Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-05-27
{" That Honest Creature, Becky BY

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"That Honest Creature, Becky BY
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How refreshing it is to behold her Such SIM
plicity. such candor, such artlessness Really,
don't think the equal of Becky exists in this Con-
federacy Be. Ky is one of those nd-hearted
people who are SO much interested in the affairs
of her fellow-oreatures that she has no spare tune
for her own and such is Becky's utter unseli>h-
ness that she devotes her days to propngating the
most delightful little bits Of news; perfectly
harmless, YOU know-Becky never talks scandal:
and when she generous creature, drops in upon
YOU SOME bright morning when Sn"okS has gone
OF 10 the store, and you arr left in discoDs"'ate
solitude to darn stockings and mediate. 1t Is so
pleasant to see this honest creatures Roman nose
enter your sitting room. She throws aside that
cunning little ha, with its floating plume -tBecA'
still wears ringlets and hats sue did 10 my GER
tain knowledge twenty years ago-but then, you
know, some people lever grow od; LEE heart
retains its youthful trust" land draws out from
her poke. sock-( Becky being pLiisnthroplst,
i, devoted to the soldiers kntsinnumerable SOCKS;
uud Aid Association ')-and falls to work in
kind OF pleasant, triaing, desultory way t" talk
and knit What n blessing it is to be- good
talker As uftcn tell Sn"oks, Becky Bynum is
&C accom- plished talker, tho doutyeriiy beiieve
she knows it, she's SO unpretsndng and humble
but Becky Bynutn, says l. would go this world
ever and never get trouble; she could entertain
the old G,ntrran himself So winning and
pleasant and ariful-I mean artless.
/ don't wish you to think by this That Becky is
ono of your SOFT, pcrsuadrg kind of people. Oh,
no, sd. is genuinely candid. As she says herself
-. My dear Mrs. Snooks, have u great many
faults, but deceit is not ono Of them. Would I"
Heaven and here she clasps her hands aid
Gusts up her eyes so pathcticaly it always most
laakes INC weep Would to Heaven were not
50 impulsive-s6 apt to forget myself. and open
my near, 70 the gaze Of tho culd aud uuieeiing
wor;d!'-and that night I tell Snooss that night,
that Becky Bynum is certainly an injured cree-
ture, AID know if any body ever did, she de-
serves home i'll celestial sphere where
people can speak out without fear Of inisccn:i:uc-
ton. Snooks always says Yes" in Very
sleepy. Indifferent kind Of way, tko' dont
believe he ever understands what am snyirg.
These men are so unjust to poor lonely woEca
like Becky Bymum. Some of them: Mrs. Par
kinS' husband for ore, had the unkinducss to say
: Sue was meddling, imper;iuent Old maid bu'
ii ever hear Snooks say such thing III, IN,-
Well, don't know what would do, hu. think
1 wouldn', call him I" Honey" for mouth, and
that would well nigh kill him.
was seated in the aforementioned manner
few mornings ago when Becky entered
"My dc Mrs. Snooks," she cried, in her gay,
ar,less wa, / have just run in to chat l'tlle
with you it's such n comfort 10 be au!c to talk
openly with any one, and you arc the only !aly
i'll this community ] can be honest wiki, for y"u
are condor itself" So with little squeeze and
little kiss, Becky seated horsclf. Of went the
cunning hat with its black pluinos, and out came
the inevitable sock, while sent Anna Maria out
Of the room-for don't think children ap-
precate Bccky's honcsty--and We were quite
ready for our "little chat"
"My dear Mrs. snooks," she began, al want
to tell you something which has been on my mind
long time, but dared not mention it for fear Of
naiscons,ructon. know it will he safe with you"
She smiled, nodded, threw back the "clusterDg
rngets," and went on. l don't think / can re-
peat here what she did say, for it was strange
story; hut as Becky told it believe it all rs
firmly as do Bulwers. I am astonished to hesr
such things of Captain Virgins, but, as Becky
says. "onc-half the world rcvcr knows what's
going Oh in the other na;f" II this is what's GO
ing on I'm content to darn Snook's socks and rc-
ness. But I don't believe Becky minds it at all
as she confesses herself, she has had two many
aafaires du coeur'' to let it afI.c. her deeply
but she wishes poor Euphrosync Higgins eyes
could be opened, for he had been gallantins and
visiting her ever since he deserted
"Yet my darling Mrs. snooks, wouldn't have
you mention it for the world. You know what I
simple honest creature AIN, and that I confess
these thiags on the impulse of the moment. I
would DO utterly miserable if | thought poor dear
Euphrosyne should ever find it cut
l AIN sure never betrayed Becky, bat some
of in rage to Virginia tris morning, swearing
he never spoke dozen words to thnt-I .-ont re-
peat the hard names he called poor Becky That
silly creature Euphrcsyre uusgins is crying her
eyes out after having sent him .f. La bcse
women.
confessed It ali to snorks this evening, Hyd
i,steal of saying Yes" in his old sleepy way.
ho begin TO go on Just like AIRS. Perkins hpsbnpd
and Captain Virgins: and, tho did it with tears
in my eyes, I Fus obliged to promise never again
to See that "good, honest creature" Becky By.
mum. L. '. u.
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A Tmoccnr ron Youxc MEMO wreck is q
shocking to behold as dissolutc y"ung man. ot
the person of the debauchee or inel'rae, infamy
is written. How nature bangs labels over him t.