The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-07-24
Ppm goin' to tell him on you," again
and striking the table.

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whooping and striking the table.
II don't sec how anybody can study
whom you're keeping up such noise"
Study, har yah, whoop!" and no
raised o deafening din. "Wall," when
ho had sufficiently commemoratod his
discovery, "boliovo I'll go homo of thar
ain't goin' to DO no school" and before
a protest could be mado, Windin'
Blades had leapod from tho door and
disappeared.
"That was unfortunate" said Hay
loid, "and would give almost any
thing if it could be recalled"
"Aro you sorry that you told MOP"
"Oh, no."
Then you arc sorry that-that you
tried to kiss mop"
mo; for If some ono had stepped in
and shot mo should not have regret
tod my action"
"And you do lovo mo as truly as you
say You dop"
"Deeper than can express, and I
want you to be my wifo."
Don't you think that am too much
of childp"
"No, you are quito woman. Wo
car study together, and your bright
mind can blossom into flower of brill
lance and beauty"
They wore standing in front Of the
fire.
II will be your wife"
Ho took her in his arms, and was In
tho act of kissing her whom old man
Socklastor stepped into tho room.
"Hello" Wall, by jinks, this is q
funny sort o school,"
Hayloid stammered m unintelligible
reply.
''Sort O kissin' school, an l must
say that if Weed has larnt as fast in
that ar branch rs she has in her books,
sho's q might ap' scholard. Can't you
sortor 'splain yourself mistor!"
''There is not much of an oxplana-
tion to make, old gentleman" ropliod
tho teacher. Il love your daughter
and she loves mo. 1 have asked her to
be my wife, and sho has"
Told him that am too young" in
terposod the blushing girl.
"Wall," said tho old man in oxple-
tive, for he could really say nothing,
and only said "walI' to gain time.
WALL" reckon that gal what takes
so nachul to kissin' amt much too
young to got married"
"Did you meet Windin' Blados" ="
asked tho girl.
''No, hain't seed him sense ho left
homo. Hero he is, now"
Pap, whut you reclonP"
II reckon u good deal"
Wall, Mr.. Hayloid has boon or kiss
in OF Wood"
"He's got q right to kiss Weed. He's
goin' ter be yer brother"
"Howp"
"By marryin' Weed, Wall, rockin
the school 'ud better break up fer ter
day. Como an wo'u all 20 homo.
Muir will bo glad tor hear O. the gage
mont, for she's nightly pleased with
Weeds larnin'. A woman can go
through lifo or larnin', but airter boy
gets to bo bout 81 he thinks ho knows
it all an don't larn no moro"
The old lady was indeed pleased to
hear OF tho engagement, and she "tuck
such likin' ter the young man" that
she opened tho poar preserves which
which she had been saving for tho
preacher.
At night, while in contcnted half
circle they sat by tho fro, Hayloid re-
marked:
cit has ever bccn mystery to mo
why did not have moro pupils.
was told that the people of this neigh
borhood wanted a school"
Tho old man laughed.
'Day aftor day." continued tho
teacher, IL expected to receive addi-
tional encouragement, but as you know
was disappointed. What kind of
people have you in this country, any
howP''
"Fust-rato folks"
'They evidently do not caro- to SOC
their children educated"
,"Oh,. yass, they're mighty koen fur
odycation."
"Then they certainly have q poor
opinion Of my ability as teacher"
"Ah, no; thoy think you're mighty
smart man"
"Woll then, confound It, why didn't
they send their children to school,
I'm soon tor be yer daddy-in-law,
"Yes.n
"An' yer won't think hard O. the ole
man If ho tolls yer joke"
"Of course not"
"Well, whom it was knowod that yor
was comm horo, l went 'roun' an told
all the folks that yor owed mo money
an want goin' to teach no chillun but
mino. Thoy would or sent off an got
another teachor, but you 500 I rented
tho school-house fur year. Now" "
and tho old man laughed heartily, 'I'll
go roun' an explain. Pm pretty woll
fixed, thank yer. an what I've got Is
yourn."
Henry and Wood now conduct one OF
the most flourishing schools in Arkan-
saw, and old man Socklastor, it is said,
has learned to write his own name
drkGnSGeO TraUcler.