Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-03-06

+ day." she said, $50 she sent me
with this letter and package for
YOU. She did not send 1t by
John, because she wished MT to tell
YOU as well as | could, how very
much she thanks you for your obli-
,ging zeal in securing us the pretty
cottage we both set our minds up
ton. She also begs that you will
give us the pleasure of your COM
pany at little tea party, we give
J, at our new house warming, two
weeks from next Wednesday. She
hopes you will come 2.i s
/ am seldom fustered, and can
generally "behave myself before
the folk" so l answered properly,
accepting the invitation upon the
strength of the new suit l felt
must come out of the package |
; held in my haiia-and bowed an
aden. - '2s a.'----r.'i at
Having the Office to myself just
then, tore off the envelop, and
therein found the specified sum in
gold and bills. Icaressod the stran-
gers. | never knew money to.
lock really pretty before, but this
did-itwas beautiful. After had
counted and slowed away the gold
took up the paper envelope, and
for tie sake of the slight sweet
perfume left by the gloved sweet
hand | dad received it from, |
kissed it devotedly. then began
to fold up the notes, laughing a
little at the woman's way Of send
ing tie money itself, instead OF a
check on bank-when something
caught my eye. twas q five dol
lar bill with writing ON the back,
go last of thy kind, and find n
better master"
"Well," said |, giving it spite
full twist, ''here you are again! Be
so slippery another time, viii
you?" Then / chnckled at conf
ceit that occurred to me. Il have
got my old fortune by the tail,
| said, "and hang ears and bell up-t
on me if | dent hold fast, and
haul it backward, until [ clutch it i
again. / did so-no need to tell
you my ups and downs-but the
result of my uhresisting efforts,
and my pertinacious resolution, is
property to about the same amount
as my father left me.
r / sit in the library of k,
cottage, inditing this, after a lapse1
of five years from the date of re-
ceiving my first earnings. Close
at hand is the Phantom of Delight. I
She is rattling off crash towels on
a sewing machine This is written, |
impromptu, for her eye, in answer {
to question put an hour ago by Il
her. Irn AZ {
She asked for some money to
buy sour Charlie" a coral and sill
yer tooth cutter. gave her an
old five dollar bill. She pored
over it, and exclaimed, '"Oh poor {
fellow! it almost makes cryl See
here love! his last. Iwish | could J
give it back to him! Who did
you get it 'FRONT.'" - - t
"I'll tell you by-and-by," said, i
and took this sheet Of paper
Yes, dear girl, pitying sweet heart
You did once give the poor fel-
low who wrote these words, not
only his noteagain, but with it the .
heart to win all the boundless
treasures he now.possesses! 's Ell
She it, and boxed my ears ]
like stout South breeze, for not
kissing the envelope before | cOun-
ted the gold-woman.
For this Infringement of my Dig
nifty, / have fined her five dollars,
and recovered my bill. She, in
revenge. declares that the scrap
Shall be fashioned into an "arti-
cle," and given by her own ihtre-
pid hand to the public. ] record
this to her confusion, and here
write down my opinion that she is
welc6me to all the five dollar bills
she ever gets fof it, and that we
shall see if she dares carry out her
threat. la - @
A gentleman in Dawson, Terrell
county. Ca, has succeeded in max
iprr oottnn oords and iS now on