The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19

brew. r...x bu. ltiei With red tape.
TIE ed tspe BE- 6sl,p supplid to Betty
Morley for the q post~ :.
Nov, gentle = said the saction-
eer, ssdonf be q "a to bid on this De-
,cssiss thcrs's 20 5ch rsd tape about u.
'Apuesrauces an somstimes deceitful;
and judging By Neisht, 1 should say
% there vss cSoun h 70 feed the hesv-
lest two people sfxtheeoom. Whist do
you say, 1oc aun11 Ng2kn you givef
weighed S about to bddled and fifty
aassS:. .s:s;: ssssl' sse., seea-n.., =,
"Teu cent.,v Gsd Percy Drake.
''Fifteen :" said Ben Tysdsl.
Clinton nudgedpissk. Ssn =
'Ge in for it, 'fhc said. az happen
10 know something about that parcel,
md IL had not been after this, I'd take
it In, sure. It's going cheap, too. Folks
seem afraid Of 1T because 'tisn't fancy
more fools they. Look here, boys, not
so fast Give Mark chance"
Harvey Ballard had just offered TWEEN
ty cents.
"Two bits" said Mark, half-fright-
ened at his own voice. There was no
opposing bid!
The boys in the plot we're squeezing
their lips together hard il their effort to
suppress their laughter. Mark had fallen
into the plot more readily than they ex-
pected.
As Mark took the clumsy parcel in
his hands, the>tapc slipped, and one cor.
ncr of the stiff pSuer fell away, disclos-
h,!1, ing 4 Is III sS.i ssEsxdr yellow
bordered with pars MY
Mark turned dead1y pale It wa, n
cruel hoax, planned by those boys, whom
nc had been silly enough to trust. He
had mad impulse to turn and hurl the
pumpkin sS their heads; but Miss Carlisle
was looking at him.
The color surged back to his face,
and tearing the wrapper entirely away,
he strobe back to his seat, holding aloft
his yellow prize with forced laugh.
"The nccktie!" shouted some one
from the crowd.
eyes, tho neckte! Show us who
likes raw pumpkin"
Miss Carlisle left her seat and came
toward them. The crowd fell back q
little. She did not speak to Mark, but
stood near. 1t was enough. 1t kept up
his fast failing courage.
Mark raised the pumpkin from the
plate No tie was there.
Percy and his companions hogan
TO fee, NueNsy--Haf 3etty- beea-too
stupid to put her necktie into tn.
pumpkin.
"IiclIo, Mark your pumpkins cracked
clean across, said some ole.
Mark looked. 1t was not crack, but
cut. a piece had been taken from the
top to form lid, aud so nicely adjusted
rs not readily to be seen. He
took hold of the stem and lifted the
cover.
A shout went up from the crowd.
The pumpkin had been followed out.
lined with tissue paper and packed full
OF lunch; and on the very top, resting
on folded japanese napkin, lay a
dainty necktie Of fringed white silk
"Thc school -teschcri" "The school
teacher!p
The crowd took up the cry, aud sent
n4::R n 4:aAaiRg about tae69c,9e,,ow.cou.,.-
tors saw ho-Pale he turned when Miss
Carhslc's tie was. found in the pumpkiH,
so absorbed was every one in Marb 8
unexpected turn of fortune Yes-oEe
other saw it, aud saw the look of rage
that crossed his face, and the conster
nation of his companions when Betty
Nlorley's green cambria duplicate bow
was found inside his costly purchase.
Miss Carlisle saw, aaa stood close by mis-
side when he cast the green tie to the
floor, saying, "I'll never do it, never!
I'm going home!"
Gentlemen don't break their bar
gains, she said, quietly. Every gen
t!omau VINO purchased here tonight,
in so doing, the conditions of
the sale. Take my advice, Clinton, and
make the best of what you think a poor
bargain"
She moved away to join Mark, and
help him unPaok tho pumpkin.
1t was goodly store that this homely
fruit yielded; Delicate sandwiches tied
with blue ribbon, slices of cake, oranges,
bananas and luscious grapes Mark sat
like one in beautiful dream, listening
to Miss Carlislc's cherry talk, and feel,
ing sorry from the bottom nf his h:a::
ior poor Clinton, who, in an obscure
corner, was laying slices of corned beef,
and pumpkin pie before
the delighted Retty, but tasting nothing
himself.
In the very bottom of his basket Clin.
ton found card, upon which was writ
ten, in hand well-known to Swaleville
youth:
"The best laid schemes o. mice and
men gang aft a-gley. - Youths Com
panion.
Snakes Attack Span Of Horses.