The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-10-11

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checked home spun frock on. rally
4 ilongh5ld take the blind staggers any.
Ben paused again to brush .he foo
fren, bis eyelids and then continued !:
We'll, Found the order of the day
was 10 go muscadine hunting. Joe
Shap and his ;. two sisters, and Jim
Bowles was thar. I'd knowed a long
time That Shap was right after Kate,
md hated him worse than ahog hates
% hnd ia road out of tater patch; but
lsl stlidp't let on. Shap had on white
britches and fine shoes and <broadcloth
oSercost, but everybody knowed he
wssa'tswofth a red cent, q lie walked
Iswitii. Kate and you ought to have seen
/ the airs:be put on. 1t was Miss Kate
this, and Miss Kate that and all suc,a
hoDsense. After awhile we came near
a;sIoNghw We had to cross on log. and
I'D a notion 10 pitch the sassy good for
nothing into the water" !
- = Why; didn't your" asked.
Stop, never mind,ne said Ben giving
| q, nudge. - Proyideace done alithat
Eup brown. Nothing must do but Joe
<Shnp must lead Miss Kate across fust.
He jumped. Oh The. log in high glee and
took khte's hahd, and they put off.-
Just as they got half way across 4 tar
nation big bull frog jumped off into the
waper--1yon know how they hollow
p Snakesp screamed thef9ol, aud knock.
ed Kate off TO her waist in tho nasty,
black muddyTwater. And what dye
think She doaet Why, run backwards:
aad foreds, a holleHn' for pole to help
kate.out of the water. Kate looked at
me, aud couida't stand il any longer.
Chtchank lit ten feet. from the bank
the FIRST jump and had Kate out of thar
IN nostirne. And dye think. the scamp
didhi,t come UP, afler. we'd got out, and
said Al, you hurt, Miss Kate 2" 5>,..
Ss@M Ny dnnder was np, / couldn't stand
.it-I catcliet Bim by tho seat of his
white britches and coat collar, and gin
a toss. Maybe he didn't go clear under
when. beyhit the wa,er.4 [, didn't see
him out Me:apd Kate put for tiie.heuse.
Wien we started of Kate said -
=, Ben, LET me hold. 10 your arm, /
kinder feel sortef weak."5e ~ saf
e Great Jimmy feIts so quar- when
she took hold. ] tried to,say some
Thing nice, ,butmy drotted moGth would
no, go offno how. But I felt a; strong
as Gu, elephant, and helped Kate along.
BY and by, Kate said :-;ssqsf - a,vEl
- Ben, that Joe Snaps n good for
stothin,, sneakin' .cowafdly nobody if
he over, puts his head inside of our
house again IN souse him with the
dish water sure" .y.,.gNc
Z, 5,,. ] tried TO say something again, but
hang the luck, lecould. say nothing, but
squeezed Hates hand, and sighed like a
cranky bellus.'' s-.. - ~. ~, ~
!" We'd got clean out Of sight of the
Others, > Kate says :, - q D. 5. -.''>T
!. Ben, 1 feel that you are my protec-
tor, and i believe daddy's right when
he SAYS you're, worth all the rest of the
boys IN the naborhood." S - "'Fs'
:. Ben Peftle,Y SAYS l." this is a great
day for you, and Emade Tremendous
effort to get my mouth off again, and,
outfit popped sure enough" 4, y. :. = !,
I" Kate says /, trembling all over
"Tloye You 10 Distraction, and mo mis-
take fveFloyed you long and hard
. My hearts been almost broken for years,
and want you-to say right straight up
and down, whether you're going to
have me or not ~ - st'sss5sl y
Kate hung. down. her head, and
sdiln's. say nothing, but [ felt encour.
aged, for she kinder sighed. Says ],