The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-10

After chatting with the old gentle.
man few minutes, he took down his
hat, told me to make myself at home
for an hour or two, and left-left me
alone with his daughter and small
mischievous boy, the young ladYs
brother. I'didn't relish the %sftAa ion
at all. The idea of my keeping . city
belle engaged in conversation for two
hours-perdition Silence reicned in
that parlor for q short time, you may
bet. I amused myself as much IS
possible with the boy-that ISL loan
ed 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 boyAhewas SO good
to attract ones attention, you know.
1t is true that he asked some very
startling xGestions, occasionally, such
as this for instance: care You goin'
to court sister Emily?' but such things
must be expected under such eircum-
stances. es.EF = L }z;,s,.,slo4a
Miss Emily, thinking, no doubt,
that to be good hostess, she must
keep her guest engaged in converse
ton, asked me show liked country
life, ?" etc. She said that sit must be
a beautiful sight to see the laborerrs,
both male and female, romping on the
new-mown hay on New Years day
that she always did think that she
would like to spend Christmas in
the country nut-gathering with the
village lads and lasses; that it always
had been mystery to her how they
got the eggs off the trees without
breaking them, etc. ,.s.ot IEa .iip.s
In return, I thought that to keep up
my part Of the conversation. it was
necessary for me to quote poetry and.
quotations, I unfortunately repeated
the we'll known lines of Shakespeare,
There is divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them as we will.D siIV <
At the juncture, the boy, who had
perched himself upon my kaces, looks
ed very earnestly into my face and
said: divinity shaped the end of
your nose mighty Gurus" Pmcertain
that / blushed little; I am very GER
tain that I wished somebody would
spank one of his--well, we talked of
hills, mountains, wales, cataracts-L.,
believe I said water falls, when the.
boy spoke up and said: 'fWhy siso
ter's got trunk full of them up-staira
pap says they are made out'n hoss
hair" t....-..;..-,. ,.
This revelation struck terror into.
me and bushes in the cheeks of my
fair companion. bars 5gEd. ,a;d lleii yss
1t began to be -pery 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
l turned all my conversation to him.
| told him he ought to go home with,
me, and see what nice chickens NE
had in the country. Unluekily,, I
mentioned a yoke Of calves that my
little brothers owned. The word
calues ruined all. The little fellow.
looked up and said: SISTERS gotta
dozen of 'em, but she don't wear 5'em,
only when she goes up in town O win.
dy days." 7-'i''7 i2as.'n2 '''' (
'.Leave the room, you unma1ne: ed
little wretchi' exclaimed Miss Emily,
"leave Immediately To- -
'1 know what you want me to leave.
for" replied he; 'you 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 feel inef I'll-
jes' tell you. Gimme some candy like.
he did, then I'll go. You think that
because you've got the Grecian Bend
that you're smart! Guess / know a
thing or two! I'm mad at you. any
how, cause pap would bought me a,
new top yistiddy, if it hadn't a, been
for you Citing them curls you've
got on, doggone We! You needn't
turn so red in your face, cause I can't.
see it for the paint. They amt no
use in you winking at me with that
glass eye O yourn, cause l amt going
out'n here. now that's what's the matt
ter with the purps. don't care if
you are twenty-eight years old, you
amt no boss O mine, you ole fool"
That is all the story that John re-;
lated. He says he don't know how he
got out of the scrape. u ~ - f'rri,5.
MORAL. Beware ofknowing chill
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