The Shasta courier., 1869-06-05

idea of keeping city belle engaged in con-
versation for two hours-perdition Silence
reigned in the parlor for short time, you
may bet. I amused myself as much as
possible with the boy-that is, I loaned him
my knife and watch key, and watched him
cut holes in the carpet with one and spoil
the other. / don't know what I would
have done had it not been for that boy
ne was SO good to attract ones attention,
you know.
1t is true he asked some startling aues-
tions occasionally, such as this, for instance:
" Are you goin' to court sister Emily ?D
But such things must be expected under
such circumstances.
Miss Emily, thinking, no doubt, that to
be good hostess she must keep her guests
engaged in conversation, asked me " how
| liked country life," etc. She said that
"must be beautiful sight to see the labor
ers, male and female, romping on the new
mown hay on New Years day; that she
always did think she would like to spend
Christmas in the country nut gathering
with the village lads and lasses, that it had
always been mystery to her how they got
eggs off the trees without breaking them" /"
In return, | thought to keep up my end
OF the conversation it was necessary for me
to quote poetry and the like, which I did
Among other quotations unfortunately re-
peated the welLknown lines of Shakes
peare:
'There is a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough hew them how will"
Divinity shaped the end of your nose
mighty Gurus"
I'm certain that l wished somebody
would spank the young rascal We talked
OF hills, mountains, wales, cataracts-I be-
lieve | said waterfalls, when the boy spoke
up and said:
Why, sisters got trunk full of them
up stairs; pap says they are made of hoss
hair"
This revelation struck terror into me and
bushes into the cheeks Of my fair com
panion.
1t began to be very apparent to Inc that l
must be very guarded in what | said, lest
said boy might slip in his remarks at uu
called for places in fact turned to him.
l told him he ought to go home with me
and see what nice chickens we had in the
country. Unluckily mentioned yoke of
calves my brothers owned. The word calves
ruined all. The little followed looked up
and said:
Sisters got dozen of EN-, but she
don't wear EN- only when she goes up in
town o windy days"
"Leave the room, unmannerly little
wretchp' exclaimed Emily; leave imme-
diately p
" | know what you want to have me leave
for," replied he; you can't fool me-you
want to sit in that mans lap and kiss him
like you did Bill Simmons the other day
you can't fool me. I'll Just tell YOU
Gimme some candy like he did, then I'll
60. You think because you've got the
Grecian that you're smart Guess know
a thing or two. | am mad at you, anyhow,
cause pap would a bought me a top yester-
day, if it hadn't been for you getting them
curls, doggone yer You needn't turn SO
red in the face, cause l cant see the
paint. There AIM no use in winking at
me with that glass eye o yourn, cause |
amt going out'n here; now that's what's
the matter with the purps. I don't care
if you are twenty-eight years old, you amt
no boss of mine, you old fool"
That is all of the story that John related
He says he don't know how he got out of
the scrape.