The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-31

go woke her up an told her tho
whole thing from A to lizard; an' in :
tted OF boin' mad, es she had Il right
~ .e, sh" took the whole thing es a
'k". lnifed tit to kill herself an
1""mi led to be guided hy my ADVICE.
Ii" sed she didn't lovo tho Teller,
>nt he didn't have no brains no how,
y that she wus glad that ho would
on begin to reap us be had sown.
hen she took that memorander
! a am rit my name, Becky Ann
"nrs, on tho line above the last ono.
got to bed before Jeems come home.
Tommy had promised to say moth.
ing to jamie about the party, and he
wus i'll honor bound to repeat his
question the next day, as he hadn't
got satisfactory anser. So when
seen Jane Marier an him 20 fer q
walk l knowed her timo had come.
When they como back Jane Marier's
face. wus red cs u rose an her eyes
flashed like stars.
"Mother, dear, come here" she
called. | went in the front room at
onco to SEQ what wus tho matter an
what she wanted. | had told hor
she might wind the thing up jest es
she wanted to, but 1 didn't think
slo would ha' bin qaite 80 hard on
tho fellow.
"Mother, Mr.. Simms has honored
mo with proposal, and I have de-
ferred answering until 1 saw you.
What 40 you say, mother?"
Mr.. Slmms WAS purity red in the
face as he looked at me fer a asner.
swell, Jane Marier, what do you
say ?" sed l.
81 say, mother, that I can't risk
my happiness in the hands of man
who has made nineteen proposals
this season, besides the one he has
made mo todayl
What do you moan, Janie?" gasp
ed Tom Simms. "I have not made
nineteen proposals unless you count
that of this eyening,-really, only
eighteen and they don't count. 1
loHo only you! Oh! what do YOU
mean by those cold cruel smiles,
Janiof"
81 moan, Mr.. Simms, that for once
you have been caught in your own
trap" sed Jane Marier, as she hand
ed him the memorander leaf an 81
lently pointed to my name on the 10
line. "Mr. Simms, you had the hon.
or of escortin' my mother to the mas
qnerade last night, and she had the
highly appreciated honor of receiv-
ing proposal from you. At the
top of this page you stated that you
would marry the name on the twen-
tleth line. My name belongs there,
| suppose, but L dare you to write it
thore-and 1 wouldn't marry you if
you wore the last man on earth"
My stars! how purity she was in
her righteous Indignation! How that
feller quailed before her flashing eyes!
Then [ up an told him how | had
heard him propose to my niece, an
mo an Jano Marier made it 80 hot
fer him he reached fer his hat an
started fer tho door. But he turned
back an sunk in chair an sed:
"What shall l do to be saved!
The way of tiansgressor is hard!"
Then turnin' to me: "Mrs. Jones, I
humbly beg you to not write this for
the papers. [ know you write often
but oh! be merciful and forgive a
fellow, won't your"
Flo pleaded powerful eloquent, but
l told him it wouldn't he right to let
his sins go uncovered, an / couldn't
promise.
"Then, farewell world" ho sed.
"tlero arc some tickets to the Ring
ling Bros. show at Newberry. Take
'cm, jamie, an you an yer mother
go. | shall be in Mexico by that
time, an may the Ringling show an
imals cat your mother, is my prayerw
lie rushed from the room with his
hat in his hand and made fer town,
hopin' to catch tho first train. While
waitin' there he rit to Jane Marier a
powerful heartrendin' letter. IIe told
her to keep his guitar an learn to
play it, an to always remember that
sh~ had been his only true love. He
sent her new song ballad some
thing like this: