The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-12-23

Thinks !. "eo ii Sandy. you're june ap.
ple."
Just rs ! Was doi.g ny isrnsl best, feel.
ing l. was half way to kingdom come With
bottle II !assss in my coat pocket, old
"Tr hiS.s" pssping though crack in
the school house, seeing the lossly pss
diesment | MAS in, called out, "What are
you about there Sapdyi'
."fss, air." SAWS |. and quicker than
lighienin | WAS BACK at my seat, telling
old "Tar" ! vas JUS, showing Fanny how
to parse Difficult, subject
All, you bugser, you were up to some
mischief. an 60 a quarter your mother
was from "0id Rip" Dreadful place
there to marry soou."
"fes. air. and they say take sftsr my
mo'hss, nightly"
A few minutes aser, school was dis.
missed, and went home singing, feeling
AS happy as n juns1ug in n corn stalk,
Wishing every step ii was Monday morn
ing, thinking il would Le such long
tune before ! saw FANNY agsin.
| Well. Monday "a, last come, with all
its sweets and bitter., aud | was off 10
school in douLls quick hurry. scarcely ia.
KING time 10 swallow my breakfast.
found the goard replaced a, the spring
and my case progressing fa,orably ; i'm
ag'ned ! Was making speed at the rate of
double rule Of three Besides il Wa. well
known that Miss Fanny had the cool
sum Of 10000 and TO poor kin, AID was
pretty enough to make sinner crv Jus,
to look At.
Gosh" "as'n. Sandy cutting a dash
all by himself. and nobody to say moth
log, nather. You may imagine how !
fsls. Washington. Clay. Webster and
Henry w"rnt nowhere in the PICTURES.
Id occasionally throw out a word Oh
I'D Rip""T~r River" and Halifax, know
ing that pleased the old teacher better
than anything else ! could say. Blu,
Kept barping so promiscuou.ly, that I
like 10 ov.rdone The mark, and the old
fellow began to smell mice" SO |
dr~~ed in my h"rns and let down the
tlood gate for 4 period.
Old Tar KEEP, sharp lookout, not.
~itbstapding. Fanny and would pas. a
ely glance occasionally. and she'd smile
SO captivating, thought sometimes I
tel. chair post running rite through my
heart. E'-ry dog has lis day. is xu
old saying; but il there was don in
ere ,tion felt as mean a, I did iu,, ,bou,
them times. it would have been better
he'd never sen daylight
However. l concluded 10 take thing.
easy watch my chances and pitch N fear
less of consequences. did not watch
long, "r one epsning sb,ut two week.
after hsd irst been found out, on some
account. perhaps mine. Fanny moved her
pace Of study to an old 4 m. jus, under
'h" h'''' and rs size would pa,s me going
to IT, shed kinder throw = wI.hful glance
around. which had the. effe ,, Of iiIumin.
n"g my whole heart, and making me feel
as brave AS Casar | managed TO slip
around the hill once in wbjle and On
joyea myself as fine n, a nous. in .
cheese b"x, thinking WAS rs secure from
Observable" as the MON in eclipse.
One day vas with her rs usual. talk
ing some Of the best, the awee,es,. the
longest, the mos, delicious, the mo,, nov.
e'i"', and The mos, oi il. that ever was
sa'd hetorr, or ever will Ls said in the IA.
'ure 1; thinking old Tar River" WAS safe
out OF hearing in the school house..
Dad made such influences On Fanny's sym
psthies. that she seemed 30 think tbere
was nobody s'ss bat ,ns, aud a. lay
there shh my bead in her lap. as com.
fvriabIs and coLtsnied rs g dead negro
in the Snnsl'ine, while she looked down
in my face angelic like. and stroked my
bair back she ssid, "ol,. how wish va
were both sone years Older" This sorer
prompted mo To put the fiG~l que.tioa,
but every iirne Ia q, really 10 10, IL slip
I'd Git SO dry in the mouth thai IA swell
up under the throat like pair Of below.
ses. or like you've seen toad frog 10
July.
Al this moment when I was spio, ing
world full Of felicity, and jus, on ,bs
eve Of settling my future destiny, who
should s,sp out from behind the mss but
the old school master, Taking hold of
me ~i,h ons hsud and grabbing bicko.
ry with the other, he told Fanny 10 90 to
the house; spd thso u didoi feel The
effects Of a vel ssasousd limb ID ain, no