Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-08-19
A Young Girl in Boys Clothes!

A IOu0S Till LII DOY ) UIOtAtS!
A young man made. his appearance in
Justice Purdy's Office last evening, in com
pany with an officer. whose very fair. com
plexion and general petite appearance, at
once attracted attention He had a. pretty
face, a world Of brown ringlets, melting
blue eyes, and such winning little mouth,
with dirples at the corners, that no wo-
man could have resisted falling in love with
him on the spot-a circumstance that, to
an experienced eye, siarpencd with long
familiarity with feminine eecentricities, sug-
|gestsd doubts Of sexual identity suspicious
that the pretty boy was mo boy at all, but
only q pretty girl in boys clothes. With
the doubt came the confirmation in the ac-
count Of the officer, who stated that he ar
rested his prisoner at the instance ola board
ng-house keeper on Randolph street, named
Mrs. Murray, who alleged that she was
run away girl in boys clothes. She was
Iquite abashed at her detection and at the
inquisitive eyes directed upon her, and, for
Isome time, declined to make any answer to
the questions put, except by spiteful little
1pouts, but she finally regained her temper,
and gave an account of herself, with many
hesitations and half-frightened glances at
the listeners gathered around. She: said
her name was Minnie Harris, and that she
belonged inCanada, somewhere near Wood
stock, if anybody Knows where shat is, and
that her father was a master mechanic, who
had no appreciation ofthe troubles of young
ladies Of 6 romantic character ~ s
She lad received tolerably good eduea-
ton, Che principal element of which was an
extensive course Of novel reading, from
which she gathered enlarged ideas of the
sphere designed for the development of
young ladies in the bud. She thought that
washing dishes was the last thing for he
roine to engage in, and she thought some
of becoming a heroine, and told her father
SO He did not appreciate her romantic
sentiments, and sent her to bed at shutdown
for being obstinate and talking trash," as
he styled it,. She improved the time be-
tween shutdown and morning in reading Ri
|naldo Rinaldino, by the light Of a tallow
Idip. Being unacquainted with the plot of
this intensely interesting work we are una
BILE to state its substance, but gathered from
her narrative that there was a young lady
lin it who ran away from home in boys
clothes, climbed o7er mountain, rolled up
her sleeves to fight big. giant, : but sue
|ceeded in subduing him with glance of
her mild eye, and then ferried herself across
a big sea, in a dug out, to a great city,
where she had many charming and sue
|cessful adven lures, and finally married rich.
| ~ q with hor
blue eyes suHused with tears at her hard
fate, which were not cone away by the e
vents Of the day. consisting, as they did,
of several hours apple alton 10 the wash
tub, in compliance with tie demands Of hel
parents. Her mind vas made up that night
to follow in the footsteps Of the brave and
|virtuous Geraldine. No more wash tub for
her-no more dish-cloth to disturb her ro-
mantle visions-no more drudgery to dash
the aspirations Of her sentimental soul-all
should be novelty, adventure and success.
She would 60 and teach school, sell dry
|goods, embroidery. fancy work, or engage
in ny-other light diversion, until some rich
gentleman came aid threw himself at her
feet, offered to kill all her Prosecutors, and
married her in halo Of happiness. H. ~
She went in the best suit Of her younges
brother and arrived in Detroit a couple OF
weeks ago Here she found herself alone
and friendless among multitude Of strarg-
ers, not one Of whom cared straw's value
for her welfare. What on earth to do she
did not know, and in despair she vent to
the boarding house, and cried her eyes out
during the first two or three days, after
which she settled down into lstless, be-
wildered State of mind, sand made no effort
Whatever to help herself. The consequence
was that sharp eyes, soon discovered her Sc
cret, and she was speedily handed over to
the police so here she was, that WIS her
story, and all she wanted was to get home.
|Glad enough was she to hear that she would
be sent there by the first train in the morn
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