The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-02
Tit for Tat.


to subject my affections to!'' said
julio Harvey to her sister, Mrs. Fan
ny Markham, as she handed her let.
ter.
1t was from Julia's lovor, Captain
Paul Wilcox, an officer in an infantry
regiment, who wrote t. prepare her to
receive him. 10 told hor that sho
would find him mnch changed, for he
had been wounded in tho leg and lost
his left arm that he had felt 1t his
duty to say that he should not hold
her TO her engagement, though 10
loved her as devotcdly as ovor.
Now. it happened that Julia had q
correspondent in tho army, from whom
sho discovered that tho captain had
received no injurios, aud that his sto-
ry was concocted purely as an addi-
tional test of the dcvotcdness of tho
fair one.
"We'll pay him for this trick, Ju.
lia," said Mrs. Markham. "Comc
with nc and I'll instruct yon how to
give him change in his own coin"
Shortly after the ladies had retired,
Capt. Wilcox, plumi,,g himself on his
own stratagem, was ushcrod in tho
drawing room. Ho buttoned his arm
up in his coat, and tho loft slocvo
hung omptly, while ho countcrfoitcd
hating gait, and put largo piece
of plaster on his left check to cover ali
imaginary sabre cut.
In q few minutes, Mrs. Markham
appeared.
"Rcturned at last - cried she,
warmly shaking his hand. "My dear
Paul %
"There's not much left of me-lit-
tie better than half" said the soldier.
"Poor, dear Paul." said tue lady.
"But how is your leg :"
every Poorly. [ am troubled with
daily cxfoliation of the bone"
"Poor Julia % she sighed.
"Shc will be much affected at the
change in me, will she not 70 asked
tho brave captain.
"Oh, dear, no {; I was thinking of
the change in hcrn
"Change l.. her Z"
"What !-havn't you heard Z"
"Not a word"
"Ah, see ! she was afraid to
write to you. She has lost her beau.
ty.'
"Possible %
"Ycs--you .now she was never
yaccinatcd."
"Ncvcr vaccinated 2"
"No; and she had the small pox
very badly. Poor Julia! Sho has
lost the sight of her right eye. Her
face is very much discolored. Her
nose is terribly red"
-" rcd nose %
eyes. 1t doesn't so much matter
about her eycs--shc wears blue spec
tuclcS.'
"Blue spectacles and red nose %
exclaimed tho captain.
"Bnt you don't mind that. Beauty
is nothing" said Mrs. Markham, who
was ravishinly beautiful herself,
"You love Julia for her heart you al
ways told her 50. And as you are so
maimcd and disfgured yourself, why,
you can sympathizo with and console
oss,rtnd oonnlo tLrn, n,,, .t ~.
eyes between you"
"And rcd nose and blue specta-
clcs % groancd the captain.
,r iiusn M Ill, mere comes JULIA" said
MRS. 1I: Markham don't appear shocked.
'u1,h, Th, %car ihy aoar, % nere,s inc captain"
q, Inc aoor opened and julia entered.
onI ''i haa pa:n'ea her race most artlsta~
o oaaiy ! ! Far ol Dlue spectacIes con
voaaeo ,,a .,,o nor , @ ane plaek eyes, but the
marvellous feature OF her face was her
iosc-it elo"ed with all the brillian-
0S aoh O. chrn"neIe' doar paHi - i .,o <,oo.
door ~ P,ui uI.' how ~, Salu @ sno poor
uoaa u@aa an, -, now much you must have
s"aJ'I" ssI Iaro ono :.
nave ono arm lett Tor you to
uBnt Won orc lana W. Wa aon
or dance tho schott;scbo onv = m"re,,
"I don't know Int T can monoco T.
all but tho side stems and hons n so;J
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