The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-06-18

10 the effect that heavens dearest
yift to her sex Was u wealth Of
bright golden hair Then when
she blushed, lie swore the roses
had been robbed, and when she
smiled, that her lips were ruby
portals to q caskct If pearls. (By
casket he probably referred to that
orifice in the human countenancc
usually termed the mouth, and the
pearls spoken Of were undoubted-
ly' the tecth.)
Indeed they talked so nice, and
she fed upon his glowing words
with such q relish, that tho Old la.
dy was rattling away at the door,
as though tho house was on fire
full five minutes before tho alb
sorbed lovers heard her.
"Great heavens my aunt" ex-
claimed Clara.
Charley grew trific pale, and
muttercd an interjection or two
pertaining to the front end Of 4
mill pond.
1t appears the old lady having
reached the place Of prayer, found
the meeting cplzootic'd, or post
poned, and consequently after
some little chat with q neighbor
or two had returned home at this
most ipopportune moment.
What was to be done? Not u
closet or nook invited retreat, and
there Charley stood and wished
that he was . mileage or station
cry bill, SO that he could pass the
house, or member Of the Lcgisla.
turc, or some other dreadful fea.
ture Of modern civilization.
At last u brilliant idea occurred
to his lady-love. In the corner of
the library lay i bundle Of carpet
that had been brought to the house
that day to refurnish the sitting
room, and having been duly iu-
spected by the ladies was tempo
rarily lcttina a tumblcd heap in the
corner.
\ hasty explanation took place
and then Charley entombed him.
self beneath the mass with a fer
vid VOW that he would die for her
sake were it necessary, and Clara
then admitted her aunt.
That relative was not pleased
at being kept so long on the door
step, and sharply demanded what
had become of the servants.
81 sent them to bed, dear aunt,
so that l might have the pleasure
Of remaining up for your return
but I fell asleep" innoccntly re-
marked the girl.
This loving explanation some
what appeased the old lady, who,
after warming herself, walked ov-
or to the bundle Of carpet, and
picking up q corner, wondered
how 1t would look by gas light.
Clara FASTENED to assure her
it would not look nice at all, in fact
she was so confident Of it that her
aunt need not 90 to the trouble Of
undoing it.
The old lady pondered over the
stuff for q moments, while her
niece sat trembling upon the So
ia, and little Charley felt that the
world might come to an immedi-
ate end, and not annoy him y
particle by suddenness of the
change.
At last, however, the crisis pass
ed, for with some new idea enter
ing her head, the old lady turned
and remarked that she was "tired
to DEATH" and pumped her two
hundred and fifty pounds avoirdu-
poisu pom the heap, and little Char
ley assumed the shape of pan
cake. lie would have groaned but
did no. nave wind enough left for
the purpose.
A little shrek from Clara at
tracted the cid lady's attention to
her niece.
"Why, you are all dressed up to-
night"
ayes, aunt, DEAR" replied Clara,
mentally conjccturing how Char
ley felt in his pressed out condi.
ton.
EYES," returned tho other, "you
look very we'll, only rather pale.
Are you sick p
IL don't feel very WE'LL" an
swered her niece, silently con-
signing her relative to Chicago, or
some other wicked place.
"I'm sure you don't when you
will lace so tight, my DEAR" at:
fcctionately said the incorrigible
old lady.
Il don't !" family rcpudiated
Clara, while little Charley rasped
the skin off one Of his ears in trying
to quietly twist his head in a posi-
ton where he might distinctly
hear anything ofinterest.
"You don't! you do; and at
YOUR time Of life it is positively
prcposterous. Ifyou was a ayoung,
giddy girl, it would bo different
but for a person Of your age"
80, aunt"
Charley barkcd some more skin
off and became decidedly interest,"