Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-16

llOQ 10 private euUeTtdluucut, Will
the understanding that he was to go
after a certain young lady and take her
to the house. When the eventful even
ing arrived, he was, of course, detained
at the store an hour longer than usual.
At last he left and hurried home, haunt
ed by the reflection that he would be
too late-he would incur the everlasting
enmitY of the young lady-and other
thoughts equally well calculated to
quiet a disturbed mind. When he
reached home he found that he had
Jrgotten to stop at BARRIERS to be
shaved. That operation he had to per-
form himself. He slashed around pro-
miscuously, and as he had not shaved
himself since he was baby, it is not to
be wondered Mt that he cut several
beautiful gashes across one side of his
face, forgetting altogether in his hurry
to shave the other side.
Having at length, as he thought, COM
pleted his toilet, he started off In the di-
rection of the house wherein dwelt the
young lady whose escort he had been
forced to become. After he had reached
the house he walked by it several
times before he could summon the
courage to go in. At last he walked up
the steps and pulled the bell gently. 1t
was not answered, and he rang it again.
Still no one came to the door. Then he
got mad and jerked al it wildly. This
time it was heard quite distinctly.
When the servant opened the door,
Jenkins was sitting quietly and calmly
on the pavement, leaning against a tree
in front of the steps. The bell-knob was
still in his hand. The servant turned
and whispered to some one beeind her.
The gentle breeze waited to the ears of
jenkins these few but expressive words,
"DrunB as fool"
Now, jenkins was strongly averse to
having that servant entertain any such
opinion respecting his condition, and to
convince her that he had not reached
that state of intoxication supposed to
be peculiar to fools, he jumped up, and
walked steadily up the steps. His ap-
pearance, however, was not such as to
| impress her with beliefin his sobriety.
The suddenness with which he had
taken his seat on the pavement had
made rent Of considerable size in O
tender portion of his pantaloons, and
from this rent a quarter of a yard OF
"canvass fut.ered gaily in the wind
OF this he was fortunately ignorant, and,
consequently, unable to account for the
half-smothered laugh that broke from
the servant as she closed the parlol
door.
The young lady was at once informed
of the supposed condition of Jenkins,
and he was in a few minutes informed
that the young lady was suffering with
severe headache and couldn't accom-
pany him. Jenkins had vague suspi
cion that the headache was due to the
first remark of that servant. 1t car
hardly be said that he was disappointed
in being deprived of the company OF
the young lady, but then it was not
pleasant for one of the most sober
moral and church-going men in the
world to be suspected of being drunk
and on such an occasion. His feeling.
toward the servant were not such as
should be INDUCED in by a meek an(
lowly Christian.
He started off alone and in a few min
utes reached the house whittier he ha(
been invited. Here he had no troubl,
with the bell, and after divesting him
self of hat, overcoat, etc., was invited
into the parlor.
Now, jenkins has peculiar horror O
entering room where there is NOR,
than one person, and he'd much rathe
that one were somewhere else.
From the amount of laughing, talk
ing, playing, etc., going on in tn,
parlor, he judged there were about sew
enty-fve persons in there, and the yer,
thought of going in there almost mad
his hair stand on end. 1t was too late
however, to back out, and he opene,
the door to go in. The look of surpris
on everybody's countenance. and tn
tittering that he heard in some parts O
theroom, didnot restore his tranquility
Somebody came to his rescue, and pro
ceeded to introduce him to thecompany
While he was thus pleasantly engaged
another fellow entered the hall, an,
while jenkins was engaged on his sew
enth bow. and just as he had brough
his head into the most convenient posi-
ton for looking through his legs, tn
door opened. The door was brough
into contact with the rear end of Jen
kins' pants, and he at once assumed
sprawling position,
He was beautiful object to conte m
plate, as he lay reclining gracefully OF
the floor, hisfeet stretched widely apart
his hands clutching at the floor, hi
nose mashed into the carpet, and tina
white flag spread out in all its beauty
He didn't stay there long, however
but by the united exertions of tn
crowd he was enabled to rise, and wa
invited to "take seat" (most anybod
to Judge from appearances would hav
thought he already had seat. 81
made rush for the nearest chair, an
turned to sit down. As he did so, som
playfully disposed youth removed tn
chair. He did sit down, but with sue
force as to shake the whole house. TIL
} old folks upstairs were actually throw
out of be- by the force of the "si
down" AS his body descended to til
floor, his feet few heavenward.
: young lady was sitting in front of hin
, In moment she too was on the fool
and her chin bore the mark of a boot.
Again he was assisted to his feet, an
seeing a chair IN the farthest corne
| of the room ha want for II Will