The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-11-08
chase good lot Of wild land, which he did

chase good lot Of wild land, which he did
in the township Of Nj, and L was to
work with him on shares We were one OF
the first settlers in that place, and we found
the work before us rough and hard to our
hearts content But Willie had a strong
motive for exertion-and never did man
work harder than he did that first year on
his brush faru,, for the love of Jeanic
~Burns'c a.,
We built comfortable Lighthouse, in
which we were assisted by the few neigh
bors VIC had, who likewise lent hand in
clearing ten acres we had chopped for fall
crop.
All this time Willie kept up constant
correspondence with Jcanie Burns; and he
used to talk to me of her coming out, aud
his future plans, every night when our work
was done. If | had not loved and respcc-
ted the girl myself l should have got unco
tired O the subject
We had just put in our first crop of wheat,
when letter came from Jcanic bringing us
the news of her grandfather's DEATH
! W%aI I.G- IL - .Las willie spak' to
me xhS 90 he closed that isftnr- sJamie, the
auld mansis gpnesat last7y-an God forgi'e
Eme, feel Too gladsomc to greet. Jeanie
lis willin' to come. whenever 1 ha'' the
means to bring her out, an hout man, I'm
jist thinkin that she winna' haze to wait
long, Lax
Good workmen were getting very high
wages just then, and Willie left the care Of
the nlace to me, and hired for three months
witt, auld Squire Jones. He was an excel.
len Sai nster, and could put his hand tc
any X, Of work When his term of SER
vice expired he sent Jeanie forty dollars
to pay her passage out, which he hoped she
would not delay longer than the spring.
Z He got an answer from Jcanie full oI
love and gratitude, but she thought thai
her voyage might be delayed until the fall
The good woman with whom she had lodged
since her parents died, had just lost hc1
husband, and was in bad State Of health
and she begged Jeanie to stay with her un
til her daughter could leave her service il
Edinburgh aud come to take charg, Of the
house This person had been kind anc
steadfast friend to Jeanie in all her trou
bles, and had helped her nurse the old ma'
in his dying illness. am sure it was jus
like Jcanie to act as she did. She had al
her life looked more to the comforts Of 9TH
ers than to her ain. But Robertson Was y
angry man when he got that letter, and he
4 said, 'Ifthat vast the lo'e that Jeanie Burn
had for him, to prefer an auld woman
comfort, who was naethipgL to her, to'h heI
betrothcd husband, she might bide ava a
lang as she pleased, he would never trouble
himself to write to her again
l did ma think that the man was in earn
est, an demonstrated with him on his fol
ly an injustice. This ended in sharl
quarrel atween us, and left him to gan!
his ain gate an.1went to live with my uncle
who kept a blacksmith's forge in the vii
lage.
After a while we heard that Willie Rob
ertson was married to 4 Canadian woman
very much his infeFHfoF ia iaasS every wa way, bu
his farm{ oAIatof land in the rear o
broken 0Y with puir Jcanic, ni1st and i II was al
what she would spier at the mas, o.----4-. -1....
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