American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-08-02

think you have got hold of the wrong
person, as l have not the acquaintance o
Miss Gay, nor, in fact, of any other lady
in this place But l want you to under
stand one thing distinctly, and that is,
shall not leave town until get ready"
Something about BUNDLES manner
seemed to convince the young men thai
he was in earnest, for they uttered various
expressions, such as, That's likely sto-
ry,' Hes gassing,'' 81 don't believe
that etc Men invariably express
doubts when being convinced of some.
thing they had rather not believe.
For few minutes the whole party re-
mained-in silence: then one of the young
denizens of p. broke the spell by asking
"Ain't your name Blumbes" T
Eyes, SIR
! And you are from Boston?"
YES, sir''
"And don't you know Mary Gay?"
NO sir''
| "Well, that's strange. She said his
| name was Blumble and that's your name
| he belongs to Boston, and so do you; and
you've been right mp by her house, and
| we believe you've been there to see her.
Don't we, Bill ~ , $500
"Yes, we do" replied Highly.
lg "Well, young men," said Blumble, ''if
you don't believe me, go ask the young
| lady herself +" r'
| This proposition was met with approval
| by the whole party, SO Blumble started
back up the lane, accompanied by a large
! escort before, behind and on each side of
him. They filed into the yard, and
crowded on to the steps of n atloOking
farm house, and Higdy knocked at the
door. In Il few moments one of the cham
Der windows was opened and protruding
head asked:
So
Come down to the door a minute.
Squire, will your" asked Bill.
why, what do you want?" inquired
the voice in the chamber window above.
1--WE want to see Mary minute" re-
piled a voice from the crowd below. ~
why, she has been abed these two
hours. is it anything important?''
Yes; we want to see herjust minute"
well, III speak to her"
In a few minutes Mary appeared at the
door. r. She WAS very good looking, not
|withstanding her being called out of bed
at such an unreasonable hour-and so
thought Blumble For some moments
the whole company remained specchless.
AT last Blumble. firing of his conspicuous
situation, and the nothing to-say" spirit
of the party, broke the silence by asking
the young lady, if she had ever seen him
before. go ---' =.
L u.
II only asked you to satisfy these young
men," said Blumble. t Hl
Then he amt your city beau: ?" asked
lIigdy.
Mo- as short as though it had been
but one letter.
Then we were Mistaken said a voice
in the yard, and two or three of the party
slid out at the gate. .-s s.r....-
Il am very sorry that have been the
indirect cause of this annoyance to you;
but it is no fault of mine This gentle
man." pointing to Highly, sand his party
seized me and would not allow me to pro-
coed to my hotel until l had proved to
them that had not been visiting you. l
must now leave them with you to make
their own explanations, and bid you good
evening"" -.- -. O. l-
s'Good evening" said the young lady,
in a very swcetvOice.
Somehow Blumble didn't sleep very
sound that nj ght; he was in a very strange
place, and he kept constantly thinking of
his strange adventure, and of the good
looking strange young lady; and the
more he thought, the more he wondered
who she was; and, when at last he deter
mined to inquire about her in the morn
ing, he fell asleep and dreamed of her.
Blumble was an early riser, and the
next morning, before the villagers were
astir, he had walked out and passed the
house of Squire Gay; but he did not see
Mary, so he returned to the hotel and in
quired of the landlord concerning her.
The landlord must have praised the girl
for the bachelor decided to remain an
other day and be introduced to her, then
to remain a third, and finally he conclud-
ed he might as well stop the weck'out, and
SO he wrote to his partners, informing
them that he should remain there a few
q. L., anI
Halter walked up that same lane each even
ing, and walked into the house, too. He
was not disturbed again by Bill Highly,
for the Squire had threatened if he came
within gun-shot of the house again to put
a dose of cold lead into him. SO the wise
but jealous Higdy kept out of the way.
There was a great reform IN the manners
and habits of Thomas Blumble merchant.
He left his bachelor clubs, notwithstand-
ing the jeerS and tauntS of his former
companions, and he became circumspect
in his remarks on female character. For
"A number of months he spent his spare
hours writing to Mary, and choosing ap-
propriate gifts for her, and for a long time
the Boston IL p. Express considered him
one of their best customers. But ere long
there was a brilliant wedding party at the
house of Squire Gay, and p. lost its most
charming belle, for Miss Gay became Mrs.
Blumble. A few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs.
Blumble went down to Rock Cove, and
visited the old Blumble homestead. While
| there, Mr. Thomas Blumble introduced his
wife to Mr.. Jerry Smike, and Mrs. Polly
Ann Smike, and all the little Snlikes. 1t
would be impossible to tell who are
most contented with their lot, Thomas or
Polly Ann. One thing more and l am
done. In answer to Bundles advertise
| ment for chambermaid, who would assist
in plain sewing, who do you think applied