The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-03
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;stc5 uThey don't stand for anything.
Father and mother ran out OF names
when they came to me, and gave me inl-
t,als." So the village wag dubbed MN
dTieI p.littIe men Who might be D com
sidered twenty if some inconvcnient cid
ladies did not remember holding them in
their arms Just forty years ago. He wore
dainty juvenile mustachc, walked with
smart swing, although one might no.
tice that his heels came down rather
stiflly, and played games among the most
frivolous at the church socials "
lie was tailor, mn excellent one, by
the way, and his apprentices had by this
time ceased to grin and chuckK when
Their master sprang down from his cross
legged position on the table every morn.
ing precisely at ten, ~ Is. G.. passed on
her way I" the postoificc, after the mail
He would jump down, snatch up his hat
in nm absent minded, blushng way, and
remark that the mail mus, be distributed
by this time. II the apprentices had
ceased To smile mt this sort of thing, you
may be sure that it had become an old
story.
Indeed, Old Hundred had been court
ing Is. {. ior long, long time. And
that was too bud hccaHse 3 GrdttqsSfs"'Na rdttqsSfs No
one could zen when Susy Bennett was
first called b. G. II one could have told
that, You sec, it would have given some
clue To her age. Susy was dear old
girl, however, with kind, laughing eyes,
and n shrcwd little brain of her own.
IL wasn't her fault if she was getting up
startlingly near very rheumatic forty
without netting Old Hundred.
For when Il man has gone through
forty years with a sncaking desire for
mn'rImony tili'lating his heart all the
while, without the grit and manlincss to
say SO when given opportunity by the
proper person once, twice, daily, GuIfd
despairs of him more than Of sthc/ /n3st
'abid mysogynist in Bachelor iom., There.
is such II thing, you know, sas a! hart !
which is too soft for those daigty little
iarts, which merely nutsd4, ttliem aD al
leather pillow would
~. ~, ,'r,oh ,nc iucrnenc t6urrship. MIR !
whlcA had been 'pttfiHea 50 long ago.
Shc was smiling at him, .btaycty and
hopefully, and talking bright nothings,
while his feather pillow of heart
tluttcrcl drowsily. 80" ;.JEN;F
Suddenly there flashed around. the cor.
ncr and horc straight down npop, .,bcm
Wil' Davis and Lucy his young wife, on
Their bicycles, off for days holiday to.
gcthe", If on" might Judge from ihci,
bundles Upright they were, noiay.css,
""ilf, graceful and full Of life in every
movement and in every tluttcring gar }
ment, Sl'tcring eyed, with handsom,
hcalthful faces.
old Hundred and b. c. turned to gaz.
after them.
GLOW finely Ms. Davis rides" mur.
INJURED Old IIundrcd.
IN" how exceedingly graceful. Mr.
,'a'iS is: responded B. G. rather sharn.
'tFve Otter thought that shou,as,ikc
wheel" said Old Hundred, with. Of
course, no perception of her nnnoyo,ce
And ! should enjoy ono very much, "
'lou.' Odd Hundred blurtcd ont
bcfor" he thought lie took mental
credit I" himself for not finishing ,b,
sentence
You can get tricyclcs NOWADAYS for
almost nothing, said b. c. slyIv, "and
"i co,rH" that is the only wheel vou wnulj
think Of a. your time of life, Mr. Sim
mons"
.''ium;' said Old Hundred, apd
"Hum!" said R. G.
Now don't expect to I've treated 70 -.
lover quarrel. Our sedate couplc hoJ
got Tar beyond that dangerous stage If
'ou'iShlp. Yet AS they parted some what
!rlmly. "Ill show him. muttcrcd a
=. and "1'll show her." muttcred Old
hundred. An! that very afternoon tbo
''art of the village bicycle agent w,s
mad" glad 10y an order for a ,adv's sofc'
y, and i'm order for safety for o..r
mat was on Monday, and our mar.
'"'''e calmly skips "A month at this point
calmly and mcrcifully. '
FROM time immemorial It had bcop
'id Hundreds habit to call on B. G. q,
'"h"aI evenings. Al the beginning Of
~ co'irtshiP, the hand of the feotbcr.
e','c' faIior had qnivcrcd suspiciously
'n' operation uf.Shaving. fot this i,i.|
o,'"h' a'iheion. In the adjustment
ms nccktic his clum ,incss had boon
Recommendation a tailor. Ills stems nm
'e 'ro'd walk which led to r Cs
ON door had hccn nsticcablY unsteady
|. had coyly sent the servant t. nS;bcr
vi ~ ana oft"n, with an,affeetation Of
,cicss indifference, Received him with
!, rising ,r1m, her chair |
All that hatloh"~bcen -changel AN u =
5 particular nIght seemed to ppeal the 9
Pcflenccs Of old. Old Hundreds ioi. .
Was accomplished, with .blu,d.x;,a -
'Wness. And Why does. the odor ~
'iments follow the fiery lover from his
ON And why does he groan as be
nds-se--rcach The gatc,iatch. And
lat has become of his brisk, swinging t
1t mp the board walk! And whv docs u
B. c. receive him, smiling, at tbc 4
orr Why docs she remain in that thick G
idcd arm chair, and stretch her hand {
TO him 50 slowly? And what js tho
OF using cologne where arnica has u
n. ' 1t
MISS Bennett" said Old Hundred, af.