The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-12-24
Charming Miss Blazer.

CHdrHllHS Hiss DldZtFs
Young Mr.. Sparks entered the law
office of Judge Smith with rather
sorrowful cast OF countenance. Draw
ing up a chair, he gently inquired
"Does the law allow damages for
injury to mans feelings, Judge?"
"Not often, sometimes
"Not when you're cut up, morti.
fed, trodden on, insulted, mad ?n
II can tell better when I know the
facts"
swell, I'll state my case. You
know, Judge, that church fair that
was held in the hall last night? 1
went there and John Wormley in
troduced me to most awfully pretty
girl, Miss Blazes. I never met her
before. She was just splendid, you
know. Uncommon agreeable; and /
treated her to oysters and ice-cream,
and bought her a pin cushion, and a
lamp mat, and whole lot of fiddle.
PADDLE. Spent about four dollars,
you know, and she seemed SO mighty
pleased that 1 thought had made a
hit; dead in love with her, you un-
derstand? ?"
"Quick work, wasn't it?"
ayes; but she was SO very hand.
some, and SO bewilderingly afable.
And so, about ten o'clock, / asked
her if l might see her home. She said
l might. l didn't know where she
lived, and / didn't care. So we
started, and she struck out for the
Woodbury. pike, and / asked her if
she was a neighbor to the Smileys,
and she said she wasn't. Then we
walked on, and on, and on, until we
got clear into the country, and I in
quired if her father was in the farm.
ing business, and she said no. So
we kept going, and pretty soon it
began to rain, and as / had no UNI.
brella, / asked her to let me throw
my coat around her, and she con-
scented, and / walked by her side in
my shirt sleeves "
"Did she seem grateful ?"
swell, not much. But when we'd
gone about half mile farther, she
said she thought she saw a highway
robber or something a few yards
ahead-dark as PITCH you know,-and
wouldn't go on in advance and see
what it was. So I walked boldly on,
and the first thing l knew, l ran
against one OF the side posts Of the
toll gate and skinned my nose. Look
at it! Made it bleed, too. Then she
said she knew where she was now,
and we could go right along. / asked
her if she lived near the toll gate,
and she said mot SO very However
I knew / made an impression on that
girl, and I didn' care much for dis
lance. So we walked along, until we
passed Simpsons school house and
came to Huckleberry creek. She said
it Just flashed across her then that
the bridge was down, and she could
not imagine how she was to get
across"
couldn't swim, could she ?"
"Not deep enough, you know. So
/ hemmed and hawed awhile, and
then 1 told her / didn't like to make
the offer, but I'd wade and carry her,
if she'd let me-"
Refused, Of course, suppose ?"
"She accepted on the spot, and /
got her across safely, although was
wet up to my knees. So then we
kept going along, and along, until |
GOT kind OF uneasy, when all of sud-
den she said she was afraid she had
missed the road, it was SO dark, and
wouldn't 60 to that house close by
and ask them if this was the Wood
bury pike or Hatboro' lane, I went,
but before / could get to the door
bell, dog came booming at me, and
1 ran for the gate. Put your hand
right there on my leg. Feel that !?
That's the bandage over that dog
bite. A quarter OF pound of flesh
gone, at the very least"
did she sympathize with your"
well; not as much as l expected.
And 4hoo x,,o ,,,olI,ol al .~.Ii I