The mountain Democrat., 1865-03-04
LSvs In . Stage CSAsh.
II A BACHELOR.

underneath, all nlght: ana nov, Wnen
awoke here, it was raining away harder
than ever. as If second dsluge we're at
hand. ConiOund the breakfast bell ]
do wish there. was no such thing as .
breakfast on Q rainy morning for then
one might lie abed all day, or until the
! storm cleared Oft. Philosophers tell Us
that rain is necessary for The economy Of
nature; it may be true, though | never
troubled myself much about such things;
but if so, men ought to be made like dor
mice to sleep in Inconsistencies until
the rain sees fit to cease. Nature never
intended us to be nut in a shower, or We
would have been born witt patent oil
cloth or India rubber skins
Down it poured! What on earth was
to do? The day b fore had been thu
brightest one Of the bright month nf May;
and aS had a passion for walking in the
, country-more fnol for it IL had trudg,
ed away off h-re. eight miles or more from
town, to see country wedding, after the
order used among Friends, | must saw
that the thing was very handsomely done
a.h that | was much edited. So much
81. that one Of these DAYS | shall tell h0W
| the parties depOrted themselves - how ma
nv new hats there were in the COMPANY,
who drove the finest horses, and all other
matters Of gossip 40 interesting to yonng
misses and old bachelors like myself -
The day passed of, with bright blue
>kv, until towards dusk, whrn thunder
shower came up that lasted tin bed time;
hut retired fully resolved that the morn
ing would see clear sky over my head !;
/ but the morning had come, and here il
was pouring down in one dark, splashV,
continuous stream, for all the world like
an old maids objurgations when her
tongue gets wagging,
Down | hurried to the break fast table.
| had just buttered my bread. and was
swallowing the first mouthful Of coffee,
when the horn of the coach to town was
heard, and. looking out Of the windnw, |
saw the vehicle, with iis four smoking
horses, dashing down the turnpike. II
was nv only chance to reach the city that
dav. | bolted INV bread, gulped down the
coffee till my throat was Scalded, jammrd
ny hat on my head, anl made n dive
through the door. The driver did not see
the; but cracked his whip with flourish
aud went on. shouted; still the old
villain did E0t notice me, but with anoth.
or flourish Of his whip set his. fonr.in
hand on brisker trot, and ratified down
the hill.
Desperate with the fear of b, ing left, |
pitched after him, scattering the mud
around at every step, aud shouting at the
! NJ m l,,noc. hNk I sr,t,,ht huv
ed on till dOOmsday, had not passenger
seen mr., and stopped the old sinner. Ou
Of breath. wet to the skin, covered with
mud from head to foot, and not in the bes
humOr from the loss of my breakfast,
mounted into the coach; but the instant
placed my foot inside the vehicle, all my
sulkineSs vanished; for one of the lOv, Ii
est angels that ever blessed rickety old
coach, or warmed the soul of a sour,
brrakfastles> bachelor with her presence,
sat upon the back seat.
DID you ever fall in love? OF course.
And the lady was the lNvelieSt Of her sex?
10 be- sure. Then the stage coach beauty
was twice as handsome as your sweet
heart and il, after this, Won don't think
my fellow passenger cherub, thrn give
up all hope Of making you appreciate her.
Such eyes, such teeth, and thin lips
egad it almost makes me crazy to think
Of them.
put myself down for the luckiest dng
in the world. She was dressed in plain
straw cottage bonnet, with . green veil
Just such a costume, said I, as a real
lady wears when travelling And then
she gave the such sweet hut half rogush
smile, as tumbled into the coach in the
pnght have described, that knew her
at once to be paragon in the wav Of ed.
ucatinn, taste, fortune, anil all that; aud !
reSolveh-what knowing one would not
to make the agreeable off hand, fur
there is nothing like meeiinG an heiresS in
stage coach, whrre she thinks she is
unknown and dreams that every attention
paid to her springs from true love-ahem!
on your part.
vas in clover. What cared for rain |?
| Splash, splash, splash, ave! rain away
there, like blaZeS who cares? One does
not get a tete.a.trte with pretty gltl
every day Of the w-ek--so determined
| to make the best of it.
And, faith. with few sly compliments,
aud nv extraordinary good looks. soon
got as cosy with my unknown branty and
she with me, as If we had been acqnqint
I'd since the DAYS of Noah. We talked Of
the wedding. for she too had been there
Of the SCENERY of the rain and of what
ever came uppermoSr; and there was such
a charming f,ankncSS in all she said, that
| really thought her the most winning
little creature had ever sren and veri
" believe if the floor had been softer, and
! had knOwn-ttIe exact number of houses
of which would be tenant, in courtesy,
| should have gone down on my knees t.
her at once. hate showing ones learn
ing off in pubic, so | avoided anything
like literature though saw nv the intel.
ligent eyes of the charmer, that she had a
soul alive to all the finer SenSibi'ity Of ma
ture.
At length we got on the subject Of hous,.
Keeping. Now, if there is anything hate.
it is woman that cant keep house, aud
| trembled at every word, lest nv charm
er should confess her ignorance Of these
matters. Shade of Apicius! how my heart
lraped when she told me that hardly a
day passed in which she did MT max e
bread, or pies, or spOnge.cak', or some
other Of those shimshawS that delight the
heart Of man; and in expa'iating on such
delicacies she rose to pitch Of eloquence
that ! never heard surpassed. ! could
not resist my feelings. but snatched her
hand to my lips and kissed it.
f.Ih Al Il
mine, for if there is anything a wife ought
to know il is this. come Of q race of
caterers. My grandfather lunched on
half dozen rabbits, and died at last of a
surfeit produced by eating two roast pigs.
My father can break his fast on brace Of
capons. and devOur q pair Of turkeys Nth