Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-05-02
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John jackson was hard working man
Of tweuty-three Being the eldest child
aud only son, he had always remained at
home, assisting his father upon the farm
John was much respected by every one
10 the neighborhood, and many a bright
eyed girl had secretly thought that she
would like to be his wife
But John was no "ladies mau." The
fact vas, he was bashful He would
rather hoe potatoes all day than undergo
the ceremony of an introduction TO
young lady Not that John disilSed the
dear creatures far from it. We believe
that he, in common with all bashful and
well meaning men, entertained the very
brightest respect and admiration for
them And this, 10 doubt, was the prn-
cipal cause of his bashlulncss. lie felt
that they we're superior beings, and that
be was unworthy to associate with them
upon terms of equality. Bat we cannot
stop to moralize.
Nancy Clark was the daughter of a
very respectable farmer, whose land ad-
Joined the Jackson farm Nancy was
q pretty saucy little witch, and she liked
John jackson. When they we're chill
dren, they attended the same school, and
when he was few years her senior, he
was usually her champion in the child
iBh disputes that arose. and her compan-
ION in coming and going. At last, he
became so much Of young man as to
be kept from school, as she had been in
past years. John discovered, too, he
was growing out of shape. His feet and
legs appeared very awkward he did not
know what to do with bis hands his face
panied him and, taking all in al, he was
iaeliaed to think be was not any more
than half put together.
as novelists say il was lovely day in
August The sun was clear, serene and
beautiful, the trees we're loaded With gol-
den fruit, and ,he beautiful birds twit-
tered their songs Of love amid the
branches Earth -(there we have Slid
70 earth once more--such lofty flights
make our head dizzy we were pre-
pared to say that +" earth yielded boun-
iiful harvest of grass and clover, and
honey euckles, which this noble yeo-
rIanry Of Chesteryiile had garnered with .
IN their storchouses" but, on second
thought, have concluded to word il thus
:" The farmers Of Chesterville had done
harvesting"
John Jackson's sister had a quilting
that afternoon. His father had gone to
-" Keilhs Mills to get some wheat
ground. and left John to repair some
tools, to be ready on the morrow, to
commence moving the meadow grass
sudlenly Il occurred to John, that if he
remained about the house that afternoon,
he would be called in at tea time and
required to do the houors Of the table.
To avoid this, he quietly shouldercd his
seythe and stole away to the meadow, a
half mile distant, fully resolved that he
would not leave there until it was so dark
that be could not see to NOV. 50 as to
avoid seeing the girls.
The meadow was surrounded on every
side by a thick forest, which e6fectuaily
shut out what little breeze there might
chance to be stirring, The sun poured
its rays as though the little meadow was
the focus point where the heat was con
certralod John moved and sweat
sweat and moved, until he was obliged
to SIT down and cool Of Then it occur.
red to John that if he took of his pants,
be might be much more comfortable
There could be no improperly in it. for
he was entirely concealed from observa-
ton, and there was not the slightest rea-
son to suppose that he could be seen by
any person.
So John stripped OF, and with no
cover, save his linen-commonly called a
shirt-he resumed bis work. lie was
just congratulating himself upon the
good time be bad made from meeting the
girls when be CHANGED TO disturb huge
black snake, genuine twister, with a
white ring around its neck
John was no coward, but be was NOR
tally sfraid Of snake " Self preserva-
,!on' wss the fret passage that flashed