The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-06-21
3 Selefte0 Galf,
The Poor Lawyer.

nerience of Ralph Ringweod.',' This exciting
f,a,,, vas well termed by the editor ga spe-
cies Of MountioSy of:the W est" for the lovers
of Ralph Ringwood are scarcely less poetlcal
than those of Mouatjoy himself. Here is the
fret introductioaa to- the lovely maiden who
WAS to have so great an influence on his after
life: -,
aI kadtaken my breakfast and was waiting
fur NV horse. when, in passing up and down
the piazza, + saw a young girl seated near .ne
window, eyidentlysar vis.eer' one was WY
pretty. with auburn hair and blue eyes, and
dressed in viii 9. =. | had seen nothing OF. the
kind sinceI had left Richmond at that time
| was two much,ofa boy to be- struck oy ie-
male beauty She so delicate aau oaihty
looking. so different from the hale buxum brown
gi,ls If the woods-and theni her AHhtte dress :!
f was SO dazzling laiNever was a poor youth
so taken by surprise, and suddenly bewstched
Nv heart yearned 10 know. her, but how was
+ 70 accost herr 4 had grown Wild ia the
woods. and had none of the habitudes OF polite
life Had She been like Peggy Pagh, or Sally
Pisman, or any other Of my leathern o'esseH
heHes Of the pigeon reost, L should have ap-
oroacbed her swilhoutdread; nay. had sae oeeh
as fair as Shurt,s daughters with their looking
ol,ss lockets Ishonid not haze hesitated; Dut
Thar White dress and e.auburnTiusletS, aud
blue. eyes and delicate looks quite danntea
while they fascinated me. L don't know what
nut it into n,y:head, hut 1@thonght all attohcc
I would kisslher! 1t would take long ac-
uuaiu, ance to arrive at that boon, but l might
seize upon it by sheer robbery. Nobody knew
me here: woulf just step iu .apd snatch q
ss.mount ms horse and ride off, She would
he none the worse. of it; and that kiss-oh, l
sboulddieifI / didnotget it !
q gave no time for thought to coo, but en-
tered the house and stepped lightly I'M" the
room. She was seated With her back to the
door, looking out of the window, &nd dd not
hear ruy approach ! tapped her char, and as
She turned and locked up, I snatched as sweet
a kiss as ever was stolen. and vanished in
-twiukling 'The nextSmomsnt was on horse.
back, gallopping hotaeward, my very heaf'
,in.lng at what had done -
Alersa variety of amusing adventures, King
wood attempts the studyof la, III an onscure
settlement in Kentucky, where ne ,deivea hisht
and day. Ralph pursues his studies, occasion
ally argues at a:dehatmg sptiety, AND at length
Incomes auite a genius, and, tavoilte IN the
eyes of the married ladies Of the village.
& cailed,to take; tea one esehins, with one
of these LADIES', when to my surprise and some.
what confusion, L found with her the Identical
blue eyed beauty whom had audactonsly
kissed. Twas formally INTRODUCED to her, but
neither Of Us betrayed any sign Of previous ac-
ouaintancs except by bid>hing to the eyes
While tea was getting ready, the lady OF the
Eiiouse, weat 'llt of the roohl 70 give soue a,'
feclions. and .left,Is alone. lleabems and eart
what situation! I would have gwen Ill tne
pittance / was worth, to have been ID the deep
est dell Of the forest. felt the necessity Of
saying something in excuse formy former rude
ness I could not couture an idea, nor utter
a word. Every moment matters were Sro"thg
worse. felt at one tine tempted to do as
done when / had robbed her Of the kiss-bolt
from the; room, and take TO fight; hut was
chained to the spot, for really longsd to gain
4 her good will.
, At lengthed piucked up courage on see.pe
her equally confused with my sell, and walking
desperately up to.her exclaimed:
g. have been trying to muster up something
to say, but cannot: / feel that | am in hor'
rbls scrape.a Do have pity on me and help me
out of fitr' =,
A smile dimpled about her mouth and play
ed among the bushes of her cheek. She look.
ed with sly but arch glance OF the eye, that
expressed volume of comic recollections =
q, we broke into laugh, and from that moment
all went. on well"
Passing the edelightfuf description which sue
ceeded, wesproceed to the denoument OF kln9
woods love affair-the marriage and the set
tlement. -
"That very autumn was admitted to the
bar, and month afterwards was Married.
We were young couple, she not much more
than sixteen. and I'not quite twenty, and both
almost without dollar in the world. The es'
tablishment was well suited to our circumstan'
ces; low house with two small rooms bed,
a table, a half dozen chairs, a half dozen knl"es
and forks, half dozen spoons-every thing by
half dozens; little DELPHI ware, every thing in
a small way; we were SO poor but then S"
happy Ry h.d not been married many davs when
court was held in county town, abou! twen-
tv.fVe miles distant. 1t was necessary for me
to 20 there and put myself in the way of busi.
ness-but how was to go? | had expended
alI NV means in our establishment, and then it
was hard parting with my wife SO soon after
marriage. However, 60 must. Money must
be made, or we would soon have the woli at
our door. accordingly borrowed horse
and borrowed little cash, and rode oil from
NV door leaving my wife standing at 1t, and
waving her hand after me. Her last iook' so