The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-02-03
An Unpleasant Situation.


An Unpleasant Situation.
Jnhu Sulth-you We heard ot hIol-is
very bd>hIdi Is too Uaohiui ID truth. lie
Wa, born anu raised III the country. HIS
father gave bm good education, and al
lows ham pient; ut inuuey. But JOho,Niih
an uIher dttslulnents, never could accustom
hIm>ri 10 female sorlcty, not because be
dld tot ike the girls, but because LI> naturu
would not permit hun 10 associate with TIE
tar sex.
1t once happened, not very long ago
either, that j ohn father had SOME very
IuI pUltaut business IL Transact IN the city,
he had also some very particular bu>lnes,
u attend to al home, Which demanded his
personal attention, aud not possessing the
power OF uoIquity, he delegated his son
j Ohm To transact that III the city.
john being thus commissioned, immedi,
atc.y proceeded 10 tue city, aud 10 the resi-
deEce Of hl- father old friend whom he
found 10 be i very nice Old gentleman with
beautiful daughter and gold >pectaces.
John was u>hered lgto the parIor, "a new
ching Tor tl!nl aud iIe uollCneu to scat
10 sofa (duoiher new thing J
But we nut use his own language: |
touh uIv scat and tIaGe observations Every
thing Was fine fine carpets, fine s~ta-,
toe iaUies, fine curtains. hue pianos, fac
every hug, and especially fine young lazy
VINO dressed iu fac six, tine SATIN, and who
haI tlne curis, and Il tlne appearance gener
ally. After chatting with the cd gentle
uIaH "a lew minutes, he took down his hat,
1Uld me 10 make myself at home for an
hour or two, and itit-iett NE alone with
his daughter and "A young ml,chicvous boy,
he young lady brother | dion | relish
tie situation at all. ! he idea of keeping a
city belle engaged III conversation for two
! puur>-perIItIoh Silence reignei III the
! parlUr i short time SOu bet. | amused
myself a. much AS possible yith the boy
kQs l !9aanea h Hin Gu cut hos in the caf
! pet VIII one, and spoil the other. | don I
Know what should have done had it not
been TO- that hoy-he was ST. good TO attrac,
Que attention, you know
It's true he asked some startling cues
tons occasionally sach as this Are YOU
going to cour, sister Emily ?" tut such
things are to be expected under such cir
GUMS aHceS.
Miss Emily thinking no doubt, that to
be u good hostess she must keel, her guest
engaged III cOuNcl>aflun asked me how
liked country nte, &c Size SAID 1t must
be beautiful sight to see the iaborers,
male AMI T. male, rumping on the new
nown har on New Years day; that she
always ulu think she would ike TO spend
d Christmas IN the country a nut gathering
with the village lads and ias>es, that II
had always been mystery TO her how they
got eggs oft he trees without breaking
TEEN, &c.
Ia return, ! thought, to keep up my part
OF the conversation, II was nee, ssary for
tnc 10 quote poetry and the like which did
Among other quotations, | unfortunately
repeated the well known lines ot Shakes
peare:
There's divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough hew hem how they may
A this juucture thc 10, VINO had perch
ed himself upon MY knee, looked very
earnestly and said;
DIV uiiy shaped the eud of your nose
mi hts Gurus.
am certain that | wished somebody
would spank the young rascal We talked
0t h.ils, mountains, Wales, cataracts-l be
heve 1 ,ald waterfalls, when the TOY spok e
up aud SAID:
w hy sister got a trunk full of EN- up
~ ~ >2 ~ "'N Wv W nv .
hair.
This revelation struck terror into NE,
aud bushes into The checks OF NY ta!r co,u-
paniCn.
- 1t tteau to be very apya,en, to NE that
l must he very guarded III what ] said lest
>afd Toy might sip in his remarks a un
called Tor places IN face | turned NV at
teutIon 10 hlu. | ted HIM he ought t.
= a
ems We had 10 the country. Uuiucsin [
mentioned a yoke Of calves my orc, her
owned
The word calves ruined ALL The little
fellow looked up aud said:
Sister got dozen of them, but she
don wear em only when -he goes up In
town on windy days.
Leave the roam. unnannerly little
wretch J exclaimed Emily, leave immed-
lately y
Il know what you want me to leave the
room for, replied he. you can fool me
/ you want 10 i, in hi man ; lap and kiss
( him like you did Bill Simmons the other
day-you cant fool me, In les tell you.
Gimme some candy ike he did and | Il go.
gu think because yoa We got the Grecian
+ tina, you re smart. Guess | know "a thing
+ or tro. | am mad al you nyhow, cause
! rap would bought NE top yesterday. II
I II hahn been ter You getting those curlS,
aog gone yer Iaa needn' 1 turn I'd IN
! he face. cause | caut see The PAINT.
There ain't 40 Use 10 Sinking at nae WI, h
I that glass eye OF youru, cause amt going
out here. new that's what's tue matte,
( With the rurps. | don't care If You are
twenty eight years old yeu ANT no boss of
mine you old fool. "
! This Is ali Of tie story that John related.
/ Tie says be don, know how be got out OF
the serape.