Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-01-04
The sturv Tell'r.
HARRY'S WIFE.
A LESSON FOR THOSE WHONEED 1T.
BY RALPH DOUGLASS

BY RALPH DOUULaSS
The sewing circle was to NEE at Deacon
Simmons, and you may safely sy thaG iol
once there were no tardy ones, JOINTS. ii"io, t1
Senior, would of course come accinpaiileu Wy
Mrs. Hale, Junior, and it was tls young!g;i q;
Mrs. Hale that every one IN tbecogilViy VI
lage was so wild to see ana meeI !U 0nt,in tn ~
with all the blooming lasses in HleVliie, InaC
Harry Hale should have gone tofne Guy i;. l3i /"
faced GIRL who would make toA failure as
wife for hard working farmer. already young
Mistress Hale was put down as gooa-1or-
nanqht in the minds of most ct the matrons
and maids of Valeville. S .-r
Harry Hale was fine, jolly young 1elloW,
who had paid court to almost every cneriy
checked girl in the village, and really there
were more young hearts than one that ieiI a
panr as the word came from lowe tnaI Che
das6;ng fellow had stolen march on al! Vaie.
Vile. and was coming home with wife. IL
was all true. Harry had gone to town some
months before to visit friend. The two mao
gone to church fair, or sociable, or some sucn
1kink.n and this girl-Hettie Stone-had en-
tertained them with music.
She was a music-teacher, and Harry waS
completely captivated by the full, rich voice
and fying, fairy fingers She was good te
look at, too, round and graceful, complex
ion the perfection of pink and white, rosy rec
lips. and dark clear, clean blue eyes. A tldy
trim girl with waving sbnAsz9ee q sg4
brown hair, and good, clear,arp Drail 10 ;
back her.
Harry was introduced HarwaS lnfatu- q
ated. He came to town at ey excuse he
could invent, and friends begso tease MISS :
Stone about her country low Miss Stone
was no fool and fully apprecad the dlffer,
ence between an honest loveorn ana Dreo
under pure Wholesome countryduences, ana
the deceiving, tickle vows ofty bred men.
And so when Harry Hale sal -,
"Hettie, wish you wouhmy Wlfe-"ll
YOU % She had replied CAM
ssLet me think about it,
She was sitting at her pat and while ne
sat by almost holding his f9h, and YET 1ull
of hope, too, her white, sin igers had wan
dered in and out amongst ieieyS brlnglngto
life sweet, solemn slow cfdsof church like
music. 49,.
s'You have home of ?r own 20
"a good home, Hettiehere you shall De
sole mistress, and will good husband,
too.'
More of the soft, slow lsic, in fact a very
sweet, sad dirge. it seeme6Truth to tell, Het-
tie Stone had already givall her fresh, hrst,
beautiful passion, and than whom she had
loved with youths wild ar was resting IN
green, violet-decked graTar off IN anosler
city. But that sweet, s9ast, was-eVer 81
far past, she told herselfHere was man
whom she loved and likeO he with, only lie
was wholly different froulat first divine loV,
er they could be happy gether, he adored
her, and she knew there 5 no man living 10
equal him in her eyes anstimatlon.
He wanted her to ma him, she had no
objections, and in time, ,Erhaps,. Carrie, hel
proud, independent sstelould be persuaded
to give up her hard, busye, and come to
sunny, happy country no.
''Very we'll, Harry, ifu are sure you love
me, and want me, and walways be kmd 10
me!'
And the fellow gavel rapturous EN-
brace and thought hirlf the kappiest OF
men.
And so one lovely Msmorning, PROUD,
bright-eyed, hopeful long young man, leu
to the altar calm-face0pen young Wo-
man, who looked more ssible than BRIDE IKE
in her neat grey gown, tn a cluster OF Dls
blue viOlets upon her bon.
And our demure littlmusic mistress De-
came Mrs. Harry Hale nd the happy ntIle
couple drove out to Hays home that after,
noon. The skies were light and SOFT, ana
like blue sea were dott thickly with neecy,
peariy, shifting little nd isles the trees
were clad in new vendul the fields ana Nils
rolled in cool grassy way the birds sang ana
played, and builded, anover all, the spring
sunshine fell in a cheerJolden flood.
1t was their only wehg trip, long, SLOW
delicious drive from bks and stones an.
paves, from hustle and sh and hurry OF ths
city, to cool green couny, rest and peace "l''
JOY and love.
so, Nav! the esweetemonth Of all the year
OF song, of sunshineloom ana cheer'
Ruds and blooms. al birds and emerald
swards
Oh how happy theithis young coupe
Love and life lay all efore them IKE I'LL
green, smiling, blossomg summer openlll
lust ahead and their stls sailed away Ill
sea of bliss.
Just as the western Ky was gorgeous
crimson and gold they atered ValeVllie, al
Hettie Hale was charmi with the fresh rul
appearance of the place! ,,
She was always glad remember th'S ~ II,
one single wee bit of anoud had crossed Il
pleasure and 10Y of tlt long spring ate
moons drive from the dy to the county,
alas poor girl, the cloS gathered thlck * q, u
fast enough across th4ghlnlng 1ace VI
hope after she reached ttf new nome. ~.
Mrs. Hale, senior, WI a prejudiced, a crs
bed, interfering old lady She Was Selt "n$
that her son should ha&s married clGs :,
t;'a a"n1v woman he wan3ld to marry, that
loved him and was as1ikely as any ono .,
make him a good wife, he old lady was e., e'
bewailing her sons "RFtakea as she tnss sGrn III,
il. More than once peH Hettles laIo un ~
ed red at the rude assasFs upon her he1Pie ''
ness, uselessness, and srerai city oreo "
and manners. Ell ,,, ,
Poor Hettie! s'LoyeH young cream
being rather roughly shaS ZEN up. a.,
One June evening she at alone IN d 81, M
hcrner of the old, pore The young h'
~ bnt faint lieht though the stars
lie fiamondS ai)3 tie roses droor
wine and abnut r. filled the soft nj