Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-03-30


tionate sisters heart, and often had
his praise been sounded in the ears Of
Kate and Florence, who, Consequent
ly felt no little couri ,si;y re5pectin;
this paragon OF fraternnl excellence,
and were quite pleased when ine,rm-
ed by Annie OF his expected attend
ance at the approaching festival.
Indeed, according toa fashion quite
popular among school girls, he had
been given to Kate, and many were
the messages exchanged between thnm
through the medium of Annie letters,
so that his name became quite
familiar word with her, and any
thing especially pleas ny was i'm
mcdiatcly pronounced to be Jimmy"
wllica she said, WAS the only slang
expression among the many current
at boarding school. she thnu:;ht he
coming to Il young lady. Consequent,
| ~, when slcrccrivud the Information
that Mr.. Jimmie Minor was in --
and would most probably, b. pre-
scntcd OH the morrow, her conra gc
sank nearly to zero, it never did
quite get there, lis seIi.possa ,sinn WAS
Il trait she greatly a'lmirc'l and cult
waited; however, she telt considerable
misgivings us his traits and capahili-
ties of repression were unknown,
nevertheless, if there was any sacri
flee of dignity or formality, she re-
solved it would not proceed from her.
Florence anticipated great deal of
fun over the introduction and was
positively chagrincd when the first
attempt tailel. Annie met her
brother ut the entrance Kate was
Immediately pointed out and an in :
PRODUCTION sought. She was standing
in Il group talking when he approach
ed with his sister and spoke to Flor
ence, who had passe the pr, limi-
naries necessary 10 an acquaintance
already. So soon she heard their
voices, Kate turned away, but moving
too hastily, her parasol came in con
tact with somebody's arm, and fell
from her hands. Very politely, Mr..
Milnor sprang forward and restored
! i, and received IA ..He,N p"l.e! :.
! spoken "thank you" in return from
Miss RAYMOND, who hur,icdlv moved
Oft, disrcgarling the call Of Annie
and dragging the unwilling Florence
with her, who, SO So'.n as tlry were
unhcald by the others. inquired VIII at
her companion meant by such con.
duct so contradictory to what might
have been expecte aud received the
reply with which this episode is com.
menccd. Whci their conversation
was suddenly brought to IL pause by
the ejaculation from Kate, the latter
found herself lace To face with the
smiling young gentleman, and was
dim'y conscious Of bpwing<H, dazei
confused manner as he WAS formally
presented, and thc nest moment be
nrld her g'uvcd iin.cr> in c'ose
proximity 20 II broad cloth sleeve,
(snc Was not to- excited 10 ta.:c cog
niZancc Of that, she al erwards usss err
ted), and herself listening To IL low
voice That was saying how often its
owner had beard rt her through his
sister, and how anxi us he WAS to
meet one in whose p"aiSc so much
had been spnlicn. She maintained
her part of the conversation very
crcditable, though afterwards she d
not remember whether he liked
promcnnding or screnalins best Dlr-
ing his stay in N, he called
sew vcral times, and was really very
pleasant pnd entertaining convcrsa-
tionaist, she said when Florence ask :
cd her opinion of him, but no more
messages were exchanged. Indeed,
no one would have dreamed that two
such digniliei and cmincntIy proper
persons had ever bocn guilty Of such
nonsense-thcy never had said word
about each other before, Of course not.
"Thc world rolls ever round and round,
And time rolls ever by"
so by its inevitable mutations. our
friends, Kate, Annie, and Florence,
found themselves no longer careless,