The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-11-16
before he started.

home and then turned his steps towards
a miiners shop. He went in feeling very
masnanimous, aud lingering the lea cent
piece be was so soon 10 be rid OF His re-
quest TO look at some belt ribbons was
speedily complied with and the couner was
sirewn with the gIisiening moire antique.
He selected fair o: red and
yellow, with spots of green, aud ordered
three -quaners of yard cut off, and wrap
ped mp. II was done.
HWba, be ths,price of that gimcrack q
he inquirs1sPuing out his wallet
Fifty cents-and cheap al that, !" replied
the glib iongued milliner.
Fifty cents !n cried Giles slapping ais
hands on his knees, "why i: sint worth
sixpence Ketch giving fifty cents tor
hr'
ton
,.S,op sir" said the miIiiner, ''i' is cOt
eff, aud done up You'll nave 10 take il =
We don'i make chhren's bar-a,ns here +"
II won, take II : | wont re cheated out
OF half a dollar that way No sirnO' by
I long chalk 81.
''But you must take itsir !"
II can't pay filly cents, why its awful
! sol ont 70 give It 10 gal. if could have
! got il for nGepeuce, or Whereabouts =
She's smart one aud when we're mar
ried | could eli niuepence worth out of
her in odd Jobs, rakiug nay, and sich-but
fifty cents I'd see her dnrued tusl ~
Aad again Giles made tor the door. He
was excited aud took The wrong aperture,
aud instead OF finding himself 10 The streets
as be had expected, he was in The work
room, surrounded by preuy girls and crino-
line.
stop him, there girls ~ cried the mil
liuer appearing at the door with yard
stick, hes Ired 10 chear me out OF fifty
cents Dnu'l let MIN 90 Corner him ~
Giles leaped frautically over, and INTO
band-boxes and bonnet frames but the
girls were m for the JOKE all esre~s, ex
cept by the window, was cut off He ca-t
one glance back at the irale face OF the
miIliuer-she was coIn.ng with the yard
slick il was sufficient to decide him. He
dashed oul the sash with one blow oI his
fist, and jumped through! As bad luck
would have il he alighied exactly in the
arms. and ia the basket OF a street market
woman who was crying her tnrnips and
sqnashes about the stress; and the couse-
quence was. her very best squashes, and
the lair proportions of her Shaker bonnet
were Knocked INTO a cooked hat! OF course
the woman was mad II must be
gelic tempered female who can keep cool
when her bonnet is smashed.
She called on Giles 10 settle the dasnases
or lake the consequences. He preferred
taking 10 giving, and took to his heels The
woman ioIlowed-a huge beet orandished
IN one hand and mammoth turnlp IN the
Gther-ready TO anhaIe him as soon as
she got near enough.
Giles had liue flesh 10 cucumber him,
and he ran more easily thaa his pUrsuer,
who was slightly enbOnpoint; hut fortune
favored her, aud Giles slipped down on
curbstone. In a momeni she was upon
him, beIaborlng him with The beel-but
ouly for moment. He was upon his feet
and of again before her wrath was halt
spent. She took aim with the turnip al his
head, but she had not practiced much in
projeciles and The vegetable, instead OF
hitting the mark, went crash through hlg-
gins grocery windo w-snashing two kero-
sene lamps, and glass jar of paieu: cough
candy. And amid the uproar consequent
thereon, Giles leapej over several small
boys, some fences and cutters, heaps of
coal and terrified women, and escaped =
But be had split his besI coat entirely down
tue back. and lost his straw hat that was
new the foregoing summer His mother
boxed his ears soupdly, and sent him to
bed supperiess, and he dreamed OF the
utl-on all night.
The next day he was arrested at The suit
OF the millner, the market woman, and
Higgins OF he grocery !; ana wa- obliged 10
pay TEL dollars 10 save himself from jail.
You may well guess that it was ike part
ing soul aad body. HIS mother kept him
on hall allowance for six weeks afIerward,
and he sot So thin that ii would have
qnired a spy glass to seen his shadow,
less the sun had been remarkably brilliant.
As Tor Kitty he never desired 10 eel eyes
on her again
Ii was long time before he dared 10
look al another woman, bul at length Patty
jerks came to Highwood on a visit. She
was girl alter bis own hear, he lonciy 5e
Iieved-for # he was mean she was meaner
Immediately he began 10 be auenlise TO
Patty, and she being without home lad
no objections TO stepping ito the com
iouabIe living" So she played her cards
accordingly, and fauered Giles weakness
with the utmost skill.
On Christmas night there was TO be par.