Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-06-22


4 little sugar OIL my bread,
And monlina, dearest If you piease'
To cut little bit of cheese,
Just vory little bit; 49,.
Sweet bread will cat SO nice with II:
I'm growa to largo now to be carried
To"!aor!ow. raa mly'tt % H1Al'ioo'
Come IIv!eu,' said Mrs. Henderson to
her daughter, aged eleuen, put up your
beads and trinkets, and prepare tor Oe'' KS
almost eight o'clock.
InieeJ, ma, cannot afford TO do any
such thing as to 30 to bed so soon.' replied
the Young lady" Pm entirely too old TO
be talked to IN such childish language and
besides Mr.. Kingston is to be here at halt
pas, eight, there's his card in the rack now.
Mrs. Henderson was dumb IN as'onlsh-
men'. for few moments after her woman.
;sh daughter haddone speaking, and promP~
ted by Curiosity she examined the card rack
and sure enough, the s compliments OF Mr..
Geo Kingston were there in old English
letters, on /; beautiful embossed card. MIR.
George Kingston had just turned his shF,
,eeu1h year, he wore stock and hourIsl'ed
bis silver. headed cane. Mrs. Henderson
amused herself short time with the !lltlo
emblem of the children's Prccoc,'y, when
rer Iac,ng it in rack, and seating herself near
Miss Helen, she resumed tho conversation
bv saying and so George Kingston Is TO
be here at half past eight, is he?
Yes ma, when he sent his card up this
morning, the message accompanying |! was'
tha, he would be here at that hour
'And for what purpose |"
'Why, to talk about every thing, like OH.
er people do
.Wha, sort Of every thing
Why the balls, and the theatre. Han.
nins,on's Diorama, and the Ravels, and
"Poh. child, hush, and hustle off 70 bed e:
you pretty mink to talk of entertaining
beau, with balls and nonsense {; come, of
with you.
Mink, ma, what do you mean by lha! 7
Do you remember that have been 10 board
ing school 2
IYes child, remember that you have
been to boarding school. and | remember
that you have bccn 10 dlncing school, AMI
there's where you met with Geo. Kingston,
suppose
Yes, ma, you kaow there's alwaysa few
moments leisure between the selts, and then
the ladies' and gentlemen promenade and
talk about the weather, and thousand
pretty things
And what sort of PRETTY things do you
and George Kingston talk about?'
George Kingston ma, it's Mr.. Kings
ton he's as much right to be called Mr.. as
any body. tic rattaned Henry Cuthbert for
sighting me in the waltz, and ] don't like
70 hear him spoken ofso disrespeclfully.
'tlightv tightly, Miss Henderson and so
lsupposc we may expect courtship soon =
Couriship, indeed we arc not so fool.
ish as 10 waste time in cour'ship, | can te
you, madam-and if you must know, we
have been engaged these two mon,hs!'
This was secret worth knowing, and
Mrs. Henderson, as soon as she received
the information, prompted by curiosity, de-.
termined TO await the arrival of Mr.. George
Kingston, to see how these youthful lovers
would demean themselves in her presence.
In due time the little hero was announced.
and after few la 1dsome Aourishes Of his
silver topped cane, he seaed hssnsc!f I..A
began to play the man.
How did you like tic manner in which
Miss Fustan behaved the other evening,
Miss Helen 2 asked the infant wooer.
AT the bal--O horrible, sho's the most
| ill.behaved young lady in the world, and
she's to he married in four weeks, did you
know it Mr.. Kingston 7"
i heard 1t IN the theatre last nisht-you
should have ben there, Miss Helen; the
play was excellent, and Miss 81. Eus.ace
tainted. You cannot conceive how inter-
estIng she looked
'Fainlod o my gracious! Wha. made
her faint. Mr.. Kings:on 7
She was so affected a, Virginia being
stabbed by her father, Miss Hele,.'
Well, don't wonder at it, any thingat
the theatre looks so natural, and she's
chicken.hearted creature. Did you ever
see one so frightened as she was at the Dior.
amar
She was very much frightened, Miss
Helen--and tore some of the buttons off
Mr. Wise's coat, in clinging to him for sup.
port. SHE'S TO be MARI, d to Mr.. Wise, in
tho spring.
To be married in the spring. and so
young, Mr.. Kingston. Why, ma says |
shan't these four Gears"
SHE'S fortune they say, Miss Helen,
and Henry HowelI's mother says he must
SIR ke while the irons hot
The young lady was courted years ago,
Mr.. Kingston, and her first lover died-she's
bren melancholy ever since, and some say
she's in decline, wonder if It is true 7
& dent know, ndeed-bu, the Rayels,