The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-02-10

grown to look upon Miss Julia as
a relative"
"Oh, hang it," cried Ned, chafng
under my raillery. "Why can't
you let a fellow be? You'd no
business listening, anyhow! But
l am not sorry she answered me
as she did, after all"
No." I said; ';you will never
have any regrets now, thinking
what might have been. 1t helps
You out Of your quandary nicely.
Leaves you just 'Hobson's choice
Clara or none"
"And Clara is worth both the
Others" Ned responded emphati-
calIy. She would reign royalty
over 4 fellows house! She's 4
woman tc be proud of"
"AlI right" said l. "G!ad you
look at tho thing so logically
Helen and | shall welcome Clara,
and be glad Of her as q relative
and neighbour"
Ned went to the Falls, and be-
fore | saw him again, with the
Norris party. lie wrote one
glowing letter. soon after he ar
rived, giving an account Of CIara's
roval charms, what o sensation
she made, and how the fellows en-
We'd him.
ut will be settled before l get
back !" he wrote.
! l introduced the subject as soon
as we met.
| swell, Ned, when it is to be ?"
"Oh, deuce take you" he cried,
throwing himself on my lounge in
! his old way. "You are always at
q follow-never giving him any
peace"
"But, Ned" said gravely. try
ing not to laugh, "you wrote that
it would ali be settled before you
came back. What more natural
than that I should ask you when
it was to be p
"We!i, then, nsusr - snapped
Ned. "She went through all that
long rigmarole that Julia did-'sho
never thought Of such a thing
and so on-and the next day she
was receiving the congratulations
Of her friends on account Of her
engagement to q Boston chap.
Seems she has known him for q
year or two. "I tell you what,
Tom" he continued, in o reflect
i've manner, "there isn't much de-
pendence to be placed upon 4
woman's actions. A fellow may
be positive that he has only to
ask and receive, and likoly as not,
ho will get positive REFUSAL
| Now, | was sure I could have any
of those three girls, by saying the
word. And just see the conse-
qucnces Two of 'em married, one
pretty near it, and | rejected and
alone. But I am sort Of glad, af.
ter all !" be went on. "Clara is q
splendid woman, but she would
cost man deal to rig her up
and there is Just the trimmest lit
tic girl over in Brooklyn, and if
she'll have me, I'm going to see
what I can do in that quarter. |
do not fix my hopes too firmly up
on earthly things, but I still think
! have a chance over there. And
she has no sister, so there'll be no
bothor. Oh, we'll, women are
queer creatures-act one thing,
and mean another; but, I tell you,
Tom, that little Brooklyn girl is
trim !"
Ned proftcd by his lesson, and
is much more agreeable fellow
l told him so one day.
= "Ah, yes!' he said. "Knocked ID
= off q foot or SO of my self conceit
But it's growing again; for that
little woman over in Brooklyn
: says IN the incest fellow walk
| ing. We arc to be married Christ
) mas, you know. After all, Fate
t know best what was good for me
Those Norris girls don't compare
/ with this one"
1 Ned married his "iittlc girl
9 over in Brooklyn, and they are a:
l jolly q couple as | ever saw. She i!
3 willing to worship Ned, and he i!
willing to be worshippcd. Anc
he is very kind and affcctionatv
husband as well, and never i
! troubled with "quandaries."
. In the Now York postofic
e there is a clerk whose memory o