The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-17
by giving one or more Of those men cheap

| discovered that cheap and easy way to
| get along with those settlers was to avail
themselves Of their services and adopt their
manners and modes Of living as far as they
could. When invited to husking, apple
pairing, or even quilting, to be closed
with breakdown, they were pretty Ger.
tain to be there.
"There is to be an apple-bce at Tom
Bluvcr's, tonight" said Edgar Hartland
| TO his companions, among whom were half
a-dozcn axemen and chainmcn-young fcl-
lows gathered up there in the country.
| "We are all invited"
| "And, of course, we will all go!" was
the prompt and unanimous response.
AS for apple-paring and cutting, 1t was
scarcely anything more than an introduc.
| tory ceremony, resorted to for the purpose of
place-boring the old people and getting the
| free use of the house for dancing. Before
| the end OF an hour the old lady told the
young people very plainly that the apples
| they were wasting were worth more than
the work they were doing, that they had
| better remove the baskets and pans, clear
up the rooms and 90 on with their dane
ing.
AS for Edgar Hartland, he did not pare
| Il dozen apples that evening, nor did he
| join in the dancing. Formal introductions
had not been heard of in that Egypt, and
| MIR. Hartland was therefore simply obscry-
ing the customs Of the country, when, soon
after entering the room, he approached a
strange young lady and said:
81 am much pleased to meet you here.
My name is Edgar Hartland."
"And mine," was the frank reponsc sis
Clara Ogden.'
"We are expected to pare some of the
apples, | suppose" said Edgar.
81 will pare until find good one to
eat, and then divide it with YOU" said his
| companion with merry laugh.
Hall q dozen were pared, cut, cored and
thrown into the tray before one lust right
was found, the seeds of which were taken
carefully out and used in telling their for
tunes. BY these trifles those young stran-
gers were opening tho way for the conver
sation Il at soon followed in regard to their
homes in New England.
MIR. Hartland had paid only two visits to
his home during the four years he had been
out there, while Miss Ogden had been there
only three months, having come out with
the Kew. Mr.. Birdsell, missionary, ac
companicd also by the young wife whom
the minister had been home to marry and
bring out.
Gas for ME" said Miss Ogden, sT came
here on land speculation.
Then she went on to relate that her
father, who had died two years before, had
lett among his effects some old land war
rants, issued to soldiers for services in the
war OF 1912. There were thirteen of these
warrants, each emitting the holder to select
ana receive eighty acres of government
land. In settling the estate she had re-
celVed those warrants as q part of her di-
Visory portion, and had come out there in
company with her friends hoping to find
some one who would select and locate the
lands for her.
That little service would be just in the
line OF the work the young surveyor was
accustomed to do. lie would gladly select
the lands and obtain for her the full and
specific titles which she required from tho
government
Fer this service Miss Ogden would, of
course, be greatly obliged, and as soon as
this business was arranged would rctnrn to
her home. The people with whom she had
been stopping, and whom she had never
heard of until she came there, had been
very kind to her, and she had suffered no
Inconvenience that would not be more than
paid for by securing those lands, which her
dear deceased father had left her tho means
of obtaining.
On parting Mr. Hartland remarked that
he would call again within two or three
weeks, and might, perhaps, be ready te re-
port progress i'll the selection of the lands
VI course not a word had passed between
those young people suggestive of any spec
| ial or pcr:onal interest in each other nor
| do wcll-brcd persons talk of love, court
ship, or marriage the first time they meet
"You are in danger OF being killed." was
| the startling announcement that Edgar
Hartland heard from friend two days after
that interview with Miss Ogden. While
| conVcrsing with the young lady he had
noticed a repulsive looking man, whom
ho had occasionally seen, and knew to be a
| rough and coarse fellow, glaring at him
with tho fierccness of tiger. His manner
seemed strange and unaccountable, but he
| did not think best to make any allusion to
| it. Now, however, he knew that the coarse,
but bold and daring young man, had been
boasting of his ability to WOO, win and
marry Miss Ogden, who had spoken to HIM
civilly few times. But his love demon
stratlons had not yet been sufficiently ag-
| gressive 70 awaken in her mind suspicion
that he was preparing to lay siege to her
nc"rI ana mana. NOW, however, all the
forces of his wild, uncultured mind were
aroused and entirely unconscious of what
propriety and delicacy required, he was
openly boasting Of his determination to
marry the young lady, or rather. "that 'cro
gal," as he called her.
GAS for that surveyor, he would put him
under the leaves If he didn't move out of
his way"
"Better 60 an see the gal at once and
ask her to marry you," was the advice Joe
Blanson received from several of his COM
panions
And Joe did.
''Really, MIR. Blanson. you surprise me, "
said Miss Ogden. ~ can not entertain an
offer of marriage from you,"
"And know" said the ambitious lover,
'just why you don't want me. You've
got your oyes on that follow, Hartland. l
seed him maxim up to you at the apple-bec,
and If nc comes near you again I'll lay him