The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-02
77 "77 IN SATURDAY MORNING, MAY q 1874.

her quite ready to assist 10 his enter
prise; he therefore only required.a a hand
iul of glit'erng 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
t he shi! ing coins which almost covered
her little table, aud a bargain is quick
~ struck between, them; Peter. agree
Ing to purchase for her GOTTA 20, if she
brought him what he wanted
The following morning Elizabeth.
soon after sunrise, went to cut grass ut
n place which she knew Conrad must
pass with his flock AS soon as the
latter perceived her at distance, he
hew, accompanied by Harm, tn meet h er,
sat down beside her. aud repeated all
his former VOWS and protcstations of
love.
But Eli abcth answered her lover
very c"ol!y rcnarking that she had
heard all TINT Il thnuSau time, over.
and if he had no. hing to tell her ora
little cottage OF his own, he ulrcad,
knew her answer.
Conrad was about to take his leave
| much detected when a half smilipp
glance from Elizabeth induced him to
inquire why she was so crael to him,
and what she wished him to do for her.
For the jokes sake, let us sec whether
you really are serious in your love for
me, said Elizabeth The fayori,c ram
- d the 'In|h5P had meanwhile 4,s.esse d
between her and Conrad aud now stood
eating from her hands 'IfI desire Won
to give me your ram that may sell
him
Conrad's heart sunk within him.
Sally lie replied Any thing in this
world but that; if the bishop dii not in
the evening sc: Harm to feed, there
w"uld be pretty disturbance. Tale
the best pet sheep in the VIII lie ao k =
take all til. fifty h,l,n ,inst, me. nn!;
that single ram you cannot have Lonk
now, said EIiz beth, You N N ar. all
alike, Away with ynu all ypur iftv
sheep; even SO snail Il, pleas ire as this
m. love refuses mc! Truly Ii, would
be a precious husband to me when IN !,
honnrym'on was over! Away to your
bishop; let him feed his ram, and do
you leave me alone y l ," go
They disputed thus long while
Conrad sled tears in his aug er, ant
Elizabeth at last confessed tha she hac
*old the ram for the house the" had $,
tten wished to possess, and Il ddca thai
she must deliver him up that very day
cost what it might, as She had plcdyel
her word and could not bear the iie, of
being called a liar. She then sh ii
tears, lamrnting that this unhoped for
pleasure of being able to get house in
which she and Conrad might live con
iortably with their children, should &c
! thus blasted She asked if sheep wcr,
not every day dying il one were cve1
lost-if 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 ID
| Elizabeth walked quickly on to the
town, and Conrad gazcd wistrully alte,
her; the pleasure he felt in being her
accepted lover, was not little damped
by the idea Of the intcrrogations which
he n must y! t,a ,uanlerg' from his Kind mastcr
N whose service he had b,en hitherto
so c"m'"'t"b!c, anu who was 50 very
fond of tho ram, t''a
olle 6, now stood alone in the field where
E.lIllzaalh.eili i had been culing grass, with
hgissr eyes iiAe'i on the ground At las
ppse aAf95 sArpsA IL Il, ,!9 ero"k into tie rarth,
a pplk.cc pplk.cceed his coat upon il, and his cap
i hnye a.,!se ii, and began y Dialogue (whicl,
iiarm qccas.onally interrupted by hi.
smnopIyHeamssHHtl) snpIHa sHt) with tie figure thus Cor
strus,tfd' nS I,If4' Which he mcnt should repre-
se"t ~ l,isl,"pp.% ''3" H"'S' sd' 2
'G"9ll G,',lll. evening, my lotl bishop
YsTlaank you, Conrad, where is Harm i?
Garn, my ny LORD bishop! Why lie is lost
indeed he has wandered somewhere.
II A. this moment, While, Conr;rl was III is
I sspeaking, Harm pressed through bt