The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-04-26
The Broken Engagement.
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ARs tAtiero'hertDUthef 8atspicking fat blue
r'ums, MlAeanaeyc to the preserge'
kettle, which Dorcus Nun, the sthired
help" was even then hosting on to the
tiiSe,s iq.t tho kitchjnr ret theycnd of the
-aoDR' passage. ,,.y
'.You ought TO be ashamed Of your
self, Mabel" said Mrs. Belmont, re-
sss7peoviogly. 'Fahd ,yoa engaged to be
esd b@oh,that,s al ati al aepa,,' sara
e.g Mtnbe ,,stpnding close to the glass to
refasten the blue ribbon bow at her
throat,, and huff smiling ut the dim
~" pied little apple blossom 'of.qa face
~ that the old fashioned mirror reAso.
ted. - Ia et, r,l .siFsU
.G'21eaW hat do you mean, Mabel a' ask.
ed Mrs. Belmont, stopping abruptly
-.Aa in her work. - .@.i -
80 ISL mean I've broken tho engage
Wv ment.''> "a 'a rtE ,.2'g'V 1'9r
"NIabcrp'ss2 :a' ~! b'"f@
o.. "1' have mama, sure and certain )"
asserted the little beauty, noddipg
.s'''iher hoad, untilth blue violcts she
'''T' had twisted into her hair fell out in
"a little fragrant shower.
"And for what reason :" gravely
demanded the mother.
,ssttf,.,..s,s,.".Oh, | don't know believe was
ssas getting tired of him. He's so prosy
you know so wearisomely sensi-
.Rblep'T Y
"I understand," said her mother,
,,l4i dryly.l "Since Mr. Fernandez came
= to town, girls have all been be-
"'F witched over his foreign airs and
graces."
Mattel Blushcd vivid scarlet, but
she tried to laugh unconcernedly. .
<'Wcll, mamma, ho is delightful"
=, tho owned, and of course one likes a
- little style in ones gentleman attend
SAINT. - He has written such an exquis.
fte gem for my album and Sarah
,.s Pray and Helen Daleson both say
>nthey never read such poetry as he
80 vri-os"
N,.., Belmont shook her sage,
'r,y head.
Ny dear" she said, warmly, "you
,i.au uotter not let this waltzing, and
prancIng, and album writing 60 too
far remember you don't even know
who this Fernandez is'
r1'lndeed, mamma, but I do % cried
Mabel, triumphantly. "Ho is the
only son tof st, George. Fernandez, of
rtheS West %Indies, who owns nobod y
Knows how many slaves, and planta.
tions, and silver mines add man.
ma you won't be vexed, row, will
you but he has sent me the love.
liest little diamond cross in the world
See.n ~-, ~ s-g,lr
And the little coquetto drew the
sparkling ornament from her bosom
"YOu must send it back at onco,"
said Mrs. Belment, rcsolutely.
con, mamma, please let nc keen
it, pleaded Mabel, almost crying
cit would be so rude to send it back
and 1T was only philopona present
after all, and Pve nearly worked q
pair of slippers to send to him by way
of acknowledged Of his olite-
ness. Oh, mamma, dear, darling
mamma, don't compel mo to return
Mrs. Belmont's maternal heart melt,
ed at tho sight of the pretty little
''eot@sis WeH. As3fsssssg2 sfssS .,s s@aAadt :, ).
grudgingly, "it must be the last gift
you accept from comparative stran-
ger like this"
And Mabel promised anything and
everything, except, to summon back
her dismissed Sloyer,I OMyldeS Emer-
son.
"Child," said Mrs. Belmont, "you
do not know what treasure YOU ard
sending away from you. Wylde En-
erson is worth score of sweet-tongued
foreigners"
"But, mamma, he is so uncultiva.
teds and he dsgpr wsotoEa li6e of poe
trSin hia TifS, 4 poutedhfabei. ~
"Poetry won't make the pot boil,
Mabel
"No mamma, but silver mines and.
rosewood plantations will" Mabel,
on,wercd glecfuliy, as she ran away up
stairs to get theYshppcrs. Nor did
she deem it necessary to confess, this
blue eye little fit, that they were
the very identical slippers sho had
commenced three months ago, for
Wylde EmeIsion, before the star of
rnSa fszEh haa dsghssd; al
sha Village ticrzdUgs&4a W GVV "
Mr.. Fernandez was the lion of Esk.
dale society that winter. The mar.
riageable girls raved about him, the
~idoys plumed themselves, for fresh
conqussts, ahdsthS gs1tIenen all pro-
nounced him sconfounded hum bug"
pretty sure sign of popularity in tho
femirho world. Aud Mabel, as the
prettiest girls in Eshdale, dreamed of
avoiding ring, hosts of black, servi.
tors, and l,,stip, ,srbo.s, constructed
andcr tkesspioy trees tof afas Oft islos
OF 6s ths Mess. qs 10 az "a Sagg,
Meanwhile tho slippers progressed