The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-06-01
Vol. XVIII.

eyes uSlT-" hiCu euo al "'Se" *
many fat puffs from the nape oi
her neck to hersbrow, causing her
head to resemble phrenologicaI
CHARIOT subdaed brown; and 9
pretty little mouth.
The daughter was totally unlike
her, except as to mouth, having
large merry gray eyes, golden
brown hair (Which, when un'
bound, fell to her very feot), a
delicate straight nose, rosy cheeks,
and G smile like - like-well,
George Lee wrote oft once,
"A smile like the fash of the humming-
birds wing
as it hovers over the lilies"
And as Charley was dark, with
great black eyes and hair, and
mustache to match, they formed
sn admirable contrast. And some
body says, very justly, accocdin 8
to my way of thinking,
s'In Joining contrasts lieth Loves delights.
Small Measure, the detested one,
had oblique eyes of 10 particular
color George Lee spoke Of them,
or of, is the poetical style, one OF
them, as "a squirting eye to match
a squirting mind,') light red hair,
nose and chin sharp as a razor,
and great waste of msterial in
the way of hands and feet. How.
ever, be was so quiet, and spoke
80 tenderly Of his departed mater
nal parert, and was so very de-
ferential to Mrs. Dainty, thst the
dear good-hearted woman was
quite taken with him, and used
to, for a long time after he came
among US, try to ward off our
wordy attacks by some pleasant
remarks and adroitly substitute
nice slices OF meat from her own
plate for the Jumps Of fat Fell
Johnson, who carved, placed upon
his, and gave him extra large
pieces Of pie and cake in the fruit
season to indemnify him for the
applee, oranges, ETC., that Perez
Winter and I've sat st either
side of him at table-iuvariably
contrived to con6scate. But after
be bad been there about FIVE
months we noticed that even
Mrs. Dsinty began to treat him
coolly; and when be took TO fol-
lowing Millie about and praying
for her, dear little innocent girl
in shrill voice at midnight, much
TO the annoyance of the bosrders
on bis foor, knowing all the time
that she VAS engaged to Charley
Seabright, she became downright
angry and gave him barely biz
share of cake and pie-not a jo'
more.
Besides this she confded tc
Charley, who confded to us, that
Small Measure hadn't paid q cent
of board for nearly two months
and that he gave as an explain a
,ion that the old gentleman il
whose employ he was was very i'll
and accounts could not be squared
until be got we'll again. None o.
US believed in this old gentleman,
W hose bookkeeper went to busi
ness after lunch and returned
home an hour before dinner and
Tom Toms, who, disguised as
broom-seller, took the trouble to
follow him on two occasions, re
ported that unless the bookkeep
ing was done in a billiard saloon
or the Metropolitan Art Museum
none was done on those two oc
casions.
Well, after our landlady's tacit
agreement to our proceedings, we
did everything to oust the un
| welcome guest; but he seemed re-
| solved, as Pauline says in The
Lady Of Lyons referring to bel
own sex, that his wings once
scorched,' he'd cling aud cling
forever Mrs. Dainty summoned
up courage and dunned him stern
ly. He met her glance with tear
full eyes, spoke of bis once happy
home and its lost guiding spirit
told her q long story about hi
sick employer, whom he could no
forsake in the hour of adversely
because of his kindness in year
long gone, to that dear guiding
spirit, and assured her that sh
should be paid the moment b
himself was paid. And so anothe
month went by, during which W
were painfully conscious that h
was quietly sneering at and eS