Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-12-05
The Runaway Match, or How the School
master Married Fortune.
BY MAI. JOSEPH JONES,

| uent Wnat III gWlne 10 tell tuck pIaCc. III
caused great sensation in P,neville at the
time, and had the effect to make fellers
monstrous careful lrow they runaway with
other peoples daughters without their CON
| sent ever sense.
Mr.. Ebenezer Doolittle was The bomina.
blest man after rich gals that ever was.--
He hadn't been keepin school in Pinevile
more than six months. before he found oui
every gall in the settlement whose father
had twenty niggers, and had courted all of
'em within DAYS ride. He was rather
old to be poplar with the gals, and some
they didn't like his ways, and the way they
did bluff him off was enough 10 discourage
anybody but Yankee scbooImaster what
wanted To git married, and hadn't many
years of grace left. Bnt it didn't seem to
make no sort Of difference TO him. Heuu.
derook 'em by the job. He was bound to
have rich wife out of some of 'em, and if
he failed in one cnse it only made him
more pcrsevmin in the next. His motto
was" never die"
Betty Darling, MS they used to call her,
old Mr.. DarIing's daughter, what used to
live out on Runs-was about The torn down
est mischief ola gall in all Georgia. Bet.
ty was rich and handsome and smart, and
had more admirers than she could shake a
stick at, but she was sich form, aiin little
couquct that the boys was all afraid to
court her in downright earnest. When Mr..
Doolitte found her out, he went rite al her
like house a-fre. She was jestthc gall
at the risk OF his life.
Well he laid siege to old Mr.. Darling's
house day and night, and when he couldn't
leave his school TO go to see her. he rit let
ters to her that was euulf 10 throw any
other gall but Beltey Darling into "a fit OF
the bighSericks 10 read 'em. jess as 0ve
Doady expected after encourapin him Jest
cuuff To make the feller believe he had the
thing ded, she kicked him fiat. But, show!
ho was perfectly used TO that and lie was
too much of tilosufer TO be discouraged
10y such rebuff when the game was worth
pursuin.
He didn't lose minit's time, but Jest
brushed up and went rite at her again.
Everybody was surprised to see him gwine
back TO old Mr., Darlng's after the way he
had been treated by Betty but they was a
good deal more surprised, and the boys was
terribly alarrreA in about month, Mt the
headway he seemed to be making in his
suit. All at once, Miss Bctty's conduc,
seemed TO change towards him, aud though
her father and mother was terribly oppos-
ed TO the match, anybody could see that
she was beginnu 10 like the schoomaster
very well.
Things went on in this way for while,
till bimcby old Mr.. Darling begun to git
so uneasy about ii, that he told Mr. Doo-
IijIle one day that he mustn't come to his
house no more aud that il he kctcht him
sendin any love letters and kiss verses
to his daughter by his ugger gals, he'd
make one of his boys give him an alfred
cowhidcn
Bun Mr.. Doolitle didn't care for that
neither. He could sce Miss Betty when
she come shopin in the stores in Town,
and there was more'n one way to git let.
,er I" her. What did he care for old Dar-
ling9 His daughter was head and heart
in love with him, and was Jest the gall to
run away with him too ii she was opposed
toy her parents Aud ~ for 'lIe property,
he was ccrlaiu to git that when once he
married.
One Saturday, when thar was nn school,
Mr.. Dnotlle went 10 old Squire Rogers aud
told him he must hrrcddy to marry a con-
| Pile 'la, uiGli, al exactly len O'Clock.
Num-" says he, "ynu mnstn' say a
word to nobody Squire. The iicenseis all
ready aud lhe party wants 10 be very pr,
vale"
Squire Rogers was one of the most ac-
oommudaling old fellers in The world on
such occasions. Mrs. Rogers WAS a mon.
strous cranky cross old lady, aud nothing
done the S1nr" So much good as to marry
orher people, il didn't make nu odds who
they was Besides. Mr. Doolittle was a
injured man and a great scholar, in his
opinion, and belonged TO his church.
Mr.. Dooliule had arranged The whole
business in first rate order. Miss Bery
WAS Ia meet him al the end of her father s
lane Disguised in ri,len dress brTowed for
the occasion. whore he was to take her in
u close one horse hnroIiche an "hv with her
on he wngsn %, love-" as he said he would,
10 the S4pire's Office, wllar they was to
be united in the bands OF wrdIock before
anybody in the village know'd any thing
a5oGi il. He had made arrangements al
the hotel for room, which be seed fixed
! up himself for the auspicous occasion, and
he bad writ a letter TO 3 friend of his down
in Augusty TO be thar The next week TO take
charge of his school, as he thought il mouI
be necessary for him to keep out of the way
/ Of Old Darling for few weeks, till the old
feIler could have tune to come TOO.
| All day Mr.. Doolillle was Dustin abou,