Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-07-25
FRIDAY MORNING., JULY S5, 1879.

"nd 40 DelleVe there t5 a-Yea, sure
enough Belle, there comes Johnnie
Swinton. So much the better for
You Gus, said Belle, Charlie will hav Q
to keep his company. Well, they
say every thing happens for the best,
but i'll her mind, she was wondering
then, if it had been for the best, that
she did not marry the handsome,
dark eyed, Willie Glenn, that she had
not seen or heard from in three long
years. They all teased her about
Johnnie Swinton, but she only said,
he is not .or me.
Well, sister Mary, you've come at
last, the girls have been wishing for
you for some time. l am glad to see
you Carrie, and dare say they have
been looking for me, but 1 know they
have attended to their duties, as we'll
as if l had been here. I must say,
theyoo truly deserve credi: for their
industry, if they are my children.
Indeed thsy do, sister, and little
cash too, said Mrs. Moore, which
Charlie says Gussie shall never lack
for when he gets her.
The idea! Carrie you ure always
thinking of something more than
myself. l do not know, that I will
give her to him yet, he had better
not Ie too sure Of her.
Yes, but he shall have her, sister
Mary; they have it all arranged to
have the parson Lere to morrow night,
and take her back with us.
You are surely jesting, Carrie? 1
did not think it would be in three
months vet.
Yes, that was the time appointed
ut first, but Charlie says, there is 10
Use in waiting that much longer, and
it is so far to come by private cou-
veyance.
Well, | suppose if they are deter
mined on it, will have to give her
up, but l must say they keep it very
slyly.
Just then Belle summoned them
to supper, whero Lena was introdu c.
cd to the hands 'me young Johnnie
Swinton. He too was just home from
College, and was schoolmate of
Charles. He had often heard him
speak of his sweet-tempered sister,
and was most happy to meet her.
He thought Belle pretty, but Lana
beautiful, from the moment his eyes
fell OH her, whom must describe, as
we'll as the others, whom / We intro
duced. Lena was tall and graceful,
with slight form, her complexion,
very fair, with rosy cheeks, and
pretty curved mouth, blue eyes, and
light brown hair, that she wore in
rInglets, that reached nearly to her
waist. Oh .rlie, her brother, was
very much like her. though he was
quite stout. His hair was q trifie
darker, and he wore it cut close, but
not like some of the young men,
(with it parted in the middle) his
was more seusibly, parted at the side,
and brushed back from his fair fore
head. His mustache like his hair,
was very fine, and glossy, both him
self and sister, disposed very much
alike; always having what they de-
sired, with kind and indulgent
mother, it would hardly have beon
otherwise. He had chosen Law as his
profession, and was destined to be-
come good member of the bar.
Johnnie Swinton was also tall,
and finely formed. His skin was
rnddy one, that suits a country gentle.
man so we'll; his hair and eyes, very
dark brown, nearly black. He did
not even allow his mustache to grow,
but had his face smoothly shaven.
He was a general fagorite among the
ladies of tho neighborhool. His
mind vas not rs briliau, as that of
Charlie Moore, but he was very
wealthy, and thoughtif he was ever
fortunate enough to win Miss Iona,
which he had made up his mind to