The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1857-01-08

before my VISION, tempting ne bv tIieIr
playful movements, but ever cruelty eludiny
NY grasp. Dickens hero lived for whole
week on Dora and coffee. hut !, still more
ehamorcd, Jared as long an as st,npluous.
ly upon Lizzies delicious hand, and that,
too. without the stiinulous Of the coffee. j
4traversed the whole city W 81, her, and ran
sacked every fashionable slicp in search of
gloves, but the manufacturers were entirely
ut Fault, aud had never anticipated so ex.
quisitely delicate member was then
entirely nnslspicious of u trick. but cannot
help s,,specting now tha, that shopping ex-
petition WAS ouly an ariful ru<e of my
charmer for mo g strikingly showing off her
parts. 1need not say that the artiiice sue
ceeded admirably and that was desperate
ly in love. Nothing could have saved me but
an absence Of a few weeks, in which receiv.
ed am inspired, trashy letter, which ouenched
the flame that might otherwise have burst
into y declaration, and thus endetl the story
OF my first love. 1t was boyish folly, per.
haps, and yet WAS no more foolish than
tho thousands who are yearly sacrificing
themselves at the shrine of soulless Beauty.
While these "reminiscences Of youthful
days were passing through my mind, our
hoises had not been idle, but were slowly
climbing up tie rocky ascent. Higher and
higher still we ascendcd, aud from each ele-
valion caught new gIimpacs of the wild and
beautiful scenery around. We we're antici-
pating speedy termination TO our journey.
when strange spell came over one of our
ncigiibors' horses. AS our barometer, willie
we had been going up, otstinatciy persisted
IN running down, SO he seemed inclined To
follow It's example, and with the firmness of
Old Hickory, summarily vetoed all farther
progress. Whipping aud persuasion proved
alike Intellectual upon our buonetricai stecd.
lie seemed perfectly willing to return TO
Greenrille, even il the whole journey were
to be performed in an inverse order but
C;esar's Head mad evidently lost all atirac
tons for him, and every eifnrt to urge him
IN that direction WAS entirely unavailiny.
10 add to the excitement, musical little
screams began to issue from the hack, aud
directly out leapcl three lslies, the very pic
tures OF wild alright.
Davis and myself at short distance, were
infinitely amused at the discomfit of our
neighbors The angry driver n.anfn;ly stri
wing to repress an oath, which would oeca
sionally slip out in spite of him, applying
now moral suasion aud anon appealing
touchingly to the bascr feelings of the ani.
NAL, the three ladies leapipg from the car
riage anl rushing behind the trees like
frightcd Nymp's, keeping time to the dri.
ver's whip with their tmil scrcnms, and -
marble.like6gurc of man, who still sat cooly
in the carriage, alike indifferent TO the pluEg.
ing of the horses or the fright Of The ladies,
formed u picture, hall comicaI, l,alf lragical,
which was highly entertaining. Never was
an adventure more enjoyed by the valorous
knight OF In ManclIa than this one by us,
and though we were not quite so prompt in
rescuing the frightened maidons from their
perils rs the worthy Don would have been,
yet soon our syiapatliiss got the better OF
our merrimcnt, aud we offered our assiS-
tance. a proposal 10 exchange horses was
gratefully accepted, and under Davis more
skillful management, the fractions stced be.
came at once dacile and obcdient, and we
pursued The remainder Of The way without
accident.
At sunset we arrived ut Cnsar's Head
The air from the mountains blew chill and
cold. Autumn seemed suddenly to have in-
vested itself with the robes of winter. The
landlord stood ut the gate, but appeared To
be more Of II stranger than ourselves, so, of
ter waiting proper length of time for an
invitation to enter tho hotel. l!) and not re.
ceiving it, we invited him in, and did GU,
best to make him feel at homo. No COW
cheerful fire hlazed upon the hearth, no OBJ
seqniuns servant proilered his assistance. nc
signs Of life were visible from garrot to base
| ment.
But over all there hung an aspect drear,
"Grim yisagsd chills our trembling spirit.
daunted,
Which said, as plain as whispers in the eay,
You are not wasted
Pardon me, Tom Hood, for wretched
parody, aud | promise neve, to perpetratt
another.
| With the thermometer at thirty eirl.
degrees, the sitting room ut ilirty-two, auG
the landlord at zero. our prospects were be
ginning to be o little dubious. After re
peaied efforts. however, we Mt length sue
ceeded in having fiie kindled, but, to ad,
to our discomfort, the crazy smoke, forget
ful Of its higher mission. poured down In,
chimney in hugo volumes, and soon droy,
/ us weeping from the room. And here
homily upon the downward tendencies OF u,
poor fallen bipeds would come in extremel,
"pat," and l might, no doubt, draw ou
some very luminous ideas by sombro com
| panion But whilst / am moralizino tl,,