The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-27

ma : tAO, m&iA a GCGNNNAfC DA-4AiNy
whispered {:
THAT strap has broken, and you will
have TO get out
We descended, only to hear him uttera
shriekthat would have done to the
ghosts Of the departed Iodocs, and at
which the horses started off ike mad,
only stopping when the farmhouse was
reached.
Tom locked down upon his faultless
boots, and shuddered as be contem-
plated the two miles Of mud before us.
Could words have slain that angelic in
FAINT, James Thomas would have slept
with his fathers ere We reached the
house.
Arriving at the farmhouse we were
made happy by learning that little
James had renched there an hour he.
fore, and informed them that We pre-
ferred walking to riding.
Tom soon forgot his sorrows in the
contemplation Of half a dozen buxon
lassies-among whom was the school
teacher--whom the reference to the
thousands had caused 20 visit the farm
house. I looked in vain among the
group OF daasels for my peculiar in
dictiop, Miss ChOker, who, with her
green alapaca, and auburn ringlets, was
always waiting to pounce Upon me when
ever Thanksgiving and my visit to
! Aunt Nirauda's occurred. At length,
when I was about to inquire whether
she had died, or haG married some poor
innocent, the door opened and she at
once rushed up TO me with a hearty
welcome. Attempting TO turn her upon
Tom. who was enjoying q confidential
chat win the "school Earm,"I met
With a most disastrous failure. lie was
delighted 10 nee. Miss Chokcr, for he
assured her that I had so often spoken
Of her that SIZE seemed Ike ~ old &C
GuaIntance.
Gentle reader, rs Miss Choker turned
her mild green eve lovingly upon NE,
with a grateful smile exhibiting
Ler false teeth roaming over the broad
cxpause Of he~ beautiful couutenance,
90 you blame ne Tor indulg,ng IL
thoughts OF vengeance n which Tom
Jones would play a conspicuous, but
not very onviabie, part?
During the evening, life lost all its
charms ior me, and l loneed to fly to
some more genial cline, where such
beings as Tom Jones and Miss Choker
DO not luzuriate. But earthly joys are
feetinr, and sleep, blessed sleep, came
TO nay relief, AID caused me to forget
nv fluctuations.
The morning dawned at length, and
under the influence OF the delicious
odor-pecuiiar TO Thanksgiving prepa-
rations-that pervaded the atmosphere,
Richard was himself again" But nv
bliss WIS OF short duration, for
Aunt Miranda proposed Il ride for the
young folks" to prepare them for din
ner. Tom, the "school marm,' and
Miss Choker were delighted. l
pleaded 4 headache, but, alas Miss
Choker was suddenly afflicted with a
cold, and would not Y nture forth. Be-
coming desperate, / concluded to so, but
on Toms suggesting to Miss Choker
that without her presence the ride would
be an impossibility, she gladly laid
aside her cold, and modestly app-o-
priated the seat by my side.
The misery of the next few hours the
most vivid Imagination would fail to
describe. The feelings Of ecstasy that
thrilled me as Miss ChOker would grasp
an arm when descending a hill, the IN
tertainiug conversation with which /
was RECALLED, and the tortures that only
occur upon sach a ride, with the pres
nee Of an adorable being of the Miss
CAoker style IL the vicinity, can only
be imagined.
The ride over, the grand, glorions
climax was reached-the dinner was
before us-and l forgot my sutferings
IN denolishing the results Of Aunt
Miranda's Iabors. The memory OF those
happy moments haunts me yet, but the
pleasure Is marred by certain auburn
ringlets, cazelle q like eyes and the
recollection OF the scenes that followed.
Tom offered the toast, "Our hostess"
to which I ioyfully responded then
followed Thanksgiving" and-must