The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-02-12

ssshe bein' SO good-tempered and
likewise purity, 'twant surprisin' that
We had lots O company. She used al
the fellers frst-rate, but Joe Mar -
was allus her fa7orite, and I kind o
liked Joe and hoped 'twould make 6
match, but after she come home from
the 'cadeny I kind O. thought thet
she'd got her mind fixed on something
higher than Joe and the rest O us
country folks, she still was as good as
| ever.
81 knew she couldn't hev knowec
much Of the 'cademy chaps, cause
they was too strict with the rules, but
she'd seen 'en an heard 'em recite in
The class room, ministers sons and
lawyers sons and sech like, and 'twant
surprisiu' if she saw difference 'tweer
EN- and the fellers round home as
only went to school winters.
'sI didn't pay much attention tel
The change, which want really notice
sble enough to be wuth mentionin'.
! terI thought as how 'twould all wear
away and she'd be willin' ter marry
Joe or some one what's her ekal anf
settle down on the old farm.
;sShe was beginnin' ter be more like
her old self, happy-like all the time,
when one day young feller come ter
the village, 'ter spend MS vacation,
so ne said.
"ae was tall and handsome and had
a mustache thet looked like silk, only
I didn't like it cause twas yaller, ana
be boarded at the village hotel. Every
| day he'd git team from the livery
and 60 cavoortin' round the country
spendin' lots O. money and a-puttiu
| on all sorts O. airs.
ssHe told as how his father owned q
big lot o property in Boston, and how
he was in business with him, but as
how his health was kind O broken
| down, and the doctors had 'vised him
| ter 90 rustics.tin'. So he rusticate6
round our neighborhood all summer,
and people come ter think him jes'
| wonderful.
"I didn't like him frst-rate after !
,aw how ready he was ter squander
| money, fer when q man finds time ter
| do nothin' three or four months at q
stretch and then shows no signs O.
stoppin', something's allus the mat
ter.
s'Well, he got acquainted with oul
~ ,,-a,J %nr 1>a 3rn,,nT r11o 40
q good share O. the time, but I said
nothin', as I SOW thet Sal liked him
better than the other fellers. and al
ter ell I didn't hev any good reason
ter find fault. kind O hoped thet
somethin' 'ud happen ter tire her Of
him, but they only got more intimate.
"Joe finally quit comm and Sal got
ter standin' at the gate with the city
chap long inter the evenin's, and he'd
take her ridin', and when she'd come
back her face 'ud be all aglow and
she'd sing round the house all day,
but sometimes her mind 'ud kind O
wander way from her work and she'd
90 bout thinkin'.
81 'spected what the matter was,
but thought 'twan't no use savin' any
thing. so I let it run along for time:
but one day I heerd something bout
the feller T didn't like, SO told Sal
and 'vised her ter he7 nothin' more
ter do with him, but she hared up as
never seen her do before and said as
how she was a-goin' ter marry him.
The next minute she begun cryin' and
come and kissed ne and said soft and
low as how he was gentleman and Sc
well eddicated and how he wes a-goin
ter take hex ter fine place in the city.
where I cnd come and live, too.
$50 We talked long time and I be-
gun ter think thet p'hsps twas all fer
the best, still I vowed ia stay on the
farm, where belonged, and not =,
,antin' of ter the city.
'srhe young feller staid all winter,
the doctors had 'vised him ter, so he
said.
sLong the next spring, in May.
when everything was bloomin' ag'in
and summer was beginnin' ter peel
out O. the GROUND and when everythii:
vuSno s1~~ r.>o>o>- --.s|SJ, "SS'sn
10 notice that Sal didn't smile so much
IS she used ter and che seemed to fer
rit how ter sing, and when the city
chap come round she'd git kind O
nervous and seemed alus tryn' tex
,iense him, and sometimes I'd see '&na
:alkin' together earnest like, but he
didn't come so often and didn't seem
20 mighty anxious ter be perlite and
lice as afore.
"Still he'd lots ter say bout Boston
Ind his fathers money and sech Ike,
md twas kind o understood 'mons
is thet they'd git married in the fall.
Bad time, thought ], fer no times so
good as when the flowers and trees are
I'll ablossom with promises of happi-
ness, but said nothin' and only hoped
;hey'd be happy.
zone day druT over ter Scottsville.
about ten mile away, and while there
! heard something surprisin'.
ssTkey was tellin' at the hotel as
low sheriff was there ter rest fel-
CT as had forged big note out sasi
and was hid somewhere round in IT,
country. He'd been caught thev
mornin', they said, while out ridin',
and the Sheriff had had terrible time
settin' the handouts onto him.
'Ererybody was excited and a-talk-
n, fer no such thing had ever been
uecrd on round there aforc. l asked
10 questions, but when L heerd thet
tho Sheriff was comm with the prls-
oner I went out with the crowd ter
SEQ him, and there was the feller as
had been spendin' his vacation hui
yesr round our neighborhood.
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