The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-02
That Voice.

a doy in June, 1903, and one of the
lovclie st early summer days the world ever
behcld--a cloudless sky,golden bright sun
shine, soft, fragrant air, joyously sweet
songs of birds. faint musical murmurs Of
brooks and plashlng Of fountains, delicate
ly green grass, lingering violets and budding
roses.
On the lawn in front of the elegant man
sion Of Leon Fishback, Esq, a party Of
young people are playing "Follow, follow,
follow me- a game somewhat resembling
ESQ their mothers and grandmothcrs tell
me) an old game called "Puss in the corn
cr," played a quarter Of century or more
ago, only in "Follow, follow" the players,
instead of bcckoning to each other, bcckon
to gloup of metallic balls, around which
stand in u circle, and he or she who proves
to have most magnetic fol &C the balls fol-
low with rush, while the remainder of
the players rush as wildly in their efforts
TO secure the place left vacant by the fly
ing one,
At this moment the balls are rolling pell-
nell, hclter skelter, knocking against each
other with a pleasant ringing sound, after
pretty, fair-hcaded maiden, whose little
feet, clad in slippers all cleaning with sill
vcr and gold, flash IN the sunshine beneath
springs lightly over the grecnsward amid
one shouts loudly in this refined twentieth
ucntury--of her merry companions.
In the back garden, On a green clover
sweet grass plat, stands broad. deep bas-
kct of newly washed, snowy white linen,
and hanging out machine, planted firmly
III the middle of the plat, is inGuslriously
raislng and lowering its wooden arms,
grasplng the various pieces in its wonder
fully constructed hands, and hanging them
upon the e,out no clothes-pins line, which
is slowlg revolving around it, and to which
they adhere without further trouble.
In the dairy the rosy checked dairy maid
is reading love poem, while the auto
matte mixer is milking the beautiful white
COW that stands just outside the dool; in
the kitchen the cook is lndolently rocking
to and tro In Il low rocking chair, watch
ing the "magic-rolling. PIN" roll out the
pas'e for her pies, ready to stop Its pcndu-
lum-l like movement the moment the crust
is srlooth and thin enough; and small
servant boy, with his hands in his pockets,
lounges against the wall in one corner near
u lajl stool, whislling softly to himself as
lie waits until the pair of shoes the electric
backing brush Is polishing thereon attain
the proper degree of brilliancy and mirror
likeness.
This is prosperous place, this domsln
of Leon Fishback, Esq, aud Leon Fish
back himself is tall, handsome, energetic,
positive man of one, and. d.thlrty-a bache-
lor, who gives home to his widowed sister
and her iour half orphaned children, and
in Ieturn IS taken care of by her, with the
assistance OF the old housc-kceper-to tell
the truth, With great deal Of assistance
from the Old house -kceper-as well as any
brother was taken care of by any sister.
Still people, as people will-especially
people with grown-up single daughtars-
wondered that he had never married. 1t
was not tor want If opportunity he had
done so-oh, no indeed for dozen
lovely girls, half dozen more or less
charming widows, and several. ladies of
neither class, had, since his coming into
the property Of his uncle and godfather,
Leon F.shback, Sen, (whose ashes in a
solid gold caskct $1,000 in sort of shrine,
made of q hundred rare woods, in tho
south drawing-room), intimated to him,
in every way that the shrinking sensitive
ness of womanhood would allow, their per-
feet wlllingness-nay,a anxiety-to assume
the role OF mistress of the Flshback man
sion.
But Leon had walked calmly among
them, dispensing hospitality, kind words
and gracious smiles with the strictest i'm
partiallity, distinguishing none by tho
slightest preference, until a few weeks be-
tore the beautiful June day when his young
guests mcrrily called, "Follow-follow-f follow
me-" to their highly polished admirers on
the closely shavcn lawn.
Then came to visit his sister an old
school friend, Laura Bcardsley by name.
who had been residing in a far distant
State, but with whom the sister had kept
up warm correspondence ever since they
parted ut the college door the day on which
RG.ch was publicly hailed with loud accla-
I latlon as "Mistress Of Arts"
C Miss Beardsley is lovely woman of
EXT. OF Wy -. summers, looking at
deceased, ss,who mas, with an exception.
y, y, l1e 4tn Gay IG;cnt. Oh exceptionally
INC Court House ID + yJ,ionally graceful
: one hundred shnWou hayGinning way 8.
z. Z. " "A. II. r. Com DO I'd, has Leon
that the above mcntit >>tly un,m.
oeihg soid Tor tho purpo and dronlf since
g the proceeds thereof L!, Lnu "ioPtin his
'0tc gwen by tho subscrihuu"' h"s 10 ~ tnd
James M. Rutland, the stocnncr, ma p,
by j. II: G. to j. M1ns ,laman mep l
lateral security for payment .'o'''"h n, m
ls is TO- notify the said A. yn,cn s cE
lass and all others interested, o.es ness c" c.,
nay hereafter become so, that n, 'nie me o
authority can exist in tho said A, '..
nglass to make such sale or transo iI Us
Ia collateral now. Nor can any,
authority now be- conferred oTways ol
y .ne present time under existno on.ont Lomn, :,
J distances. That ho is not op''nofont or X
inc ,cconspirators who aepri,sss. nrsaa
rand liberty in 1874, Is " " and,nds nreae 4.
'nmont wotIinrnSaS W -
ltion. ST. .H nnvH Subscrit
fled for nat tRALD'