The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-15

.tWhy, I thought you were acquainted
with then" interrupted the driver.
."Didn'tyou inquire of them few. mo.
ments ago,and if they were beautiful p,
Eyes. But did not say that 1 know
them personally. remember to have
met them twice upon the cars, and it was
there that 1 observed how beautiful thew
WERE"
"What time does the up-train leave
here tomorrow 2" Arthur asked. as if
desirous of diverting the attention of the
driver from the idea of the Misses
Boyer, and himself.
Twelve oclock," lacouically replied
..ac Dutchman, for our hero's driver warss
no other than such an individual.
Here the carriage drove up. to the ho-
tel. Arthur alighted, registered under
a iicticious name, and requested to be
shown to c room.
After the servant was dismissed, he
congratulated himself upon having
found out SO soon after his arrival that
the Misses Boyer were in the city, and
that, he had succeeded in cluding re-
cognition by the driver.
He sat down on the bed, and said to
himself, "Thus far things have progress
ell as good as / could have wished them
but tomorrow 2" p
Here he got up and paced the room to
and fro iu,a kind of abstracted MOOD.
Alter the lapse of .sftw moments
time, he stopped suddenly before large
mirror that wss in the room, and said
81 will act honorably aboutthe mat, CT
to the end. | will not run away with
her l viii marry her right here in the
city OF Claybarr, in spite of all opposi-
ton. She is too good and noble to be
claimed in any otber way.
Il will so tn slceps -iln.l he a,'asis--
ing will write to her that am here,
and that | intend to seek an interview
with her father, and tell him plainly
what my intentions are; that have
changed my mind from the manner in
which proposed that We should marry
and that have hop. that my inter,
view with her father will result in maxi
ing us both feel happier.
"Yes, / will write her this and then |
will so straightway to her fathers store,
and tell him all from my own lips aud
although he has been hard and infexiblc
IN the past; although proof against all
my entrcaties upon paper, mcthinks who n
he sees me, standing manly before him,
pleading an honest love and asking
recognition of it at his hands; when |
tell him right to his face how much |
love his daughter, and how she has
learned to love me in return, | say me-
thinks he will relept, and withdraw his
opposition to our marriage"
Arthur now divested himself Of his
clothes and was soon soundly asleep.
In his slumbcrs he dreamed that he
hard had the interview, and it rcsul ted
favorably to his wishes.
But let us learn something more Of
him aud his court ship, and the name OF
the girl whose image was SO Rondly en- :
shrined in his heart. "a t-,F
Well, to hurry along, we will state that
tho voun" laAv ~ ~l,e-.. !, - .....sut.,
was no other than Miss Eliza Boyer,
the youngest of the Misses Boyer, the
bellies of which the driver made men
tion. ~ ~. s4k
4 Arthur Ainston did not see them on
the train, as he said, but had met them
one night at the city hall, two years pre-
vious to the time Of which we are writ
ing.
1t was there he got acquainted with
Miss Eliza Boyer; and it was there that