Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-06-02
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THE oLDBoYAND THBoLD GIRL,

. The time, was in; 1890 the scene The
growing,icolopy ofzNew.HAmsterdam the
place, a snug little Dutch house aud'tiIe
subject Of the following tale. David Stats
and bis wife And; who WAS David Stats Z
He was'a little short built fellow, not very
rish and not very smart In fofmsF times
be- had been very comfortable but owing 10
circumstances all comforts had long dsparted.
He had accidentally become acquainted with
Amelia Gull. She. vas nearly six.sfset in
height, withear face Of .brasa and voics,like
aecraeked coffee pot. Neatly ffty, years ot
age, yet in spite Of all. her efforts she had
never succeeded in becoming sas belle; she
hadsnever even received. an offer, and, as
time worepon, she began to be. seriouslysa-
Flarmed, lest it should be her fate,toliyesand
die an odd maid. Therefore, as a last resort,
.shssaet her cap for David Stats. Poor 4Da.
vid~was, an unsuspecting soul. y ghestendes,
languishing smiles of Amelia Gull deceived
him; andia an evil hour he made her Mrs:
staats. sButralthough he had un- Gulledhes,
be soonS found that she had gulled him.
The pleasant .glaneessof his wife Eanished3
and in their place'came0 "a. look partaking
strongly y~of thesnature of vinegar Every
one said he was q fool, sand he began tebe-
lieve it. She ruled him mswith an iron. hand.
David never had much courage. He was
never ablssto face the wrath of1mau, and
Chow then could he be expected to triumph
over the angeroffa wonana Ameliss will
was law Whatever ~she commanded was
done, for he knew the penalty of disobe-
dience: Under his accumulating tortures,
his flesh fell off {; iong; drawn sighs frequent:
ly burst from his overcharged heart, and it
was very evident to all that he was unhappy.
Every body pitied him, except bis wife, and
she extended her rule more and more every
day. 49,
It was an exceeding stormy night. The
rain swept down in such torrents, that. it
seemed as if another deluge was coming to
devastate earth. The thunder burst on high,
as if the very heavens were splitting, and
many falling chimney gave evidence of the
violence of the wind David Stats sat by
his ireside alone, musipg on his treubles.-
The storm without was unheeded; ; there was
secret tempest agitating his breast, which
forbade him to think of anything else. At
last he made up praiseworthy resolution.
His thoughts became words, and he mutter-
ed something like the following:-"Thun-
der and lightning, just as if was going to
mind her! I'm her husband, and she's my
wife-then she ought to obey me. But in
stead of. that, she orders me around just as
if 1 was that dog. Come here, Zeb, lie
down, you're my old FRIEND" he continued,
as the intelligent animal slowly raised him
self, and licked his hand. CHOW, isn't it
too bad that she should try to make brute
of me? Well we'll see; the next time she
says anything to me, I'll be darned if"
"You will, will you" he heard in an an
gry tone, close to his ears Gracious heav-
ems ! there she was, her eyes glowing with
anger, like two Goals of fire. She had en-
tered the room unpe-ceived by him, and had
heard the whole of his muttered soliloquy.
ssTake that for your pains" she said, and
he received blow on one ear, which nearly
knocked him over "and that !" as he felt a
similar application on the other side of his
head, which set him up again. "Now 60