The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-04-23

man to himself, with a quiet smile.
The next morning he visited .
ready-made clothing establishment
.Have you any blue suits?' he
asked.
1--WE have none made up recently
They are not fashionable in the city
you know"
81 am aware of that. but intend
to do a little masqnerading."
What, to personate d country
man p said the clerk, smiling.
..Precisely"
! s.Then l think can accommodate
you. Not long since a countryman
called in and ordered such a suit as
you desire, but having been feeced
of his money by some sharpers, was
obliged to leave them on our hands. .
"The very thing" exclaimed
young Onthank.
There is only one thing. He
was not so tall as you, and they may
be somewhat short in the sleeves
and legs
''All the better. Such is the ira
ditional country fashion. Will you
let me see them?"
The suit was accordingly shown.
Our hero at once put it on, and
could not help laughing at the met
amorphosis which it produced in his
appearance. He hardly recognized
himself
Il think I will keep them on he
said, ''and have the others sent to
my hotel. / want two articles more.
some cowhide boots and a flaming
red bandanna, and then / shall be
fully equipped
The last mentioned articles were
not difficult to procure.
An hour afterwards he knocked
at the door of his relatives aristo-
cratic residence.
'Is Alice at hum?' he inquired of
the servant.
i believe so y said the latter.
staring at him with eyes wide open.
Then 90 and tell her that her
cousin Jerry wants to see her. If
she's frying doughnuts or anything,
tell her L can wait in the settin'
ROOM"
The servant, sitting a laugh, went
mp and reported the arrival to Alice.
20, charming! - said she, Il was
just thinking what 1 should Go for
amusement. am so glad he has
come.''
Alice descended and entered the
drawing room.
There stood before her the exact
embodiment of the picture she had
drawn the evening before.
How dy do. cousin Alice? I'm
Jerry Onthank. Expected me, didn't
ye?
So saying, he strobe towards his
cousin, and grasped her taper fingers
in painful squeeze.
Il am very well, thank, you,''
said Alice, suppressing smile with
difficulty, 4 hope you left your fam
lily WELL
'.Fust-rate. Dads alive and kick
ing, and mam's SOS to be about-aII
we'll except the white heifer-she's
took sick, and I'm afeard she won't
git over it,
That's great pity. certainly
said Alice, with much sympathy.
Il guess you'd think so. That
er critter used to give fifteen quarts
of milk day, which dad used to sell
to the milkman for three cents a
quart. Most half dollar a day,
clean gone
cit is certainly quite melancholy"
..Ye'es." said Jerry, hesitatingly,
looking perplexed.
when did you arrive in Boston?''
Last night"
Where did you stop?"
TO the fremont House. What
dew You think? The plaguy stage
driver that took me there charged
thirty-seven cents! l guess he seed
that l was from the country. and
wanted to cheat me-"
Il believe that is the regular
price said Alice.
''Shoo You don't though? L
guess you're made of money in Bos-
toni Its u big town, though"
''It is pretty large"
L never seed so many brick
houses in my born days, There's one
thing l want to see, though
What is itr'
..It's a ship. They have 'em in
Boston, don't they
%, yes, plenty Of them at the
wharves?"
..CouIdn't yon go out with me and
take walk down there? / spose
you're there most every day.
1T isn't exactly considered prop
er for lady to walk down to the
wharves.'
"shoo! Then you don't want TO
go? W