Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-10-07
Aunt S;sIlic and tho Troyysers.

once Wnen you were gltl you were engaged
to minister, and that you would tell us all
about it, somo time. Now Aunt, please do.
We'll. you see. when l was about seventeen
year old, was living in Utica, in the State
of Now York, though l say it myself, 1 was
quite goodlooking girl, thon, aud had several
beaux. The one that took my fancy most
was young minister, a very promising young
man, and remarkably pious and steady. lie
| thought a great deal of me, and kind oil
took fancy to him, and things ran on till We
were engaged.
One evening lie came to see me-I romem.
Der it as well as if it werc only yesterday
When he came into the parlor where l was
! sitting alone, he come up to me and but or
pshaw? girls, l don't like to tell the rest
'Oh Aunt Sallie, for mcrcy's sake, don't
stop; tell us what he did
We'll, as | said, he came to me- and rather
hugged me, while l got excited and some
what frustrated, and it was long time ago,
and don't know but what might have hug.
gcd bacl: u little. Then fclt-but now lust
clear clear out every of you, shan't tell you
any more
Goodness, gracious, do, Aunt Sallie. Tell
US how you felt Didn't you feel good, and
what did he do ncxt?'
'Oh, such torments as you nre L wa. like
any. other girl, and pretty soon pretended
to be mad about it, and pushed him away,
though wasn't mad bit. You must know
the house where lived was on one of the
back streets in town. There was glass doors
in the paror, which opened right over the
strcct-and no balcony or anything of the
kind in front of the house. AS it was in the
summer season these doors was opened, and
the shutters just drawn to. stepped back
little from him, and when ho edged up
close | pushed him away again, pushed
harder than intcnccd to, and don't you
think, girls, the poor fellow lost his balance
and fell, through one of the doors into the
street. Yes, it is So AS he fell, [ gave a
scream and caught him-but l declare |
won't tell anything more. Pm going to leave
the room p
'No, no Aunt Salie! How did you catch
him! Did it hurt him much p
'Wc!l, if must, must IIe fell head
Inst, and as he was going caught him by the
legs of his trowscrs. l held on for minute
and tried to pull him back, but lis suspen.
dcrs gave way, and the poor young man fell
clear out of his pantaloons into whole par.
Gel Of ladies and gentlemen passing along the
street
'oh Aunty, Aunty; Lordy, Lordy =
He, he, hep
There, that's right, gigglc and squcal as
much us YOU want to. Girls that can't hear
little thing like that without tearing around
the room and hc-hc-ing in such way don t
know enough to come in when it raius A
nice time the man that ever marrics you will
have, won't he 2
No, the moment he touched the ground
he got up and left the place in terrific hur-
ry. tell you it was sight to remember, to
sec how the man did run. Father happened
to be coming up the street at the time, and he
said he never saw anything to equal it in his
whole life. heard others say that he did
the fastest running ever known in that part
of the country, and that he never stopped or
looked behind until he was two miles out of
town. He sent me note few days after.
ward, saying that the engagement must be
broken off as he never could look me in the
face after what had happened. lie went out
West, and believe he's preaching in Illinois
But he never married. He was very modest,
and [ suppose he was so badly frightened
that lie never dared to trust himself near n
woman again. That's the reason, girls, |
never married. I felt very bad about it for a
long time, for he was a real good man, and
have often thought that VIC should always
have been happy if his suspcnders hadn't
given way