Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-05-21
"But who. shall I marrY?"

out Of the lot. They eve all been we'll
brought up, and any any aohhHsei ohs Of T them is good
enoughfor you, SO 60 ahead; ii and DIS soon
as You report faavior6bly;9l he farm lis
I. You .yoiirsss.'l u iqqieaissiR odl ni
which one siialP take Aas Cath Gather Y'
(which one shall syoh taKe,a repeated
Petessansen; }ito'liust be a slight man, mnhG'
surehf fbst Cannot, idecide,atu sight what
woman to pick ,outeofta dozen, and. q sid
gelaf youth you ere.not to have your
eyes fons one lalready.m HoweyebJ. make
youEown choice, and YOU'LL be happier,
live longer, and prosper. better in yosr
domestic affairs generally" i
With these 9 nclnding5a remarks, the
fond father turned away, nnd John was
| left a lone to his reflections. go
Now John Jansen was not verdaht
youHg man; he had seen considerable Of
the~world for person of his age and
circumstances, but lie was very difident
andbashful. ft Hwas this quality Of his
disposition that made him so adverse to
ladies society, and had occasioned no
litsae anxiety to old Peter, who had al.
ready began to fear that John would be
a confirmed bachelor, hence his desire to
kindly assist Johns matrimonial matters
along.
For some moments after his fathers s
q
exit, John sat profoundly thinking; he
believed he did have ali inexprcssible
sort of tenderness for the youngest daugll
ter of Israel Ives. IF not strictly beauti-
ful, she was at least very sensible girl,
and would make practical housekeepcr.
J9hn had but little sentiment III his
composition; his tastes were mere matter
oflact. The more John thought of mat.
t7s'S'Snnny. the moro fixed became his deter
nation of committing himself as soon as
possible 1 ,,t.ss:,.a s..tsl 7it
~ night orltwo, subsequent to the con-
versatiou with his fhther; it was Noticed
that he attircd himself with unusual care
before going out, as he insisted to attend
the debating society" His father and
mother regarded each other Significantly,
rs ifthey we'll understo ID what was upper
most in Johns mind, but they gavc The
young man no intimation that they sus-
picioncd his intentions.
After last lingering look at the look
ng-gass, John started forth into the darl
ness, taking the shortest road possible
TO the residence of Israel Ives. '''e
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 thumped
so very sipgularly under his shining satin
vest that it was several minutes before
he could 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. ss,g sdt. -n.
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 ofthe friendly assis.
tance of the heavy brass knocker.
Israel Ives came to the door, with a
faring candle in his hand; he gave a sud
den little start of surprise upon recogniz-
ing his visitor ids'id Aadi sTssl ~ ,,,,,
why! john" he said, dis this you p
"Is Miss Ives atghomc?gf said John,
nervously, forgetting inrhis sudden en-
barrassment to designate the particular
Miss Ives he wished to see. .iaL ua
Certainly, certainly" replied Israel,
smiling mischievously, "walk right into
the paror and sit down and she will
come in presently daiaa X, lif
Leaving his hat upon the rack in the
hail. John did rs he was bid; he7sat down
upon the outer edge of the chair and
awaited the young lady's coming. He
heard several suppressed giggles in the
adjoining room, and a subdued suggestion
upon the part Of Israel that they had
best not To ort silly md foolish Thnn