The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-03-22
Petcrkin'S Suit.

I"tcfkllS sui.
some twenty years ago. do not
know how many exactly, but it was some
time during the war heard story
which a soldier WAS reading in news
piper 10 a little group around him, TO
there great enjoyment. | shall tell it
only in brief, though, remember well,
the filling III was a good part of i, which
will be missing in my recital.
Mr.. :. G.. pclerkin was proSrrrou,
youngi>h man Of business who 20, ahead
in spite OF his constitutional m"drsty.
This was in his way in society more .han
in trade: lie wa- afraid Of women more
than mon. For long, long tune hc had
&C: h;3 hca!turHn a lovely young lady,
who's" sweetness vas Ike her name, which
WAS Violet. lie bad often call, d upon
her, and resolved again Lat he would
make her M oN"r Of his heart and hand,
but aS often that heart failed him.
Through the Whole .: the evening he
would sit and
"Gaz"up,n .cs u Star
Whp-"plrirw AMI distance rank" Il flr.
ard come away without making any
progress in his Suit. At lat he became
alarmed by the fact that the da>hing
Captain Latham, Of one Of the Sound
steamers, VA, often nj the house when he
called 10 see Iii. cllarmcr. the charming
Violet Al lat he could not ear the
sii-pvn-e any i"uEer, and nc en,Gtrd,
with mncl, Ic,i,aury aui awkwatdnr-s.
do or die determination. 10 AK her if ,sle
would bc his. With remarkable couin, -,
She replied:
''You should have spoken long ago,
Mr.. pcrtcrkin; ! have been engage! To
Captain Latham lr som" time past, and
we are 10 he married very shortly. am
sorry 10 diappuiut You. but we VIII he
q good lrcuds Z, ever and you must
come 10 see me Just Tie same. The cap.
tain Will always be glad to have your
company"
Pc,crkin went away -orTow.ul. l;ui a
brighter day SOM 'lawnol, tpf within
three months after they were Marie! the
captain fell CT the steamer in tng on
the Sound and was drowned. No"
Pc,erlin took heart. lie ""uii have
Inc widow
A year of mourning wore slowly away.
lie kept his eye on the widow, but would
not insult the memory of the dead by
proposing until decent interval had
passed The year ended, and he laid his
heart again a, tho little fee, Of Violet.
She heard him quietly, and quietly re-
marked, My dear pc;crkin, am sorry
to di,appoint you again, but for the last
six months have been engaged to DIR.
Tones. 1t was hard to make up my
mind between him and his friend the
handsome Lawyer Bright, but DR.. Jones
was so good to me while ! was sick in
the winter after my husbands death
that promised him | would be his at
the end of the year"
SO poor pelcrkin retired once more !;
the widow Latham became Mrs. DIR.
Joner, and 80 remained, while the dis
comiitcd Pcterkin wished the doctor
might take enough Of his own pill, to
make an end Of him.
Time passed on. Peterkin WAS walk
ing down Broadway one day, while not
very fur ahead Of him he SAW two men,
one Of whom he knew 70 be this hated
Dr. Jones. A large flat stone was being
hoisted to the coping Of n new building {;
the rope gave way; it fell and instantly
killed the two men. Pcterkin rose to
the emergency Of the moment. For the
dead he could he Of no avail. His
thoughts were on the widow. lie turned !;
he ran, he flew, to her abode. When
she entered The room where he awaited
her he began:
dreadful news WAS walking on the
street, when saw stone fall from Il
house upon your poor husband, and he
is dead but you must let me comfort
you: beg you now to be mine, my
Violet, at last"
Dear Mr.. Petcrkin l nm so sorry !!
but when DR. Jones and Mr.. Bright were
both begging nle to marry, ] took tho
doctor, anti promised hir. bright. if any
thing happened to Jones, l would Ger.
tainly be his. So you see am engaged.
am sorry, for do think n great deal
of you, my dear leterkin."
Peterkin was very calm and self-con-
tained. lie said, and will you promise
to be mine when that lawyer il no
more 2"
Certainly | will, with all my heart
and soul"
Then come 10 my arms, my Violet,
for the same stone that killed the doctor
was the death of Bright, and you are
mine mt last p EpIToR's DRAWER, in
Hu1er's !Mgo:inr for AlrR