Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-07-05
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BARNEY O'BALENTINE.

We'll, there lived an old woman some
years ago at Musquash Creek, in South Car
olna, that had large forth and an only
darter. She was widder, miser, and a
drunker. She was very good and very
cross, as many riteous pious people are, and
bad loose tongue and tight pus of her
own. All the men that looked at her dar-
ter she tho't had an eye to money, and she
warn't far ont of the way bother, for IT
seems as if beauty aud money was too much
to 90 together in genera way. Rich gals
and handsome gals are seldom good for moth
in else but their cash or their looks. Pears
and peaches are not often found on the same
tree, I tell you She lived all alone almost,
with nobody but her darter and her in the
house, some old niger slaves in hut near
at hand: and she seed 10 company she
could help The only place she went, iu a
general way, was meeting Jerushy never
missed that, for it was the on ly chance she
had sometimes to get out alone.
Barney had most beautiful voice, and
always went there, too, to sing alone with
the gals and Barney hearin Of the fortiu Of
Miss Files, made up to her as fierce as posi-
BILE, aud sung so sweet, aud kissed so sweet,
that he soon stood number one with the
heiress But he didn't often get chance to
walk home with her, and when he did she
darsn't let him come IN. for fear of the old
woman But Barney warn't to be put of
that way long When gal S in one pastur'
and lover in another lisa high fence that
they cant get over, that's a fact.
Tell you what" says Barney, sit up IA
lone in the keepin' room, Rushy, dear, arter
old mother has gone to bed, put out the
light, and Ill slide down ou the rope from
the trap door on the roof Tell her that
you are exercised in your mind, and want
to mediate alone, as the words you heard
this day have reached your heart.
JcruShy was frightened to death almost ;
but what won't, woman do when lover is
in the way? So that very night, she told
the old woman that she was exercised in
the mind, and would raste with the spirit.
DO dear, says the mother, 'and you
won't think of the vanites of dress and
idle company no more. You see how [ have
given them all up since / made profession,
and never so much as talk of EN-
Strange, Squire, ain'tit?' But it's much
easier to cheat ourselves than cheat the dev
Il Th,. all h,,- ,o,S too ct;pr, to b,y 4.
dress, but pursuadcd herself it was bein
too good to wear it
Well, the house was hat-roofed house
and had trap-docr in the ceiIin' over the
keepin' room, aud there was 4 crane On the
roof, with rope to pull up things to spreac
out to dry there. As soon as the light,
were all out: and Barney thought the ole
woman was asleep, he crawls on the house
opens the trap-door and lets himself dowI
By the rope, and he and Jerushy sat dowr
On the hearth in the chimney corner court
in, or as they call it in them diggins
ssnufin ashes When day light began te
show, he went up the rope hand over hand
hauling it up after him, closed too the trap
door and made himself scarce. Well, al
this went on as slick as could be for awhile
but the old woman seed that her darter look
ed pale and as if she hadn't sleep enough
and there was no gettia' her up in the
mornin', and when she did she was yawn
in and gappin' and so dull she hadn't a
a word to say. She got very uneasy about
it at last, and used to get up in the hight
sometimes and call her darter, and make
her go off to bed, and once or twice come
plaguy near oatchin' of them. So what does