The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1854-07-14
GREEN VILE, S G: FRIDAY MORNING JULY H. 1854;


been courtin ever since last year, and she
was just rs good as mine, till you cum to 90
in arter her, and now / can't touch her with
o forty foot pole.f -.
!" Why" seq ], swhat on earth are you
talkin aboutl amt got nothin to do with
your gal; but s'pose had, there's nothin for
you to get wolfy about. If the gal has TAX
en- likin to me, 'taint my fault; ifI have
taken a liken to her, faint her fault; and if
we've takena liken to each other faint your
fault but amt so almighty taken with her
and you may get her for oil me; so you
hadn't ought to get savage about nothin."
Well, sez he, rather, cooled down, "I'm
the unluckiest thing in creation. I went
t'other day to place where there was an
old woman died Of some disease, and they
were sellin out her things. Well, there was
a thunderin big chist Of drawers, full of all
sorts of truck so bought it and thought
had made speck but when cum to look
at 'em, there warn't nothin in it worth cent,
except an old silver thimble, and that was
all rustcd up, so sold it for less than gave
for it. Well, when the chap that bought it
took it hum, eheard somethin rattlc-broke
the old chist; and found lots of gold in it, in
false bottom hadn't seen. Now if had
TUX that chist hum, I'd never found that
money; or if did, they'd ali been counter.
felt, and I'd been TUX up for passing on EN-
Well, jest told Patience about it, and she
rite up and called me darned fool"
"Well,n sez |, "Ephe, that's hard but
never mind that-jest go on-you can gi,
her and when YOU do git her, you can file
the rough edges off Jest as you please"
That tickled him, it did and away he
went, little better pleased.
Now, thinks !, its time to look arter Nancy
Next day, down went; Nancy was all
alone. axed her if the Squire was in. She
said he warn't.
"Cause," sez (makin bleeve wanted
him., "our colt sprained his foot, and come
to seeif the Squire won't lend me his mare
to go to town"
She sed she guessed he would-better sit
down till he cum in. r -.
Down sot; she looked sort Of strange
and my hart felt queer all around the edges
Arter a while, sez I: @..'
Air you goin down to Betsey Mastin'.
quiltin Z" -. ... =.
Said she, Il don't know for sartin are you
g, int"
Sed l, "reckoned would"
Sed she, Il spose you'd take Patience
Dodge" ..a-
Sed i, "mout, and agin mout not"
SEED she, II heard you're goin to get mar,
ried." -..-
Sed f." shouldn't wonder bit-Patience
is nice gal." looked at her; seed the
tears comm.
Sec ], "may be she'll ak you to be brides,
maid" ,s .... ~.
She riz up, she did, her face as red as a
boiled beet. "Seth Stokes p' sez she-and
she couldn't say any more, she was so full.
Won't you be bridesmaid 7" seq L.
NO." sez she, and she burst rite out.
"Well, then," sez l, "ifyou won't be brides
maid, will you be the bride"
She looked up at mel swan to man ]
never seed anything SO awful pooty Itool
rite hold of her hand.
Yes or no." sez /, "rite Of"
,"Yes," sez she. ..s....
"That's your Sort" sez I, and gave her 6
buss and hug.
soon fixed matters with the Squire. VIZ
soon hitched traces to trot in double harnes.
for life, and never had cause to repent my
bargain.--[ philadelphia Sunday Dispatch