The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-10-25

tllllp WIN lls. HON ewes .nlNllt0.
knew there was mischief brewing, but
could not forcscc Il.
advised her thnt the General his
wifi and would be AT the cottage at
one. And surr cuoueh we wore.
And Amy was prepared for IL. She
had prepared an excellent dinner, and
met Us at the door to welcome Us, an
nouncing at the same time that dinner
was ready.
SO soon Il, we prepared she he'd The
way to the dining room. and to my
surprise had .prcad large table, and
had saucy old ncgro BY the name of
Grow, with his wife and two children
that were seated urXt TO our children at
school, already at the table. She apolo-
gizcd for her haste in seating her first
pucyt.. assuming that shchud concluded
we were not coming, and then proceed
cd TO formally Introduce Old Grow and
and the Crow family generally to tho
Gcncrn, and his wirp ~ brother Crow.
sister, master Crow. and liltlc Mis-.
Grow.
| felt n rood deal like GROWING some
myself. Nv lcps BEGAN To show mmis-
taxable SIGNS of elasticity. felt ns irI
could hcayc ont any six niurpr. in thc
ncighborhood. But fully comprchond-
ed the nature of the situation. The
Generals wife was about 10 cyplodc.
The General. although an cnrnc.t Radi-
cal. could not sl,nprcss his olinctorv
from becoming SLIGHTLY elevated. NV
ANY was extremely polite. and chottrd
away apparcntlv in one Of her houpiost
moods. Old Crow soi horl, with his
thumbs in the armholcs of his dilnnido-
ted old vest. whilst his wife. with folded
arms. WA. ossumino nm mir Of maiden
innocence.
Amy handed the General bv the
wcnch. which filled up that side of the
table. and hurriedIy seated the Geupr-
ais wife by old gums and ivory. Then
gathering up the children seated them
beside their school fellows. after which
she took her scat at the head of the ta-
bic, and requested me TO be seated at
the further end to wait upon the quests.
up to this time | had munaeed well.
But the Generals wife arose and re-
marked that she did not intend TO bear
the insult further. At this time the
General few into passion, and accused
me of purposrly arranging an insult. i
protested, and accused Amy, and as |
did so Old Scrnggs stepped in. lhe GEN
cral remarked, won old buitornus. YOU
are at the bottom of this.n NV Amy
reminded him that that wa. her home,
and no one should insult her father
there, and ordered him to leave.
The General called her dirty huzzy
for insulting his wife, and ut thi. old
Scraggs hit him with the l,no; end of {
6utte,mui limb. .prang be. wcon then
to protect my guest, when old Grow
placed the General and me on an ,ya.l
Hy In the melee the wcmch u,~ai!c,
the General, wife and the Gght became
general. Amy in the meantime cyuo.
tulating and counscllinr pcaco.
tinallywc haduli succeeded in r2,nm
ming our perpendicular positions, LI
Grow, who WA. lust tncn the c-pr,io
object Of "a charge from the General.
Amy was playing pocahonta-, H.
leaning over The old carcass, -ucroc,lr,
in causing the General to retreat.
she then placed her arms around hin
and attempted to raise him. ncw al
Making Il charge upon old manhood
ruined calf skin.
Mrs. Grow pattrd me on the barl, wit
~ n chair, whilst the young Crows set Il
Il regular jubilee.
But / cleaned them out. did, indeed
The last word. heard from old Gro,
were, "youra gcmman."
Scraggs enjoyed it. Amy WAS exceed
~ ingly sorry, and could not comprchcn
. what had caused thcrow. The Genera
y, and his wife were OFF in furry.
80 And II was the maddcst and mute.
~ Radical in the state.
~ pursued after the General to apo,l
~ gizc and explain, and ran into old Crow
10 lie gave me an exhibition Of his "mar
-, hood" and seeing WA, nnnkcl,
7 wheeled to retreat. IN my haste / e}
l., countcrcd the wench and over We wen
~ Iplrtially recovered and started o
all fours, when old Crow came to my
o. sistancc, and by an attack upon the re-;
Il, enabled me to make the fastest time O
- r,.1rl
-, As came down the p1vcmcut I di
:, covered n waving handl;crchicf.
" MA. Auy,s.
-. Scraeg- had assumed brlligcrlntr r
sitiou and os 7 rqs,oI him art Gr,y.