Year: 1861

W duuiG "udI luC appetite Ohuul1d-
neouS Sighs, and chairs showed back told re-
pletion had taken place. The other room was
reached, cigars lit, when the sofa and carpet,
in lieu of chairs, received the Overtasked par


ty, throwing themselves in such posture as was
most conclusive to ease. Not much was said
for the next half hour, but thanks to the ease
Of digestion of the we'll cooked maze. the lazy
feeling soon wore Off and a glass of excellent


brandy completed the work, ard set the ideas


flowing as freely as the snow metS in a Janu-
ary thGw. ....


Jokes punS, and sharp salies, were ratified
off like the irregular voies of musketry before
battle, skrmish between the advanced pick
cts, or perhaps more like rockets on the Attn of
July, a whiz, fash a sputterng shower OF
sparks, and graceful curve ere 1t went out,
the momentary darkness giving better relish
to the next explosion. The shGet-lightning
talk would be hard to describe Now flash
from ruddy cloud hanging on the top of a
hemlOck-crowned mountain, faint glow sue
ceedng from a little yellow vaporsh ethereal
one in mid sky, followed bya glare that would
nearly blind you from that black and crimson
bank covering quarter of the horizon.


Come, Doctor, give us song teachers
say mush and milk is the thing to clear the
voice, and lubricate the bronchial tubes, and
if plain musb and milk can do that, what ought
not Mrs BIS unrivaled samp and creamy milk
be able to do. Why, man, your boaSted oat
meal pOrrdge, ate with horn spoon, from silver
hOoped quaigh, is no where a Scotch mist to
tropical thunderstorm, or a curling match on
a fve.acre pond to the dash of a dozen two
forty trOtters annigilatug space on the ice Of
one Of our lakes or rivers. You ought to sing
Ike a Nightingale or MGvis Come. VIII
lie nrewed peck O maut,' before We are a


too fou to appreciate it. Not sing yet then
a story Cut the cards aud throw around to
see who begins. Well done ha ! ha it comes
on myself. | never proposed a game yet'that
did not lose. Never mind, here goes you
who tell one so much better will come in filter
place by and hy.


On my last trip down the river | fell in
with a joviaI party at Baltimore, and we made
it convenient 10 take the stage together com
ing home. Twas last June, and if you all had
not passed over the route | might describe
the beauties Of the country We travelled thro',
ana which, from my seat with the driver, had
good opportunity to see and admire At
the small town of - we took in two ie-





the agent handed to the back seat the veil of
one vas blown aside, and got glimpse of Q
face that once seen will haunt US forever. 1t
was only glimpse of not more than a see
Oud's duration, yet it was long enough to spoil
my admiration for the beautiful country thro
which the route lay, and you al know that our
noble Susquehanna will compare with more eel
e rated streams for picturesque grandeur, as
we'll as quiet beauty for instance Wyoming
Valley, appropriately framed in with massive
mountains guarding it from intrusion from ev-
cry quarter, even our own Wysox, and that
hill right opposite u.s. would, in some countries
be anthemed in song and perpetuated in pic
lures. But the valley of Cashmere, or the
Golden Horn would have had no charm for
me and that face inside SO | began to puzzle
my brain how to make some of my comrades
change places with me. At our next stopping
place put in the plea Of violent headache,
which secured the end desired, and | saw my
place taken, without any compuucton of con
science at the twisting of truth that had ef-
fectcd my purpose. Had any of our rogues
been there you would have known better, when
two bottles Of wine and half dozen whi,key
punches leaves my head as clear and my hand
IS steady The next morning as Father Math
ews


The seat | excha' ged for was in the mid
die Of the coach and view passed, gave me
another excuse to turn round aud take
last fond look" This brought me rts a ris
with the ladies on the back seat, but my an
gle was still veiled the other had removed
hers, and exposed u face as harsh as the other
was beautiful high cheek bones, small pene-
rating black eyes, Sunken, and glowing eye
JrowS that would have set off grenadier-
She was apparently about fo:ty-fVe or fifty |
'ears old, aud evidently an old maid Many
forts to draw her into conversation were nef- |
Cclnal, while the veil on her companion res
'IuteIy kept ia place, hiding the features .
vas 50 anxious again to see. The unglOved |
land was peepiUg out from the maHtilla and /
vas just such hand as | expected white |
md plump the taperlug fingers terminating by |
Ong rosy nails, bracelet with a small dia-
lOnd in the clasp, encircled her wrist, the
lack hair of which it was formed, contrasting
beautifully with the pure, almost transparent,
kin, beneath which you could trace the veins
Il their delicate network. Her figure, as far as
ouId be determined by the recumbent position
nd flowing drapery, was perfect, and her seat
ven III the coach corner was graceful aud


Ugh bred Yes, l say high-bred there is a
ecuIiar placing of the person even iu repose
hat marks ease of manner aud gentility, as
,eIl AS the more finished display in the draw
Ig room How provoking that Internal screen
,as prayed that the coach might upset,
E at least iurch about like vessel in a storm,
nd in its uneasy motion sway aside the gauzy
overing which was as unpenetrable to my
ison as an oak plank We were now traV-
ling through gorge in the mountains, the
ver having torn its way through, leaving the
agged rocks bare and perpendicular, their
rey form reflected in the water at their base.