The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1869-06-19
Az Unpleasant Situation or, Keep
Xour little Brother cut Of the
Room,

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His father gave him IL good education
and allowed him plenty Of money. But
John, with all uthr.. attainments. never
r"n!d ac,,>tom himself to the society OF
/ females. not because he dix, not like
the girls, but because his shy nature
would not permit him to associate with
the tar sex. 1t once happened, not very
! long either, that Johns father had some
very Important business to transact in
the city. He also had some very purtic-
ular affairs to attend to at home. which
demanded his personal attention, and
not po>>c>>ing the power of uhiluity. he
delegated his son John to transact that
III he city,.
John, being thus commissioned, i'm
mtdiatclN proceeded to the city and to
the reslicnce of his fathers old friend,
I whom he found to hc a very nice old gen
tl' men, with Il beautiful daughter and
gold sl,cctaclcs
john was uS!lrred into the parlor a.
new thing tor hin) and motioned to Il
seat tho! Il sofa, (another new thing).
But he mist Use his own lanyluye ::
II took my seat aud m:i,lc observations
Every thug WAS iinr! Fin" carpets, fine
sofas, fine tables, fine curtAius, inc
books. fine pianos, tine everything, and
especially d fine young lady, who was
dressed lE tine silk, tine satin, and who
had fine curls and "a fine appearance gen
orally.
After chatting with the old gentleman
II few minutes. he took down his hat,
told n1e to make myself at home for an
hour or two. and left me alone with his
daughter and a small mischievo,s boy,
| the young lady's brother. didn't relish
| the situation at all. The idea of keep
ing city belle engaged in conversation
for two hours; perdition! Silence reign
cd in the parlor for a short time. you
may bet. l amused myself as much as
possible with the boy-tIlat is loaned
i'in my knife and watch aud key and
watched him cut holes in the carpet with
one, and spoil the other. don't kslow
what l would have dong had it not been
for that boy-lie was SO good to attract
ones attention, you know.
It's true he asked some startling ques-
tions, occasionally, such as this, for i'll
stance: Are you goin' to court sister
Emily !" but such things must be ex-
pccted under the circumstances.
Miss Emily, thinking no doubt, that
to be u good hostess she must engage her
guests in conversation, asked me how
liked country life, etc. She said it must
be a beautiful sight to see the laborers,
male and female, rompiDg on the new
mown hay on New Years Day; that she
would like to spend a Christmas in the
country, a nut gathering with the village
lads and lassies that it always had been
mystery to her how they got eggs off
tA,,t Ii,
In return, thought, to keep up my
part OF the conversation, it was necessa-
ry for me to quote poetry and the like,
which did. Among other quotations,
| unfortunately repeated the well known
lines of Shakespeare:
There's divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough:hew them as We will"
At this juncture, the boy, who had
perchcd himself on my knees, looked
very earnestly in my face aud said:
''Divinity shaped the end Of your nose
mighty curious.n I'm certain that wish
Ell somebody would spank the young ras-
cal. We, talked of hills, mountains,
wales, 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 out
Of hoss hair" 49,. ..s..... ~ ~
This revelation struck terror into me
and bushes into the checks Of my fair
companion. ....
1t began to be very apparent to me
that must be very guarded in what /
said. lest said boy might slip in his re-
marks at uncalled for places in fact 1
turned my conversation to him. told
him he ought to go home with me, and
see what nice chickens We had in the
country. Unluekily, / mentioned . yoke
of calves my brother owned. The word
calves ruined all. The little fellow look
ed up and said: SISTERS got dozen of
'em, but she don't wear 'em only when
she goes up town o. windy days"
leave the room, you unmannerfy tit
tie wretch" exclaimed Emily, s'leave
imunediatelyr' s.<.'
81 know what you want rue to leave
for" replied he; ''yOn can't fool me
you want to set in that mans lap and
kiss him like you did Bill Simmons the
other day-you can't fool me, I'll .jes' tell
you, Gimme some candy like You did !;
then I'll 60. Yon think because you've
got ths Grecian bend that yor're smart.
| Guess know thing or two. am mad
ut you, anyhow, cause pap would a
bought me . top yesterday, IL it hadn't
been for your getting them curls, dog
gone yer! You needn't turn so red in
the face, cause I can't see it for the
paint. There amt no use in winkin' at
me with that glass eyes' yourn. cause
amt goin' out'n here, now, that's what
the matter with the purps. don't care
1T you are tweuty-eislt years old, you
ain't no boss a. mine, yoH old fool. " = s
That is all + the story Johu related.
He sass he don't know how be got out
Of the scrape. -, q
Mnfk0 far a Sheriff -Eendes. nntn 5aaix-