Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-11

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how calmly it afterwards sank back into it
usual position, to make arrangements 70
another nap-and when the little body go
into towering passion, the bow seemed ac
tually endowed with life and reason, i
shook and danced in such exact sympath.
with its owner. Our young eyes always re
garded Mrs. Twitter's cap bow with kline
of superstitious reverence.
On the morning of the day which witness
ed the debut of the lilac CATERS, there hac
been hard rain, and though there remain
ed no traces Of it on the side walks, there
still remained in the middle of the stree
some rather deep pools of water, into which
an unsuspecting pedestrian might easily
plunge ankle deep. When it became neces
sary to cross, the treacherous John Foster
selected the very worst one, and led Miss
Dorcas and her lovely lilac CATERS into the
midst of it, and then with thousand re-
grets and apologies as foreign to his nature
as was his previous attention, he gallantlJ
bore her in his arms beyond the danger, thus
enabling her to save the one boot which she
had resolutely held up when she felt the Other
which she had stepped forward, sink. To any
one but John Foster, the idea might have
suggested itself that it was possible to pro
cure pair equally beautiful and present
them to the young lady; but John was pro-
verbally miserl y, be never wasted money OF
himself, and of course could not be expect
ed to waste it on other people--but he very
generously informed her where he had seen
pair just like them, which she could buy,
sagaciously adding that "she would then
have three handsome lilac CATERS to replace
the one lost, so that she would at last be a
gamer by the catastrophe" Indeed he dis
coursed so kindly, and plausibly on the sub
ject, that before she reached her home (to
which the wet condition of her foot com.
PEELED her immediate return) she had made
up her mind that it was an accident, and
one to be attributed entirely to her own care,
lessness, but she found it impossible to make
her aunt view it in the same light.
"He done it a purpose" declared the old
lady, "and knowed he was up to some sdev-
ilment when he started, I saw it in him."
"Now aunt" pleaded Miss Dorcas, "don't
be so suspicious I'm sure no one could be
kinder, or more polite than Mr.. Foster was
both before and after the accident"
"Accident" exclaimed the old lady,
ri tell you it was no accident, he done it a
purpose-the deceitful old sarpint-to spile
them boots, because he saw you was so proud
of them "
"Dear aunt, I wish you scould try and be
more genteel in your way of speaking; you
don't knew how much ashamed you often
make me-"
"Ashamed" (cried her now thoroughly
irritated relative.) ri make you ashamed,
dol? Take care my lady, that you don't
get husband one of these days that'll make
you worse ashamed than ever your old aunt
did, (prophetic old lady! "coming events
must indeed have cast a shadow before" for
her special enlightenment "Pretty pass
things is come to when you talk about being
ashamed of the only mother you've ever
knowed, for your own died when you wasn't
an hour old"
Now as thispiece of mournful intelligence
had been bestowed on Miss Dorcas at least
once day ever since she could remember,
it is not very wonderful that she had learn
ed to bear it with some degree of fortitude,
nor must we accuse her of heartlessness, be-
cause she could listen with calmness while
her aunt recapitulated with wonderful min
uteness all the great benefits she had bestow-
ed on her, and descanted feclingly on the
awful ingratitude of the young lady, and
drew vivid pictures of its fearful consequent
ces. Bye-the-bye, some people do have a
singular way of being generous, and some
others have singular way of thinking the
word generous" in many cases misapplicd !;
that favour ceases to deserve the name when
it is boasted of-and that really generous
act coming from n really generous heart,
leaves as much pleasure as it bestows. We
do not know that any such reflections crossed
the not over sensitive mind of Miss Dorcas;
we presume not, as during the first part of
her aunt's eloquent discourse, she was occu-
pied in trying on her pea-grecn CATERS, an
achievement which called forth considerable
effort, as they were the tightest possible fit,
and during the last, and most emphatic part
of said discourse, she was lost in blissful con:
temptation of their beauty, and in trium-
phant anticipations Of the surprise and ad-
miration that Mr. Foster would betray on
beholling the lost ones so speedily replaced
by pair even more beautiful; and there was
no fear that he would not see them the next
day, for to that gentleman her home was
very attractive one; but alas, not because
it was her home. Her relatives were not
very wealthy, but they had a comfortable in
come, kept house on very liberal scale, and
their favorite mode of showing hospitali-
ty was offering profusion of refreshments
to every guest, and the more one could con-
sumo, the better pleased were the simple
hearted entertainers; and this suited our
gourmand admirably, for provided the quail
ty suited him, he could eat any quantity at
any time But the old lady annoyed him
excessively, and in the dining room he was
sure to be left entirely to her tender mercies,
as her husband never appeared there before
dinner; and no matter what other guests were
there, he was sure to have the most of her at