The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-08-15
. Pillsberry's First Courting

gal was when | Was about Is vesrs of
a'dgs, before my intelIektooI fakul,ies
WAS fullv develupped At that time
hankered after the gals the wust kind. =.
and after the wimmen darued sight
Tuss. :butl was n uemenju. hashful
yuth and | didn't understand cour,ip' as
well as do now The gal | tried to
court was sekund cuzzin Of mine, dsr
ter Of Deaknn .Jurshbabhs!l Pillsbe, ~
that 1T in the revolushionary war and us.
ed to smugel" gnods acro.s the Ksniiay
lire. At the time speak OF, she was
about 'hirtv years. 81 sidge. and had red
hair and played onto the base vial. Nv
f~'r aud burecus damsel that I thogshr
was in love with mo was raa on the base
vial. She could rake the bases, music
out Of it Of any man ever heerd.
The duc'mer sranrs Of that base vial
"hannts me STILL" like the melujus sing.
ing of n luvsick Thomas cat in the witch.
IL hour OF mite" when you're sleepy and
d Mt want to be s.renaded
Folks up our wav used to saw tha,
,tian"ah M.risr CHATS the gal, uam.)
could play the best sunsick ,hev ever
he.rd. but alters noticed that j, didn',
take hn, n peskv !irte Of i, to satisfy a
teller
We'll, Id been gst,in a ,ro,ion ar,er
Hammer MAriar for some six months pre-.
vious to the time that told her NV love.
In them dav. t'thor, ! wSs ALL fred smart,
h"' I've changed nv mind oacs ,bsn.
] used to taller INV hair. cha~ spruce
gum /" s~ee,en my hg-lh. aud ,horl
WIS tho ,ucst ,f.ssnatin young man in
the whole lown. The mite ! onhuzzumed
mrssf 10 Hammer Marsr and told her
how much | loved her | never shall for.
get. IL sticks on my crop even now Ink.
long word on suffering mans tongue.
II WAS calm, sill ni,e in summer. Jus,
between hay and grass, and warm et,uf
to set in your shirt sleeves. All nature
WAS huShin himself into repose. The gen
tie wind softly hustled thsougL lie leaves
OF tho apple trees, and nothing WIS heard
to break the solumkollv atillness Of OK
ceptio now aud then An ock.,hunsI grunt
from the hoqpsn. Hammer M.r;sr sot on
n three legged stool 10 her fathers barn
yard miIkIu the keo~s. and | sot oo the
aidge OF hogpen fence a lookiu \. her
aud Wishing ths, VA. a thrs..legRsd
stool, SO tina, I could hold so much Iuvii'
mesa.
Seq Hammer Maria, TO ms, seq she:
"Jahy," (she alters called me Jahy in
those ds!s) "J~hy," ser she, "~ba, on
sirth Ars you lhinkin shoat !"
"Hannsr Msria.," ,ez |, putin my hand
on my wsist coat and looking up to the
heavens, | was ~ishin I could find some
body to Iu' me; some fond heart that
would ,hump responsive to mine"
"Why you little fool" seq she. "waa,
do YOU mean by talking such stuff as
that You'd better run home TO your
mother"
Ny natur hsin a sensitive one that re
mark hurt my feelings. and likewise as
tonishsd the to that sxtent ths, I los, my
balance and fell of tho fence righ, in
amongst the hogs. OF course the hogs
were r;lsd at resesyin such a on.srymo.
nous call, particularly q. I'd us,er bee.
in,roducsd ,o'sm and didn't bring my card
With mo. so they pitched into me riph,
and left. One Of 'sp pulled lock Of
hsir ou, Of my head, pr6bab bIy 10 rsmem
Der me BY, and snother sublrac,.d the
br"sds.t part Of my trowssrs. doubtless
for the sams purpose.
Well, 60, up as soon as I could, and
discovered that Hammer Dad not noticed
my m'sfortin, but was goiu on with her
milkin just as though nothing had hap.
pensd. Ses to myself:
AS long m she don't know nothing
about the bizness, guess wont say
anything abou, it, but III 60 on with nay
ooa!sio." '"
So jss, walked up to hs'. ard placing
my rite hand onto her shoulder, I bent
over aud ~hispered in her ear ss follows !: