Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-04
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When / first knew her She was
between thirty and forty. Her fea-
lures were plain yet She, was far
from ugly; there was a cnameless
charm in their expression which
made her almost Beautiful. Hers
was a face that you would have stood
tollook atlas at a picture. i recol-
leet seeing her sometimes at our
honse,fa long time ago, when / was
a cry little fellow. There was
something very quiet and gentle
about her, and that very calmness
seemed to repel intrusion. Iuseelto TO
wish to love her, but dare not. VSome,
times would steal up to her nois-
c!ess|y as she sat at work, and she
would stoop down and kiss my fore
head, and push me gently away; and
sometimes Thought j felt & tear rsI'
on my check butit may have loc,
only fancy. uI
Years passed on, but to my youth
iul fancy they wrought no change in
her: she was tie same gentle being
as before. She rented "a a pre- little
cottage, but could not be said to5live
there, for for she was always wandering
from place TO. place among her ac,
gua;ntance, dong them little services.
Did Mrs. Tompl1ins want assistance
IN making a dress?-the old dmaid did
the ncatast neediework imaginable.
Was Mrs. jerks busy preparing for
hen Christmas pariy!-ilie first pre-
hainary was 10 write 10 the old
maid to come and make some OF the
mInce-pies that were so much praised
last tyear. And when any individual
In her circle } Of acquaintance was
laid on bedeNof sickness, who so
ready to smooth with; gentle hand
the pillow of pain, and calm the un-
quiet, wondering mind, as the old
maid! Who, like her, would tend
with unwearied care . the restless
hours of sickness, and raise the, sink
ing heart OF the sufferer by sitting
near him through the, lliyelong, night
with no Observation-Disclosures q boz book
and dher own quiet thoughtsl aawa /
She seemed strangely alone inthe
world; ior, excepting a, widowed Sis
Ter, She had no relatives, Sometimes
! wondered that she did not get mai
RED, but how the thought came into
my head ] have, no idea. = Fonsorne,
how, ] cannot tell why, The notion
seemed quite absurd in connection
with her. What could we have
done with herf She GET married! Ii
was out ofthequestion. 2. s.1i
She lived on a small annuity in
her little cottage near the suburbs OF
the town. There was little patch
OF fruit garden, about three yards
square, with a little round bel in the
middle and afew stunted evergreens
round the side. She had one maid
servant, a little tlemnre creatures as
prm and quiet as herself The little
front parlour was rather scanfily fur
nished, and told-looking, but very
neat, You always saw some ele-
giant bit of'mdustry in PROCESS on The
table, but there was nothing Of the
kind 10 he seen round the room.
Some of her numerous friends were
constantly asking herto make them
one of those nice so-and-sos, like the
one she did for Mrs. Briggs; and she
wa was always happy to oblige them.
There was no armchair or sofa I'M
the room, on the square pianoforte
(aIi old one of BroadWoods,) you
might sometimes observe a. plain
black bonnet and "a pair Of cotton
gloves. There was a scent-bottIe on
the mantelpiece, but 1t had Been 4
long while I empty. There were a
few books on a little shelf hung
against the wall; a little poetry, and
some good solid prose; strange com
paniohs stood side hv side, for it con
tanned an odd jumble of things new
and old. Youmight have eeGftRas-
selaso and Hervey's calculations"
Moore's "Zeluco," and Younrs s
Night Thoughts, SCOTS 3Rokeb3.'
and sG,iy Mannering,n Walto11s
,.Angicr,lf and Paradise Lost. y Al
Shakspease3there was of cofrseAa,,i
old edltion,in many volumes; and,
whatsused toplease me most, aiarge
old Bible witbpicturcs in itsn 81 Z
e < ears passed Aby. We had lost
sight OF the old maid for several
weeks, when one day she appeared
fit oitr house, paler than ever, anoin
daep mourning, leading in her hand a
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