The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-10-11
flCAENo u. IHORoDAY OCIOBER II, 1888. N


oats on the old breaking and broke
twenty acres more for corn and potatoes
Then he bought fencing and inclosed n
pasture of twenty acres"
"l'lenty OF room for our little JERSEY
and her calf, should say" said Susie.
'AS II she didn't know all about it."
said Martha, patting affectionatelv tho
shoulder of her favorite.
"She came with father to visit us at
that time. and stayed with mo while
father went with Ned to buy calves
lie bought twenty. They, with our pet
Jersey and her calf, make our farm look
n httlc more like homo. ned was par
ticu lar, i'll taking up our homcsteatls, to
mud place with creek running
through it. That makes our pastur,
very fine"
"You certainly have dono we'll, but YOU
vent before there were many settlers.
and could choose your location. Now
1T would be Hobson's choice for mo if 7
decide to go, wouldn't it?" said Philip.
You wouldn't even have that In our
nclghborhood, but not more than twenty
miles IRON ns you can get as good
place rs ours.
"Then I'll CO. said he, rising to his
feet. "Nlany thanks for your kindness
/ IN answering my questions"
Arc you ready, Holen? Youknow we
promised to hell arrange the tables for
the festival this evening. 1 nearly for
got about it.
"Yes, we must 60; we shall see you
al this evening; till then, good-by."
Grandma took up her knitting,w'
| and knit very iast for few miuu
then said: "1f Pnilip can go there y
| do rs we'll as you and Ned have du.n
shall be glad ior him. He is q worthy
| young man."
Gone thing would like to inquire, :
said Susie, "how you are going to man.
age when you want to divide ND. II
would not dc for either of you to icuv,
the homestead before your five years ar,
up, would it? that is, supposing yon
should wish to marry"
| ''Oh, you matchmaker The way is
easy. Either of us could pay for ON
| land any time we wish to and get the
| deed. But what scheme have You il
your head that makes you so much inter
ested III the ways and means, | would
,'kc to know? If Ned was some one
else I should suspect you of having de-
| signs on our peaceful home"
"You need have no fear in that dreo-
hon. Ned is too good cousin to lose
in any such way as you suggest. iii
tell you somo time what 1 was thinking
Of" said the saucy girl.
Ono week later Susan came nome
from days visit with Cousin Martini.
just as the lamps were lighted AL the
-amily gathered in the sitting
"What is it, Susie? You lock like N,
electric ball. fairly ablazo with news,
and ready to explode at any momcnt,"
said her father.
"Youll not wonder when I tell you,"
she returned. "Cousin Martha is going
to be married to Philip Tiffany. Sh,
has told me all about it, and it is JUS
what j wanted her to TO-"
ffcr mother regarded her closely
moment, while All expression of relief
came over her features. She had some
times feared that her daughters atlrc-
tons might become too interested in
Philip, for though she would have con-
sented willingly to her marriage with him
rather than gricvc her pcttcd child with
one word Of refusal, she felt that tho fu-
ture held i'll store something better for
her darling than life of farm work in n
new country.
Tho father had no thought of that,
but he, too, had his secret. He held
the promise of a young merchant in n
neighboring city that he would make no
offer of marriage to their darling child
until she arrived Mt the age Of twenty.
"Ihcy arc to be married two weeks
from tomorrow" she continued. "Cou.
sin Martha snid she promised Ned size
would return in four weeks, and would
not disappoint him, for he will be all
ready for work on the new house.
Philip is carpenter, and can go right
to work. They can all 1.-Two together till
| Ned finds him wife. That is what !
was thinking of the other day, only Twas
afraid Philip would never ask her he is
80 sensitive; L hardly believe he did,
| now"
| "Why, Susan Hartwcll! You don't
think she would ask him, do you?
though it would be off from piece with
the rest OF her work If she did," said
grandma.
81 don't know, buo um suspicious
that she introduced tn" subject, She
wouldn't tell how it came about. and I
don't care, so long as the arrangement
is made. Still, it looks odd, don't it, for
NV w SNlii' Iioiiic vi IL NlSll, injury, ana
take her husband back with her to her
own homc?"
eyes, it is odd; I don't like it at all"
said grandma. martha is q good girl,
but she does do very unladylike things"
after all, grandma, why is it any
worse for her than it would be for Ned
to come homo and tG'la,a wife back with
him ? No ono would think anything
strange Of that"
"Idon'tk know as there is anything really
wrong about it, but it is different from.
the usual course of events. We old
people are apt to look critically ut such
innovations on established CUSTOMS"
"Well, I hope they will be happy ns
lovers III story book. I'll make the
best wedding cake 1 can for them and
throw an old shoe after them when they
go. "-De9nOrcSts MOnthiy.
A LITTLE fellow, some four or five
years old and who mad never seen ne.
gro, was greatly pcrplcxed one day when
one camo by whore he and his father
were. The yOungstcr eyed the stranger
5uspiciously till he had passed. and then