
ont, Squire, for sartin as the world, if such a
thing should be known, our church would be
scattered abroad like sheep without shep-
herd"
In few moments aunt Lizzy took her de-
parture, gave the Squire another caution,
and a SLY wink as she said good bye-let me
alone for a secret
1t was not many days before Squire P. re-
ceived very polite note from Parson g., re-
questing him to attend a meeting of the
church, and many of the parish, at the South
Conference room, in order to settle some diff
ficulties with one of the church members
who, in order to clear up her character, re-
quested Squire p to be presented.
The Parson, who was a very worthy man.
knew the frailty of some of the weak sisters
as aunt Lizzie called them, and, as he was
particular friend Of Squire P.'s requested him
in his note to say nothing of it to his wife.
But the Squire took the hint, and telling his
wife that there was Parish meeting, reques-
ted her to be ready by two o'clock, and he
would call for her.
Accordingly, the hour of meeting came
the whole village focked to the room, which
could not hold half of them. All eyes were
alternately on the Squire and Susey B. Mrs.
P. started, and Susey looked as though she
had been crying fortnight. The Parson,
with softened tone and in as delicate man
ner as possible stated the story about Susey
B. which he observed was in every body's
mouth, and which he did not himself believe
word of--and Squire p. being called on to
stand as withess-after painting in lively col
ors the evils of slander, with which their vii
lage had been infested, and particularly the
church, called on Aunt Lizzy, in presence of
the meeting, and before the church. to come
out and make acknowledgement for violating
Bible oath Aunt Lizzy's apology was,
that she told Deacon Snipe's wife on't-and
she took an oath that she wouldn't never tell
nobody else ont Deacon Snipe's wife
had, it appears, sworn Roger Toothaker's
sister never to tell nobody on't-and so it
went through the church, and thence through
the village.
The Squire then acknowledged before the
whole meeting that he had, as he told Aunt
Lizzy, slept with church member, half the
way up to Boston, and that he believed her
to be one of the likeliest of their members
in as much as she never would hear or retail
slander. All eyes were now alternately on
Susey B. and Squire Ps wife-aunt Lizzy
enjoyed kind of dabolical triumph, which
the Squire no sooner perceived than he fin
ished his sentence by declaring that the
church member whom he alluded to, rcas
his own lawfM p.fe
Aunt Lizzy drew in her head under a
hugh bonnet, as q turtle does under his shell,
and marched away into one corner of the
room, like dog that has been killing sheep
The Squire as usual, burst into a fit of laugh
ter, from which his wife, Susey b., and even
the Parson could not refrain joining-and
Parson G.. afterwards acknowledged tnat
Squire p. had given death blow to scandal
in the village which all his preaching could
not have done.
FLESH CoLoRED GLovEs.-We are inform
ed that the establishment Of certain Repub
lican dry goods dealer in the Third Ward
was visited on Saturday by "colored lady
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