The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-02-13
Concerning MISUNDERSTANDING Lee
tare TO MRS. SzarE Tgyisa.

surd-you learn to skate You'll be want.
ing to play fairy in the Black Crook next
| tell you skating is au accomplishment
suited only TO youth and cOmeliness of face
and symmetry of figure. Nothing is SO
charming as to see beautiful girl, in the
coquettish costume of the rSpks, with
cheeks rosy With exerticn and eyes beaming
with excitement. skimnling the ice like
bird and swooping down upon group OF
gentlemen, and, pretending she cant stop
herself, landing in the arms OF the very
young man her father don't allow her to
know--and darling away again, aud falling
on her head and exposing herself-expos-
ing herself to remarks about her careless
ness, madam-hold your tongue and al
ways taking care to fall when that young
man is close by TO pick her UP. 1t is
charmiug They are pretty and interest
ing, too, when they are just learning
when they stand still for long time IN
one place, and then start one foot gingerly,
and it makes break for the other side of
the pond and leaves the balance Of the girl
SPRAYING on this side. But you-you
look fat aud awkward aud dismal enough
any time and when ! gu are on skates you
waddle of as stuf,y AID stupid and un-
calmly as q buzzard that's had half horse
for dinner. won't have it madam. And
you get under little preearious Roadway
and then put your feet together anI drift
along, STOPPING your head and shoulders
and holding your arms out like you eX-
pected church was going to fall on you;
it argrarates the life out of mel And
Tuesday, when | was ass enough to get
on skates. and kicked the Irish Giants
eve out the first DASH and lit on my head
and cracked the ice 50 that it looked like
the sun with all its rays dropped out where
I struck, and they fined ne ninety-two
dollars for running the mans pond. L
was terrified with the conviction that l
had gone through the inside Of the world
because L saw the parallels Of latitude
glimmering around nc and what was 1t
but you, In your awkwardness, fetching
over me with your filters on! You've
got tc discard those things can't stand
the pew rent, and [ won't"
Mr. Twain, am surp-"
Hold your CHATTER. l tell you you
shaut bring odium upon the family By
your discracs!ul attempts to skate, sprawl
ing around with your biz feet, like a COW
blowing her way down hill in slippery
weather May be you wouldn't be so
handy about displaying those feet of yours
if you knew what occurred when | took
your shoes down to be men1et."
"What was it Tell what it was-t ell
me what it was this minute. just know
It's one of your hes"
''Oh, don't mind; it amt ofany consc-
quence--go to sleep"
But it is Of consequence. You've got
20 tell me; you shan't aggravate me IN
this way won't go to sleep until you ttl
NE what il wa
"Oh, it wasn't any thing"
Mr.. Twain, I know better. You're
Just doing this TO drive NE to distraction
What did that shoemaker say about ~.
shoe? What did he? Quick !"
"WToll. if you must know, he-he-h
however, it's Of no consequence"
Mr.. Twain"
"Well. he-he took it and gazed Ion;
time upon il in silence, and then he pu
his handkerchief TO his eyes and burst int
tears"
"Why, YOU born fool! Twain, are yo1
going stark, staring crazy?"
ale just stood there as if his hear
would break, poor devil. There, now
let's go to sleep
''Seep, you lunatic. I'll never clos
my eyes Til I know what that idiot wa
crying about-and you won't either, ] ca
tell you that. Come -
90 On, it don't matter"
" Mr Twain, if you say that again,
say III make you sorry for it. What wa
that numsculI crying about?"
well, h-he-"
"Well, he. Out with it. Do you wan
me to-to-Twain, III snatch them pc
friRges off till the side Of your head is Z
bald as the top Of it,
Well, he. poor fellow he said h
dotted on his grandmother-iairlyd dotted o
her. She had nursed him. you know, b.
cause his mother was feeble and So
Well he came to this country fifteen year
ago, and first he set up in the vegetabl
line, and got along pretty well, and wa
about to send to England for the old lad
when hard times came and he got broke
lie went into fruit then, and after that in
TO milk-into all sorts of things, yo
know bat ne got disappointed every TIM
till this present business brought him on
at last, all right, aud he sen. right off fc
TIE old woman. She landed here fOu
weeks ago, bat died the very same nigh
Jtwas hard, very hard, after all his wal
ing and toiling for fifteen years to get BIZ
over here at last and have her die on h
hands. He--he-wel, he was disguise,
However, he laid her out, and he and hi
friends sat up with her, and by the meme
~ Of her virtues softened his bitterness
aud turned it to tender grief-a settle
melancholy that hung about bis spirit III
paH for many days. However, by .;
fently striving to keep sad thoughts q
OF his mind ne was finally beginning to +,
gain some of his Old time cheerfulnes
when your shoe reminded him so painful
ly of his poor saiuted granda,other's Co
fin"