Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24

idli-! uc Bctualiy Dcnt down and Kissed 1t
"I,w was afraid you could not come" he
said, gazing up into her bright face with !. look
Of unmistakablc devotion.
"Not behind my time, | think" said Jen.
MICS clear ringing voice. 81 hurried lIa.
roun little for to tell the trutb tbe hours
are rather precious to me to dav." )
Upon that hint he spoke:
And What then must they be 70 me?--
Oh Miss Howard, whom tIfnk of tho nls,.
ant tho fine, in short. the hannv d,ys / have
known since met you. nv heart !. ready 10
! break. - -
"Why?" said Jcnuic, coolly.
Because when | come here 10 morroE.
that fairy laugh will be silent that sweet voice
will be mute"
The Squire was evidently very far zone .
but Jeuntc was especially rroyoliinu
"AIy dear sir, Shall be laughing and tal.
! King eiscwhcrc.D u
| ~. =. :, nI il y, orooncd thc n.,
fellow, suddenly recalled TO nl,in uuvnrn;sh.
cd prose. "Nfhcn ! think thnt Won will he
making others as hanny rs von boy, modn mo,
! | swear | could oct into that brook aud ,l,nwn
mvsclf -
:" Not amirc WAY or .dyinr."
Miss Howard don't lnyh n nc-..,r,,.
don't. I'm tho most miserable doc on cartb
tbnt Won can makamn rho Lonrie.t W;u,,,,5 ,
| Will you marry mo? con, Lord I've sai,l if !,
| I've proposed to n woman ~ he addr1-in n
| lutlicro,,s aside. that ncurIv made me scrc,m
with laughter eDo Won hear mo Miss IIn.
! ward ?''
Yes, she heard him: but her face was I'm.
ried in her handkerchief aud her whole frame
shook, was she CRYING? The Souire wont
down on his knees in thc damn rro.s and
seized her hand. IJuroun ,lrnscI;la stnmn.
ed eating, and, turuino towards his n,;st,,,xs
looked at her with, lustrons eyes MS wonder.
ing whether SHE had suddenly ,,nnc m,d 4.
for Maggie Dcnbish, my greatest fear was
that she would bre,L , hjnoa ,.os..l :, ,o
staining her laughter. Tears ran down her
checks, and tho veins on her forehead swrllcl
| frghtfuily. She elSpcd. and pontcd and
chung to me; but tho Squire Was luckily too
much absorbed in himself to hear OF hccd bcr
| At hst Jennie commanded herself su(G.
cicntly to speak, and removing her hanaker.
chief. looked down upon her worsllipncr
"Mr Dcnbigh, pray rct up. If you
.Should catch cold, should never foraiyo my.
self"
No, | will never rise till Won answer mo
But Won hate women vm know +"
I 81 Not now. They are all angels oycrv one
of them"
| And the EDelish; for perhaps Won do
not know that | am an English woman. -
She said, telling most outrageous fib.
| "Ncvcr mind. ] don't care. Only say
you will be minc," sighed the Squire.
"Pray, pray get upsir," she said summon
ing llaroun Alraschild to her side by sign
1t is all joke cannot marry yoll,-I was
told that YOU had II horror of women and
vowed to punish you for it--that is ALL"
lie sprung to his feet as if he had been
shot, and stood glaling at her She held out
her hand
Won't you forgive me, and say good bye"
Madame, /"
Oh, if you are, going to be crusty, | am
oit, and lcap'ng into the saddle, she dashed
through the meadow, and disappeared over
the fence, leaving him swearing and stamping
with rage: just then we saw little trim fig,
urc running towards h!m from the house, and
Matte Hines, Grasping my arm, whispered
with a look OF utter dlsmay:
Its that little wretch of Harriet,
thought she was about some mischief; and
you may depend upon it, she has come to tell
INN all III he inds us here he will surely
murder us"
Discretion was evidently the better part of
valor, Just then, and Watching moment when
the squire back was turned, we stole cau-
touSiy through the covert, aud hardly dared
to breatlc TIL VIC were safe in Jennic's rooms
at the tiago Hotel
Three hours lntrr wn 1rOrn all al fI,o w