, 1861-11-26

Was before he sInt Responsible, but them Hno
kept Nsgaug- -aRc1onL LoFarkoaE1~ Nanfkey
osghter hxye heF1: tightening the vessel Ii
fcme1sse hep t1sss w II Te c.ns Esttn ora the
sssH ass s5 s@s 1S119E Szst
lrecfon MI ha 5latk ballast; and lie time for
that uet come We've gone gro2ning and
tnmEb1inE through heavy seas fosg enough
WIN 1t, and there's good macy just no1 get
IN ting 5onnd the hatcAwsgs with anxious eyes,
toss The ballast overheard I'm ready for one.
Il viii be terrible responsibility Ii We wreck
the ehip. just to SAVE Ehht ne are all on us
ashamt on, and what no nation under the
sur would pick up where We leave it As to
kttia the ship be broken up, and the mutt
necrs carry that 6ec1 ballast of on raft,
ne aiat xeiDg TO ALLOW that, not by no means.
We'll, coacluded to go home, and l went
to the Widow Wemple's, where I'd been
boardin, and sez !, "NidoW, I'm goIn home"
sez she, "tor yoa'te been stlddy, regular, aid
in early Of nigAts." "Mrs. s prow1e will be
delighted at your at1ydavit On that, SEE I, and
80 vent down to dinner for the last TINE.
We'd long line Of boarders, RAINING about
tfe averig IN variety. Some Oh 'em were
e1s Mere OF the solemn, slum kind, got up on
the" Jour Vittles stop your mouth" pria-
c1ple. I'm soEry to Eay some on ZEN were
secekh. ard theee were ladies'. This had kinder
kushed up Ear topics at the table. No nan.
lesetmaye gentleman, wants to be alters 1ly-
fng In the face Of Wsmsn, even II he knows
ahe is wrong. Thero was q Miss Belleuaen
that had son in the rebel army at Norfolk,
SID ale didn' say right cut what she felt, but
showed it, jRst Is you needn't to take tho
ELoFPer ont TO find Il there's vinegar in the
I'd kept in, sn4 let this Bellenden woman
esy Eome pretty xassy thiDgs. She WAS n
Es5a letting on about this il horrid war OF
Ar: Linconlt," and what :" our boys" meaning
hers and his Teller rebels, would Go Wnen
they got well ct work. I'd thought could
get slsrg with Miss Belie1den, though sho
tzied me terribly, cackling over Ball's Bluff.
Wen, knowing was going away, these secesh
fenIa1es talked all the. harder. Finally the
Bcllenaen woman turned to ble and sez with
grin, f." You tell your felix's to home TINT they
car 7eTer conquer Us Of the South"
u Eha1t tell 'em no eich thing" sez I.
But you never can," sez she, shoWin her
teeth false oues)
t.Miss Bellende.,' sez I, 1aying down nv
knife and fork, " Ire sot ct this here table for
come tine NOW, and heard this here talk. Two
70 opinion Of man who lets womaa rile
him out Of forgettin that she's Wonkn, but
when 1t comes TO this rebellion business, the
temptations pretty strong. Il you had Kept
Jour opinions to yourselves, ladies, should
hoVe Rad nething to say, but there is Ii nits.
This here Government aint to be ruined
WACtA|A LA0 ltuElk AIo HEEeSH OF 1HtEESH,
You've asked me to tell the North your
opinion, and nsH I can tell you have mine
We shat eoHqusf The SoattA''
"Not while there's one liYIa" sez she fetch.
ing little scream.
Then it'll be BY popuZatin The country ousr
d91N, and ne Of the North have got practice ia
settling new countries. don't mean to use
ne offensive words, at this here table'' sez 1,
(tor see the Widow Weuple lookin skeered}
hut ttl yeu We are in earnest in this Har
This Government has got to show to the world
that the people can make government that
ii hold wateT. The life OF every man, Weman
and child In the South alnt worth saving to
lose that. There's millions yet unborn that
are interested and We afnt no tight to pedd1e
ont their bi1th'1ight in gill cups "The
Union it mast be preserved" and If it takes
E1ore blood to mend 1t thsn it did to lay these
old foundation stones, God'n bless the sacri
fee, If ne don't hold back ,aKd We shaat. The
South is standing On powder mine and when
the North gets ri1ed enough, and it, setting
that way, you'll see it, I give you warning
No Mies Bellenden shall tell the North that
treason Is gittiug unpopular at Washington,
and that when there amt rebel here Of any
kid that dares speak out, then We shall whip
the South, and carry the flag to the gulf I'd
gone without caring this, ,bnt you would hare
With that Mis- Be1lenden and the reat OF
the rebel petticoats Topped out OF the room
white and Wrathy, and to show how hadn't
no III fee1i1g, I ordered another piece Of Widow
Wimple's jam-tart. Aud now I'm of in two
hours Good bye to Washington.
fouzn, EDAD SpRow1E.