Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-03-03
THE MILL CHIMNEY,
rHE STORY oErA BRICkLAER

THE STORY oF@A BRICKLAysR.
Twas when was courting lstie
that the accident I'm going I'd tell
you about happened. But for that
same accident I.don't think Kati an
wouldsbe man an wife this d.,ylol
you see my father was set againfhs
match, Katie being only q lsboe er's
daughter, while he himself was-fre.
MAJ in the mills, getting good wges,
and thought great deal of byihi.
employers. An if it wasn't for Aa-
tie. don't think Id be here nov to
tell you aoout it, for it was she Aat
saved my life, through hitting o a
plan that never once came into The
heads of me or my comrades-ge,
or those you'd have thought void
know better than any of us.
was not brought up to my fath
er's trade, having been taken, when
young by d brother of my mothet's,
a master bricklayer living in tha
town. When my uncle died I cane
home to Lisgarven for bit, just to
see my father, ana finding that thy
were at work on the new buildings at
the mills, 1 looked for employment
there, an got it at once. Lisgarveh
mill is a -four mill, an pretty place
it was in those days, with the river
running just by the old red brick
buildings, an the big waterwheel al
ways going round an round. The
river falls into larger one little
lower down3an the tide c5mes1up as
far as The mil, so 'tis in boats that
most Of the corn is brought in an the
-four carried away. 'Tlsn't half 50
pretty place now; there are big
wbitewasbcd buildings alo gside Of
the old brick oues, the big wheel is
stopre'l, an you hear the whirE Of
the engines instead Of the sound of
the water, but they makes power
of money there, an gives deal of
employment.
AS was saying, I got taken on as
a bricklayer. Katies father was
working there, too, and | used to see
her bringing him his dinner, and, al.
ter bit, l began to think that Id
like to have her bringing ME mine,
too. She was as pretty a girl then
as you'd see anywhere-she's good
looking to this day-an l eoon be-
came that fond of her that Id have
done anything a'most to get her. She
herself WAS willing enough; twas
my father that made the difficulty.
He was proud man; as proud in his
way as any gentleman, an he was
right down mad at the notion Of my
marrying laborer's daughter. To
be sure, I WAS earning good wages,
an might have married without ask
in5 any ones leave if Id been 30
minded, but l didn't like to go again
the old man that had always been
good to me. Beside, Katie was just
as proud az himself, an would have
nothing to say to me unless ne was
satisfied. got the owner to speak
to him, but sure 'twasn TIA bit of-use.
"How. would you like, sir, he says
to the owner, elf had daughter,
to have Master Philip take up with
her, an wouldn't that be the ssme
thing?'
I believe that the owner didn t
think it would be at all the same
thing; but my father wouldn't hear
the reason from him any more than
from me; so Katie an 1 had Just moth
ing for it but to wait in the hope of
his comm round, an very little hope
we had of that same.
AS we were putting up o steam en-
CINE in the mill, we had Of course to
have a big chimney, an we got man
down from town to build it-one of
them chaps that builds. chimueys an
nothing else, and thinks nobody knows
about it but themselves. |
Was working along with him, and, IN.
deed, twas I that built the most O:
it, and right good jobit was. Twas
finished by Christmas-ten year sg'
this Cbristmae coming on--all but the
conductor, and that Was not
put up owing to the owners wanting
to make inquiries when he'd 90 to
town an to see for himself what
would be the best kind to use. Ths
proprietor was scientific sort OF q
gentleman, an had ideas Of his own
sometimes they'd be better than
other peoples. sometimes maybe no.
SO good.
At any rate, there was delay
about The conductor, an in the mean
time the engines were at work, an
The big chimney was smoking away