Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-03

Social hAmbuE! calculated TalJut, !
impa!icntly jerking rein. "Jump in,
Grart-.my horses wont staud!' "ItI
is quite impossible, Ta!aot my en-
ployer--- "i"u'rc as l.aic as !.
shcct---1anchcL, just like Il st;v!, of!
celery. Where i9 your placc?'
| Nyman felt himself crimsrning
again as he named an obscure street
where '"chcap goods were sold ut
cheap rates. "Wc'll drirc there ?'
Grant Wyman found himself: he
scarco knew how, costly established
among the red velvet cushions by his
friends side, Willie st. john called
out to tho Cutstcd servant to meet
them ut the address the friend had
SO reluctantly named. Johnson stared
supcrciliously.'
Well: if l ain't hc: cry bit as good
az shop boy r he mu!tcrcd between
his teeth. "But Mr.. st. John was
alwaya Ecd.!es than pici'; 'atbund."
"What arc You going to 60 will, nc,
Talbot" :" asked Wyman, as his friend
drew mp III front OF the tawdrily
drcssed windows of the second ra.r
trimming store. sI'm going to ;2m,!
IyoH TO tic park for drivc--vou Iuuli
;;1 if You were in the ir$; %:"..,, ot' 4
gai:opins consulnption.' WyniHn
smiit,, sadly. You arc very kinl:
but it is quite impossib!", Talbot"
Yet ST. .ic!:n knew i'll TIC very tcnrs
OF lis vri>> how Tic POOR Young; ..;a,,
ycarn"d after ;h.:t torhi!'iin; ,lrau::ht
u: sunshine: and cNhi!aratimm mir, anI
delicious "rrowy motirn. To mad"
, no answer, but threw the rcin; to
johnson and walked boldly into t!,r
storr. ';lwi;c on; Of he luestion. s;r
quite. said the hu"l1-noscd propric-
'or. Of poor Gran, Wyman's time.
i"Couldn't spare orc of our young
mon, not if Queen Victoria was to
como here after him-its entirely
; against the rules"
l Talbot st. John SPOKE to his. iii q
low voice. The hot j!ooie:! Young
; SoNtl.crIcr was accustomed to having
: his own ";ly-:,llI Intended to make
~ cx'crti"n i'll t!i, Instance. And the
rrorricior's face frightened ii. til.
: CLEAN Of golden reason! "Cc,;aililv.
si''-by all i..c::;!s. II ~. u yin"i,
wishes to be abscn! an IL II or twu-.''
: ':llola your tongue - interrupted; I.
John: s;ormily. WyI.:.;n m:>: Know
nothing 81 yoar li;:lc ba-;ncSs t!::i3s-
action. l sl.ail take his place behind
yonr counter, il yen rlca*e!'
e.; The looi;-noscI man Of ribbons
. bowed and rubbed his han;is i:,wn-
ingly. Grant Wyman could scarcely,
believe his own eyes when lie SAW i
!lyoung fellow Of six feet two standin.
behind the counter IS calmly m;,!;s-
cent as if his whole life had l,vn
spent among tape, ribbons, hooks and
. eyes!
+! Tho next moment Johnson w:.;
5 drying, him away from tho door with
: a flutter Of fur robes that made him
almost fancy himself among the de-
lusivc shadowinSs OF & delightful
dream.
And how Jared Talbot ST. John :
"Prctty we'll, considering" as the Ia,
, dies say. Fortunately, it was early
in tho day, and beyond a few bargains,
in black pins, staylaccs and pcrfumc,l
: soaps, hc had very little TO do. Pre-
scntly, however, the shop begin to fill
pace-traIe grew brislscr, and Mr.. st.
john found plentiful use for all guam
E, tum Of business talent that lie pos
scsscd. "lIavc you any crotchct- cot
ton ?" Down came half q dozen
}. boxes of tapo about Mr.. st. Johns
cars, the natural. consequence Of the
state he gave on hearing tho sweet,
Q familiar sound Of Cccilc Uorner's
4 voice. ~, don't lsnow-that is, Ill
sce-Miss Horncr Cccilc opened
: wide hor beautiful brown eyes. "Mr
st. John" And Mary-!ool<ing very
daisy-!il:c in pink bonnet, with
white flowers-cchocd the surprised
exclamation. "Why, Nh. John! I
/. didn't hnow-"' She stopped s!.or,,
colorins rs pink as hor bonnet. ave
did not know that you occupied this
, station in l;fc," said Cccilc, ,haughtily
finishing her cousins incomplctcd
sentence. "Thank you'll don't caro-
about the cottoni' And Miss 1Iorncr
swept out Of the low-ccilcd little store,
: dragging Mary with her. "The
ideal !" she scornful!y exclaimed, when
they were onco more in the street.
GLOW dared Mrs. Emmons deceive
us so? 10 allow me to dance with .
common clcrlir' a
, "lIc is very gcntlcmanly, Cccilc,"
mccltly intcrposcd Mary. "Gcntlc
manly! An-an individual who sells
pins and needlcs-a clcrk!' .:Bui.
Cecile, why can't clerk bo q. gentle