The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-06-02
Keep your Little Brother out
Of the Room.

John Smlth-Sou We ncard q
him-is very bashful ; is too bash
tul, in truth. He was born and
raised in the country. His father
gave him good education, and
allows him plenty OF money. But
John, with all other attachments,
never could accustom himself to
the society Of females, not because
he did not like the girls, but be-
cause his shy nature would not
permit him to associate with the
lair sex. 1t once happened-not
very long ago either-that Johns
father had some very important
business to transact in the city.
lie also had some very particular
affairs to attend to at home, which
demanded his personal attention,
and not possessing the power of
ubiouity, he delegated his son
John to transact that in the city.
John, being thus commissioned,
mmediatel y proceeded to the city,
and to the residence of his fathers
old friend, whom he found to be q
very nice old gentleman, with a
beautiful daughter, and gold spec
tacles.
John was ushered into the par
lor Ga new thing for him), and
motioned to a seat--nol a sotG
(another new thing.)
But we must use his own Ian
guage: I took my seat and made
observation. Everything was fine!
Fine carpets, fine sofas, fine tables,
fine curtains, fine books, fine every
thing, and especially fine young
lady, who was dressed in fine silk,
fine satin, and who had fine curls,
and a fine appearance generally.
After chatting with the old gen
tleman a few minutes, he took
down his hat, told me to make my
self at home for an hour or two,
and left-left ne alone with his
d. < trrvs, anu small mlschlevous
boy, the young lady's brother. I
didn't relish the situation at all.
The idea Of keeping a city belle
engaged in conversation for two
hours /; perdition Silence reigned
in the parlor for a short time, you
may bet. Iamused myself as much
as possible with the boy-that is,
1 loaned him my knife and watch
key, and watched him cut holes
in the carpet with one and spoil
the other. I don't know what I
would have done had it not been
for that boy-ho was so good to
attract ones attention, you know.
It's true be asked some start
ling questions, occasionally, such
as this, for instance Are you
goin' to court sister Emily?' but
such things must be expected un-
der such circumstances.
Miss Emily, thinking, no doubt,
that to be good hostess, that she
must her guest engage in conver-
sation, asked me how l liked
country life,' etc. She said that
lit must be a beautiful sight to see
the laborers, male and female,
romping on the new mown hay
on New Years Day; that she al
ways did think she would like to
spend a Christmas in the country
nut gathering with the village
lads and lasses !; that it always
had been Il mystery to her, how
they got eggs off the trees with
out breaking them
In return, tl.ouSct to keep up
my point Of the conversation, it
was necessary for me to quote po-
etry and the line, which | did.
Among other quotations, | unfor-
tunateI y repeated the well-known
line of Shakespeare.
tucTG 10 u Sh"pSo WI SoA',
Rough bew them us we will
Atthisjuncture, the boy, who had
perched himself upon my knees,
looked very earnestly in my face
and said:
Divinity shaped the end Jour
nose mighty Gurus I'm certain
that I wished somebody would
spank the young rascal. We
talked of hills, mountains, valleys,
cataracts-I believe | said water
falls, when the boy spoke up and
said why, sisters got a trunk
full Of 'em up stairs-pap says
they are made Of horse-hair.'
This revelation struck terror in
to me and bushes into the cheeks
Of my fair companion.
1t began to be very apparent to
me that l must be very guarded
in what l said, lest said boy might
slip in his remarks at uncalled for
places in fact. | turned my con-
versation to him. l told him he
ought to 60 home with me, and
see what nice chickens we had in
the country. Unluckily 1 men
toned a yoke Of calves my broth
ers owned. The word calves ru-
ined all. The little fellow looked
up and said : Sisters got a doz-
en- of 'em, but she don't wear 'ern
only when she goes up town o