Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-10-21

Esirohti tho door was opened, servant assisted
Il her to alight, she walked up tho broad steps
@and instantly was claspcd in the arms of a
&gcntlcman, who raincd warm kisses upon her
@ips-gavc her thousand welcomes, called
E her pct names, impetously lifted her in his
kstrong arms, carried her into the coy recep.
Estion room, placed her in an arm chair before
ksa blazing anthracite fire, and began to relieve
"a her Of the cumbersome wrappings. Man.
Sfashiou, he tore off the cloud, bringing with
Nit the little velvet jockey, and looscning the
&fastcnings Of her hair, caused it to fall in a
Em mass Of lovely golden ripplcs over her shoul.
81 sdcrs.
81 "What!" he exclaimed, starting back aud
Acrushing the jaunty little hat in his hands
Wthen gazing spccchlcss at the beautiful girl
eNwho sat completely stupcGcd by the uncx.
Expected warmth of her reception, and wonder
Esing where were her curmudgeon of an uncle
eEsand prim aunt she had expected to scc-won
sdcring if it could possibly be he, aud she ven
@turcd to call him Uncle Nathan and asked
|SSSfor Aunt Prudence.
BIZ "Unclc Nathan? Aunt Pru the deuce /!
e8Therc is some mistake here | know of no
Easuch persons as you name"
Ea ''Nct know thcu? Is this not their house p
@shc asked, looking anxiously around.
H "It is certainly not. Until so rudcly re-
fEs moved your wrappngs Tor which beg par
Egdon-I thought it was my sister Eva whom
kSssam expecting home from boarding school
tHrhe mistake is natural under the circum.
Instances
n ''Is not this the house of Nathan Girls
b, wald p she asked again, rising trcmblngly,
Mnnd with face blanchcd even to the lips
81 "No, Miss. My name is Buswcll, and 1
Gam master here"
n 1t flashed upon her in an instant that the
kEsssomcwhat similarity of names had caused her
RRto make the mistake, and glancing up at the
tgdnrk aud handsome face of him wbcro kisses
Swcre still burning upon her lips, her own be-
Gcame scarlet, and covcrips it with her pretty,
Hwhte hands, she sank back in the chair and
Ehurst into team.
M Fred Suswcll puckcred up his mouth and
Es went through tho motions Of an imaginary
kwhistlc. "Poor thing!" he thought. "By
& Jove! but she is handsome it is no wonder
EESshe is frightened to receive such bear en-
abraces from an entire stranger when she cx-
Iapccted to have been coolly welcomed by some
|Nautiquatcd uncle" But he could not endure
8the torture of lovely woman's tears, aud so
Mclcaripg his throat, said aloud:
81 "Do not be alarmed, Miss. I regret as
" " much as pou possibly can that was so hasty
saSin my conclusons" " The wretch, when he
sawas luxurating upon the kisses he had stolen
Mand was longing for more
H Up famed the color between the delicate
ssswhtc fingers and the tears fell even faster
M than before lie saw that he was making
~ matters worse, and with a mental and not
sssoverrefined explctive, he storped short, walk
Ned to the other side of the room, rang the
@bcll, and directed the carriage to be instantly
Esscnt back to the depot to see if Miss Eva was
Msanot waiting there. Then he resumed his
@placc upon the heorth.rug, resting his elbow
Mupon the mantel, and continued:
III 81 cntrcat you, Miss, not to feel so badly
Movcr slight mistake, and one to which any
@onc was liable 1t is more laughablc than
@otherwsc. As soon as the carriage returns,
III will see that you arc taken safely to your
Efriends"
M 81 thank you, sir," she replied, slowly re.
Mmoving her hands and wiping away the tears
f "butif you do not know who they are, how
ssshal be able to find them? know only
ssthat my nnc!cs name is Nathan Griswald and
Rthat he lives in University Place His car.
Fringe vas to meet me at the depot, and un.
3derstood the coachman to say 'Griswnll, but
She was so muilcd, and in such hurry, That
III ha'' no time to question"
.M A vigorous ringing at the door, bell, and he
#excuscd himself for a moment and stepped
"a into the hall to meet his sister Poor June
IGcould hear their voiccs-thc sister playfully
%:scolding because she had been so long kept
awaiting in the horrid depot until she was al
II most frozen, and then had to ride in lum.
Ibcring old hack, and closed by standing on
Htptoe, and giving him sistcrly kiss.
"a June could see this through the halfopon
s. door and felt like guilty usurpcr as the lit
Etlc lady continued to pour forth hor com
plants.
,m "Why, Fred, you ar'n't bit glad to sec
|me. ! expected to be hugged and kissed out
Eof breath, as usual, and meet with as forma