The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-06-29

tOnc: II suppose tney Wenb 10 Deui
to sleep--and / think the best thug
that I can do is to follow their ex>
ample Hi>ho-hum!' and the pro-
voking jade actually capped in my
face
"Why, Hannah ~ replied in a
faint vhico for my courage was eb-
bing at a rapid rate, Il came all the
way from our house through the
Green Lane. on the 'old colt, Co see
you, and for no other earthly reason
And more than all that, mother said
| might come"
"Your mother said 80, did she ,
IIa 1! ha l.ha !" exclaimed my fair one,
with a scornful laugh. "Oh, you are
a good boy, aud u bright one in the
bargain. You shall have wife whest
you are married." -
| was thunderstruck bfearful
shudlcr passed. over my frfmo, for 4
saw that the sweet girl whom | had
chosen for my bride, was actually
making fan of me--anl that, rs my
mother would havo said, "my cake
was all dough- leaned back in
nv chair, aud while my limbs shook,
and my teeth shattered, l looked her
imploriugly in the fce. with n view
to remonstrate against he incivility.
"Why Ha~a-n nah; de ar Ha-a-n-
nah.' saii I, in hollow an1 aolorous
tono--and it is possible that | might
have said something more, when the
chair, which was old aud riclsety,
came down, aud me in it, with a ter
rible crash
This nnlucky incident, aud my
wild looks, frightened the poor girl
almost out of her wits Sho jumped
from her chair screaming, "Oh he's
in fit !" and seizing a large pitcher
of water that was unfortunately on
the table. dashed its contents full in
my face and bosom, and darted out
of the room, crying aloud for help +!
Her parents rushed in mt one door
crying, "Whore is the rascal let mo
come at him! Just as | recovered
from my CONSERVATION, aud had ox-
trioltel myself from the wreck, [
made run for the front window,
threw it up, and darte1 through the
aperture, with the nimb.eness of "A
harlequin mounted the old colt, y
who had been patiently standing
beneath the tree all the time and
applying my heels to his sides, ac.
comp pinied with sunlry tbumps. an |
Jerks of the bride, soon succeled in
urging him into gallop, down the
green lane-but not before Tom,
who had mistaken the course of his
sisters alarm. had rushed out OF tho
front, door, aud settings good stone,
lot il BY ut my back With all his
strength exclaiming, "fherc, take
that, you rascal anl it may teach
you better manners in the future !"
| reached home without meeting
with any more adventures but what
with the bath administered by Han
nah, and the rubbing down by Tom,
tho excitement of the interesting Gc~
casion, combined with tho disap>
pointment Of my hopes, and the
modification of my cavalier treat
ment from the village hoauty, | was
attacked the next day with violent
fever which lastol more than week
aud before recovered the whole
affair, through the malice OF Tom,
ard perhaps the fair maiden herself,
got wind. j fouod that there woali
DC no longer comfort for mo in Gran =
berry village, aud picked upa few
of my duds. aud started OF for B,s.
ton shipped on board tho first ves-
. sci / could fnd b0und ON foreign
, voyage, and with tho exception of !
few visits to my native village som,
years Afterwards, have stuck to lh,
I blue waters ever since