The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-06-22

his teeth. But his greatest attraction
was his whiskers. They were of emu
ton chop" order of architecture, extra
ordinarially long, and SO black tGsi
the blackest feather in the blaekes
wing of the blackest crow that eyel
cawed, would look. brownish beside
them. q viii not take anything ef
on that statemrat, SO don't ask me.
But while 1 have been discoursinl
labout his whiskers, he has been re
moving his overcoats, and Mr.. Pott.
discovers that he is not a corpulan
man at all. On the contrary; he i.
rather slender. As he stands ther,
with his back to the fire, after having
ldisencumbered himself of his wrap
pings, you observe that he is a very
1 good-looking man both in feature and
in form. You think you would like
to know him. Reader Mr.. Horact
MeSpilter-Mr. McSpilter the reader
~ suppose you've concluded to STOP
here to night?" said Mr.. shoggs
looking up at Mr.. McSpilter. !
"Why 1 can't do otherwise. Here
it is past ten o'clock, and my aunt
lives two miles from here. I cam
get there tonight, and I dare say ]
can find accommodations here, eh
landlord?" :" -. '
Certainly, certainly, sir. You
can have the hest the house affords, ,
answered Bradford, brushing up his
hair with one hand, and brushing
down. his whiskers with the other.
"Well'in the first place, til take
supper 5,o.,aJ ..r3s..s.-..x. "a. il
J. eyes SIR" and Bradford vanished
in the direction of the Kitchen.
9t- Meantime Potts and Plush sat, tip
ped back in their chairs, with eyes and
( ears open, watching the strange gen
tleman. Who he was, neither i OF
them could make out. There were
so many ladies living about two miles
from the sign of the Golden Lion,
any one of whom might be the aunt
of this good looking young gentleman
that they were exceedingly puzzled
Potts was sure be knew everv inhab-
liant of Framberg and he had fatter-
ed himself heretofore, that he knew
"by sight" all the uncles, aunts, nieces
nephews and cousins of each and eve
ry inhabitant, but this particular
nephew was a mystery. Potts was
half inclined to believe him hum
| bug, and the more he thought of It.
the more he inclined to it, until at last
he felt positively certain. :; but just
then MIR. Bradford returned to the
barroom. -...,...-.. .... ~.
"You know Mrs. Lucy Oldham, /
suppose?" inquired Mr.. McSpilter, =.
20 hol" cried Potts, involuntari-
w. r; .a.....gio ~ .s.;;si.,
"What's the matter with you
Potts ?" cried Plush. tg7.as1 ..s y w..
'"'An idea struck me-" answered
Potts. aa-4l... .:l.r..3 ....s,, -. H..
.1 hope it didn't hurt you," said
the landlord; and then turning to the
CT est, "Do know Mrs. Oldham p
Why, of course 1 do. Everybody in
Framberg knows Mrs. Oldham; WI
you going to see her ?" 9n; 70 -.
eyes. a She is my aunt. =. l...-. d. -.
81 guess she didn't expect you p,
"No. wrote a letter before start,
Ting from home,. but forgot to post it. y
"Well, that's too bad - I-.-sl
"Why, it will make little differ
ence." 80 Z e-- ieus3- p
fUnluckily it will. Mrs. Oldham
left town yesterday, to be gone sever
al days. .-aoGs +.oI 49, .:os
= Mr.. McSpilter's countenance fell.
81 had better remained in Dan
forth" z5'r'e-> -..IIa g; ..-a4 7..i
'fWhy, L don't know" said, the host
of the Golden Lion. We'll take
just as good care uf you here, as they
could at Danforth " .@ 81 .-a:..te
"And you couldn't have got away
from there, any more than you can
from here,' said Shoggs. The roads
will be completely blocked up to-mor-
row morning, if the storm continues.
"Well, then I'll try to be contented
where 1 am" said Mr., McSpilter.
"The gentleman's supper is ready"
said Mrs. Bradford showing her good
humored face in the doorway.
And so, Mr.. McSpilter followed the
landlady into the dining room, where
he sat down TO- a :, supper of bacon
and eggs, to which he did full justice,
as any man naturally would after a
long, cold ride in a snowstorm. How
the bacon, eggs and potatoes disap;
pearedi Mr.. McSpilter fairly aston
ished himself. !. 'sIt won't do for me
to go to bed Tonight" be said to him,
self. 81 shall dream ofall the Nc
Spilters that ever lived" -.'.f
IF he had seen pair of sweet blue
eyes that peeped out at him through
the crack of side door, he might
have thought them better worth dream
ing of than all the McSpilters; but he
didn't see them.,, He was too intent
upon the bacon and eggs to bother
himself about eyes, either black OF
blue; and then he was thinking what
an unlucky fellow he was He had
come from Columbus Ohio, for the
express purpose ofvisiting his aunt,
his fathers only sister. He had new
er seen her having, in! the; whole
course of his life, never been out Of
his native State. -. 'I.ri'' NJ 81
teBut," said McSpilter, resting his
knife and fork, "I am not going back
to Ohio without seeing her, if I have
to Q remain M .at tbe sign of the Golden
all winter. =,
Our hero hla having iiie made the above
resolve, once more turned his atten
ton. to his supper, finished it, and re!
turned to the barroom picking his
teeth, where, seating himself by the
fire, he ttput on weed and smoked
till the clock yh il the 9Rf a9tRef h struck y ss
Il thing ri 60 90 to 8 MY room now u
/ co;d M McCD;Itar ft,rnipty IN the