Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-11-25
BY ARTENUs WARD.
CHAPTER l.-uoSBs

Ny story opens in the classic free-sinks of
Bosting. In the parlor Of an arist0crtlc
manshun on Bacon street sits a lovely young
lady whose hair is covered ore with the irosts
of L summers. She has lust sot down at a
Pianny 40 & is sngin the popular peace called
Shells of the Notion, IN which she tells how
with Penslve Thawt she wandered bya c beet
shore The Son was sittin in its horizon and
its gorgus lite pores in a golden mellur find
thru the winders & makes the bootilul young
lady twice as boOtiful as she was bel, which
is Unnecessary. She is magnifisuntly dressed
up in Berage basque with Poplin trimmins.
More Antique edges, and 3 ply earpetmg.
Her dress contains y founders, brilliantly
ornamented with horn buttons, and her shoes
are all morocker with goldspangle onto them
Presently she presses her hands to her buz-
yum and starts up in an excited manner
'Nethnks. she whispers in clarion tones,
Il see a voice A noble youth of q sum-
ners scrapes the mud from his butes in the
hall and enters He is attired in a red shirt
and black trowsis, which last are turned up
over his butes, and his hat is bewtchingly
cokt on one side Of his classical he'd In
sooth he was a noble child. Grease in its
pArmiest days near produced a more gallant
er her0w than Moses. The young lady gazes
upon him for few periods, clasps her hands
together, strikes her position and rollin
her wildly like a expired intantile cow,
cries
"Ha? do my Is deceive my earsight -
That frame them store clothes those
voice it is me own, me only Moses =" and
he folded her to his hart ''Methinks ! shall
swoon, she sed, and pretty soon swoondid.
CHAP II WAS NOSVS OF NoRT J. RTRTUp
Moses was foreman of Ingine Kumpauv
No. 40 The 40's had Jest been hayin a
pleasant ite with the SOS on the day | in
trojuce Moses to my reader lie had his
arms full Of trofees, to wit + scalps, / Is,
fingers, ears, which he had chawed off,
&c, &C. When Elizy Cor that was the
lovely young lady's name) rekiyered from
her swOOn, she asked
"How hast the battle gone Tell me 80
"Elizy, " said the brave young man draw
ing hisself up to his full hite, eve chawed
EN- up and smashed their old mersheen all
10 pieces -
II thank the gods" she cride. Thou
didst full well. and henceforth | ware thee
in nv hart of harts 3" And Noses" she
continued, laying her he'd confidently agin
his weskit, "dost know | sumtimes think
that thou wastest Of noble birth ?''
"No, >" sez he, wildly ketching hold of his
self, "you don't say so ?''
Indeed do | =" she said. 'Your dead
grandfather's sperrit came to me the other
mite. and sez he "Moses is a Disguised
Jukel"
''You mean Duke said Moses.
''Dost not the actors all call it Juke p she
sed sternly.
That settled the matter.
Il have thought of this thing b4, said
Moses, abstractedly. IF it is so then thus
must it be? 2B or not to B, that airs the
question But no more of this now. Dry
up. Q life-life, you're too many for me -
lie tore out some of his pretty yeller hair,
stamped on the floor wildly, and was gone.
CHAPTER III. THE PIRUT FoILED.
Sixteen long and weary years have elapst
since the scene narrowated in the last chap
ter took PLACE A noble ship, the Sary
Jane, is sailin from France to Ameriky,
thro' the Wabash Canal. A pirut ship is
in hot pursoot of the Sary Jane. The capt
ing of the S. j. looks fateegeed, and as
though he had lost all of his parunts. The
Pirut is close on to him, & he is about to
give in, when fine looking feller in russit
butes. and a buffaler over cut, rushes forred,
and says to the capting, sez he:
"Old man 20 down stairs Retire to the
starboard bulkheard. Hi take charge of this
Bote?''
"Owdashus cuss - said the capting,
away with the. or | shall do mur-er-r-
der-rr'
Scacely.' sez the noble feller, and drew
a diamond hilted sword, and cut the capting's
bed off
40. that should live to become ded
body - said the capting, as he fell to the
deck. He expired shortly afterwards, bein
fatally killed
People" said the noble feller, q line the
luke de Moses
% Old boss, methinks thou art blowin,"
said youth of forty summers, and the
Juke cut off his he'd likewise. Don't print
any verses on my deth in the noosepapers, -
screamed the unfortunit young man, as he
fell ded on the deck, " for if yer do lie haunt
yer"
People :" continueaed the Juke," 81
alone can save you from yon buddy and un-
principled piruts What hoe there A peck
Of oats. - The oats was immejitly brawt.
The Juke took them, and bravely mounted
the iib-poop. He threw them onto the tow
path. In a mint the leading horse attached
70 the piIut Bote. cum along. stopt, and COM
and hollered at him terribly, but he wouldn't
bulge an inch. Meantime the Sary Jane,
her horses on a clean jump, was fast leaving
the pirut ship.
0nct again do escape deth sed the
Juke between his clenched teeth, still on the
pb-poop.
CHAPTER Iv-THE WANDERERS RETURN.
The Juke was Moses the Sassy. He had
been in France about 6teen years, and now
ne was home agln in Bosting. He had some
trouble IN getting himself acknowledged as
Juke of France, as the Orleans Dienasty and
borebones were fernenst him, but he finally
eonkered, and now he had crossed the deep
plue to git his own Elizy. She knew him
at onet, as one of his ears and portion of
ms nose had been chawed off in his ites with
opposition fremen durin' boyhood's sunny
hoars They were married and went to
reside IN their ducal Paliis which was gut up
tegarilis of expense. They had several chill
aren, and lived TO green old age. beloved
by all, both crate and small,' as the Poick
sez
Ihe Plrut Captain yas captured tried