Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-11-21


eyes were far more eloquent than his tongue
l-theY plainly informed the fair Kitty that
she had found new admirer Kitty, high
ly ilattercd, received the stranger advances
graciously, and the youth being by no
means bashf,ll, half an hour found them
chatting easily and gaily on various topics
| of interest. Kitty's stay in the woods was
/ something longer than usual that afternoon.
s" What is the matter, Kitty 2" [ asked,
on meeting her soon after her return home.
" Your eyes sparkle, and you look as pleased
as though you had met a fairy in your
afternoon ramble"
"It's bette: than fairy" cried Kitty,
breathlcssly, Cts a young man."
| % Indeod!" [ calculated, with a whistle
" Yes, James" she replied, "and he's
so landsomc-so agrccablc--so delightful,
that can't say how things might 90 if he
were to make mc, some of these days, my
second offer"
+" You can't impose upon me in that kind
/ of way sweet Kitty, so don't attempt il,
J exclaimed. "l'll he bound the impu-
dent fellow, whom ] wouldn't object spc1k-
ing bit of my mind to, is not handsomcr
rruorc agreeable than ] am myself"
Kitty laughed aloud in derision. Giles
a thousand times handsomer than you arc,
she cried scornfully, "and as much more
/ entertaining as he is more handsome
=" Come, kitty, don't be too cutting, too
cruel" l began; but Kitty drew herself
up with dignity,
"Thcy call me Katherine, who do speak
to me, sir" she said
" Katharine, fddlesticks.' - / cried
| .
in the world, and comes most natural to mc
don't bother me with your Katharincs"
dare say you may like il" said Kit
ty poutng, half angrly, "but don't
Its too free. How would you like if |
persisted in calling you Jim2 / declare
III call you Jim, if you go on calling me
Kitty"
i "Do so if you like" replied, " and it
will soon sound to me like the sweetest
name in the world. But may presume
to beg from my fair and gracious Lady
Katharine description of tho wood -Adonis
she has been oncountcrng
He is tall" began Kitty
| "Taller than p / interrupted Kitty
almost annihiatcd me by q look.
BY at least half foot-and of an clc~
giant figure" she continued with marked
emphasis. " He was dressed in fishing
costume, which greatly became him.
81 have an old fishing blouse, up stairs ="
| muttcred, soto voce, /" II think i'll get it
out"
"The young mans manners were un-
commonly easy and gentlemanly, &nd with
al perfectly respectful and deferential," I"
continued Kitty. Having asccrtained my
name, he never once forget himself so far
as to abbreviatc it, his conduct contrastcd
favorable in that respect with some of his
friends" gt
1 "Well, Kitty" said I, "what other
j pcrfectious had your hero, q have you ex-
haustcd your list?"
Ear fromit,' said Kitty, Indignantly.
lie wears his hair parted down the middle
like a poet, or that charming Signor Pozzo-
lini in the part of Edgardo--"
cor Methodist parson," / observed
" And besides all that" continued Kitty,
che has moustachc."
A last, best gift, said [ "but kitty,
that perfection, | hope will not be very diff
ficult of achievements I'll begin to-mor-
row. Let me sce-tall- handsome agree
ablc-good manners elegant figure, and q
moustache On the whole, Kitty, think
I'm vcrymuch afraid of my new rival"
4 "You have cause" Kitty replied, with
grave dignity.
The next day when Kitty reached her
retreat, she fonnd the stranger again in its
ncighborllood. | must do the little CO.
quettc the justice of confcssing that she
did look startled, and indeed veXcd, when
she saw him; but perhaps thinking it too
late to retreat she advanced timidy. The
youth met her with many apologies, and a
plausible pretcncc for his Intrusion, which
she could not gainsay, while something fiat.
tering in his manner made her bIushingly
divine that the hope of again seeing hel
had beenthe true cause of his reappearancc
BE that as it / ight, the Stranger perhaps
to give Kitty time to recover her confidence
immediately sauntcrcd off in pursuit Of his
sport, and Kitty, fancying she had seen the
last of her new admirer, drew forth hel
book, and setting herself in mossy corner
began to read. She however had scarcely
succeeded in fixing her attention on its
pages before the pcrtinacious stranger re-
appeared, and declaring that fishing was
dull work and the fish would not bite, he
composedly seated himself at Kittys feet,
and begged to know the namo Of the book
she was reading. f'
" Tcpnyson's Princess" replied Kitty,
curtly. '1 .
The impertur0ble stranger. declared the
book great favoritc of his, and began to
talk so encouragingly of books and authors