The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-12-24
low lie Sdt up with Her in tho 0ldcn
Time.

night the parlor curtains were down,
the old folks notified that it was heal
thy to ~ to bed ut eight O'Clock, and
,,Johuny bribcd with cent to permit
himself to be tucked away at shutdown.
Hs saeake d up the path, one eye OH
the dog aud the other watching the
"old man." who didn't like him any
too we'll, gave a mint knock at the
door, and was opened, and he Was
escorted into the 'parlor. He said he
couau't stay but u minute, though he
didn't mean to 60 hoine for hours.
She @anied to know how his mother
was if his father had returned from
York State if his brother Bill's
rheumatism was any better; and he
went over and sat on the sofa 80 at
not to sIrain his voice. Then conver.
sation Jagged, ahd he played witbl
his hat, aud she nibbled ut the sofa
tidy. He finally said it was beau
,tiful evening, and she replied that
her grandfather predicted a snow
storm. lie said he guessed i'll
wouldn't snow, as the moon wasn't
crooked enough to hang u powder
horn on the eud she said sho didn't
believe it would either. This mutual
understanding seemed to give each
::uthef courage, and he wanted know
if she had seen Bill Joucs lately.
She hadn't, she said, and she didn't
%uut to. Then she went TO talking
about the donation visit which was to
.bo-given E.der Berry, aud he care
Ncssly dropped lis hand on hers-h,s
right band, while his left sncakud
niong the sofa w get behind her
sho ildtfs. Sue pretended not to
notice. it, and he looked down at
his boots, and wanted to koow if she
thought mutton taliew rottrd ont
booto fes,dr thau l.iri nhd lumpolack.
She couldn't say, but she had al ioa
tiat it,did. lie had. just commenced
to'lock fingers with iicf, when she lis
covered sJfntthing ailed the lamp. She
rose Up shl turned the light de:i.n half.
making the ROOM look dim. IL took
'lti.n five M nutc, toEGt hold eth fin.
gers uga,h, aud she pretended to WANT
t. draw her hand away ell tEe tiuie.
After long puGSe he lowered his
voice to whisper, und he
%aid he didn't see 'what thade. folks
love each tther. She bit her hand
kerchiet and admitted her ignorance.
He Said that he cvull name b diken
young men who were going to get
married right away, and his Left ara,
fell down and gave her hug. Then
he went over and looked out OF the
window to make sure it was hot going
TO snow, and, coming back, he rarneh
the light down little more, and then
sat down and wanted to know i. She
didn't want to rest herself by lean.
ing her head on his shoulder.
Ah, me-! we have all been there
and Who OF us cared cent when the
old clock struck twelve and we five
miles from home? The old man wa>
fast asleep, the watch dog gone Wis
iting, and the handsomcst girl in th.
country didn't SOC why we need be il
hurry.
Perhaps ] shouldn't have writer
of this, but as l was going by San
ders' tho other day, thinking Of TIL,
night 1 heard him whisper in her ca
Mt spelling school that he d love he
very shadow hs long as he lived, h.
raised the window aud called to her
as she was picking up chips ii thi
road
'sSue Sanders, come in here an
God the BARS grease for my sore hee
or I'll break every bone j
your body p
A Rise in Value.
Capt. Weis givos the following
Seventy 70,000) thousand acres o
land in Carter county, Kentuok,
valued in 1885 ut one and throe
quarter cents per acre. In l847 thi
tract was sold-.being appraised b
commi issioners-for 384 cents pc
acre. In 1867 it sold to the com
pany hore For $l7 per aore ; and to
day it could not be bought fo
$1,000 per acre, being immensel
rich in coal and iron. The cothpati
owning this land make the pig iro
first, aud then manufacture 1t hit
nails, bar iron, oto.
The ages Of 585 persons who die
in Shreveport, La, of yellow fcve
during the recent epidohio, hav
been scertained. Tho Shrovepo,
Telegram makes the following refe1
ence to them "Of these 100 die
under ten years of age, 81 were be
tween ten aud twchty, i56, were b'
tween twenty and thirty, l34 wers b.
tween thirty and forty, 50 were D.
tween forty and fifty. 20 were, u
tween fifty and sixty, l3 were aboy
sixty. 1t will be observed that ia
greatest mortality occurs botween ii
ages Of twenty and thirty years, an
the noxt greatest from thirty to tort
y. the period Of when the hums