The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-22
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The Bashfui Mans Story.

IL may DO funny, but L We done it
I've got a rib and-ea baby. Shad
ows departed--oyster stews, brandy
cock. tails, ogler boxes, boot-jacks,
absconding shirt buttons, whist and
demijohn, Shadows present-hoop-
skirts, band boxes, ribbons, CATERS,
long stockings, juvenile dresses, tin
trumpets, little willow chairs. cra-
dies, bibs, pap, sugar teats, parago
ric, hive syrup, castor oil, Godfrey's
cordial, soothing syrup, rhubarb,
sena, salts, squills and doctors bills.
Shadows iuture-more prou 4
babies. more hive syrup, etc, etc
LII just tell you how | got caught.
l was almost the dlrndest. most
teacustard bashful fellow you ever
did see, it was kinder in my line to
be taken with the shakes every tim,
l saw a pretty girl approaching me
and Id cross the street any time
rather than face one it wasn't be.
cause | didn't like the critters, for if
| was behind the fence looking
through knot hole, / coulin looi;
at one long enough. Well, my sister
Lib gave party ono night, AMI 1
stayed away from home because |
was too bAshiul to face the music.
| hung around the house whistling
Old Dan Tucker, dancing to keep
my fest warm, Watching the heaps
bobbing up aud down behind the
window curtains, and wishing the
laundering party would break up so
| could get into my room. smok-
cd up q bunch of cigars, and as it
was getting late and mighty uncom-
Portable, I concluded to shin up the
door post. NJ sooner sail than
done, aud soon put myself snug in
bed
Now, says /, let her rip Dance
till your wind gives out ! Aud cud.
ding under tho quilts, Morpheus
grabbed mo.
] was dreaming of soft shell crabs
and stewed tripe, and was having II
good time, when somebody raped
at the door and woke me up. Rap
again. laid low. Rap, rap' Then
| heard whispering aud | knew
there was whole raft of girls out
side Rap, rap!' Then Lib sang
out
.'ack, are you in there 7
Eyes says 1.
Then came roar OF laughter.
Let us in, says she.
Il won't says !, cant you let
fellow alone 7
Are you in bed Z says she.
4 am,' says I.
Get up, says she.
Il won't says |.
Then came another laugh.
by thunder. I began to get riled.
Get ont, you petticoated scare-
crows / / cried /; Cant you get a
beau without hauling fellow out OF
bed I I won't go with you-I won't
so you may clear out 7
And, throwing a boot against the
door, / felt better. But presently,
oh mortal button 4! Iheard still,
small voice very much like sister
Lib's and it said:
Jack, you'll have to get up, for
all the girls things are in there !
o, Lord, what a pickle Think of
me in bed, all covered with shawls,
muffs. bonnets and cloaks, and
twenty girls outside waiting to get
in II had stopped to think !
should have pancaked on tue spot.
As it was, I rolled out among the
bonnet ware and ribbons in hurry
Smash went the millinery in every
I had to dress in the
dark--for there was crack in the
door, aud the girls will peep--and
the way fumblei around In the
dark was death to straw hats. The
critical moment came. | opened
the door, and found myself right
among the women.
'Ohl my Leghorn ! cries ono
Ny dear, darling winter velvet !!
cries another, aud they pitched in
they pulled me this way and that
way. boxed my ears and one bright
eyed little piece--Sal-, her name
was--put her arms right around
my neck aud kissed me right on my
lips human nature couldn't stand
that, and gave her good as she
sent. 1t was the first time / ever
got a taste, and it was powerful
good. l believe I could have kiss
ed that gal from julius Caesar to
the 4th Of July.
"Jsck, says she, we are sorry to
but won't you soc me
home 4