Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-05-19
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BY A SOUTH CARoLINIAN.
CHAPTER 1.
. A TALE FOR THE TINES.

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SIT was my sister Amanda"
Indeed - exclaimed Ballou. "But
pardon me, Simpson, for the style IN
which | spoke of her; | did not dream
that fellow as ugly as you are could
have so beautiful sister, or | should
have been careful how | wounded YOU
ny thought of the contrast"
Charles Simpson was himself a hand
some young man but his friend James
Bil!ou. finding NJ had unwlttingly ex.
pressed his opinion of a sisters beauty 10
her own brother. took this bungiing meth
Cd of making amends.
Simpson understood it, and iocoselv
replied. 1T needed more wit. BalIou. to
get out of that scrape, than your noddle
is capaclous enough to evolve"
swift or no Wi" retorted Ballou, &"
presume it was necessary to subtract all
the qualities which mi ght have made you
a decent looking man, In order TO fashion
out so beautcous sister. But IN truth,
Simpson. Joking apart. since it did come
out, NAV as well say | am smitten by
those sparkling black eyes and raven
ringlets. Excuse me, old fellow, but |
am heartily glad to find it was your sister
hanging on your arm, instead of your
sweetheart for | may now stand some
chance of success. since need not be
your rival. But I'll tell you hat, | was
terribly afraid that young lady was your
loved one. Come Charles, tell me can
dldIy. is your sister engaged or not o.
"Well, Ballou, our intimacy has been
such. since we first met within the col
lege walls, that | may very well say to
you, without reserve, yon have nv full
and cheerful consent to win my sister,
heart if you can. know she is worthy
of you, and YOU Of her; and if YOU did
not pait your inmage there this NOR
ming, her virgin heart is yet blank
sheet. If you can write your name up
on it, | shall endorse your character for a
good husband, and help you out with the
old folks"
Thus did these two young students of
the senior class in Yale College commit
themselves to each other on a belut fui
moonl,g hit evening, as thew were taking
n pleasant walk beneath the ancient eIms
that darken the street which divides the
public squares In the centre of New Ha-
ven.
Charles Simpson was from Cincinnati.
Ohio, and James Ballou from Charleston,
South Carolina. They first met in the
fall Of 1921, when together they united
with the freshman class in Yale College
1t is not unfrequently the case that
friendships are formed by single glance,
which are never after Dissolved. So ii
was with these amiable la IS. Their &c,
their size, their dispositions, were well
suited for companlonship. Both were
born on the same day. AMI the day they
entered College was the anniversary at
their birth. This circumstance. accident.
ally discovered during their examination,
led Instantly to a spontaneous salutation
and by evening the iva lads had resolved
upon occupying the same apartments
Without being rivals for college honors,
they were both industrious students, and
of high intellectual character. They
might have taken the highest honors, but
as thew were neither of them ambitious OF
that sort of distinction, they studIsd ra-
Their with reference to their future use
fuIness than the qualification Of youthful
pride.
Commenc, ment-day was approaching.
Young Simpsons parents and their only
daughter came to spend the summer III
New Haver, and to see Charles take his
degree. Tue evening preceding the day
that opens our narrative they had arrived
and Charles was conducting his sister TO
the college museum the morning that
Young Ballou passed them. As the bro
Their had been attracted into cordial
friendship four years before, so passing
glance sufficed TO fix the immage of A
manda upon the heart of James Ballou.
whilst hers thrnbbed with a sensation she
had never before experienced.
Jane. Ballou had lost his parents when
very young. He was their only child,
and their sole heir to a large estate
Soon after their death, he was placed IN
der the care of an excellent teacher, al
one of the best schDo IN the city oil
Charleston and, as he boarded with his
instructor, he had not been subject to the
temptations of the most Ct boys. At sew
enteen. he and Charles Simpson entered
college, Charles's father was not veal.
thy, but, being in good business in one
of the insurance offices in Cincinnati, he
was enabled to give his children a liberal
education, which he preferred doing tc
laXinp nm money for them.
Charl and James were now nearly
twentv-one. Amanda was not quite sew.
enteen. She was girl Of rare beauty
although a very dark brunette. Her Iea
lures and form were exquisite. There
was a richness IN the gloss OF her raver
curis that vas uneqdalied. except by the
hriIliancy of her nanetralIng hllck ewes