The Irish standard., 1896-11-21

! pa q 10 At 81 g & M 81
NM uls 4. 4 ,ts eon,ef tho
aelds ~ 60
Fhile on tie other ~. some two
psiles tram HI itier fran, 4 be surface
of the earth gradually arose, and for
i full mile Width was u slipping ridge
which then descended To what would
have been q vast plain, but Tor the faet
that here grew il all their grandeur
elbow, pines of the Carolina
rearing their heads aloft, while their
green boughs bent henea th the pressure
of the sea breeze, which comes noan-
q ine, whispering thrpAgh them, and tho
words seem e come waiting from the
green treetops: /: {.
3 Look al our SCARED and backed
side. we are yielding up our life blood
year by year. Mingo and Caesar, POM
pey and Ben are hacking us to death for
Che turpenti tine, the rosin and the pitch
that we contain--it is our blood! our
life blood! and when you have sapped
1t ALL. our green boughs will withel>---
you will then level us to the earth, and
saw us into lumber at the Inills-even
as all die, so die we to satisfy the never
ending wants Of man"
Tho Manor house at 0rton was fine;
residence for the times; it stood Oh the
ridge some 800 yards from the edge
! Of the RICE lands Stretching away to
the right was g. long row OF negro
cabins, while to the left stood the barns,
stables, carriage houses and rice mill,
and over the ridge and on the bank OF
orion creek was the sawmill; this
same creek supplied the water with
which at certain seasons OF the year
the rice fields were flooded.
Arrived at the house, q waiting negro
took the squiress horse, and he STROBE
UP on the piazza; at the door he was
met by his daughter, beautiful girl,
with large black eyes, and an abundant
head OF hair, hanging in ringlets clear
to her shoulders.
e "oh, father; you did not obey my
orders"
"Come here, child, and give your old
father kiss; Lloyd and Herbert and
Fannie will be down on the Sunshine.
Sunday; now tell me, child, which will
you be the most pleased to see? my
friend, John Lloyd, the coy Fannie, or
. Nephew Herbert? All, child, you arc
young lady now. and young ladies
b. catch heaux, and beaux catch wives
All, Clara!"
"We1l. father, I'll never set my net TO
catch Herbert Lathrop tor beau, end
he need never set his to catch me for
wife, for he is young man / not
only dislike but fear; Mr.. Lloyd is 50
different. like him we'll, and Fannie,
she's treasure, Do you know, papa,
I think our Clarence is in love with
Fannie"
$50, SO. Well then, if Fannie be in love
with him, am well pleased. John
Loyd's dollars and these broad acres
would go we'll together; but would
have my daughter make a brilliant
match. Remember the lands and slaves
Of the Hills, with few exceptions, all
+: go to the eldest son. tits following the
English custom Of our ancestors; true,
we generally find an odd penny to dow
er our daughters with, and the young
est son we make a man OF letters,
preacher, or q doctor, or put him in the
Il: army; Tom chose the army, and will,
think, in time, do credit to it-but
you, my daughter, must marry a man OF
wealth"
.Abner," said Mrs. Hill, who had
Joined them, don't be putting mar,
riage into my daughters heed. cam
I not consent to losing her for many
Years to come"
ssNor shall you, mother" said Clara,
"And as for DOVER" said Sophia Hill;
'sleave your last penny to your boys.
I. I've money enough and land enough
10 dover Clara HILL"
''.Why, wife, SO you have - but
wealth's thing q person can't have
too much Of" ...-
.s7,,s a"I'll not have my daughter wed
money-bag that she does not love and
live q life of torture. Let her marry a
man, when she does wed, and TIL pro-
vide the dover to set them both. ahoat in
life" FRA
z .''Well said, my wife," u.
.Don't be afraid, mother, dear. You
will not get rid of me for many days to
come" M...
s".Any mail to-day, Abner?
ayes, O. letter from Tom
''Why do you say Tom when Thomas
10 his name? Tom is the name OF a
negro or cat. I'll not have my boy
called Tom. But what said he, Abner?"
r .'T-h-o-m-a-s is well, and will be home
the first OF June on three months leave:
But here's the letter, wife"
'There's John Corhett on the lawn.
I'm bound he wants something, Where
is Clarence?" ~. sss
.'He said it was good day for Ash to
bite and he took his gun and rod and
went off toward the creek with Uncle
+ Jobe." .,......
Squire Hill passed out on the lawn
where the overseer was standing,
s'WelI, Corbett, anything amiss z"
''No, squire, not much but Uncle
:Jobe's drowned"
'.What! No! and nothing amias? !
/ should say there was. Jobe will be
missed sure, Not for plantation work,
I know, for he's too old for that Why.
y lobe was over seventy. He belonged 20
/. my, father--t tt otted me on his knee when
r was 4 boy and now he's drowned.
Well! Well! Nothing amiss! guess
!. if you go and tell his sister, Aunt ninah,
shout II, you'll think there's some thing
I ailiss. =