The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-07-03
OIu-:HUNDRED. B. c. AND
1.-THE BICYCLE.
BY AMOS r. WELLS.


Father and mother ran out of names
when they came to me, and gave me lni-
tlals" So the village wag dubbed him
uFfe1 up knttre men VII" might ihs Be aams e9a.
sidered twenty if some inconyenient cid
isoies dld not remember holding them in
their arms Just forty years ago. He wore
dalnty juvenile mustache, walked with
smart swing, although one might no.
tlce that his heels came down rather
sunny ana played games among the most
frivolous at the church socials. -
lie was tailor, an excellent one. bv
inc way and his apprentices had BY this
time ceased to grin and chuckre when
thelr master sPrang down from his cross
legged position on tue table every morn.
ing precisely at ten, as b. C. passed on
her way to the postoffice, after the mail
he would jump down. snatch up his hat
IN an absent minded, blushinp wav. and
remark that the mail must be distributed
oy ms time. If the apprentices had
ceased TO smile at this sort of thing. YOU
may DC sure that it had become an old
story.
indeed> Old Hundred had been court
ing Is. {. Tor long, long time. And
Ia. was Too bad, 9scSNse Se18,74 G & dssa-- S
one could tell when Susy Bennett was
hrst called b. c. If one could have told
that, You see, it would have given some
clue TO her age. Susy was dear old
glrl, however, with kind, laughing ewes.
and shrewd little brain of her own
IL wash + her fault if she was getting I'm
startlngly near very rheumatic forty
without netting Old Hundred
For when man has gone through
forty years with a sneaking desire for
ma.rimony tiliilating his heart all the
while, without the grit and manliness to
say SO when given opportunity by the
proper person once, twice, daily, Gurtd
despalrs of him more thaa of .the jndst
rabid mysogynist in Bachelor iom. There
IS such thing, you know, sas az Heat :;
which IS too soft for those dainty little .
darts, which merely nut8d8, ,ttiem AID as
feather pillow would.
s--,'s-s.--A~-----.-~.as assxsfsfespoA
which haa betii 'petfaea ssS i6sg 'ago
Shc was smiling at him, ,,btasefy and
hopefully, and talking bright not6inps
while his feather pillow of heart
fiuttcred drowsily. !''' --i'sJ;iitf.
suddenly there flashed aiuand the cor-
Eer and hore straight down Iinon, ,ttbeh,
Wi!l Davis and Lucy his Young; wife on
Their bicycles, off for davis boJidav tn
sethe'' II one might judge from their
nunu'es. Upright they were, noiseless,
s"il1' graceful and full of life in eyerv
movement and in every hutterinr oar. }
ment, .sli'teripg eyed, with haSdsome
healthful faces.
oid Hundred and B. c. turned TO oazs
admlringly after them. -,
now hnely Mrs. Davis ridesr" mur.
INJURED Old Hundred.
Ana how exceedingly graceful Mr. 4
paws is!:. responded b. G. rather sharn.
VeUftef thought that I shoulae like +
a wheel, ," said Old Hundred, with 81 )
course no perception of her ANNOYANCE |:
IAha should enjoy one very mucb,n
''You!" Old Hundred blurted ont
before he thought. He took mental
credit to himself for not finishing tbs
sentence,
'You can-get tricycles nova DAYS for
almost nothing, said B. c. slyly, "and
'f course that is the only wheel you would
@ 'hlnk 6, Of at your time of life, Mr.. Sim.
HUM said Old Hundred ond
Hum" said b. G.. "-' :
Now don't expect to be treated to q.
over quarrel. Our sedate couple had
'ot lar beyond that dangerous stage of
ourtship. Yet as they parted some what
..rim'y, "lll show him. muttered r
~ ana 'lll show herr muttered Old
iuhdred. Aud that very afternoon the
cart OF the village bicycle agent was
lade glad by an order for a lady's safe. I
. and an order for safety-f -far-nn- -
ihat was on Monday, and our nor -
'.iVe calmly skips month at this noint
calmly and mercifully. p'"'' ,
FROM time immemorial IL bad h
!" hundreds habit to call on B. G. n, !
unuay evenings. At the beginning of ~
% co',rtshIp, the hand of the feather. u
ai'e' 'ailor had .quivered suspiciousIy !.
'hc operation of.shaving foi this iTt 81
,tant ocrasiop. In the adjustment o.
MS nccktie his clum ,iness had boon al
enomenai-for tailor. His stems nm III
oroad walk which led to b CIs W
'nt door had been nsticeablS ,ioeIsas1u bi
=. had coyly sent the servant fo nsber or
D IN and 2ftep, with ,an,affeetation ~ nj
eless 'ndiHerehee, Received him with. ol
, T. risipg ir2P, her chair... pu
N'' that hAtioasSbeen 'ehangeai ri lnt
particular 9lght seemed to repeat the co,
'e1ences or old. Old Hundred's 3 foi. ~.
was accqWpiishedI with .b,aadse;,g mn mn
Sness. And why does. the 0dor of "p np'
lhents follow the fiery lover from his tor
= -. Ana Why does he groan as he
5. 9bvs gate. latch2 And
" mas become OF his brisk, swinging to
up the board walk2 And wbv does no
b. Q. receive him, smiling, at the dis
70 why docs she remain in that thick Gle
led rm-chair, and stretch her hand cra
10 INN SO slowIyl And what is the
u using cologne where arnica has iart
Mss Bennett" said Old Hundred, af. "