New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-02-01


minutes after hearing the announce
ment of her intended coming, and before
two hours had gone by, l was whizzlns
on my way to town, to carry out :hat
resolve. My choicest morsel of ward
robe should be offered on the shrine Of
May Stevens. -.. .
1 had absented myself on the plea
ola sudden memory of a business con-
nection, and faithfully promised Nettie
and Carrie that the next day should see
me down at Hyatt's again, to stay
out the month that May Stephens, the
wonderful, was about to pass with
them. r .. ....
The racking of brain that day to Gre
ate a grand ensemble of costumc-some
thing beyond all criticism, that should,
at the first glance strike the beholder
with silent admiration Twas indeed ter
rible. The labor of writing 'Paradlsc
LOST was nothing to it. it was early
in the day when 1 arrived at my city
rooms, AMI for six hours l dressed and
redressed, compared and rejected and
selected, and at the end of that time l
had laid out those portions of my
wearable goods in which l had
decided to mike my first appear
ance before May Stephens. it wanted
still several hours to sunset. Having
got through the great object of my visit
l thought it would not he bad idea
for me to take the last train amp return
the same night to Hyatt's, instead OF
remaining over till morniug. No soon
er said than done. packed MY hab-
iliments and away | went whizzins
and putting over an uninterestcd road
in provocation Of sleep. So found 1t
when the shades ofevening fell, for the
best Of my recollection, was in the
very midst of a dream, in which May
Stevens. attired in book muslin and
pale blue :atin, appeared on purple
cloud end admiringly inquired who my
tailor was? Just as I was about to in
form her. there came crash, and tor a
momcnt I vas not certain whether 1t
was tho cloud that had exploded, or my
self that had torn some portion OF my
apparel that was not ovcrstralnea'-
1t required but a moment to awaken
me to tho fact that both presumptlons
were wrong. 1t was our train-2.26-
that ran off track, smashing things gen
orally; and spilling the contents OF sew
raj baggage cars alo1g the road, to
say nothing of frightening half a hun
dred passcngersin condition border
sng on lunacy. This was pretty
state of things, and to make it still
worse, was eight miles from my des-
tination, though, as it afterwards ap-
peared, not a mile from the next VII
lage, where I heard it canvassed, a
tavern, supper and beds could be had.
l was disposed to make myself
agreeable, and accordingly rendered all
the assistance in my power to the un-
protected females, for which l got my
reward on arriving az the hayca of re l.
uge-the promised tayern-by being In
formed that such thing as a bed for
the sigh was an impossible idea, and
that with some twenty more of the male
gender, l must be content with chairs,
" lille the beds were appropriated to
the gentler sex. Slightly disgusted
l swallowed my supper and looked out
upon the night. 1t was a beautiful
night; and verging on to 10 o'clock
By Jove, wonla walk over to Hyatt's
No sooner said than done. Giving my
carpet sack into the laaalorPs hands
for punctnal delivery at Hyatt's next
morning at my expense, set forth
! Eight miles is triHc, and just as mp
watch marked the quarter after mid
nlght l went up the lane that led to
the house. They were early to bed and
early up. I walked around the house,
trying the doors, each and every one
was fastened. 1t was no consequence
nv bedroom window opened on the ROOF
Of the piazza; l would not disturb the
j bo,so bv knocking. a bit of climbing