Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-05-03

4 husband, fand that preJudlee resuits rroto
mere Whim; busin this case I an not viii.
ling to give way to it. The trial shall be
made. -. s:
5 Mrs. Lothrep looked cnriously into her
i Ihnsband,s face. but she made no further
remark, for we'll she knew if he had an OBJ.
ject in view he would be very likely to ac-
Ecomplish it. ],
1t was towards the middle of the after-
noon on the following day that:the stage
stopped in front of Mr.. Lothrop's dwelling,
and the two young men aligbted therefrom.
Two trunks were taken from the baggage.
rack and in a moment afterwards Mr..
Lothrop met the visitors in the gard
Maria stood at the window and saw these
proceedings, and she knew that one of these
young men must be her quasi lover. The
other she suppose to be q young man BY the
name of Brown whom her father had also
Invited to visit them. A'curious smile stole
over her fsceEas she stood there and gazed,
| and when she tnrned away she set about
preparing herself for the meeting.
sMr, Sherman said -Lothrop, as the fair
! girl entered the room where thet young
men were seated, ALLOW me to present my
daughter. Maria, this is Charles Sherman
The young man arose, and in a stiff, IN.
Ecouth manner Maria extended her hand
| She did not appear bashful, but she seemed
actually clownish.
This is William Brown, Maria, one Of
my young friends from the city, said Mr.
LothTop, as he turned towards the second
visitor.
Marin extended her hand to Mr. Brown
with more frankness than she had exeerci-
| sed in her greeting SO sShsFuar, but still
r she did not appear herself She had re-
solved to make Sherman disgusted with
her and thus frighten him Of.
Both the young men were good looking,
and both appeared to belgentlemen in every
senso of the word. Perhaps Brown might
have been considered the most handsome
at first sight, but on acquaintance there
could have been little to choose. Maria,
however, began to discover defects in Sher.
man at first sight. She had determined to
dislike him, aud SO she went at work to
torture his appearance in hes imaginsSion.
She thought be looked at her too faroiliarly
that he seemed to regard herzas already
his own property, and without aug. great
stretch of her effort she set him down .at
once.as bore. BsoTo, or !he her hand,
she thought to be > 5.::falI :cc5, I6ok
ing man, and after she hs3 ssen hia 69e
minutes she made up hSr n.a2 thai he
would make very agreecip!f 2lutqsa{12
Ere long Dir. Lothrop made sc.ua e-iuse
for calling Brown out of the room, and, as
Mrs. Lothrop followed them, Sherman and
Maria were left alone. The, youts nan
moved his chair nearer TO the girls side,
and in familiar, social way, he remarked ::
sThis.is very fine weather We are having
now, Miss Lothrop..
WELL drawled Maria, with an expires
sion Of clognishnsss tnat outdid her most
ardent desires, j s'pose tits kind o ine. -
Excellent weather for growing 'taters.'
! She was for the moment completely non
plussed. He was, in fact thuuaerstruck /;
but he soon rallied, end then he looked iuso
his companions beautiful features to see if
be could notind some lurking jest tLsre. !,
He was disappointed, however, for she was
as earnest in her looks as she oonld possibly
be-. he yentured another remark:
sYoua have most beautiful garden hsre,s :
he said.
Ye.e.s.. The size is good, There's old
Willis-tbat old curmudgeon what lives
right over there. You can see the chio-
bleys of bis house through the trees. His
garding jines ourn; but, may be busterea
! eff his sils is half so good Last 5eas "e
groWe6 onions more'n twice rs big as he
did
i alluded to your flower gardon,' gasped
Sherman, turning away to hide his face.
20, ah,ss uttered Maria, with the mosb
Isiliy'slook imaginable, fyes,-l forgot all
about chat. Ma'am takes ca of them
| things. I don't know much shout er ,
cause you see flowers aict of 10 uss only
to look at -
Sherman began to examine his sompan
ion more closely, and he found that she ,sss
not so beautiful as-he lad at first taken her
to be. Her features We're regular enough.
but they had vacant look /; and then he
noticed that some portions Of. her dress were
soiled, and chat her tont ensemble betokened
fhe utmost negligence. *. ~ IS
| The young man ventured a few more re-
| marks for the sake of passing the time,
and so wellsdid Maria play the part she
had assumed that at the end of fifteen min.
utes Sherman was really disgusted at her
ignorance and lack of common sense. ,
Itwas relief to both parties When Mr.
Lothrop returned, and shortly afterwards
/ Maria look occasion TO leave tb: rc,!.!.
We'll, Maria said Mr.,iIothrop, p0 the
following day, show!do yon likesMs. shsr=
man p Es <
80, abominate him. ~ esa *
| why SOP ~ 5a.asa - -ssssE nc. =
I because he looks 81 iadepeneaqsaa ad ia
miliar. Why, one HoaiGastaias byS me
manner in which he stares at me that he
was already a jealous husband OF nine =