Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-22

! poorme. Alas i don know what should
have done, but for your generous bounty"
"Tut, tut-dont talk so. How could /
help being good to you2"
"Ah, but everybody don't have hearts
like yours"
The captain ratherliked the compliment;
and then it came from an agreeable source,
too. So he did not dispute it. But he
made another prodigious effort to clear his
throat, and then said
"I have tried to be good TO YOU, Susan :
and hope | have been but can't do ali
] want to do for you at present. am COM
ing right to the point now" (Anothcr
clearing of the throat.) "You know YOU
arc a widow"
She did know it.
"Aud you know you arc. yet goung and
very beautiful ).
|. s"0h, mo! Not beautiful and surely
not re,Y young" ''' %. ~
"But you arc not old. 0ud-yyou arc beau
tiful. Now this won't do. Scandal will
reach you. --aheln-~-am not so old, my
self but that the shaft of scandal might
reach me TOO" l,
"You oldY" uttered Susan, looking up
reprc.y,i,ngiiy and odmiringly. "Why, you
are right in the very prime of manh6od---
\ man at your age, and, With. your genial
happy disposition, has just reached his fall
| dawn of life at five and fortyV Vs-,,p e S.
Uncle Jerry rather liked this, so he did
net contradict as he. had at FIRST a will to do.
| Then of course, he rcturncd, applying
tho compliment to his own purpose, s'it is
still tho more necessary that there should
be a new and nearer relation between us.
love you too wen to have a single breath
of suspicion r@st upon you. Should object
to such a relation ?' 3.
The widows long lashcs dropped, and
the dark tress upon hor bosom trcmblcd
more pcrceptiblN i. ,1i4.
of it is yourwish, sir should have
no opposition to make, she said
And you'll come and live with mo?"
q YeSo
Ara won be as happy as kings !,
."Gh, | should be very, very happy,
she whispered; and as she did SO, her head
.ested upon the captains shoulder, and the
bright tress fell upon his hand, with several
tcar-jcwcls glittcring amid its curls.
"What time wealhaye?' Uncle Jer
ry cried, winding his right arm about hqi
plump form, and drawing her more ctoscly
to MN, When you arc jacks wife
wc'll--" ~
Jackp repeated Susan, breaking from
his embrace, and starting to her. feet--
jacks wifc?" she uttered, dashing th,
tears from her eyes,
Why, bless me yes" S P,d
and have you meant for nc to marry
lin, ?n ~ t,sfS 'Gt.4 n&5 20 8ES
And You supposed w ,uld marry will
a mere boy? Arc there not girls enough
for the youngstcr? Sir, you mistake 1iic
---you mistake my heart, you pistake M
love, ifyou think [ could give my heart /,
your nephew ~ .t, ...-,.'Cs "a
Jack is-?:' LA
! - Know, sir-E know him we'll Ho i
fine youth---o worthy youth, and may bt
( nnoblc man, ifhSlivcs long geuough. I}u
can say no more, / am sorry to disap
! point you. / am-dccply grateful for al
your Kindness to me, andI will pray to Coz
tor his blessing upon you Continually Blu
we had better part now Y on have espolter
my doom! Farewell !"'o''"f .et !'s.r
-~HBut Sasalf! FIore stop , Bless. mel,
/ Susan did not stop, and .Uncle Jcrrr,
| found himself aloue. ,.He,said, G Bless m,
! soul ~ forty7thrco times, and then left til,
house, All the way home he muttcred t,
himself, and when he met Jack at tho sup
per table, he was moody andsilcnt. Wker
he went up TO his chamber lie commenced
| to hpttGr again; aud he kept on mutterin.
and popderiipg until he felIasleep. Muall,
I ne. began to LsreHp. He dreamed that. Sil
san Garland became his wife, and he helt
hcr to his bosom, and wondered that h,
could over have thought of such foolisl
thing as allowing Jack.to have, her. Blu
| while he held her thus, who should appea
inthe naptial, chamber but Bill Garland
pale and cold,I with sea-wced for hair, anc
dark grecn ocean moss for raihentF Ant
! tho cadaScrous prcsGrcc said. "Giyc M
InE wife, The dreamer aToke with +
/, sharp cry Of. fear, and found the sunliglt
streaming into his room He arose aud sa
down by tlIe window and finally he said
In deer, feryent tone-A Faa.~'
"ThqnS God, Bin Garland hasn't com,
H. Fox: three hole days Uncle Jorryiwas iik,
q newly eonFeftcd.sipneE sHcpontl noteat
he could noti'ad, he could not sleep, and tin
4 burden of his remarks to jack ss,I,a-
/ .,.'Clear out, you rascaI?" A. -. e,
! On the evening Of the .hird day thecaptai,
i made an extraordinary toilette, and, thoI
/" went up to see Spsan Garland. n She wclcom
eI Inn with awarm. greeting, and 6nally n
hls particular request, sat down by his sid
4 upon the sofa. just rs she sat before. -, !.
| =, }Susen, said he--he spoke blnnty. 70