Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-11-06

''"tu' iihe, 30 took thc tongS and began
to poke the back logs--ddn't dare to tell
her how L felt Purity soon Sal left her
cardln' and come and sot right smack down
by the side of feller.
"Bettcr stop pokin the fire." sez she
"you'll hov it out"
Well, | dropped the tongs, and kinder
slipped my arm materially round her waist
she didn't shy off, and | sez:
OFF you're lonesome, why don't you get
some SO. company; plenty of nice fellcrs.-
There's Joe Sniffins, frinstance." | tho't
la just sound her on that point Didn't
she make an orful face when | spoke his
name? In minute scz she:
"Joe Suiffens? Do you spose I'd have
him /?
oval, don't know" sez I.
al know" sez she.
| felt as eff [ stood pretty good chance,
80 sez |, half laughin'
"S'posc VIC splice"
She just raised those bright ewes O. hern
and looked right straight into my face, SO
killin'-likc, nighupon went off the handle.
Et my heart didu't perpctratc then, no mat
ter, l thought | should choke tryin' to
speak. Now or never, SCI | to myself.
'W hat do you say to that Sal? SCI I
again.
She jest drew those little fingers O. hcrn
close round my hand, and ! knew she felt
if she couldn't speak
wv ell, you ii marry me then, Sal?" soz [.
Her eyes twinklcd like two stars, and she
squeezed my hand again, and knew the
deed was done. [ reckon kissed her as
much as onc't, didn't l though? felt
purity impatient, | did, that things should
be hurried up, so scz [.
GIL see your father, and reckon we'l
be married in two or three weeks"
She kept squcezn' my hand, but didn't
say nothin'. She looked happy, though,
and L knew she only kept still cause she
was Young and bashful.
Wal, after a while, | went hum. IF [
dldn' feel as cf I'd done good nights lob
nobody never did Next mornin', BRIGHT
and early, went over to sec the old Squire.
ne hadn't no objections, SO felt as eff twas
all sartain, sure work Towards noon |
harncssed up the old mare to load of ta-
ters and druv over to the next town, (that
was mighty nice place to trade in, to git
my weddin suit. | worked and worked,
till found leete the incest piece of
broadcloth fur breeches you ever sot eyes
on. 1t was thick as board, and what a
nap 1T had-smooth, tell you All the
taller In creation couldn't make fellcrs
hair smoother'n that ere nap was. Wal,
thought, seen's how fcller don't get mar
rled very often, Id hev the tailor make the
breeches and coat, instead of mother. lie
said he d take pay in winter butter, and that
warn like takin the hard out of fellers
pockets, so told him to get 'em done in
jest two weeks When the time came
round, jest went and got en- B!azcs
warn't they cute? When | got home |
went over to the Squires' Sal was at the
back door churning.
"Sal, sez |, 'jest look at them ere brcch
es, VIII you? Did you ever set eyes on
their like ?"
"Them is nice, that's fact" scz she,
looking dredful pleased, "but what ON airth
did you git sich clothes for? [ should
think you was goin' to be married"
oval, | reckon am,' sez I, grinning.
"Who are you goin' to marry?" scz she,
as innocent as ef she didn't know.
81 kalkerlate to marry Sally Wiccins,"
sez 1, lookin' her square in the face. 90
oval, kalkerlate you won't, then, sez
she, colorln' up-"so [ guess you've lost
your coat and breeches for nuthn'."
Wasn't fumbcrgastcd just then? Wal
l was, 80 sez /:
"Dldn't you promise to have me ?"
"No," sez she, ii never did il. al! NV
born days, and never meant to nuther."
oval, you acted jest as eff you meant it
all the while"
That's your lookout" sez She
felt hurt, / did, and sez |:
"Sally, what makes you use fcller so ?"
"l can tell you, Barney Scranton, when
a man goes braggin' all around Wriggles
town that he can marry any gal he's mind
to, guess he can't marry Sally Wiggns
quite so easy, and there amt gal in Wrig-
glestown but what'll make fool of YOU ef
she can git a chance"
WAL the long and short of it was, that
Sal Wiggins had been foolin' of me, and all
the time she was goin' to marry Joe Sniff
tens | swan to man, eff ] wasn't dumfoun-
dered; but didn't mean to lose the coat
and brceches, so courted another gal, and
married her less than six weeks. Ireck-
on found out then that there was long
run between sayin' you're goin to do a
thing and doin' it.
Or YoUTHAED AdE.--Many readers of
Aristotle's admirable description lin the
Rhetoric) of the Young and the Old, lin
which he gives SO decided preference tn