The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-05-25
d GREENyILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, MAY as 1s7o

letter came, and Susie began to
grow despondent and disheartened.
She tried to be brave, but when a
pleasant moonlight evening came
around suclf q. LONELINESS crept ov-
er her that she could not avoid q
hearty flow Of tears. : - -
When the autumn. came Amos
returned to his home for a few
days, but he didn't 90 near to Su-
sic Lists dwelling, though she
watched for him every evening Of
bis stay, sitting in the farmhouse
door, and looking anxiously down
the lane imagining often times that
she saw his form approaching or
heard his step, but Il was all q de.
fusion, which left her more sorrow.
full and heart weary than before.
When he went away again he
took his old mother with him, and
then Susie gave up all hope ofev-
er being reconciled to him. She
cared no more for apple bees and
quilting parties, but remained
quietly at homc-the very person.
Mcation of patience and gentle
ness. e ... -,
Kate was married when Christ.
mas came around, and went to
keeping house not far distant, and
poor Susie was left alone with her
aged parents. -.
Five years passed by, but in all
those weary years Susie had never
seen Amos Knigbt, though she has
heard of the place he had gained,
Of his increasing wealth, and at last
came rumor that he was about
TO marry, the fair-haired dang hter
of wealthy banker. b.
She tried hard to forget him. to
make herself believe that she did
not love him, but snch attempts
were useless; she thought of him
and loved him still.. -, --.
Within the five years the pa
rents of Susie found rest in the
grave, and she lived alone in the
farm house with Betty, the maid
of all work. She made fcw calls,
and received few callers, and grew
to love her great black horse and
her dog Rover better than any
thing else around her. She had
grown slender and pale, and look.
ed not much like the rosy. checked,
impulsive Susie of five years be-
fore.
One day in early November the
neighbors noticed a stir about the
little cottage where Amos Knight
and his mother used to live, and,
by considerable watching and pry.
ing, they found that Amos and two
other young men had come out in
to the country to hunt, and were
10 put up ut the cottage. -
One day, while riding through
woodland path on her black horse,
Susie saw the three huntsmen, and
very quickly recognized Amos
Her heart beat quick and seemed
to rise to her mouth, and, fearing
she might be seen and recognized,
she rode rapidly homo having on
ly cast q glance at the man she
loved. -. ....
The next Sunday she saw him
enter the church and take seat
that long ago he used to occupy.
How hand.ome and manly he had
grown !! There was no awkward.
ness abont his form now--in every
motion there was case and grace.
In his eye there was that same
tender and fascinating light which
had won her heart years before {:
but glossy dark beard rippled
away from his full and red lips,
and the soft locks OF his hair wav.
ed over d brow broad and white.
After the seryicts were closed,
and the good people shaking hands
with each other, and talking pleas
antly together, Amos knight stop.
ped to give them all a pleasant
word and q friendly clasp of the
hand. He came to Susie at last.
who had shrunk away in the corn.
er, feeling as diffident and awk-
ward as ever Amos had acted in
the days gone by.
| he was gentleman from the
city now. His bands, once so
brown and hard, were sort and
white he was dressed with the
most fastidious neatness, and car.
ried an elegant gold watch in his
pocket.
He greeted Susie very cordially,
and she stammered, and, in step
ping forward to greet him, actual
ly stepped on o lady's dress and
tore it badly, while Amos smiled
amusedly, and she could hardly
keep the tears from springing to
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