Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-04

sli1 ga, i,'ceetlofn ol ber, nephew; aud with
such course of training he grew up,
| gentle. and quietlike herself. As wears
passed away, we could see little
change imhertranquill course of life;
but there WAS much to be noticed in
her protege,b He had early given
token token OF lnttellectual power of a high
order, and the procured the best mas
'ters for him; and when she could no
gernsuperintend his studies, she
would sit by him, and encourage him
by gentle words and kisses. NIe.,,a
In course of time he went TO Cam
bridge. We knew not by what
meahs his aunt was thus enabled
toprepare him for fame and honouf.
hlWe. noticed that, ,ethough the cot
tago5 loqked as neat as before, the
Prlmpl lpllrlflR maid ser servant was no longer to
Some years afterwaFds,s The old
maid called at our house to bid us
good-bye. Her nephew, after be-
coming ali a, NJ, had been received
INTO the church; and while contin,
uing. his studies, had been anxiouslv
looking for accuracy, but without sue
cess kie had been offered a situa.
ton TO travel as tutor with n nol,la.
mans son; but the poor old woman
could not bear 10 part with him. AT
iast, through some titled friend, he
mad procured curacy ola hundred
ayearln a country village, lone
way of, and shedwas poif,0 to him
there She looked grather thinner
and older than ofyore; but she was
very cheerfuland merry at the ihonabt
mat her Harry was at last prov ed
Tor, however poorly! ssai 'g'li n
lime passed, and the nephew, from
me cnraey, SpceeededJ to the living.
lie took fewjprivate pupils, and his
income was increased. After a ill.,
Tie time he married; but the old mali mall
could notloVe his wife, though il,are
Was sno outward objection to beE
The bride was cheerful, good.tenS.
pered, and prettyi UT the oldmaid
.ofp}ked Tor something inside, and
cotld not find 1T; there was wassTn,oo no eientb I
in1.iheieyes- athey shone ike panied
gSass. 9ds 8Iis anoss b9oEiq saddH51 an
| i The old maid left, her home wBsao
she had been happy for so many,years
and returned 10 her cottage. / dare
say the minister and his wife were
not sorry TO get rid of her, for She
was father acheck upon them; more.
over, she had become, they said. sonr
and oOdd;7 and there was often M
pleasing her, doswhat they wonld.w
Put she Wasa@as growingold, and
!hs weight OF years will bend down
lhe strongest mind, and wither the
outercovering Of the heart, though
not the heart itself. b'1e5H olli " ep
dlShe returnedato lherscottaee, and
became acquainted with a few old
people like herself, who could feel
Tor her loneliness, and at their homes
she used 10 spend her evenings. Bnt
she wasno longer the gentle, suffer
ing woman ofithirty years before.
she had beeome fretfilla and peeyisb;
and now her frequent amusement
was a rubber of whist, AT which
game She began 10 be An an adant
You seldom saw her face look pleas
ant, as sIof old, unless when sealed Of
the table with partner to her salts.
iactlonf She now wore seyeraIrinos
on her fingers, and though her dress
was of'the same quiet kind as ever,
twas ofraniented with a brooch and
cham whichdid not use TO be fhers
She Woulditalk to you ofthines Won,
had .iiorrgotten long, ago7rofher visit
10 Ae.bi!botstord, with an anecdote Of
SIR Walter, Which she had hoard
from the housekeeper. She wo,,Id
criticise Edmund Kean,n and ;non;po
ifgyou knew1John KeinbIe.11Sbe
used 70 praise the latteroand saw she
never cared 70 60 to the play, unless
to see his Hamlet, il was so o,,iet. 90
melancholy ysand solemn. She wo,,lS
wishtossee itsgaii1s she said,ibiif sbe I
mad no one @to takes her would
then q tell beFn tbs. Athat celebrated
man had died years ago. and, she
would only cnange the subject, and
ask 7, me what ! thought of Scotl's
Sometimes she would show van.
q immature representing q. man of
noble features in q, military. dress.
Ihen she would tell you how brave
ne was but he was ambitious, which
made her very iiliiidppy; and how
he went abroad, and his hal9nellad
been retsliaed among The Seriously
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