Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-10-07
rature, Morality, AgricuIture, Che Arts,&l
Volume VI. Whole No. 26,
STORY or ACouRrsnIp. a D

STORY OF ACOURTsHIP.
"come--come," said Mrs. Gra
'you have been mopingc there Ion
enough, nephew forgetting name
J and everything else. Here are the a,
pies waiting aud no one to hand tbeil
round, for when ouce | get into thi
easy chair'-here the good old woma
gave smiling survey Of her ample pei
son. which certainly oyeraowed III
chair at every point, leaving all but
ridge Of the back and a cursing arm
quite inyisible-''it isn't a very cas-
thing to get up again. Now hustle a
bout, and while we old folks rest our
selves you and Julia there, can try you
luck with apple seeds.
al remember the frsttime | ever sur
missed that Mr.. Gray had taken a,notio,
to me was once when we were at an ap
tplecutting together down in Maine
Somehow Mr.. Gray got into my neigh
borhood when we ranged round The
great basket ofapples. | felt my cheek.
burn the very moment he drew his chair
so very close to mime, aud took out bis
jack knife to begin work. He pared
and ! quartered. / never looked up
but once-then his cheek was redder
than mine and be held the jack knife
terribly unsteady. BY and by. be 90,
a noble great apple, yellow as gold and
smooth as a baby's cheek. ! was look.
ing at his hands sideways from under
my lashes, and'saw that lie was pairing
livery carefully, as if every round Of
the skin was a strip of gold. AT last
he cnt it Off the seed end, and the soft
rings fell down over, his wrist, and L
took the apple from bis fingers.
"Now,'said he, in whisper, bend.
ing hishead a litlle and raisingtthe peel
carefully with! his right hand, q Pm Just
as sure this will be the first letter of1the
name Iloye, as | am that we are alive"
He began swiftly twirling the apple
peel round his head the company were
all busy withone another and was the
only person who saw the yellow links
luiyering round his head, once, twice,
threo times. Then he held it still a |
! lmoment and sat looking rightinto my
ayes. l5heldm breath and so did he.
(" Now says he, and bis breath came |
'utwith-a-qaivef. '.-whst. If IL sheuld be-
Jour namoi'' Is.
did5noti answer, and we both look.
ID back a,the same time. Sure enough
I was q letter s. No pen, ever made
me more beautifully.
Just,as ] expected said he, and
is eyes grew bright as diamonds, .,just
$ expected!" That was all he said.
And what answer did you make him,
unt q asked Robert Otis, who had
cen listening with a flushed face
What did you say'p /.
az didn't speak word, but guar.
,red on just as fast as Icould. AS for {
lr. Gray he kept pairing and pairing I
Ike allpossessed. Thought he would Ii
eyerstop pairing or speak a word more. !,
y and by he stuck the point ofihis
nile into an apple and unwinding The
lin from around il, he handed it over 0
me. Il was red skin, i remember,
,d cut Us smooth US a ribbon. /,
81 shouldn't a bit wonder If that Ii
,oPPed into a letter G." said Mr.. Gray. G
you tryit." b
!" Well, took the red apple skin and q.
hirled il three times around my head h
d down it went upon the floor and re
rled up into the incest capital G that Sc
u eyeriset your eyes on. II
"Mr. Gray, he looked al the letter e e
dthen sort Of sidewaysinto my face. X
G' says he, taking up the apple Ga
in aud eating it, as if it had been the To
It mouthfal at a Thanksgiving dinner. m
Iowwouldiyou like to see them two EGI
ters onanewset ofsilpertea spoonslr Pa
II really believe you could have lit "
andle at my face, it burned so; but Be &c
ouldn't speak more than if i had le. .
an born tongue ,ied.H "a sal
But did you never answer about .Sa ".
tea speonsl'' asked Julia. Is,
Well--yes-l believe did the pextl
lday night" said the old lady de.I,e
rely smoothing her apron.-.Mrs. nm m
paea,. .a aa
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oeciasdly Dead, Recently, near Pc ths
lnd5abull was struck bya locomotive co,
collision ceusingboih animal and iron
'eto,ay off,the track. A yone gen
len just from college who was IN the =
atthe time, says thai from thelarge twt
ltity Of vegetable matterin different tur
ssotldiges,ion, which exudes from The lem,
ces made in the cuticle and sub-men. ~,
eoustissues surrounding The yiscera of %
bovine quadruped, it was his opinion wee
hetthe bull) Twas seriously, ifnot fatal. by
illed. nes
Correspondent ofthe Oswego Times 7
Journal writing from Lsporl, Indiana uTh
that from 5000 10 1000 bushels ofI yer,
Il per day are being received M tba, IN,