The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1870-12-26
Going Home With Sally.

'''Sns' hio'''S" ' winters night.
the days of "lang syne," when Ioc
cho0l houses, cheap school master.
nd blue-beached rod were the only IN
used for teaching Tho
young ideas how to shoot" we chancod
attend a spelling school" in Ger
lin rural district, the geographical 10
alton of which it is not now necessary
mention. Twas there, however.
here our eyes first fell on fairy
'rm' that Immediately set our suscep-
ole heart in blaze. She was sixteen,
thete abouts, with bright eyes. red
ieekS and cherryalips, while the an
nrn finglets c.ua ~ in wealth OF
roft ION around Her beautiful head,
,d il person. To our ravished Imag-
lAon rs more perfect in form and
| he most iaultless statuc a.,
''Nh the scu'ptol IS art. Ave
Ssings, Which never Deforr
had asp i-ward 1--WE were sc"rcely
leightcenr, fully aroused, anc VIC
etermneogo home with her That
night, otp in the attempt A
soon thereto school was dismissed
and our lace" suitably Hnneted
and cloaked, apprmchcd'' offer
our services as nmplate' and We
then learned an ia, anreSson, viz:
he difference bcty esolnng and
doing AS we rea;;r to put our I
LED gn into execution, Mss0 Vs., =" W
stricken with IA sudden b.aayA ~ .
req, green, and yellow lights ss
on our vision and appeared and
cared Ike witches in phantaS
ria! Our knees smote together
Relshazzar's, and our heart tEun
with apparently as much force as
were driving tcn-penny nails into
..ibsl We in the meantime, ha
reached Sally's side, managed to n
BILE over something which is, per-
known to the Recording Angel,
surely, is not to us, at the same
boxing out our elbow as nearly AT
< angles with our body as ouI pm,
conformation would admit.
The night wind blew keenly, v
served, in some sort, to revive us, II
mrsenscs returned, what were oar
ions on finding the cherished OBJ
ur primal love clinging TO ourarn
III the icnacity Of drowning II
n to clutch straw! Talk ofel
" sliding down CREASED rainboN
feeding on German flutes. w II
t'ch "phelinks' in comparison
those mighty ones that sweIled q
som nigh unto the bursting
on awaistcoat buttons! Our hap
was simply ecStatic, and every
adv or gentleman who has ever
mighty throbbings of n newly
love, will completely understa'
q world of bliss hidden nnder tina
, mon word.
Well, We walked on pleasantly
our Sally's home convefslng V
,ily and swectly as we passed
until SO courageous did we bccon
we actually proposed ito go III
awhile" to which ourdu'cinca W
ciously asscnted. Alas, for Us. h
pan we were to be reminded that the
of true love never did run smoo
Sally had IL brother ot some u
mcrs who accompanied us al'
way, aud who was III Wohaerl
spirits at the idea Of his aist!r
20 Il beau, and he circled around u
now and then, gigling in the /
his glee, and examining us as G
W. if Sally and ourself were the Y
IN. nowned slam@Se,"'n s'n "" a. "'
king his first look. Bill, by
his was studded, chuckle-hcat
whose hubiliments would la
9@ the fortuneS& an ordinary {
mop-rags
). At length we arrived at the
while we were letting them d
shot past us and tore for the
if pursued 10y a thousand bulls
an. He flung open L6e doc
h,nr and shouted at the L