The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-04-25

yards Of his cabin, in the fall Of 1852
= specially when it is made known
| that one of the females was widow
of some thi ~ five years, whose hus
band had died on the plains early in
the spring. L"gw"od saw her, and in
hat case, to see was but tn admire, at
least on hi, part; whether Or not the
widow was similarly effected we will
cndenvnr TO make The sequel show.
Yes, in mountain parlance, Log
word ''wcalscncd," 10 the charms "f
The widow, and the consequence was
| that after one week, hr could OCCASION.
ally be seen sneaking around the
cabin of his adotcd with billed"
shirt pecpihg up stiffly around his
throat. For thus outragenusIy ha ,it.
ing himself. lie was called t" account
by the boys, and as such singular
conduct required an explanation of
some kind, L"gw""d was compelled
% point to the widow as the cause.
or course every encouragement was
| .ivcn to him; the comforts nt Il hume
and the pleasures of married lie were
pictured to him in the most gl, wing
ol,.s hy the entire mess, and no nc.
casinn was irnn lhay time h.ncctor;h
siightrd i.y amy of them when in com.
| l'any with the widow, Of cXalting
Lngwond's excellence. The widow,
doubtless, was >hrrwl enough to >us
| prcL every thing Of that SORT, and
laughed lit the effect; bnL she cou,,
not he inS,nsihlc u L"gwo, Us ''lim"
| f she was in>cEsihlr to his honest
devotion. The fact was, the widow
WAS woman who had seen cniSidrru.
IL of The world. and knew from Il
fifteen years experience "i' n,a,sin".
niaI lii, that love and p,'vcrl, might
I"ns,ihly cNist-trurthur under til. same
root, yet it was rather Inconsistent,
and, having ont grown all girliSn
ialcics ui |. W and romance, Ike Il
sensible w",nan. she In"krd upon an.
other matrimonial alliance strictly
with an eye tn business.
| L"gwn"u was pretty well supplied
with Iucre; this the wid,w had a>rrr.
tanned beyond IL doubt, and The smiles
which she had bestowed upon him
during lhc two "r three occasions un
which they had met. made L,,uwond
dnuhr, like tichard, whether hr had
a"t always "miSi""k his person -
But Smittcn ne was there WIS no
reason to Doubt. for never !,a, he
been known t. rXrrci q So ur. ut care
iii his dress a> during the in"nl, which
elapsed previous t. his first attempt
t" pay Ih, lady Il regular visit. Sew
cral times had hc attempted it, but
rs often had his cn'lragc E.i'sl him,
until at t, from Indications quit
nn,niStakahle, we were ,.,alr conf
dent tha, he haL determined upon the
time to carr. out his resolution which
was t" he the Sunday evening follow
ing. EARLY Saturday ai:rrn,R,n, he
slnppeu his lal"r$ and commenced
inc:mriny himself for l.. by WI hing
hiul drying one 81 the white >hi l.
with which The pre- rilcc at THE lady
I'll the bar hal induced him T., provide
himself, aud putting the remainder "i'
his wardrobe in repair, aud The next
morning saw him arrayel in the very
choicest suit hat it had probably ever
been his lot t" app. ar i'll. He walked
ro"nd quite ab,lractcdly during the
day, apparently unnamed ut the
h,nig Int OF the trial he was about sub.
jccii,,. lir,,cif
Tie boys wi,.kcd at each other, bat
said nothing. Evening came. and at
irng'h eight o'cl"ck, and Is',gw'"d
WAS still in his cas'i..; bat in fifteen
minutes after, th. he. cSSary cnura-c
was Som.nnucl, and he sauntr,rd
SLOWLY towards the cabin of the wil'
nw. How matters would have ter.
minated am unable to say. hn not
accident stepped IL thc aid "f The
ba>hinl lover. rs he was pas Ing
the door for the tenth time. the father
# the lady in question, nn old man of
about sixty, happened to discover him,
aud invited him in. He at first re-
fused. but subsequently agreed To
''stcp in for II m"rnrnt,' and the next
minute he was in the presence. of his
cllarner.
The cabin was divided into two
apartments, one OF Which WAS occupied
as Il sleeping rmIn or rooms, and tie
other answered for the purposes OF
dining and sitting room. IIc found
tn" lady and her mother ut home,
and, with the aid and presence # the
old gentleman, I.,uwuou managed to