A Delicious Interruption
All were quite gracious in their plaudits of
Bud's Fairy; but another stir above
That murmur was occasioned by a sweet
Young lady-caller, from a neighboring street,
Who rose reluctantly to say good night
To all the pleasant friends and the delight
Experienced, — as she had promised sure
To be back home by nine. Then paused, demure,
And wondered was it very dark. — Oh, no! —
She had come by herself and she could go
Without an escort . Ah, you sweet girls all!
What young gallant but comes at such a call,
Your most abject slaves! Why, there were three
Young men, and several men of family,
Contesting for the honor — which at last
Was given to Cousin Rufus; and he cast
A kingly look behind him, as the pair
Vanished with laughter in the darkness there.
As order was restored, with everything
Suggestive, in its way, of " romancing, "
Some one observed that now would be the chance
For Noey to relate a circumstance
That he — the very specious rumor went —
Had been eye-witness of, by accident.
Noey turned pippin-crimson; then turned pale
As death; then turned to flee, without avail. —
" There! head him off! Now! hold him in his chair! —
Tell us the Serenade-tale, now, Noey. — There! "
Bud's Fairy; but another stir above
That murmur was occasioned by a sweet
Young lady-caller, from a neighboring street,
Who rose reluctantly to say good night
To all the pleasant friends and the delight
Experienced, — as she had promised sure
To be back home by nine. Then paused, demure,
And wondered was it very dark. — Oh, no! —
She had come by herself and she could go
Without an escort . Ah, you sweet girls all!
What young gallant but comes at such a call,
Your most abject slaves! Why, there were three
Young men, and several men of family,
Contesting for the honor — which at last
Was given to Cousin Rufus; and he cast
A kingly look behind him, as the pair
Vanished with laughter in the darkness there.
As order was restored, with everything
Suggestive, in its way, of " romancing, "
Some one observed that now would be the chance
For Noey to relate a circumstance
That he — the very specious rumor went —
Had been eye-witness of, by accident.
Noey turned pippin-crimson; then turned pale
As death; then turned to flee, without avail. —
" There! head him off! Now! hold him in his chair! —
Tell us the Serenade-tale, now, Noey. — There! "
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