ORIGINAL TALE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 49, 16 January 1869, Page 6

ORIGINAL TALE .

HOW I DIDN'T GET JLLBBTED. It was some years ago, before maturer consideration had convinced me that blessed" is the qtate of single blessedness* when I was was staying at tt waterihg-pjadl on w coast'of :Rho<iG j Island, that the awfully narrow escapej which I am about to narrate QCcurreCT I had had a considerable time df BoiigKit, arid was just thei£ tfcftlpied in knocking' down the "dimes" I had] scraped together." ~T ld%eH hi a: l^Pge ! hotel called the "Ocean," where ai number of iadies were also locato<j. ] One of them in paa*tictt]iar c&ugktmy eye — a delicate large-eyed little creature, with a^confidixig look fcbdut her face that spoke right slick to the heart. I made up my mind to hang, up my hat in that quarter; and in broker to get aii intrbduction, dogged her footsteps for several days. Now, it is not a very pleasant thing to dance attendance on a woman in this way ; in the first place, every person knows what you're up to, however careless ah air you may assume ; and the grins and winks you encounter rile a fellow some — they &p. Further, it makes a fellow kind 1 bf squeamish when he sees the critter jawing cbnoodling with a lot pf boys, and if it gets the length of kissing, it's downright murder. "Wejl, in spite of all my shepherding I could not]get a slant "to" make up' to my charmer, and resolved to cut it fifty times#.day.-but she would every now and then tbJow a merry mischievous gjance at me from her great brown e£es, that made my heart feel like a boiled squash or a lump of piiity. She used to go every day and bathe ? wearing the neatest little water-dress'-ysu efter 'sajjr— and you may be sure I was in regular attendance. Well, one day when' I was watching her dipping her pretty little head into the water, a good big roller came in. and lifting her like.a feather, carried her along with it. My eyes, how she did squall! poisoned rate and stuck pigs were not i patch on it. Off went my coat, waistcoat, and boots lh a jiffey ; aild I soon had the little dear in my arms, swimming for the shore. The harbor wast in the, shape of a half moon, so that it. was easier for me to land at a point of the Beach about a mile distant from where I started. I got all safe ashore, and after a bit she opened her eyes, and says she, as nicehike as possible, " Oh, my preserver ! " " Nothing to speak of, Miss,' 4 said I. *' Oh, my noble preserver," said she, " add to the boon already conferred, and fe|;ch me my clothes." " And you, where shall I leave you ? " said! 1 " * For the first time the fact that her bathing -machine- was at least a mile distant seemed to flash across her mind, and for a moment she appeared quite put out by the idea of passing along the whole parade in a bathing •dress. But there was nothing else for it ; so taking •my arm we marcheM together along the beach, to the great amusement of all the pleasure-seekers ♦who were Iqunging about. You may be sure J. made the mast of my opportunities, tod made love like a steam engine: I flattered myself I had -made- some Smpreasioji— at anyrate, she spuled at all my soft sayings, and did nofrseem at aIV displeased when I gently prised 1 the hand that rested on my arm. arrived at the bathing machine, audNba .'went into it, after inviting me to S^t her in her own parlour at I dressed, and hurried Back 1^ oft§^|^£ expectation. In a miraculously sho^feace of i ""••(/■ / I had got myself up W^LJ^^^^ hurried on the wings of S^^^^H abode of my charmer. I ffior T^^^^| the-door^ ajd a'_s#e'et l dw fQ^^^^B me "come in." l entered^^i^^^H accountable Bashfulness vy^^^^k pause, . and ' blushing, _^L_^^^^B 'sdine hopes tha^t B^jtffe|^^^^H worse of her pehlou^!|^^^^^^^^H "None in the " f^awt-a fn ynwT gaila^^^^^^^^M know^oVn^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H expect one h<}l/\ts^^^^^^^^^^^^H be able to o<o^"^^Hßl^^^^^| She asked me I, *^£vP^&!^^^^^| my knees talldng^S^k T>L^^^H ream. She laughed heartilyT "Get up," she said; "If yo^^H me to marry you to-morrow j^^^H ment,^^ rose at this c |^^^| time. AiK^^atted ga%_^^^^H tall figure, Anne door open^^^^^M " Sol SmithX n - in blue. an old and ai^'iiot seem fo J&s&t:l!^^^^^M hng^ and J^^Tj^^^^H forgot Kn^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H To pacM^^^^^^^^^^H worlt of rW^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M day saw me^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| way to -D)V^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^| A Smart j^^^^^^^^^^H nryirtj^^^^^^^^^^^^^M ting into must besjjr'tfo^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^A a geniknV^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H ' Omnibu^-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l