Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-05
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- Z New RO9fSl
The Danbury News says it is lit
tie singular how well a pair Of boots
can be made to fit at the store. You
may be able to get your foot only part
way down the leg at the first trial,
but that IS because your stocking is
damp, or you have not, started right,
and the shoemaker suggests that you
start again, and. stand up to it, and
he throws in little powder from
pepper box to aid you. And SO you
stand up and pound down your foot,
md partlvtrip yourself up and your
eyes stick out innn unpleasant man
ner, .and.every vein in your body ap-
p+ars to be on the point of bursting.
and all the while that dealer stands
around and eyes the operation as in
tently as if the whole affair was per-
fectly new and novel to him. When
your fo,t has finally struck bottom,
there is a faint impression on your
mind that you have stepped into an
open stove; but he remoaas sit by
solemnly observing that he never saw
boot fit quite as good as that.
You may suggest that your toe
presses too hand against the front, or
that some Of the bones in the side of
the foot are too much smashed, but
he sa, S this is always the way with
new boot, and that the trouble will
entirely .disappearin a few days. Then
you take the old pair under your arm,
and start for home as animated as a
relic Of 1912, all the while feeling
that the world will not look bright.
and happy to You again until you
have Drained that shoemaker You
limp down town the next day, and
smile the while with your mouth,
while yopr eyes hook asif you were
walkingloTer an. oyster bed barefoot.
Wien no >otie is looking you kick.
against post or some other oostruc-
ton, and Show fondness for stop
ping an'l resting against something
that will sustain YOUR weight. When
you get home at, night you go fer
those old boots with an eagcrness that
| c:d,n9t be described; and the remarks
tia,t Son make upon ,learning that
ytalr:wiie has Disposed OF them TO a
widow woran, in tie suburbs, are
calculated 10 Immediately dep ,pulate
Che earth CT women and shoemakers
generally.
When I was little baby, gals
would never slettn.e te, for every
one would snatch me up and place
me on her knee; then so kiss, squeeze,
and hug me, I'm sure Dad and Nam,
must have wopder'd,I i survived it
but I,stoo,tit like lamb And again,
while but in boyhood, they'd tempt
me from my home, through gardens
and through pleasure grounds, Ger
fairy oots to roam: then with lus-
cious fruits and sweetmeats my small
tummy they would cram, and half
stiAe me with kisses but l stood it
like lamb When older still, they'd
lure me through dingle, dale, or dell,
to gather nuts, or flowers and ferns
andhhey seem d to love it we'll {! Yet
startled, oft at tnfes, with shrek that
secm'd no sham, they'd fling their
arms around me-but ] stood-it like
alamb At last one charming creature
(who could most my soul entrance
by wonderous winning arohness, and
a tender, melting glance, seem'd to
say, " You know you love me, why
not take meas Il em?,'' and I felt
obliged to do it-but stood it like
lamb Thus through childhood,
youth, and manhodd-ay each mo-
m4nt Of my lite-my heart has felt
tie witching power Of girl, IL maid,
CT wife and the spell vii leave ms
never, inr like a l"'t"rt dram, w"-
mans charms subiuc lie cver---but
{" i stand it like !. lamb y