Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-03-26
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Adventures of a Bashful Man.

Harry Gordon Singleton made his debut
into she world on Friday. We deemed this
isc, worth chronicliug since it was an event
OF SONS Importance to our hero, and be-
cause we hope to show unbeiovers that the
OLD saw about the uniuckiness Of Friday is
correct. From his very birth, Harry was
'.igmatzed, llc wa, an exceedingly pref
'S babe, fair complexion blue eyed brown
haired, pump snd ro'yi but bc was en-
dove with heritage fer worse than a
hump back, club foot, or squnt eye
ha vas bashful when the ladies came
TO iook at him il his cradle, and to call
him ''little beauty y--tbo express image OF
his pa" ,ho l.!tlo 'sw eel' would inyaribly
pu. biz f.. ias, into his mouth and hide
his interesting face in his pilow.
Mrs. Sipgloton--a fair faced, handsome
womau-rcgrotied very greatly ,his unfor.
,unate trail in the Temperament. OF her be-
loved first borne, and used every endeay-
or to break him III. but without success
and Harry grsw up TO youth the most bash
ful and retiring Of human beings, He was
a,so, .ipgularly ualucky. No child ever
received so many thumps aud bumps since
the fail Of Adsln Ills forehead was q pop
u(ous archaepelago of blue, yellow and
black braises, in various stages Of color
Ing.
When thero was company a. the house
Harry generally rc,ired to an unocupied
room in the attic, where, having cnsconced
himself in the bed which stood there, he
passed the day reading some old novel or
book Of history, picked ou, of the great
chest in the garret used for the repository
Of rubbish or, by way variation, he some-
times took refuge in the barn, and snugly
hidden on the hay NOW, spen. the time in
client meditation on his unfortunate dest-
10y. He would walk mile around through
the fields to avoid meeting young lady {;
and when in the stree, if he heard the
saund Of wheels he would leap over the
wall OF tence and lie prone on the ground
until the vehicle has passed BY.
As he grew older, be lost mono of his
peculiarties, and before he was sixteen
years Of age, his mothers chief difficulty
was the fear that he would live au old
bachelor. Hundreds of silver dollars could
not have induced him 10 speak to girl Of
his age, and his father was obliged TO
forego his purpose Of sending him to the
Whitesione Academy, aud have him cd
ucated at the boys school.
But Notwithstanding Harry's excessive
bashfulness, lie grew up to be a fine fellow.
brave, generous and handsome, and there
was not girl in town but would have felt
herself Lonored by his presence, Harry,
however, stood aloof from all the female
sex, and as natural consequence, he was
the snl ject of unmberless practical Jokes,
and the hapless accession of continual gig
ling among the gay girls at the singing
school.
H VIII n Harry was nineteen, Rosalie
Waters came to Whitestown to pass some
time with her aunt, Mrs. Judge Flanders
Rosalie was pretty, brighteyed, mischie
vous fairy of ofseventeen, and if the truth
must be confessed, she took quite liking
to Harry Singleton; but of course she was
too much OF coquette to allow Harry to
guess it. He, on his part, thought himself
dead in love, though he dared not raise
his eyes to the peerless face of his guiding
STAR, For whole days he racked his brain
planning how be should address her, but
without deciding upon anything definite.
One nigh. at singing school bold idea
ss'hsd scrss' bis brain It's very bold.