The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-05-31

| Browns farm. Good.hearted. hospitablo
Eguiro Brown, who liked the 20, -,s fel-
bow aud his college stories, whenever he
eucountored him, insisted on bringing
him homo 70 tee OF d,asess, e. the case
might b.. So Dick often had the r ,as.
nre Of eeeing Dawless domiciled on
Browne piazza Of O summer evening
with perfectly at.home air, peculiarly
aggfevating. Other people also ooticed
hia frequent presence there. Craggville
was one ofthose small, quiet places. Where
anything in the way OF news 10 a boon.
to be made tho most of. Filtration was
as yet one Of the undiscovered arts there.
| When young man In Craagyille began
| "pay:ag attentions" to o young Woman
1t meant business. His first Sunday
evening visit was the beginning of The
end--a sure symptom Of matrimony.
| 30 1t happened quito naturally that
Msa. Smith ehonld Tell Mrs. Zones that
Orestua Cooks nephew was paying his
attentions to Mollie Brown, and she pre-.
sumed it would 30 40 engagement. Mra.
Jones told Mro. Robinson. Roxy Beman
taking tea with Mrs. Robinson next day,
that lady Impaired the great intelligence
70 her, only by this time Il had become q
fact. Roxy went home, bnrstisg with
the tidings, 70 Dick. When Dick sams
In With tho milk pals, Roxy met him in
sic Kitchen with, Richard, what DC you
suppose heard THU afternoon ?"
Il don't know" said Dick with strong
appearance of not caring az well. Not
that he was one Of those men habituaiiy
cross and snappish at home 10 his mother
fallen for him In hard, dreary places.
His heart was sore and heavy within
him, and he felt weary and disguised
with everything, with life itself. Roxy
proceeded with all the enjoyment natu.
raj TO the first imparting such an item OF
news. "Mrs. Robinson says that Mrs.
Jones says that Mrs. Smith told her that
Moilie Brown 10 engaged to that Mr..
Dawiess. I've been expecting it. You
know he is there half bis time. What
do you think about it, Richard 2"
The twilight was favorable to Dick.
Possibly that was the res ON one of his
milk pals hit the pantry 4oor, delugirg
the kitcden floor.
How careless you are, Richard" said
Roxy, ruefully contemplating the snowy,
froth.crested stream, meandoring across
her clean floor. "Now I shall have 10
change my dress and mop up. do wish
you would be little more CAREFUL"
II Dick had been dying, Roxy would
not have scolded him, nor would che
now, when the beat part of him, his heart
and hope and courage were dying In him,
had she only known. But Dick made NO
sign. He went out to the barn, har.
messed Dandy, and drove away 10 the
darkness, he cared not where, co he could
be alone, and keep his troubles to him.
self.
| One morning, no. long after, Mollie
with sunbonnet tipped down over hei
nose, and tin pan In her hand, was 20,
ing out to pick the Lime beans for din
ner. She Was humming "Thefe'e musis
IN the air" thintiug what o pleasant
morning this was, ami what q fine place
this earth was generally, when, at :ht
door, she met her father coming *, look
Ing much humbled ct something.
Il never saw anything like the young
men now.s-days," bnrst forth the squire
herd with his red bandanna. II dunno
what we're all comm TO. When wa,
young. boy that had good farm com
ing 10 him, was contented to eet.:s dowr
on 1t, and let we'll enough y.ono. gu,
! now the young men ere oil unsettled am
uneasy, their heads full of aneculatin'
goin' to do some great thing, aud oston
for it.n
."Why, what's the matter, father p
said Mrs. Brown. busy mixing bread al
the table by tho open window, where the
breeze came In freshly through the morn,
ing.glory vines.
."Dick Beman's going West, Hia fasi,.
ess just been over % eea me, full o!
trnnblo about e. He says he dunno
what ail9 the hoy. He's always been
contsnted enough until lsss.y. hut now
his head 10 Get on this Weatern crochet
and nothin'll turn him. thought Dick
had moro sense. Fere he's sure Of one
OF the beat farms In the couaty, free from
mortgage, and AF. Beman's pretty fore.
handed besides; always has money to
iena. I've slvays cot by Dick as If he
was my own con, and can't bear to have
him AVE."
"W al, ! nevcr I" said AIRS. Brown. suit.
ably astonished. "Where's he going
When does he go3" questions MolEie
Esanted TO ask, only an odd, fiutteYisR.
sensation In her throat wouldn't let her.
% che fingered in the doorway glad OF
the aunhnnnet'a protection.
"Out emong the Rocky Mouutains
nomewhers, Montana, or idaho, or Col.
orado, ! don't know certain which," said
the squire, who had found it difficult to
keep pace. with Western geography. II
was all Louisiana in his aohool dava.
Hes goin' with company from New
York, and starts tomorrow moPnin,."
my, how suddenip r, said Mrs. Brown.
Wont he call aud sea US before he
leaves 2"
leaked him. He said he'd Try TO-"
| MoNto liyt >red no longer, but ruahed
into Che Is, len, oh in o maze, iealirg
very Eueh % If 'tha 8osid had turaud q
sunnaafEanls, end CONS down bnttor., nm.
ward. Oeaggviile Without Dick lras q
combination that he'd neser before inv5uea
on Fer mind. She had boon dr:Ain0
along ashels' the daya had CARRIE. yitR
/! no aTaeial thoughs hoWsit ssas ali Ia end.
Dawl attention. had had been sars rum
disasfssahle. Whebgira az eigAtsen can
be- iuAel Indifferent 10 6lsihinE, black
eyed Soupg fellow h5ttsrl dressed and
more striktDg 10 eppsarance than anv
one, ahe hEd evof saap before, and. more.
over, slsvossd 60 herr Mollie. being a
etauisnh llisse democrat In her way. aud
wont 20 Eaaiptain shat % ss.nan's q rafil
for 'a.kb"A would have, iespised herself
bad slsp eesLfzea il, yes Sahes was not on.
tireiy unaffected bys Dawless'e lavender
neckties, wonderful hats, and gorgeous
srray. generally. And st was fiatterine to
be seIeeted by him, out OF all the Crspg-
vile gisls Dawless had csptipated her
| fancy, Tor The time being. She kEew
perfectly we'll shas Dick y sses worth d