The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1870-03-25
WHY AUNT SALLY DIDN'T HARRY.

"Now. Aunt Sally. do iplease tell MS
why Won never married. You know
yon said once that when you were a
girl Won were engaged to minister.
and promised YOU would tell us all a
bout it sometime. Now, Aunt, please
5o." sl..
s"wcll, If ever did see such girls in
my born dave. It's tease. tease from
morning till night. hut what yon must
know all about everything that you
hayn't any business to know ANYTHING |
about. Such inquisitive. pesteriferous
critters AS yon are ! When was Young. |
girls was different; they minded their
business and didn't go sailing around
with whole string of beanx. getting
their head flied with all kinds Of non
sense. ] never dared TO ask INV annts.
married or single, abolt any of their AZ
fairs. Pretty mess I'd have got in If
had. When they offered to tell me any,
thing OF their own accord | kept NV
| mouth shut and listened. Everything
Ia different now-a-davs; vnung f'lks
have no respect for their tlGers--hut as
| see | am not going to have any peace
| till | do tell You. why list listen. and
don't let me hear word out OF one OF
yonr mouths till | get through"
"Thats right. Aun: Sallg; go right
ahead, do, and well keep perfectly
STILL"
"well. you sec. when I was about
seventeen years old, was living IN
Utica. in the State of New York =
though saw it myself. | was quite a
good looking girl then, and had several
beaux. The one that took my fancy
most was young minister. very
promising young man, aud remarkably
pIous and steady. He thought good
deal OF me. and kind Of took fancy
to him. and things ran on till we were
engaged"
"Onc evening he came to me. l re-
meniher IL as we'll as ifit were only yes
terdav. when he came into the parlor
where | was sitting alone. he came Zip
to me and. but now. pshaw ! girls,
don't like te tell the rest"
"On, Aunt sally. for mercy's sake
don't stop: tel! us what he did"
"Well. as said. hr came up to me-
mt his aims around NE, and rather
hugged ne. while got excited and
some frustrated. and it was long time
ago. and don't know hut what might
have Rugged him back a little. hen
trlt--but now Just clear out. every one
: of YOU, shan / tel! any more"
"Gooaness. gracious. no Aunt sally:
Tell lis how YOU fell. Didn't you feel
: rood, and what did he do neXt?"
= "Oh, such torments as Won are l
Was like any other girl. and pretty sooil
I pre tended to be mad about II. ant
: pushed hi ii away. though WASN'T mad
Il bit. You muSt know t'iat the house
| where lived WAS on one Of the haeR
streets nfthe tawn There were glass
: doors In the parlor which opened righ'
4 ont on the street. and no balcony OF
. ANYTHING OF the kind In tr'nt OF tho
@ house. As It was in the summer sea
d son these door; we're opened. ana thl
o shutters lust dra wn too lstepp d hael
: little from him. and when ne edge
r. ND cinse pushed harder than lntend
ii ed to; aud don't You think. glrls. tnl
. poor-fellow lost his balauce and fel
!, through one of the dosrs into the street
!, Yes. IT'S so. Ashc tell gave scream
i. aud caught him--but | declare ] won
Il tell anything more. I'm goiag 60 leav
II the room." .,s .
/. mo. no. Aunt Sally How did vo
a catch him? Did it hnct him muc1 y
:. .Nen. il must. I must. He f.,
I, head first. aud MS he was gong eaugh
q him hy the legs OF his trowsers. l h-i
i. on for n minute and tried to pull hi
!. back. but his suspenders gave way. IN
h. the paor yoiing man fe.l clear ont OF n
m pantaloons into whole parcel of lad'e
|. and gentlenien passing along II
re sire, t."
II. ..Oh. Auntv. Aunty, Lordy, Eordy
M tie. he, he :.
.. .Therr. that's right g'ggle an
v sqiieal rs much as Won want--to g'r
N flat can't hear about Il little thing III
ii that without tearing around the r'oi'
n and he he lug in such a way. don { kno
/, - hama wlan IL rHlhS.-
nd A MI, e time the man that ever marri
IN. one of YOU will have. won't ne! Cat
Id me telling you anything again
ire "But. Aunt Sally, what became
him. Did you never see him agaih z
or "No. the moment he touched G
nd ground he got up, aid lett that place
he a terrible hurry. tell you 1t was
,at sigit to be remembered tn see how IN
lie man did run. Father happened to
M. coming IN the street at the time. al
nd he said he never saw anything to eqt
.he il in his whole life. ] heard Others :
: n that he did the fastest running ey
or known in that part nf the coIintry,a
ro that i've never stopped or looked behi
not uat,l he WAS two miles ont OF town.
;r, GENT me note a few days atterua
ho, saving thar the engagement must
mi broken off. as he cnuld never look
~ in the fare again after whist had hs
,oh nened. He went out West. and
or iipve he is preaching out il Illinois.
ha But he never married. He was We
If modest. and suppose he was 80 ba'
nts frightened that time that he ne
.rh, dared to trust himself near won
ns' again. INT, girls, Is the reason me-
lii married. felt very bad about i to
orr long time, for he was feai good M
y ! and Nv. often thought to myself t
oa. we should always have been happy
ew, his suependers hadn't giuen diody.'