Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1875-02-25

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"After that modest speech, let's &c
to work again" si3
well, this affair is ready for the
bottom. How must tEsa.. he he ?'' ss..55zz5555
Saw two bits of plank; two by three
inches; nail them outside on the lower
corners put a strip three inches wide
from one to the other. Put the bottom
an inch from the lower edge of this /;
let it slope to the back to secure drain.
ase."
Drainage I don't understand. I"
edo as tell you. You will in
time
"Will you leave this thing its natu-
raj color % *,
"I'd like to stain il oak. AS I can't,
I-must whitewash it."
Whitewash rubs off. ~ ''Sts
'Not my sort, " which was this, and
recommend it to all in need OF the
article. from Credit Mnhilierista down
or up: Into one gallon Of sweet milk
Stir powdered lime till little thicker
than cream, add q teaoupful of turpen-
tine, stir we'll and apply with paint
brush, almost equal to white lead.
The "thing" was finished, and leaned
against the wall, white and staring,
in virtue of three coats.
: "Wlat will she do with it ?" queried
Will.
"Wait and see," was the sententious
rejoinder.
Scan you get mp at day-break to.
morrow, and go to the swamp for moss
and ferns ?"
"I reckon SO. IF you will go with
me. 1 wouldn't know what you want. I"
"All sorts-high, long and creeping.
Any green thing that lives in shade,"
"All right; you shall have them"
And true enough, Milly was wakened
before sunrise by the call, Here is
your trash--a whole ;cart-load," and
running down, was soon able to realize
her ideal screen. The bed of the frame
was filled with earth and small stones.
In it were planted all sorts of fern, the.
tall ones at the back. the low nrnluiins.
next, and the delicate viny oreepers
trailing over the edge, then the surface
sa @ 8
couple of luxuriant basket-ivies put,
one ut eaoh end, and trained to small
nails in the outer board, 80 as to make
a lovely living frame for the lovely
living picture. Even prosaic Will was
delighted with the result, while Milly
could have danced with Joy. This
room was her especial pride. The
pictures, brackets ETC., were ell Of her
choosing. She had an idea OF rooms
expressing character, and this day, of all
days, wanted hers to show faultless
taste. She was sensible girl, though
Icannot affirm that she chad no non
sense about her." Her weakness for
poetry, which che wrote OF the desper.
ately sentimental kind, common with
people of healthy, highly. y.nervous or
ganism. Consequently she was shy of
having it seen, and few of her nearest
friends ever saw it. Will was pro
foundly ignorant upon the subject. He
could not understand, You know. Rural
Quill, Esq, was somewhat celebrity,
wrote humorous articles that went the
rounds of the state press, and was
hailed wherevtr he went by the same
unquestioned authority, "Wit, Scholar,
Patriot, Poet" and, indeed, ouly missed
being great man by SO many others
having been greater in his peculiar
line. He was editor of "The Clarion" 4"
published in Lynesville, live town,
some thirty miles away. Some months
ago Mllly had sent him, with letter,
quantity apologetic for the s'sin of
rhyme, poem, beginning
"Above the fitfnl, moaning aea
The wild winds sigh and shiver,
o! Winds Blow homo my love to mo;
1 love my love forever"
wherein several most heart-breakine
images, and all available. rhym for
Ever, Never, Culver, and Shiver, were
completely used up. Ho, had replied
assuring her That "The sin of rhyme
is one not to be paliated hero, nor par.
doned in the world to come. but when
oLe can write as you do (and that one q
woman) then tits sinful to be SILENT
and published her poem rs one "that
would do credit to the pages of oul
best magazines and the correspond.
ence and contributions had gone on,
increasing in yigor aud intensity until