Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-17

! Mpuiu De queen ana II tnat may not
be, then gould be rich and aas,ircd. Talk
not to me of these things"
And Harold was gricyed and sorcly hurt,
and said
g Allie, do you not care for love?" And
Allie cnrled her beautiful lip, and tossing her
head i'll diSdain, answered, .seornfully:
" For love? | care not for love! \ cottage? ?
care only for fame and wealth " -
And Harold was very angry, aud told her
She was cold, and selfish, and hoartoss, and
return to her. And Allie thought he was in
earnest, and although she desired to be a
! queen, she was very true woman, and selfish
as she had grown, and scornfuly as she had
spoken, she yet loved Harold very dearly, us
she found whom she thought she had lost him
forever; and she felt very miserable, and hid
| her face, and cried about it, and, as she lean
ed out of the window, her head suddenly be-
came giddy, and she fell!
Poor Nile Is this the end &C al! tlly
! dreams and funccs? No queen will thou
cvcrbe; vcly high is the window, and surely
thy end is ncur
SO Thought Allie, and, as she felt herself
going, she tried to utter lIarold's name, anl
to assure him that she did love him but she
fell so rapidly that she was unable to utter
one word and Harold, of course, did not
hcar her. When she had almost touched the
ground, faint and breathlcss, she suddenly
felt soft arms around her, and low, sweet
voice, like chld's said:
Allie, do not be afraid, | am a Fairy, and
| have come to crafty all your desires"
And the young girl saw, close by her,
beautiful little being, like an angel her dress
was made of rainbow; a coronct of dew
drops, which Sparklcd like diamonds, adorned
her head; she had beautiful wings like a but
tcrly's which caught Allie as she fell and
although they seemed so Slight and delicate
that they were only fit for fairy, they were
quite strong enough to bear Allie up too and
the little being said again:
Don't be afraid, | am fairy. / will
take care of you" And Allie no longer felt
afraid and began to think it was beautiful to
fly with fairy.
So away and away they went over the land,
and overt the sea, so far away that Ailc al
most began to wish that she were once more
athomc, and had not quamelcd with Harold
but it was too late now. The mountains were
far behind her, her own house was out of
sight; the sun shot down burning rays, eve
rything looked strange around her, and she
! felt faint and tired, when suddenly the fairy
stopped and said:
Allie, you have desired to be very rich !;
your desire is granted"
And Ailic found herself whore she had Of
ten longcd to be, in the far off East. She
way lying upon II soft couch servants stood
near and famed hor with feathers of the os
! trich; fruits of themost tcmptingkinds were
offered to her upon silver walters; singing
girls were near, who charmed her with their
voices; while the cool refreshing sound of
falling water from fountains ever playing hill
cd her, with its sweet murmming, to rcposc
She looked into mirror, .and SMILED with
proud delight, as she bchcld her own richly
dressed and beautiful. form glittcring with
jewels AS sire rode slowly along, taking the
air after the sun had set, the evening breeze
swayed softly the heavy branches of the beau
titul trees, and, in ti,c quiet twilight words
of love were whispered in her car by rich
| lover.
Her hearts desire was now fulfilled Al
lie was now in that land she had so often drea-
med of, the land of palm trees, of sweet flow
crS, of luscious fruits and of spicy brcczcs ;
aud for a little while, chamred with the novel
ty, and with the luxury, Allie was happy
but she was changed. The buoyant and con
tented temper which once had made the whole
world beautiful to her, was gone. The bright,
happy girl, was now the scf-mdulgent, un-
happy woman All that could give pleasure
surrounded her, but Allie received none ;
daintics no longer tempted her appetite, mu-
sic no longer charmed her ear, every want was
anticipated, but her servants, weary of her
cnpriccs, hated her She deSpiscd her lover,
for he was what she was--no great purpose,
no lofty impulse stirred his soul, he lived for
! himself alonc--wealth had caused Incidence,
and Incidence like a canker-worm had eaten
/ into and destroyed the fair flower of virtue
! She thought Of her old home with regret :;
| thought Of her past duties, her past poverty,
her past happiness, of her noble truc,hearted
/ lover, whom she had so scorncd, and Allie the
rich, the luXurous, weary of her life, wept
Suddenly the fairy appeared.
allie, have granted one wish, are you
hoppy?"
no" sobbcd Allie "alas mol have
found that wealth and Incidence will not CON
fer happiness"
"Thon," said the fairy, owe will try some
thing else, your other wish shall now be grant,
ed and waving her wand the scene was
changed. The land of palm trees and bur
fning suns had dsoppemed frcaes and twi-
| light had vanished away, and her rich lover,
too indolcnt even to love, was left behind
Allie, too, was changed; color again bright
cned her check, health again sparkled in her
'cyc, the languid grace of her motions had Civ
en- place to energy and activity, and Allie of
a goodly land, was now the young and admir-
ed queen.
{" Now" she thought, "now will indeed
be happy. / am great, all shall obey me; I
am brnutirul all will admire mo. I shall dn