Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-11
Gallantry in the Wild wood.

.' pN'ihu thC nciSnG was lcaY-
lng' the suns warm rays still played among
the billowy masses of foliage that swclled
along towering ridge Immediately in ad.
vance, when my eye was caught by de-
Jccted hooking female figure, half rccin-
ing, at the foot of cliff near sudden
turning of the road. | come so suddenly
upon her wild resting place, that it was
not until she had started in alarm from the
shadowy nook, us my horse skeered at be-
holding such an object in his path, that L
perceived it was woman and then glanc-
ing at her stained and crumpled bonnet,
and travelsoiled homespun dress, with the
coarse and much worn shoes that she had
upon her feet, Ipcrccivcd she was young
woman OF about twenty, and evidently be-
longing to the humber walks of life
Her features, | thought might be pretty,
naturally, but they wore look of lassitudc
that was absolutely painful She did not
speak as passed but turning round after
| had gained few yards beyond, was
met by sound so imploring that | thought
1t could only belong to one that was dumb.
Have far to go, stranger ?' she at
length asked, turning on my tracks | again
approached her.
=" cannot answer that, my good girl,
till know whittier you arc bound"
+" And where but to my mother, over
the mountains is she not dying ? and II
shall never have the strength to reach her
con, sir,' she added, while her eyes swan
with tears, have not tasted a morscl of
food since some kind persons on the road
let me eat with them ycstcrday-and now
L am grown SO feeble, know I shall not
get there in time" At these words her
eyes closed, while she leaned her person
against the rock, as if about to sink into a
fainting fit
Having never yet had the good luck to
bear swooning belle out of ball room or
theatre, was wholly at n loss what to do
in this emergency, till remembering flask
of wine with which had chanccd to pro-
vide myself that very morning, L did not
hesitate to lean and apply the restoring
liquid to the lips of the sinking damscl.
The appearance of kindness and sympathy
seemed to aid as much as the draught it.
self in restoring her. But Venus cestus
itself could not more magically bring smiles
and roses into faded chaeks than did cold
corn-cake and piece of smoked vcnison,
which, when produced from my pocket,
were summarily disposed of by my heroine.
Pouring out her thanks while demolishing
the acceptable cheer, she told me, in the
tullncss of her heart, that she lived among
the hills in North Carolna-and having
heard that her mother, who lived in Ten
ncsscc, was at the point of death, she had
left home with few shillings tied in her
shawl, to sec her parent once more
The tolls of her journey had been more
than once relieved by passing emigrant !;
but she had bccnnow several days on foot
and her last application for aid having been
met by insults, she had, though nearly
overcome by fatigue determined to push
on to the last without counting the chance
of similar cruelty / took my map from
my pocket, and guessing as nearly as pos
siblc, by the route marked thereon, the
distance the poor girl hadyct to travel,
supplied her with sufficient to defray the
expenses she must incur. The slender
state OF my purse would not permit me to
allow for any accidental contingency, and |
thought it well, when observing the SIM
pliclty with which she confdcd in stran-
ger, cnjoining her, if she required further
er assistance, not to apply to any passing
cavalier she might encounter, but to seek
it from the hospitable country people round
She raised her eyes inquiringly, while with
a look of gratitude she placed her hand
in mine, as guarded her against travellers
of my own condition in life; and somehow
/ Whether from my saddle slightly turn
ing, or from my leaning over too far while
making my words as impressive as possi-
b.. | don't know,-but my mouth, before
L knew it, came in contact with as sweet
pair of lips-
Spirit of Uncle Toby did not the zeal
with which | dashed the spurs into my
horse at that moment blot out the invol
untary and almost unconsciously commit
ted offence The sober reflections induced
by entering tall dark wood, when | had
gained the base of the mountain, sugges-
ted several curious doubts whether some
five or six years seniority were really sufli-
cient qualifications for lecturing a pretty
girl on discretion, in forest at twilight.
TIE FARMER NIoTTo. General Pierce
closed an Agricultural Address at Twins
burg, Ohio, as follows:
Let the farmer smotto be, then, "good
farms, good stock, good seed, and good cul-
tivation." Make farming science, in
which your head as well as your hands are
employed; let there be system, reason in
all your operations; study to make your
farm beautiful, and your lands lovely =
entice by kindness, the birds to visit, and
cheer your dwelling by their music. /
would not associate with the man or boy
that would wantonly kill the birds that