Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-09

draw OH our states at school. I came
up to make my bow, and saw she llnd
deposited n brown willow basket On
the showcase and dropped a black
glazed bag at her side. She wore n
stringy kind Of shawl, with fcarfully
long fringe, and seemed to be afflicted
with numb palsy.
care you my nephew Sam wei 2"
asked she.
"My name is Samuel Haynes,
ma'am"
I'm your fathers aunt, Loueczcr
Haynes"
"I'm glad to sec you, Aunt
Louisa"
She locked at me sharply, rs if I
was making fun Of her. l suppose i,
is because the corners Of nv mouth
turn up, people are always suspcc,ing
me Of making fun Of them. wish
those corners would sink; and wonder
they don't.
Il your only living female relative
OIL the father; side" said she.
MY business experience with
females had been SO imbittering, l
was glad to learn she was tie only one
on the fathers side.
} "As you'v no mother, | feel it my
duty to help make Il home for you"
Instantly remembered that Aunt
Louisa was worth $4,000. think |
learned that fact i'll early years atthe
paternal knee, along with who made
ME, and W! at state | lived in. 1 know
it always stood to my inEantilc con.
sciousncss i'll the relation of II prim,ry
truth. My father, MI his life, courted
poverty through the medium of dry
goods and groceries, and went through
bankruptcy rs often as the Inv wou d
allow. During the periodic seasons,
before calling the creditors and M lk-
ing MI assignment, he uss,l to clasp
his hands to his lead and ejaeulute
u / !: u 1ouiss might help lie if sheSoply
would !s S.
- Bd 176iiiaa woTfdn't, oF :ifIeasf
'Isln't, and whatever may be thought
"f her filial affection mature observa-
lions OH the oscillations in the mo-
lasscs and ginger market have con-
vinced me of tile soundncss other
judgement,
I'm delighted to see you, Aunt
Louisa. I'll 60 right down to my
boarding-plac. with you"
Hence, with brown willow bask-
ct in one hand and n shiny leather
bag in the other, md MY great.nunt
trotting behind Why under heaven
she didn't walk by my side couldn't t
see we meandered down the street
We met EveIina ANGELA Plimpton.
l was engaged TO Evelina ANGELA.
| had enjoyed that homer ever since
one July evening when there came up
n sudden ;thunder-shower, aud she
clasped my arm and CALCULATED she
was $50, o,'im-id" An engagement wa,
an annual episode With Evelina.
When | solemnly asked Pa Plimp-
tons consent lie didn't remove his
PIPE from lis mouth, but just NODDED,
and pursued his previous train of
thought. Evelina smiled patroniz-
ingly upon me. Difference to the
aged / knew she considered beauti.
ful.
My aunt didn't like my boarding
place, and wasn't pleased with my
boarding mistress. She thought we'd
better keep house, and l spent the
next fortnight house hunting with
her. The great dcsideratum seemed
to bc the right kind Of "buttery';
one would have supposed butter was
to he the staff of life with us. We at
last found q "buttery" OH the north
west corner, opening ints both kitch-
ell and dining-room, having the re-
quisite number Of cnpboards, having
shelves that admitted of being taken
out in house cleaning time, painted a
bewitching color; and We en-.
gagged that buttrry, regardless Of cost
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