Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-08-02
Miis;fI,ellaneous.
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= Philemon Hayes and Fanny Ray had been

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Philemon Hayes and Fanny Ray had been
Just three weeks married. eu..-.
They sat at breakfast in their coozy din.
ing.room one fine morning in summer, to-
tally Infatuated with each other. Never
such happiness as theirs before The felic
aity Of Adam and his lady before they made
the acquaintance Of the serpent, was not to
be mentioned in the same breath
1ae They kissed each other between every
cup Of coffee, and made practice of embra.
cling at least twice-sometimes, tbrice-du.
ring every meal Just now, they we're speak
ing Of disagreements. Some friends of theirs
had fallen out and refused to fall in again.
"a nWe never will disagree, will We? Phil,
dear ?" asked Mrs. Fanny.
- aDisagree will the heavens fall ?" re-
turred Phil, tragically =
~"I sincerely hope not 1t would be de-,
cidely disagreeable, !" laughed Fanny; "but
if thought we should ever quarrel, and
hsve thoughts towards each other, l should
be tempted to terminate my existence
any precious Fanny !" cried Phil, spring
ing up and upsetting the toast plate on the
carpet, of which he was entirely obliVious in
his eagerness to get his arms around Fanny
-ssMy little foolish darling as if We should
ever be so absurd! "a kiss.) May l be
drawn and quarted (another kiss) if I ever
speak one word that shall cause tear to fill
the divine eyes Of my dearest "a third ex-
plosion) Fanny
- 80, how happy you make me, Phil! l
shall try so hard to be just the faithful, lov-
ing wife you deserve. Now finish your
breakfast, deary. The toast will be grow.
. ing cold. And Oh, Phil! did you notice
Mrs. Smiths horrid new bonnet last night ?
declare it destroyed all my pleasure in
the music I do wish people who will wear
such untasteful bonnets would stay at home
from those delightful concerts"
y $50 do I, Fanny noticed the ugly thing
the moment we entered the hall q! Blue
flowers and pink ribbons, and she dark as a
Creole"
"No, my love, the flowers we're green
Green and blue look so much alike by gas
light"
"I know they do, but noticed it so par
ticuIar that could not be deceived. Blue
especially light blue-looks fearfully on
dark complexioued person J"
$50 it does, Phil, I quite agree with you,
dear. But the flowers were not blue, they
were green. I saw them at Mrs. Gray's
shop before they were purchased"
aMy dearest Fanny, of course you think
yourself right my love, but I have very
good eye for color, and I noticed these flow
with great attention. Blue anemones with
yellow centres"
oGreen hibiscus with white centres, my
dear Phil. Very pretty for light skinned
woman, but for brunette !"
"Why, Fanny! how absurd! As if l
could not determine color when | studied
1t half the evening""
"But it was by gas light my, love. 1t
would look altogether different by daylight.
It was such pale green"
Z nIt was such pale blue. l remember,
q thought of the sky before storm"
:" "And I thought of the sea- 1t was near'
ly sea green'
"Why: Fanny ridiculous 1t was SLY
blue!'
elbow you do contradict me; my dear
Philemon. 1t was very light green"
b @And I insist it was blue!"
aDo you mean to tell me I lie?"
stI mean to tell you, you are mistaken ~
(Which amounts to the same thing!'
"You make the application, Mrs Hayes y
"Mr. Philemon Hayes"
danny"
81 say it was green, sir p
uAnd I say it was blue, so there"
So nYou are a wretch, Phil! real mean
beartless wretch" " and Fanny pushed back
her plate augrily.
aAnd you are an opiuionated, self'willed
woman !" and Phil, in bis agitation, upse
his coffee, scalding the cats back and him
self at the same time.
s :eThe deuce ~ cried he, rubbing his rec
fingers with his handkerchief. 81 wish le
never seen woman "
uWhat's that, sirF'
aConfoupd the women! They're curse
to the world p aa .
aYou brute p cried Mrs. Hayes, now