Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-09-07

Vi great service TO the farmerin the two
years That lntervenGd between the pres.
eht ana that time, and he wished to ra-
pay the latter for his kindness to him.
For the first few months of those two
years, he was apparently'quite self-pos-
sessed IN his association with Jennie.
But that is all that can be said to his
credit He broke down-utterly sue
cumbed-before six months had passed.
proposed; and - told Jennie he did
not blame her for not caring for him,
ana hoped she would forgive him for
offering such poor creature like him
self to one like her; that he could not
help it; that he felt he must know what
ne was to her, and now he did know.
Jim had discovered Jennie, the'eve
ing when he asked that question, sitting
on the bench under the great maple
back OF the house. There She left him,
ana went into the house; and there for
a long time he remained after she had
gone, sitting in her place, with a sensa-
ton at his heart unlike any thing he had
ever before experienced. Not content
ed to let "woll enough alone, he had
gone from the negative comfort of CON
lecture, into the positive pain Of Ger.
tainty.
The next morning he entered upon
/ his labors with less announcement Than
Jacob did upon his after Laban's sec.
ond promise-lGss by as much as a re.
fusal is less than a promise.
And Jennie? Ii her nights rest had
been less sweet and refreshing than us.
ual, she showed no SIGNS of it, She an
peared to be merrier Than she had bean
/ for some time. Early in the dav when
she and her mother were engaged in the
labors of the household, she surprised
/ the latter very much bv " season - of
/ laughing season OF very violent
. Laughing.
"Jennie!" exclaimed Mrs. Long. at
last, dropping into a chair. g What does
all you?@
"Why, mamma, it's the funniest
thing-i'ye been proposed to,u
"Proposed to? Bv whom?n
"By Jim"
"By our jim, ,Jennie?n
Z" Ow Jim, mamma
esTbe foolish how OF conrso Won told
him kindly that YOU were both too
Young to think of marriage. Yor fa
iher was 26 and | was % when we were
married. xWhat did Won tell him len.
pie?n
81 told him-nolu
"That was right; onlyI hone Won did
not hurt his foeiinCs any more f6an was
necessary. trust he viii FORGET All
about il soon-u
"What, mammal"
"Imcan, Jennie, that | hope he will
see how foolish he has been, and forge!
all about you before he goes away"
go, certainly II hope he wiI-will
forget-and-se how it is, before then.
He's poor, you know-very poor. II
told him go. | wanted tO-help
for--iorget, as you say, and so said in
case married, in the course Of twenty
or twenty-five wears, | should probably
wed a very rich man; and then |
shouldn't be any trouble to my-hus-
husband; but that shouldn't do for q
p01r man ut all"
"Wel, Jennie, do sincerely wish
that he may soon care as little for YOU
as YOU do for him."
As the months passed away, Mrs.
Long, watching jim, concluded that he
had not suffered much 10y the rejection
he had received. The kind-hearted
woman was clad to think it was so.
Considering all things, the less attrac-
ton her daughter had for the young fel-
low the better.
Jennie also. bopipc as we NAV SUD-
nose thot Jim, for the sake of his peace
Of mind would outrrow his affection for
her. after little while. decided that be
boI Sbo wos vary Glad of il And vet
tboro ,, vos ' q t;nro in M of 4 enoaIoncboIv in The
Jisaovorr iC,o Wv " e She9 wos "a glad for bis eole
g S"rsnsc }c had suffered So but i vas
.bstractIv considorad-o very solemn
,horrbt That co strnnr an attachment
n,'u ,a, 90 ~ Short v,,y ,;roJ Nh that sbo wonid
bayo %%3 had vi # last ioncer in This particu.
ior low caso ,, q no bni thore micbt come
a't a tino n"'V vben she H should want to know
tbat tbo ono who had an groat q recard
for bor was 10 have II forever But
what wy wos sbo to eynectp Was Tim a
t,i H" Som,rio m"j OF nf ,nonl,inS in this ~ rosnect
't Il Farmor Tonr had been an observ-
i,d, - man m '', Juring these dovs he wonId
ha3,a h'3 ,',% ooon comi9g into Inns face some
,im. I%,o IJVn tbat could 9ot have failed to re-
nnim5 rr; b;m 'r' Of o the Time when the youth's
m,,t rnntSor ' and Mrs Tono were Girls. and
tSo '1os host I,o iooliinS onss n the yi7aTo Tbe
fathor,s @ strongfb had come into inns
1~yIr' h"d,, ond J' iin,5s bnt be was getting his
noofber's face by installments These
,Ioro n,G.,' ~ no bis nossnssions when he was
Of aoe.
AS his Dist wear drew towards its
close. he could not tell whether to be
glad or sorry for it. His reason told
him to 90 and forget-he had not for
gotten. Won seem the excitement of
business somewhere, his disappoint-
ment. But that heart of his kept for
avnr answering. "Stay another year."
He was in this state of mind the day be-
fore he was u. After dinner that day
hp went and SAT on the bench under the |
nroot l-r msnle He went there that he
66,i@bt 6G ba alone To docide whether he
Us IA ell, tbo diototos of bis resson