The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1862-05-28

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An hour afterwards he knocked at the
door of his relatives aristocratic residence.
rs Alice to hum?" he inquired of the
servant.
II believe SOL" said the latter, staring
at him with eyes wide open.
"Then go and tell her that her cousin
Jerry wants 10 see her. If she's fryin'
doughnuts or anything, tell her kin wait
in the sittin'- ROOM"
The servant, sitting laugh, went up
and reported the arrival TO Alice.
90, charmingp said she. al was
just thinking what should do for amuse-
ment. / am so glad he's come"
Alice descended and entered the draw
ing-room.
There stood before her the exact en-
bodiment of the picture she had drawn
the evening before.
"How dy do, cousin Alice I'm Jerry
Onthank. Expected me, didn't yel"
So saying he strobe up towards his
cousin, and grasped her taper fingers in
painful squeeze.
81 am very well, thank you," said AL
ice, suppressing smile with difficulty;
g. hope you left your family WELL"
illustrate. Dads alive and kicking,
and mans SOS to be about-all well ex-
cept the white heifer-she's tux sick, and
I'm afraid she won't get over it."
"That's great pity, certainly" said
Alice, with much sympathy.
~ guess you'd think so. That ere
critter would give fifteen quarts of milk
a day, and dad used to sell the milk at
three cents quart. Most halfa-dollar
day clean gone"
1T is certainly quite melancholy"
"Ye-es," said Jerry, looking perplexed.
"When did you arrive in Boston?"
"Last night"
"Where did you stay?"
"To the fremont House. What do
you think! The plaguy stage driver that
took me there charged thirty y-seven cents
l guess he seed | was from the country
and wanted to cheat me-"
81 believe that is the regular price,"
said Alice.
"Sho! you don't though! Guess
you're made of money in Boston! Goshl
it's big town, though"
1T is pretty large"
81 never seed so many brick houses in
all my born days. There's one thing /
want to see, though"
"What is itl"
ats a ship. They have 'em in Bos-
ton, don't they?"
40, yes, plenty ofthem at the wharves."
"Couldn't you 60 out with me and
take walk down tbere9 / suppose you're
there most every day."
at isn't exactly considered proper for
a lady to walk down to the wharves."
"Sho! then you don't want 10 go"
81 would rather walk to the common.
Have YOU seen tbatp
Seed it this morning"
"And what did you think of it?"
"It's confounded shame they should
let so much good land 60 to waste. 1t
would be pretty good to raise potatoes on.
I've good mind to tell the government
I'll take it on shares"
81 don't think it will do any good.
They keep it for children to play on, and
for the people to promenade"
To what"
"To walk"
40, that's the idea."
At this moment Miss Emma Dickinson,
the other young lady, was introduced.
Jerry made a shambling 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 aristocratic
mansion of his cousin. 1t would take al
together too long TO detail the instances
of his rusticity during that time.
AT this time his cousin determined up
on party, chiefly in honor of a young
lady from New York, representative of
the best society in the city, to whom AL
ice wished to do especial honor.
When Jerry appeared to escort his cous-
in down stairs, to the brilliantly lighted
parlors, she was surprised TO see that he
was attired in fashionable style.
In reply to her interrogatories, he said
~ kinder thought I'd like to dress lit
tie more in Boston style, so l went out
and bought some new clothes. They cost
mint of money, but darn the expense.
When I'm in Boston I'm going to do as
the Romans do"
Alice was secretly glad Of the change.
Really her cousin looked quite genteel,
much more SO than she had dreamed pos
sible.
Entering a room where a number had
already assembled, Miss Emma Dickin-
son took charge Of our hero, while his
cousin did the honors to the arriving
guests.
Soon the New York belle arrived, and
was warmly received by Alice.
Some halfan hour after jeremiah found
himself near her. To his surprise be rec