Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-07-24
How PEBBLES asked the Old Man.


PEBBLES had Just asked Mr.. Merriweatl.
er's daughter if she would give him ut
out of batcheordom. and she had said yes.
1t therefore became absolutely necessary
to get the old mans permission. So a.
PEBBLES said, that arrangements might DC
made for hopping the conjugal twIg.
PEBBLES said he'd rather pop the inter
rogatory to all of old Merriwcather
t,s,,rl, - au' his sisters. and his fcnal'
c,,.ls.is, aud MS Auut II tnnaii III the Gun
try, and the whole of his female relations
than ask old Mcrriweathcr. But 1t had ia
be done, and so he sat down and studied
ont speech, which he was to disgorse to old
Merriweather the very frat chance lie got
to shy it at him. So PEBBLES dropped III
on him ole Sunday evening when all 1.-The
family had meandered around to meeting
and found him doing sum in beer meas
ure, trying to calculate the exact number
Of quarts his interior could hold without
blowing the head off him.
"now are you Peeb!' said old Merrl-
weather, as PEBBLES walked in as wllltel as
q piece of chalk, and trembling as II he
had swallowed a condensed earthquake
PEBBLES was afraid TO answer, because he
wasn't sure about that speech. He knew
he had to keep his grip on it while he had
it there, or it would slip away from nm
quicker than an oiled eel through an anger
hole. SO He blurted right out:
.Mr, Merriweather, sir: Perhaps it
may not be unknown to you. sir. that dur
ing an extended period Of some five years,
l have been busily engaged in the proseca
ton of commercial enterprise-'
is that so, and keepin' it a secret all the
time. while thought you were tendin'
store! Well, by George. you're one of
'em. now, amt y0u!'
PEBBLES had to begin it all over again,
to get the run Of it.
"Mr, Merriweather. sir: Perhaps it may
be unknown to YOU. that during the cx-
te lded period of five years have been
en- Jagged in the prosecution of CONNER
cial enterprise, with a determination to Sc
cure sufficient main romance
Sit down, Peeb, and help yourself to-
beer. Don't sta I'D there holding your hat
like blind beggar with paralysis, new
err saw you behave yourself SO i'll all my
born days.
PEBBLES was knocked out again and had
10 wander back and take fresh start.
NJ y 'rs:w"H'her si-: 1t may mt he
rl..-..,.. ...... -, al eAte..u.d
period of FIVE years have been engaged
in the prosecution of commercial enter
prise. with the determination to procure a
q sufficient maintenance
"A which-ance 2 asked old Merriweath-
er; but PEBBLES held on to the last word as
if it was his only chance, aud went OH /:
in the hope that some day Knight enter
wedlock, and bestow my earthly posscst-
ions upon one could call my own. |
have been lonely man. sir. and have felt
that it is not good for man to be alone
therefore,
Neither is it. PEBBLES; and I'm ALFRED
glad you dropped in. How's the old
man ?
Mr.. Merriweather. sir, said PEBBLES,
in despairing confusion. raising his Voice
to a yell. lit may not he unknown to YOU
that, during an extended period of u lone
ly man, l have been engaged to eutcr
wedlock. and bestowed all my commercial
enterprise on one whom | could procure Il
to be good for IA sufficient
l meeu- that is-that
Mr.. Merriweaher, sir. it may not be un-
known
And then again it may. Look here,
PEBBLES, you'd better lay down and take
warm: YOU amt we'll
PEBBLES, sweating like "a tour-year-
colt. went in again.
MIR. Merriweather, sir: 1t may not be
lonely 20 You to prosecute me whom ou
can call friend for a commercial niainte-
nance, but--but-eh. dang it-Mr. Merri-
weather sir-it-'
oh. PEBBLES, You talk as willy as a
iackass. | never seen more first class
idiot in the whole course of my life.
Whats the matter with you. anyhow p
Mr.. Merriweather, SIR said PEBBLES. in
an agony of bewidermcnt, it may not be
known that yon prosecuted lonely man
who is not good for commercial period
of wedlock for some FIVE years. but
See here, Mr.. PEBBLES. you re drunk, and
if you can't behave better than that you'd
better leave; if you don't I'll chuck YOU
out, or I'm Dutchman.'
"Mr. Merriweather. sir, said PEBBLES.
frantic with dispair, it may not be uu-
known to you that my cart ly possessions
are engaged to enter wedlock five years
with sufficiently lonely man who is not
XOOu lUI d CUtuiuCICiol
THE very deuce be isn't. Now you
Just git up and git, old boss. or III knock
what little brains out Of you you've got
left
With that old Merriweather took Peeb-
les by the shirt collar and that part Of his
pants that wear out first. if he sits down
much, and shot him int the street as if he
had Just ran against locomotive going out
at the rate of forty miles an hour. Be-
fore old Merriwcather had time to shut the
front door, PEBBLES collected his legs and
one thing and another that were lying
around on the pavement, and arranged
himself in vertical position, and yelled
out:
Mr.. Merriweather, sir: 1t may not be
unknown to you'-which made the old
man so wretchcd mad that he went out and
set q bull terrier on PEBBLES before he had
q chance to lift brogan, and there was
scientific dog fight, with odds in favor OF
the dog, until they got to the fence, and
then Pcebles would have carried the hull
terrier home, If it hadn't been that the
meat was so tender. and the dog. feeling
certain that something or other must
eventually give way, held on until he got
his chop OF PEBBLES calf, and went home
half a pound lighter, while Mcrriwea,her
asserts, to this day. that they had to pull
all the dogs teeth to get the flesh utof his
for he had an awful hold for such a
small ANIMAL
OF course Merriweather's daughter
heard abont it, and she was so mad that
she never gave tho old man any peace un-
til he Went arocnd the next day to see
PEBBLES about 1t. PEBBLES looked pale as