Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-01-04

grew, ,careiesSF15g3f 5SSfnee&4f 49, -.
lily to such idan5iss One ofthem's an Eng
slbh loon, will Big xhiskqs, and a bit of a
lass stuck in lis md he drawls and
sSb,,hs 70 hen N &fnll sEhs 0ther's some friend
bfTam OgiisiS sheve. By the way,
,Ks.ie, he's coming aoNa to the manse in
btnight; 0gilyis 1s4n."
Hs he ?" rf6ifed &fe, with supreme In
,l;amence. 6 liter grouse.shooting
TOD Esuppsss &
HesES fiji betterRsme than that, and you
INV Il. ssid A1dtsfs with laug b.. The
eplst ppsassa ipto ties cheeks but she
psspadsa ao aeti the remark. Her
brcsher xaIS hslf sessingly, half in earnest,
81 sssy. KSt;sS You Had better make up your
mini, at ciIse what snswer you'll give him
this lime. And if you take my advice, you'll
let iAbe ay. and not no, for maybe if you say
no again, hs1f NOT give you another chance"
"Say uSsss sSatf asked Katie, still feign-
ing asoieAsnsssss !
i"To hisi6ustioh ID often asked before re.
piled AndfsS, sad, I'd a clear, ringing voice,
6Sss Hailed oit tie staDza of little Scotch
mn spiiliar to them both ...,.
saY when ssaEfte wedding be !?
So Ssy when sa1f The wedding be?
5SSslys Az 54sklS Sofl lrulds I'll gle to thee, ...
"a isSss az XIV thp 7oliesall come to see" .t-
g,SfffaI Be- = bfaw w95d ding, Katie, if all his
fjtYe SitF kiuscone 6pm witness it. Remem
bsts I'm tistsst izang1 the occasion"
There ! III edaias coming of that pus
si,5 si,v 81 concern 81 ID. remarked Katie. keep
your % ., iokes t YOURSELF 1Andrew they're too
Old "a Is ap,isinq. Think" she added, with
aepsttiehs aif, ayou and everybody else seem
very aDxiols to get rid O me, since you're al
Ways trying 70 put me up to marrying and
going oE You'd miss me more than you
think, ifI eses was silly enough to CO."
!. sI donV rant you to CO." said Andrew, more
sesieasl hss mathers always lamenting
over youlWilIfnlness in not taking Ogilvie, he.
;ca6ss s6s ahlHEa it would be good thing
ferfty ftyou, and fof th4t matter, for US all. You
cap Sleny, Katie, that your marriage with
Tim &oaA be . lift Ito me and Davie, as we'll
ss II ssa There Davie, especially, who
loves hissboots 30, he might get him into a
lawysrs o@ce, or some place like that, in
iovn. and be Vie liking of him. But then"
hs,adaed aaiek seeing that Kate's face
ci6rded over ml not for persuading you
,sgsinst your will only L promised mother to
taik to- youa bit9ssedI dIseeiffI couldn't get you
into 8 reasonable wAy ofshinking it over"
thought mosissr had been talking to
you,p ipurmursdl aejectedly. 81 wish,
for ny part, that T am Ogilvie was in Egypt,
OF any where else out of reach. I'm sick of
Isbesoaud ofshe nansiof Tam Ogilvie !; I am,
indeed" Ti$%asl4asS ,..
ii Then I'll not spSski kitpny more" said An.
itsw, afecttnhatsis th4sswing his arm around
hsr waist, 'bffd 8otysx you, Katie, as you
we'll know, br the world. But would you
tslbne, just this oncs and for all, what's the
reason thats dai object to him. so much ?
Gissme gos& plain answer, that I may sat.
isfy mother Wien she speaks to me again"
saReasonl Y have no reason, except just
that my heart won't 81 :faafced into the matter
against its will" kdiied Kate, with some ex,
cisement. HIS W sll enough, i suppose. He's
not ll-favored, ,por! ill-nannered. and I've no
cause to disIik. him, is long as he lets me
stooe; butTds lisf marry stick or stone,
for all the lovs HAY tor him. And the Bible
says, you know Andrew, that when folks mar.
ry they must los ohe smother best in all the
world and doy9 9u, suppose I could ever
care for hiHs,t compare with mother, or
your" .aA.9
"Well, but tfI hight come afterward, you
know" reaark Andrew
"Never," sad Kate, decidedly. "I'd never
trust my hean tq turn that way afterward, if
it didn't begin turn jbsfore."
"You are a rohanic lassie," said Andrew
"and reckon sou ae people would think you
hadn't common s3 tol see you throw away
so good dhance:f BstJ for one, won't urge
you against your iA ;sno, not to please any.
body, or fof any 1000 that might be gained
by it." ~ sbEal
At this msneu.( (tbsissa t6anversation was in.
terrupted by lhssohund IL voices, and directly
at Q turn in thepai6s before them, they espied
two young men Bproaching, carrying guns
on their shoulders and pouches at their belts
"The ioks at tBe maase," whispered An
drew, dropping bis arm from Kate's waist
As the two couples net, tie Strangers stopped
and one of them, aat -essng Andrew in civil
tone, asked if heeofld l;~ct them to the min
ister's house, asithay lsad n.issed their way
While Andrea wds giving him ,he necessary
direction, bis cOmpaaion, the Englishman Of
whom he had spoken to Kate, was gazing in
tently at the young giff. vho had turned he,
eyes modes atlysAgat, She vas not unconscious
Of his scrut tl j. theugb shs pretended not te
observe it, and tha eaanest gaze which sht
felt, rather than saw, brought richer bloom
to her chdek, enhancing thus the beauty
which had so ibfeJls sattracted her attention
"Come, Mortime, its all right now," ex
claimed tn one Wlo had spoken to Andrew
as his colo guy viS the latter came to al
end and pecbaneally lifting his hat, ths
Englishmap !, who Iadnot uttered word, fol
lowed him ashe'novrd away. :.. ....
That's Al pretty girl isn't it?" asked hi
friend, When they, we're out Of hearing. ZAP
parently, ws Uninterrupted an interesting con
yersatiop betweea her sgestheart and herself.