Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-05-21
"Bnt who. shall I marry?" !,
"There's Isreal Iyeess'sI i've Tda


and Pm certain W YOU can am have ySoar pick
out Of the lot They w w all Been well1
brought up, and any any sahSsi ohs Of them is good
enouglfor you, SO Sad % ahead; and Dis soon
as you report o.favtorably,9l tie farm tis
yours tslinI iqqississih obi ni
aButwhicH ;Shes ssialP akasg Gather ?"
o'aWhichl'o9 shall1yod taESe,,s take p repeated
Petessansen; }it' must be d slight mai, nali20
sures that eannot idecidesatr sight what
woman to pick out lof.a dozen,s and. sid
galaf youth you are,snot to have your
eyes ron onei already.n, Howeyer,J, make
your own choice. and you'll be happier,
live longer, and prosper. better in yosrJ
domestic affairs generally" y"''3''' u
With these nclnding remarks, the
fond father turned away, nnd John was
leftH lone to his reflections. 49,
Now John Jansen was not a 2erdaht
youRg man; he had seen considerable Of
thetworld for person of his age and
circumstances, but lie was very difident
andsbashful. It was this quality Of his
disposition that made him so adverse to-
latlsas society, and had occesiahed &c
little anxiety to old Peter, who ha i al
ready began to fear that John would be
a penfrrned bachelor, hence his desire to
kiedly assist Johns matrimonial matters
along. -
For some moments after his fathers
exit, John sat profoundly thinking; he
believed he did have ali indispensable
sort of tenderness for the youngest daugh
ter of Israel Ives. If not strictly beauti-
tul, she was at least u very, sensible girl
and would make Il practical housekeeper.
John had but little sentiment iii his
composition; his tastes were mere matter.
;otlact. The more John thought of mat.
s'a1f'osTy. the moro fixed became his deter
nation of committing himself as soon as
possible .,ss6 a.6o,s s,.. of
~ night ortwo subsequent to the COM
versation with his father, sir was noticed
that he attircd himself with unusual care
beiole going out, as he'insistcd to attend
the debating society" His father and
mother regarded each other Significantly,
rs ifLhey well understo I'd what was upper
most i'll Johns mind, but they gave The
young man no intimation that they sus-
picioncd his intentions.
After last lingering look at the look
ingglass, John started forth into the darl
ness, taking the. shortest road possible
to the residence of Israel Ives. ''3'
b He soon came to the place he intended
visiting. A bright light cleaned ont
through the front windows, with welcom.
ing beams, and he tancied he could see
smiling faces there, yet his heart thnmped
go very singularly under his shining satin
vest that it was several minutes before
he cou'd make up his mind to knock, at
the door; he walked up and down the
road past the place several times, to calm
himself, and to think over the words he
proposed saying when in the presence OF
Miss Ives. stf,,a s.fr -!s
AT last'hc turned in at the gate, and
walking boldly toithe front door, lie made
his presence suddenly known to the! Ives
family, by mears of the friendly as.is
tance of the heavy brass knocker.
Israel Ives came to the door, with
flaring candle in his hand; he gave sud.
den little start of surprise upon recogniz,
ing his visitor ssid as'if agsei 9I
"Why! john" he said, "is this you p,
"Is Miss Ives at homc?pF said John,
nervously, forgetting inshis sudden EN-
barrassment to designate the particular
Miss Ives he wished to SEQ. ~ iiati No
Certainly, certainly" replied Israel,
smiling mischievously, "walk right into
the parlor and sit down and she will
come in presently" d,ias s9d sH
Leaving his hat upon the rack in the
hall, John did MS he was bid; he sat down
upon the outer edge Of the chair and
awaited the young lady's coming. He
heard several suppressed gigglesin the
adjoining room. and a asubdued suggestion
upon the part of Israel that they had
best not to act silly and foolish Then