Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-08-20
Romance and Sentimental Young
Girl In Boys Clothes.

hOmance and Sentiment--.A Young
Girl In Boys Clothes.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Ayoung man made his appearance in JUS
ticc Purdy's office last evening, in company
with an officer, whose very fair complexion
and general petite appearance at once attract
ed attention. He had a pretty face, a world
of brown ringlets, melting blue eyes, and such
winning little mouth, with dimples at the
corners, that no woman could have resisted
falling in love with him on the spot-a cir
cumstance that, to experienced eyes, sharpen
cd with long familiarity with feminine eccen-
tricities, suggested doubts of sexual identity
suspicious that the pretty boy was no boy
at all, but only q pretty girl in boys clothes.
With the doubt came the confirmation in the
account of the officer, who statedethA he ar
rested his prisoner at the instance Of q board
ing house Keeper on Randolph street, named
Mrs. Murray, who alleged that she was a
runaway girl in boys clothes. She was quite
abashed at her detection and at the inquisitive
eyes directed upon her, and, for some time,
declined to make any answer to the questions
put, except by spiteful little pouts, but she
finally regained her temper, and gave an ac-
count of herself, with many hesitations and
half-frightened glances at the listeners gather
ed around. She said her name was Minnie
Harris, and that she belonged to Canada,
somewhere near Woodstock, if ANYBODY
knows where that is, and that her father was
master mechanic, who had no appreciation
OF the troubles of young ladies Of a romantic
disposition.
She had received a tolerable education, the
principal element of which was an extensive
course of novel reading, from which she had
gathered enlarged ideas of the sphere design
ed for the development of young ladies in the
bud. She thought that washing dishes was
the last thing for heroine to engage in-and
she thought some of becoming heroine, and
told her father so. He did not appreciate
her romantic sentiments, and sent her to bed
at sundown for being obstinate and ''talkine
trash," as he styled it. She improved the
time between sundown and morning in read
ing Rinaldo Rinaldini, by the light Of a tallow
dip. Being unacquainted with the plot of this
intensely interesting work, we are unable tt
state its substance, but gathered from her
narrative that there was a young lady in j,
who ran away from home in boys clothes
climbed over mountain, rolled up her sleeves
to fight big giant, but succeeded in subdu
| ing him with glance of her mild eye, and
then ferried herself across broad sea, in 6
dug out, to great city, where she had many
charming and successful adventures, ane
| finally married rich. .ago4
Minnie awoke in the morning, with her blu,
eyes suffused with tears, at her hard fate
which were not done away by the events oi
the day, consisting, as they did, of severa
hours application to the wash tub, in com
pliance with the demands of her parents. He
mind was made up that night to follow in tn
footsteps ofthe brave and virtuous Geraldina
No more wash-tub for her-no more dish
cloth to disturb her romantic visions-n
more drudgery to dash the aspirations of he
sentimental soul-all should be novelty, ,adven
ture, and success. She would 20 and teacl
school, sell dry goods, embroideries and fanc,
work or engage in any other light diversion
until some rich gentlemen came and threy
himself at her feet, offered to kill all her per
secutors, and married her in halo of happi
ness. .s57.keW .L-=,sla-
She went, in the best suit Of her younges