Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-04-07
MGS0Ela AMY.
THE TORN NEWSPAPER !
81 OLINEN sINCLAln.

'Sr' ,,.r.
,r 41'c W imam "'o,c Guam rove YOU
"".i'"' why S"oU" you oe angry lhis Is
HV; W.; r"u way 10 "'Ne ,no 'oNo you oc',cr 1Aan
,' ".''t,'', en G''."u, oo your Mi.e, can ne
94 9o .i,,i, "" i,''No E'',r ne co'nP"-
n,r mo ,.n,r i,anJ f,a Ioa,'I zoo, @ :" o',o,
cncc of mo over otbcr and f,ir:,. n',,ijnns nf
yonr nc,rai,toncc and Who + know w,,,lJ
he made honpy by such an oI)rr Noy Jn
not look di,nlcascj Bcconsc rc ,Isc 70 bn
your wife. is no reason tlut cannot cstccn,
Won rs = friend
Tbus calmly. and comfy. and scnsiblv smoke
lila Rnrd S,yoot Lnout;fnI nirl nf o;,,lito,,,
Nthc dyn~htcr Of n moor widowIto r. :, r;cb
yonnr mnn Of uncnntroInbIo na.sinns who
Ind I0veJ her Ionr and would bnvr mo1n hc,,
his wife: for, tLonoh noor, She was socially
his equal, her father having been q rcntlemn1
of fortune, who bec,mo reduced before his
death THROUGH the f,ilurc Of = bonl, in which
he had invested all he was worth.
They were standing at the Garden cate. to
which he had asked her to accompany him,
after havinr called to scr her sovinm thot he
wished to say few words 20 her alone These
few words were the offer of his hand and for
tune. Her rcrlv was that She had been
month engaged to William Applcton. Ills
angry cxclamations of dsappointmcnt called
from her the words f remonstmncc and kind
ness which She addressed him at the beginning
of our tale
{" Love or hatred - he replied, almost fierce
ly. Z" must either love or hate you, Ida
Boyd There is no medium with me AS
for William Appleton, may the dcy-"
"Charles-CburIcs Stop where Won arc
This conduct !. unwortb,, Of vo,, md n,;uf,,
to me-" She cr;cd lnyin,. her hnI rpnn his
arm. which he ncttiShh withdrew from her
touch ssJf cannot love Won ,yLv will Won
hate me? Does not this show thnt vonr love
for me was NOT snch rs wnnll st,nd thn trsts
of life %
IJa-toll, NOT tbus NV love for Won
would have made mo die for van Yesterday
if Won had biddrn mo do &, decd invulvinr tLc
risL, of NV lf, would b,vc marched viii =
smile mon nv lns to death so thot fclt
that you approyed'"
She looked in his f,cc rho moonli,,bt
nleomipo tbrounh thc I,ttico Of Ic,vcs ,Iovn
thcir bcods fcIl in soft .,lnrd,r nm hi. faro.
head; for his forehead was uncovered as he
spoke to the fair object of his worship. There
was momcntary silence. She broke it by
s"y''S, O"'f'eS' AN very very sorry ior
you ~! y.
!, "{ "c n"'' o"i i'iJ |""S fo'Soi %
''c '''o you nave so coInp't'c'y fastened m III
ny, ny Ic".T' ii't' me- io"' h"'c me n"'
mo f,r rahh;no. NO ~ ,n,nif,j
{" Charles F." said the lovrly girI os she took
his reluctar. hand in hers ! " dear Charles,
my friend, how can you blame nc? How
can YOU feel so? Love is a mystery. | do
not know why [ choose William rather than
you.
He has known YOU but ten months, while
have known you from a child"
. know it, Charles have always liked
you, DO you not remember how | have 50
often given you flowers, and how you used to
love to carry my heavy satchel of books home
forme; and how you gave me birds and rab-
bits for pets, and named them after you
and how you used to do hard sums for me,
and what good friends We used to be?'
Yes, | remember it all, Ida; and were
very happy, and when | grew up, and you
grew ~ and became so beautiful, l resolved
YOU shou., be my wife; but then came the
sr. 1~"r, and -a.7d
,{%ro -. omoton, l. not g'Ish OF tears, OF
t,n ,,n,,,l, NO., M I'D his |ttcrancc, and he
tmrnoJ " ';,a. ,'" ng the sentence.
Az sS;I GI.Ila i',,o mystc.V !
1o,od I,;,, ~ t don't
i,"o,r hn,r :, as 'o' t |' S"" ',,,"
thnn onr hnorts no'noJ +oe', t.oI". ,," mI
o,,Lnaoi ,;I.o oLt ~ iJ ,,'S''"' "'''
''',O,"oI ~, ''A' 'o"s "OIo"' '!'o''u'
nc diSappo'"'eo rover mace no immediate