Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-08-28
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found her in Boston: etsey der nsha I,
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Tor intellect; hunseEes 1er beauty pea,
4 aehed toc Charms; l req sEeg . sseleIe oe.us
wleh z naIad Ike horse ss5as.to saI 10 me
threus 3 thls vale OF steers seli ~, 70 DOs'On
to nal love; f09asl.s ns que wa, was d
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snare my COZ, ahe
t%"hsTfl sleep dream OF thee' love-
Wouldst be mine! L am stranger, Betsey,
am not aged, but on the contrary, am agile
as those eels. will now offer thee allthat l
have. would crawl out OF myself, as those
eels crawis out OF his uDder-shlrt IN Thy hands,
and be thine onlysst.
She took up another eel.
"Oh, Betsey, said l. as laid partly On
the grass, partly IN the lap OF Betsey, with
the slickery tails of the eels tickling my
nose, Hwere you ever carested by mortal y
She said 'No,' and looked sidewise.
She took another eel. L then caressed
her. She said:
"Pfaise the Lord, but that is the first kiss
ever mortal man gave me"
asked herh she hked It, She said 1t
were better nor spanking young un, or
sklnnlnS big eel She SAID she liked school
teaching. 1t was better than gymnasium
She SAID kissing was better than sklnnlng
eels When Massachusetts girl says that,
you may, with the lambs on the hills, gamble
that she liketh 1t with vehement muchness
Inc pale moon slld along over head just
as easy! IL seemed 70 SKIN Atseif from under
the heecy clouds, as those eeis skinned them
selves from me nngers OF my Betsy Jerrsha.
1t sat me to thinking that she was something
heavenly IKE the moon. Only she was
1'tie RiuuPer' Il was E. a new moon Newer
than betsey, anu Ilttie simmer. con-
yersed with betsey. she h2d little knife,
IKE shoe- khiIe' WoGio nave thons Mt her
shCc-maAef II she haa carried coD!er
h':'en anu wax emu Du' sue "iun l. 9he
skinned c eeis' c3a"ed spruce gum ana talked
love: she SAID: 90
. W nat Is So tLFrt name:
ASSea"e' inc rS wei cognomen
10 WHIcn we [eSP0nueo'
eau S she Is;
nalu we We D LItUI fo' IN
Nen SUI .tsHeu Us % our estern nome.
ono "Jh: &c 70 AuoM "hat oea'e 1il'nols was
ih' anu II 5sconsin was III the FIRST OF
I =. I, "iu -! % Ia ~ Gtossee. Auu s!ie
MahI leu 10 AI9" II we mao any young ones III
1ne west we tod her not many yeti.
inen snG wanted 10 knQ" II tne hlssiss,Ppi
river nau GelS III H. we tolu ner nay Ana
she wanted to know II the people out IN that
DaTDaroqs region wore clotnes every day or
only %hen they went sparkling. And she
wanted to know how far it was from Where
we lived to house. And she wanted to
know u they spanked OF terruied youngsters
in schools. And she wanted to know if
women dressed In bear skins or fitting hoops,
which we suppose are all the same! And
she wanted 10 know II we mad newspapers,
anu n coulu TeaH ana "fte' ana nad ever heard
OF anna DlcAln3on' ana She wanted to
hnom II II was not terrible hVlng SO lar from