The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-06-07

days, hopping out on tho sixty
sixth with bcaminy eyes ahd pink
bonnet. No, I know better than,
that,
! lam sorry to say it,; but thiuk
l quite forgot all. about Julia ii,
those days, anl after I had again
met Kitty, and had passed one or
: two evenings i'll hor society, I know
did. In fact, I did not know'that
there was any body else in tho
world. I was fearfully III earn
est. - 'srs4.} y
/ Kitty was everything that was
perfect she sang pnl duncol and
played and talked and read, and
in short did cvcry thing that was
interesting: and L learned, after
II while, that the "soNs had been
, neatly fitted" two years before.
i.Sho told me that, and it was the
only allusion she over made to tho
gone befolc' sharer of her joys
g icfs I'm suro she never had.
! This was about tho time my trou
bio commenced. Things had got to
just this pitch upon that stormy,
cold evening Of which T spoke, at
the commencement of this story. l
didn't like Julia any more, and it
was astonishing how insignificant
her money looked to me. l WAS
certain that Julia loved me, and
did not know how I was going to
get out Of the cntangicmcnt but 1
couldn't marry her with my heart Il
burning, acething furnace of aifec
ton for Kitty Blanchard.
. She hadn't any money. I knew
that; but / loved her SO that 1
, would have been willing to sacrifice
" dozen such fortunes rs Julius for
the simple assurance that I WAS dear
to her.
But I was bargaincd for-as good
as sold, everybody thought, and I
could not asccl t,in the state of
Kitty's feelings, until something
should turn up to help me out of
my difficulty. Two or three times
the thought had entered my brain
that I would see Julia and make a
clcta breast Of it assure her that
L had been mistaken in MY feelings
that, in short, I loved another.
That WAS the orthodox way of doing
things, anal it wls the only way th"t
ut first occurrc to me- Then, when
/ considered upon it, I WAS afraid.
JUL, Was Il !,"i.,ht h;:-- %;.i!"1 .irl
and belonged to an influential fani
! ~, unh, il she chose to make things
!, n"lI''"e'"t. T knew she could do II.
I So / felt that J. n,,st rnsnrt tn
strntuGcm--~ct julia in love with
some otAcr fellow.
And I now have got quite back
) to that frosty, cold night that form
ed the opening OF tAis confession.
/ am now ready t) tc!l wh,-1 l.
/ went.
"Why, You went to sec you'
widow, OF course" cxclaims Il pro
phetic reader
No. didn't. went to sec very
intimate male friend, rejoicing in the
cuphonious name of Ellsworth Per
civul He WAS great ladys man
Hc loved the whole Sex. and they,
the Ii lies, to ok t. him naturally
I found him and t,ld my story,
and asked him what I should do
Ifc didn't know the little widow, he
said, but he could rcl,tily imagine
after my description, that she wa:
the zone altogether lovely.
Julia Leeds he did know, anil Inc
would call there IL few times, get III
IL little Irritation: pick Il quarrel
break the engagement, let me marry
the widow, and let julia find some
bo,ly else. 1t VAS all as caay a
rolling off IL slippery log. 50 j
WAS arranged.
Ellsworth Pcrcival began calm!
upon Julia, and / upon the widow
and keeping away from Julia.
: think I was more happy for the mex
few weeks than mortal has II righ
to expect. [ called on my adore,
Kitty rs often as could frame a]
excuse to go there, and us often as
: dared without an excuse. She wa.
, gentle, pleasant, every thing. Sh
=, liked my society, T knew but sh
!. had II most wonderful faculty O
making Il man feel that he had II
. rights or privileges III life. [ coultln
> account for that. Consequently
I was very much surprised on
evening tn find her sitting very clos
to n long wh;skcrcd individual, VIII
: was tcnlcrly holding one OF thos
:, identical little hands that ! had bee
: rnvinG about for four months.
:. She rose very gracefully rs I cl
y tered, and-wcll, | never dill kno,
just how she did it but I foun on
:. By something she said That l WAS a
; acquaintance, and that D'Arlcmont-
T o. some such French name --wls i,
. ntlianccd husband, o" she WAS hi
=, MI ned wife, or something Of thu
>. kinl---I didn't know or care what
~ / WAS only conscious. Of the fact tn;
+ l wasn't anything, or anywhere.
:, I believe l congratulated til
$ widow, aud said, Il hoped [ diAn
4 intrudc," talked II fcw mon,cnt
y about tho weather, made my be-
bow and got out. | must ha,
q walked ten miles before / reache
:, home, and I don't think I had tax,