Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-11-21
VARIETY,
kitty Pleasanton,s Firat ofEar.


Kitty Pleasanton's First Offer.
| cannot remember the time when / was
not in love with Kitty Plcasanton. 1t
must have begun when we were both babies.
| am sure loved her as we sat together bv
the roadside soaking our dandclion stems
in the little puddles of water to make them
curl My passion was in nowisc abatcd,
when, somewhat later, [ climbed cherry
trees at her bidding; nor later yet when at
dancing school | awkwarlly made my
new learned bow, and asked hei to be my
partner; nor, am Very sure, was my boy
ish passion at all dampcd, when, on my ra-
turn from college, | found my sweet little
Kitty changed, by some undefinable altera-
tion, from Il lovely child to bcwitching
young woman. She was almost the same
as when parted from her three years before
Tho woman was very like the child
there were the same rosy cheeks, the same
pouting innocent mouth, the same curling
hair, but some charm, grace, or sentiment
was added, which made my heart thrill with
new emotion as | gazed at her.
Kitty" said [ to her one day, after I
mad been at home week or two, and
found | could restrain myself no longer,
Kitty, I'm very much in love with YOU
as you know as well as | do. I've always
been in love with you, and fancy you are
IN love with me; but now | want you to
promise to marry me-" / paused, but Kit
ty made no answer, and | said, " You like
inc, Kitty, don't you W
First tell mo, said Kitty, bluslrne,
and with an odd mixture of delight and
5ashfulncss in her face, "if you've made
me what is called 'an offerY"
"To be sure have, my darling" I re-
piled; can offer which trust and hope
you'll accept"
Don't be too sure of that" said Kitty
dcmurcly.
Kitty! you love mc?" exclaimed.
THAT'S my secret" replied the provo
king little thing. f" But at any rate, she
continued, {" could not possibly think of
accepting the very first offer / over received
i should be mortified all the rest of my
life if / did. No, indeed; no girl of spirit
would dream Of accepting her first offer, as
If she were afraid she should never have
another, Excuse me. James, / can posi-
bly, accept you till I've had at least one
other offer"
& :" But, my dearest Kitty" [ began.
/" Kitty! Kitty Kitty :" she exclaimed,
"will you never Mr.. Brant, learn to call
me by my proper name? l confess ] did
hope that on receiving my first Offer the
person making it would address me with
proper courtesy, and in a manner befittng
the occasion, giving me my name of Katha-
rine; but now you've gone and spoiled it
ALL"
. Oh, i suppose you wanted stiff, ccre-
monious proposal in form" observed; /;
"but I'm no Sir Charles Grandson, Kitty
-Katharine, 1 would say; therefore don t
be foolish be content to know in plain
words that my whole heart is yours and
have the aood sense to accept my first offer,
since your second may not be 50 good"
But vain were my arguments and rea-
sonings. Kitty was determined not to ac-
cept her first offer and finding her rcsolute
changed my tone, and acquiescing in her
views, confessed that after all / too had a
certain pride on that point, and should be
rather mortified to know that my wife had
never had any offer but that | had myself
made her; and so / promised to suspend
my suit till Kitty should be so fortunate as
to receive an offer from some other quarter.
Now, not far from where Kitty dweIt,
there was favoritc dell, or bower, or some
thing ef the kind, to which she daily re-
paired with some chosen volume to sit and
read. All my endeayors to persuade her
to allow me to accompany her thisher had
always been quite in vain. Kitty was firm
in preferring her nndisturbed solitude, and
| was daily doomed to an hour or two Of
the mopes during her romantic woodland
visit.
Ia pursuance with this custom Kitty set
out soon after the conversation / have
sketched, declining as usual, my offer OF
companionslin, 46,3
Not more than half an hour had elapsed
after she had reached her ftyorite scat, ere
her attentionfwas attrdetcd by a yorng gem
tlcman who was fishing ia the bsas,; which
flowed near her. Kitty drew back a alittle
on seeiug him, but her curious eyt 8 occa.
sionaTy wandered towardsth stranger. -,
The latter no sooner perceived his fair OBJ
server than he bowed With an air Of great
politeness and ladYsa q few steps ven,
tured 81 5le8oss hcF a few words Of COM
monplacc greeting. The young mans