Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1862-08-28
4 belieye soI' said Iie latter, staring

Efn S4sF3n the STUN rOOm.
y sTbs servant stieing laugh, went
up snd z<ported ti,ssrriyal to Alice.
sOb. ssmingl' she said. i was just
Thinks hat would do for amuse-
menf. Pm.so glad he's come
Alice descended and entered the
drawing room.
There stood before her the exact en-
bodiment of the picture she had drawn
the evening before
How dye noe Cousin Alises ] am
,1srr9 nszSs sSsFs
youT
So saying, he strobe up toward his
cousin and grasped her taper fingers in
painful squeeze.
j am well, thank you,' said Alice,
suppressing a smile with difficulty; Il
hope you left your family WELL
'Fust-rate. Dads alive and kicking,
and MANS SOS to be sbout--all well ex-
cept the white heller, she's sick, and
I'm afraid she won't get over it,
That's great pity, certainly, said
Alice, with sympathy.
4 guess you'd think so. That ere
critter used to give fifteen quarts of
milk day, which dad used to sell for
three cents a quart. Most half dol
lar clean gone.'
1T is certainly quite melancholy
Yes, said Jerry looking perplexed.
When did you arrive in BostonT
Last night
Where did you stop?
TO the fremont House. What do
you think? The plaugy stage-driver
that took me there charged thIrty-seven
cents! 1 guess he seed l was from the
country and wanted 10 cheat me-
L believe that is the regular price,
said Alice.
so, you don't though? Guess you're
made Of money in Boston! Gosh, it's
big town.
1T is pretty large
Il never seed so many brick houses
in all my born days. There's one thing
I would like to see, though
what is it?'
It's a ship. They have 'em in Bos-
ton, don't they?'
% yes, plenty of them at the wharves.
Couldn't you go out with me and
take walk down there? Isposeyou're
there most every day?'
1T isn't exactly considered proper
for lady to walk down to the wharves.
'Pshawl then you don't want to goT
Il would rather walk to the common.
Have you seen that?'
Seed it this morning.
And what do you think of it?'
its confounded shame they should
let so much good land go to waste. 1t
would be pretty good to raise potatoes
on. I've a good mind to tell the gov
ernment I'll take it on shares
Il don't think it would do any good.
They keep it for children to play on,
and for the people to promenade
TO what?'
TO walk
'Ob, that's the ides.'
| At this moment Miss Emma Dickin-
son the other young lady was intro
duced.
Jerry made sbabbling salutation,
and the young ladies continued to ply
him with questions enjoying not little
his rusticity.
Two or three days elapsed. Jerry
made his home at the aristocrstic man
sion of his cousin. il would take alto
gether too long to detail the instances
of his rusticity during that time.
At this time his cousin determined
upon a party, chiefly in honor Of I
young lady from New York, q repre-
: sentative Of the best society in the city
to whom Alice wished to do specia
q honor.
{ When Jerry appeared to escort hi
cousin down stairs, to the Brilliant.
lighted pallors, she was surprised tha
he was attired in fashionable style.
| In reply to her interrogatories, b
said, I kinder thought I'D like to dres
little more in Boston style, so / wen
out and bought some new clothes.-
o They cost me mint of money-br
darn the expense. When / am in Bo:
p ton. am a going to do as the Roman
do
Alice was secretly glad Of the chang
te Really her cousin looked genteel. muc
N more than she had dreamed possible.
u Entering the room where numbt
y had already assembled. Miss Emu
p Dickinson took charge of our hel
while his cousin did the honors to Il
g arriving guests.
Soon the New York belle arrives
as and was warmly received by Alice.
be Some half an hour after, Jeremia
- found himself near her. To his su
Ii prise he recognized q young lady who
let he had met in society. Tbs recognitit
was cordial on both sides.
Iot They were conversing unncticed
lis Alice, when the music struck up for
. quadrille.
will you accept me in lieu Of be
i'd, ter partner, Miss Vancouver ask
el. our hero.
de The lady inclined her head in the I
nd frmstive.
They took place opposite Alice a
ere a young military gentleman.
Good heavensr thought she. n,
at on earth did Jeremiah get introduc
ltic to Miss Vancouver? He will make
all Ridiculous