The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10
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Vol. XI.
told Miss Norris would be down

Immediately.
"When the door opened, [ rose
to greet my black-eyed charmer
but instead, stood face to face
with d nice-looking, groy-eyec
girl that I had uevor seen before
"WeII, thanks to my knack o.
getting out of scrapes, I slipped
out of that all right.
Il beg pardon p I said. "Bn'
1 supposed I was TO meet Mis-;
Norris" .
~"Ah, yes; I seer she said
making me at ease instantly
your cali was meant for my sister
Clara, l suppose. But she is not
at.heme th;s week, and you will
be obliged to let me entertain you
"From that time We went on
: ;swimming!y, and I never enjoyed
q call better in my life. She play
ed to mo-and | never saw such
pretty hands in my life and her
voice was like d lark's and she
coaId talk a fellow into Paradise
Know just what to say, and no"
to say it; and l remembered then,
that Clara was rather reserved,
/ Land not bali as social as she might
I be.
"Well, l called again that week,
and that girls voice and her soft
lovely hands haunted me. Then
her. sister camo, and her eyes were
darker and brighter than ever
and Julia-that is the other one:s
| name-seelned rather dim in her
presence. Still, her voice and her
wayo talking Clara couldn't COM
pare with, and l was just tossed
back and forth between the two.
Gone day L would decide to set
tle-the thing and take Clara; and
then Julia would begin to talk,
and her hands would futter ir
somo. pretty work, audI would
leave the house dead in love with
her. And, one day she said to
me: .
a'Do you know that Ellen is
coming home tomorrow?
"1Who is Ellen p I asked.
za'Why, don't you know? She
is. our younger sister. She has
been away at Uncle Johns for
several months, but is coming
home now
"Well, she came. You've seen
her Tom-that little brown-eyed
fairy that allthe fellows rave about
|:so land " ell, you see, con
found it all! between three, l am
completely muddled."
"You dol't know which to
take ?" | said :
"No! that's just the trouble ! If
1 made up my mind to propose to
CLARA as i have q dozen times,
either Ellen dances before me, shak,
ing her yellow eurls, and smiling
with-her brown eyes, till I am half
seas oyer, >or<else' Julia sings and
talks me intoa lnnatic. Andif l
fix anys heart firmly upon either
Of those, then, then, the first time
L am out on the street, thai queen
lily Clara glides somewhere in
sight, and I'm gone again"
"Poor Tellow?' | said, grayely
I'm sorry for you. But why
don't you make up your mind once
for all, and.proposo to one ofthcm
and have it oyer with ?"
"Ah if they were not sisters
I would!"!:. Ned responded; "But
you sec, I'm afraid, if should
once engage myself TO either one
I should always repent it when
saw the others. Being sisters
you know, they would forever b
around, reminding a fellow wha
might have been. But I've abou
made up my mind to take Ellen
:sbefs.. . perfect little fairy, and
know l should be happy with hes
Don't be surprised, if you arc call
ed upon to congratulate me mex
time we meet"
A day or tsvo after, l saw Ned
"Well," l began, "shalI Icongrat
:ulate you?" =.
ooh, confound it, no!' growle'
Ned. Il have been there twice; bu
that conceited Will Spencer wa
hanging round there both times
Ellen looked daggers at him, an
did everything but ask him to sc
for she -divined the cause Of M:
visit, l guess. But be stuck tight
or than Spaulding's gluo. He
such a .conceited jackanapesI n
doubt he thought she was de
lighted with his presence"
/ did not see Ned for week 0
two: but when did, l hell: gu
NV card of invitation to Mis-
Ellen Norris's wedding.
"How's this?" said I, bent o
taas;nr. "Guess VIII Spence