Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-08-06

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want me to come down, but Eloise and Elisha
said, come if wanted to-"
"Certainly," responded Mrs. Appolonious
graciously
"Father said I hadn't better. He don't
care for anything but books. like company
thought if we came down here we should see
so many people we should never be lonely any
more; but Of all the lonesome places, this is
the lonesomest."
II am sorry you find it so. Strangers often
do, but you'll get acquainted by and by, and
like it better, hope. Mrs. Appolonious spoke
in pretty little way, and with show of dim
Piles that quite took grandma's heart.
II tell Cornelia, shall never get acquaint-
ed unless she lets me see people more. Corne'
liza is dreadfully proud woman. knew she
wouldn't want me down here. I expected to
find Lois like her, but they amt bit alike
you'd think by the way Lois carries her head,
and that way she has of sailin' into room,
and talkin' to company 80 kind of grand like
that she was proud; now, wouldn't you ?"
Mrs. Appolonious glanced over to where
Eloise was entertaining General Won Veloci-
pede with the ir,of pimpectrice, and then
smiled back upon grandma with 81 might
take Miss Eloise to be tride naughty"
"She's Just one of the humblest girls that
ever lived. She's bound to have father and
me enjoy ourselves, and she don't care what
people say. The only trouble is we don't get
acquainted with folks eain't to blame for
being old-fashioned. Wouldn'tyou or Corne-
liza, or any Of the people here, be old-fashioned
if you'd lived on farm in New Hampshire,
going on seventy-fve years "
Indeed we should, indeed weshould, grand
ma," eagerly responded Mrs Appollonious, as
if there was something quite new and pleas
ing in the idea.
"Cornelia and Lois, and all of US together,
will be old-fashioned hundred years from
now"
"To be sure we SHALL" replied Mrs. Appol'
lonious, cheerfully.
The low ripple of Mrs. Appollonious' laugh
once or twice fell upon Mrs. Elisha's ear, and
misconstruing it, she wished anything but
blessings upon the head of her husbands rel
atives.
"Now, grandma" said Mrs. Appollonious,
as she came to take her leave, "you say you
are lonely here; l want you to come up and
spend day with me. I'll send the carriage
for you any day you'll set.
Grandma's face grew radiant. She could
go the next day. One day was just as good
as another to her; her time wasn't worth any
more than setting hens!
Then tomorrow it should be, and the car.
riage should come down early, and Mrs. Ap-
pollonious bade grandma goodbye, taking one
thin hand between her soft little palms, and
giving it delightful pressure as if she liked
grandma very much, very much, indeed.
When the Honorable Cresus and wife came
to hold little connubial chat that evening,
Cresus remarked that Miss Eloise was a "girl
Of spirit"
"And so kind to her grandparents" OBJ.
served Mrs. Crosus.
"Augustus has little fancy that way, hasn't
he ?" inquired the Honorable.
II think he has. Nothing would please
me more" replied Mrs. Crosus.
"It would do very well, very WELL" said
Croesus.
The next morning, up before the Harden
berg door, drew the Appollonious carriage.
Mrs. Elisha wondered still more when grand
ma was helped in, and rolled of in state.
At close of day, grandma was rolled back
again, and, meantime, the excellencies of Miss
Eloise had been faithfully set forth. Angus
tus had been present. Augustus was, as old
Runnymede had been, in state of indecision,
in which trife would turn the scale either
way. Augustus, Notwithstanding his name,
was young man of average good sense, and
indisposed to commit himself to the irrevoca-
BILE until he knew something of that other side
which may confidently be assumed to exist in
stylish girls of nineteen.
Grandma Hardenberg conveyed the i'm
preston of having fairly estimated Miss
Eloise's home characteristics. In less than
a week Augustus had held an interview with
Elisha, and forthwith laid at Miss Eloise's
feet, first, his heart, which as hearts 90 at the
present day, was very good one second his
hand, which, for purposes of protection or la
Dor looked not very valuable; thirdly, his
fortune, which in prospective was large
Miss Eloise accepted all these, leaving Au
gustus MANNED and INDECENT, but happy.
Though opinions may differ touching the
praise worthiness of Eloises motives, or the
intrinsic value of her reward, such differences
are not supposed to affect the moral Of the tale
At present date, Augustus and Eloise are
in that beautiful stage Of engaged life where.
with stranger had better not intermeddle
Grandpa has struck up friendship with two
elderly men, one superanuated fish peddler,
the other retired bank president, both men
of sound orthodoxy. Grandma manifests q
fondness for black silk and fine lace, encour-
aging 10 her daughter-in.law. Eloise, hav.
ing assured her that white hair is crown of
glory, she has thrown away her dyes Mrs.
Appollonious having taken her up, the Won
Velocipedes, the Runnymedes and the Ger
shoms have followed suit, and old ladies' tea
parties are quite the rage. Elisha continues
to "prosper," and grows sleeker and sleeker,
and rubs his hands over one another softly.
Bend low, Elisha we want to whisper word
of advice and promise in your ear, original
but true
"Always be good and you'll be happy?'
LAUGHTER AS A MEDIc1NE.-A short time
ago, the Sanitaraan reports that two indivldu-
ais were lying in one room very sick, one with
brain fever and another with an aggravated
attack of mumps. They we're so low that
watchers we're needed every night, and it was
thought doubtful if the one sick of fever
could recover. A gentleman was engaged to
watch over night, his duty being to wake the
nurse whenever it became necessary to admin
lister medicine. In the course of the night
both watcher and nurse fell asleep. The man
with the mumps lay watching the clock, and
saw that it was time to give the fevered