The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-02


her quite ready to assist in his enter
prise; he therefore only requred.a hand
full of glit'ering silver pieces from his
master to gain the bet The bishop
gave him as much as he wished. and sat
down to dinner with good hopes of the
wine tun.
Meanwhile Peter has taken his way
back to the fair Elizabeth; he shows her
the shil ing coins which almost covered
her little table, and a bargain is quick
ly struck between them; Peter agree
ing to purchase for her GOTTA &c, il she
brought him what he wanted
The following morning Elizabeth,
soon after sunrise, went To cut grass at
II place which she knew Conrad must
pass with his flock AS soon as the
latter perceived her at distance, he
hew. accompanied by Harm, to meet her,
sat down beside her, and repeated all
his former VOWS and protestatuns of
love.
But Eli abcth answered her lover
very c"olly remarking that she had
heard all that thousan time, over.
aud If he had not hing to tell her ora
little cottage OF his own, he already
knew her answer.
Conrad was about to take his leave
much detected, when half smiling
glance from Elizabeth induced him to
inquire why she was SO cruel to him,
and what she wished him to do for her.
For the jokes sake, let us see whether
you really are serious in your love Tor
me, said Elizabeth. The favorite ran,
7dT the Gn@n6P had meanwhile d
between her and Conra;l, aud nov stood
eating from her hands If desire YOU
to give me your ram that l may sell
him
Conrad's heart sunk within him
Sadly he replied Any thing in this
world bat that if the bishop dil not in
the evening sc: Harm to feed, there
would DE pretty disturbance. Take
the hcsi pet sheep in the VIII lie ao * :
take all tn. lilty Ion ,irst me-. nnl :
that single RAM you cannot hive sLonk
now, said Eliz ,bcth, you ,n.n ar. all
alike. Away with you all your !if,v
sheep; even so snail a. plc,s ire as hi,
.sH
M love refuses nc Truly he would
be precious husband to me when IN
h"ncymon was over. Away to yonr
bishop; let him feed his ram, and do
you leave me alone =
They dispctcd thus a long while
Conrad sled tears in his aug er and
Elizabeth at last confessed that she had
*old the ram for the house they had Sc
often wished to possess, and Ode j tha,
she must deliver him up that very day,
cost what it might, as She had pie ICED
her word and could not bear tho ie, of
being called a liar She then sh Il
tears, lamrnting that this unhopei for
pleasure of being able to get n house in
which she and Conrad might live con-
iortably with their children, should &c
thus blasted. She asked if sheep were
not every day dying If II one were cvcl
lost-lf none were ever stolcn-if the
wolfe never devourcd one, and so on
At last love conquered Conrad promised
her to deliver her the ram before noon.
and Elizabeth promised to become, his
welded wife in month
Elizabeth walked quickly on to the
town, and Conrad gazcd wistlulIy after
her; the pleasure he felt in being her
accepted lover was not little dampe d
by the idea Of the intcrrogations which
he. must underg, from his kind ,n,stcr.
| IN, whose service he had b,cn hitherto
so c"m'olt"b!c, anu who vas 50 very
fond of the ram.
rs now stood alone in the field where
E''zabe;ii E;'1aL.e had been cutting grass, wv;;th
his eyes fixed on tho. ground At last
hc struck Iii, crook into Tie earth
4 ppkicel7 pklpiced bis coat upon it, and his cap
alaye al",.!,e it, and began Dialogue (whicl,
| iiarpm slsr pccas oq1naly interrupted by his
lmnop'y1slmssnntD np'1l viii tie isure thu, con con
shrugged, which he mcnt should repre-
sesn"t III lHissl,opp." s." 777.4 7.aFaa 90 +.
ba.GGi""9|ll.r ,G"9|l csvyf,n'iI"r, y my LORI bishop !.
| Il aIllanr:m,; my lord bishop! why he is lost
/ indeed lie has Wandered SOMEWHERE
/ A. this moment, while Conra,l Wis I'll is