The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-02-24
SCARED OUT OF A WIFE.

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The narrative which I am about to re-
late was told me one bleak. cold night In
country parlor. II was one Of those
aights In mid-winter, when the wind
sweeps over the land, making everything
tiugIe with Its frosty breath, that 4 was
seated before blazing fire, surrounded By
ajolly half-dozen boys and an old batchelor
Peter Green-about fcrly and eight years
loid. "a
II was Jus. the night without to make
those within enjoy good story, 50 that
eacl, of US Lad 70 Tell bis favofite story,
save Mr.. Green, ard as he Was . jolly story
teller, We were somewhat surprised to hear
Him say Z" have no story that would In
terest you. so we had 10 find other enter
,ainments for while, when one Of the
boys told me TO ask how il happened that
lie never GOT married. so he did.
Well, gentlemen, (he began 1t don't
seem right for me % tell you Row that
lhappened, bni as II is about myself ! don't
care nluel.--You see when l was young
we had TO walk as high as five miles 20
church aud singing school, which was our
eliief enjoyment. But this don't have
anything 10 do withlny not getting 4 wife,
but Just wanted 70 show you that we had
some trouble In them days In getting our
spart
John Smith and were like brothers,
or like Mary and her little lamb Where
one went the other was sure 20 go. We
weni TO see two sister, and ~ We We're
not the best boys imaginable, the old gen.
tIemen Took uinbrage and wouldn't allow
Us TO come near the house 80 We would
take tie girls 10 the end of the lane. and
there we would have 10 take tilc final
kiss.
We soon got tired OF that sort OF fun.
and / told John. on our way 70 singing
school one night, thai Was going into
tie hOlse, too.
lie said tie old man would run me IL l
did.
told him was going TO risk anyhow,
let come what would.
lie said lie would risls Il IL Iwould'
So home we went with the girls. When
we got 10 the end Of the lane told the
girls We propose going al ;l,s way.
They hooked at each other In way
didn't like 30 well. but said they lthe old
folksl would be in bed, 50 they didn't care
II we did.
They were little more surprised yet
when told Them we thought of going Ia
! little while, hut a. all was quiet We
had no troub:e In getting into tie kitchen.
Then and there we had our fini court. and
made up my mind TO ask sailie 70 be ny
wife tire next time ! came.
ii was now past the turn Of the night,
and as we had four miles 70 walk, ! Told
John we had to be going. 80 We stepped
cut On tile porch, but just as We did 70. the
sky was III up by lightning, aud ons tre-
mendou. thunder peal rolled along the
mountain side. IL echo had not died out
M tile FAR OF wales until tie rain began TO
pour from the garnered fallness of lhe
clouds. We waited for ito stop until We
were All asIccp, when the girls aid We
should 90 10 bed In the little room At the
! bcnd Of Tie stairs, which led oat of the
kItchen as their fa:her didn't get up
early We couId be home before the old iolGs
we're a.tir. sonfler biddiag the girls =
sweet good highland huggins them =
Ilt.le-and wishing them pleasant dreams
aud pumIsing them TO be hack on the
next saturday Llght, we started for oed.
/ We didn't have Tar togo, as the bed
slood near Tie head of tie stairs.
John was soon in bed, but AZ was
/; always Iitlle slow. and full of curiosity,
/ wac lookIng around the little room.
Al last thought would sit down on
! chest which. was spread over wilha nice
!. cloth. while drew on my boots. so
. down / sat, when stars of the east, went
pump into big cuslard pie.
a thought John would die laughing, foT
he sald had smashed the cusiard all y
thunder, aud The plate right Ia two.
|, You ace We had 20 be awful quiet, -
that the old man would not hear.
/ va- now ready 20 get Into bed, ~
put the light out, aud picked up my
boots. thinking 20 put them in niors
Z convenient place, when downmy lcg went
i through plpe hole, which had been COW
cred by paper. up to my hip.
Now one part Of me was up stairs, while
,he longest part Of me- was Ia the kitchen
A. my leg was very long, IL reached q