The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-12
Keep your Little Brother out of
( the Room. al

John Smith--you've heard of him.
is very bashful; is too bashful, in truth,
He was born and raised in the country.
His father gave him u good education,
and allows him plenty of money. But
John, with all other attachments, never
could accustom himsclt' to the society Of
females, not because he did not like the
girls, but because his shy nature would
not permit him to associate with the fair
sex. 1t once happened-not very long
ago cither-that Johns father had some
very important business to transact in
the city. lie also had some very par
ticular affairs to attend to at home, which
demanded his personal attention, and not
possessing the power of ubiquity. he
delegated his son John to transact that
in the city.
John being thus commissioned, i'm
mcdiately proceeded to the city, and to
the residence of his fathers old friend,
whom he found to be very nice old
gentleman, with beautiful daughter,
and gold spcctaclcs.
John was ushered into the parlor Ga
new thing for himl, and motioned to
seat-no! sofa, (anothcr new thing.)
But we must use his own language l
took my Seat and swadee observations.
Everything was fine, Zine carpets, fine
sofas, 6ne tables, fine curtains, fine books,
fine everything, and especially fine
young lady, who was dressed in fine silk,
fine satin, and who had fine curls, and
fine appearance generally.
After chatting with the old gentleman
a few minutes, he took down his hat,
told me to make myself at home for an
hour or two. aud left-lcit me alone with
his daughter, and small mischievous
boy, the young lady's brother. / didn't
relish the situation at all. The idea of
keeping u city belle engaged in converse
So for lwaaS Su.:.ss perditisn |! Sisnce
rcigned IN the parlor for snort time
you may bet. [ amused myself as much
as possible with the boy-that is, |
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 | would have done had it not been
for that boy-hc was SO good to attract
ones attention, you know.
It's true he asked some startling ques-
tlons, occasionally. such rs this, for iu-
stance; Are you goin' to court sister
Emily - but such things must be cx-
pcctcl under such circumstances
Miss Emily, thinking. no doubt, that
to be good HOSTESS, thlt she must keep
hergucat engaged n conversation, asked
me how liked country life, etc She
said that i, musi be beautiful sight to
see the laborcrs, male and tclnalc. ronp-
ing on the new mown hay on New Year 5
Day; that she always did think she
would like to spend II Christmas in the
country nut-gatherng with the village
lads and laNscs that it always had been
mystery to her, how they got cggs off
the trees without breaking them"
In return, | thought to keep up my
point of The con?crsation, it was ncccssa-
~ for me to quote poetry and the line,
which did Among other quotations,
unfortunately repeated the wcll-known
line oi Shakespeare
There is a divinity thai shapes on, ends.
RomglI hcw them u wc aill."
At this junc,"re, the boy, who had
rerchcd himself upon my knees, looked
very earnestly i'll ny face and said:
Divinity shaped the end of your nose
mighty Gurus I'm certain that
wished somebody would spank the young
Rascal We talked of hills, mountains,
valleys, catagacts--l believe said water
falls, when the boy spoke up and said
Why, sisters got a frank full of EN-
up stairs-pap says they are made oil
horse hair"
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 iu his re.
marks at uncalled for places in tact
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