The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-02-01

were all a pack OF fools Tor "takln III
g stranger SO free and easy .
"Why, amt paid no more attention
to the man n if he'd "a been preach
er, said Sam Bleylock. "Seems's if
thar ain t no harm to him.
"Hes very God fearin man., :" said
Eliza softly, "an a powerful reader o
the Bible -
"'F you'll take my say so, you'll git
quit O. him. said Dick Oscar.
"Res got such beautiful taste, Z" said
Mother Bleylock. cts as goods goin
to the city to look at his things"
81 see he's a-dressin you mp" said
Oscar. with sneer at the naw ribbons
the girls wore round their necks.
Janey sprang up. Her face reddened.
In an instant she had torn Of the rib.
bon and stamped her foot on it. That's
how much l care Tor him al his rib.
bons'' she cried.
Don fly quite Of the handle, " said
Mr. Oscar coolly
Poor .janey. She had hoped 20 please
her lover By her scorn Ct the redller' S
gift, but she was coming to tic ccnclu-
aion that he was hard man to please.
She was q passionate young animal.
and she had thrown herself into his
arms with 2 readiness that robbed her-
self of her graces. He liked &c sting and
stroke be. alternately and was about &c
unsatisfactory lover as .Jane7 conlG
have found On the Cumberland. l3u5
she liked him. saw with his eves
Thought with his thoughts. Naturally
she turned against the peddler, ana
from this time setherself to watch him.
That harmless ycung man IN ths
meantime was doing what be could. He
wandered about the country, selling
such little things as the people could
buy, pumping" the Bleylock boys and
making love to the Bleylocl girls. The
pumping process was rewarded with
about as much success as would attend
fishing for soul through the eye OF G
skeleton In the lovemakins there was
more hope.
Janey was accessible to flattery and
encouraged him with little looks of
fire. But there was something III her
eyes he did not trust, and be was a
wary man, the peddler. Besides, she
slapped his face when he tried to kiss
her. But be soon grew to believe that
Eliza-simple. unsuspicious, serious
would be as clay in his hands.
Chance favored Miss Janey. She was
bathing one warm day in the creek that
ran out from the spring when she saw
Eliza and the peddler coming, like Jack
and Jill, to fetch pail of water. Be-
ing naked. Janey could not get away,
but she slid along to cool inlet over
hung with tree branches and so hidden
waited for them to do their errand. OF
course they stopped to talk.
"That pink ribbon becomes your
black hair nightly, said the peddler.
Eliza blushed ''We're just country
girls, you know, ilr. Pond. We don't
have many pretty things Seems as If
the boys don t have any money left after
buyin the sugar Gil Hour, al molasses
an things. "
"Nleat, s'poss saia tho practical
peddler
"No; we raise our own meat. Pc has
a powerful lot o. hogs. .
"So!'
'But expect you don's take much
interesE III country life, MI Pond:"
"Why, my dear"-and Mr.. Pond
slipped his arm aroand Eliza-"I'd
like the best in TIE world tcsettle down
in country just like ihi~. y fellow
gifts tired trampin aroaad But I'd
want two things to make mo happy. !"
Eliza looked as aiin With happy con-
fdence.
"First, i little wife rhat was gentle
in her ways an a eooa religious girl,
an one with biacil t.air 10 set off tbs
pink ribbins q nng iae her, an q fleet
foot IN red monyb
Here Mr. Pend calas 70 a full stop
with kiss
"An the either ,hinss'' with . bright
blush
The pedcllor essF practical again.
"Well, it's ncthia more II sU!no way TO
make Hviu s,ow, sav carried a
sweet girl up The Cumberland an made
little crop It's tou far 10 git it to
market might turn it into whisky,
but lately gov mcnt's turned meddler,
an is a-breakin s;iils rignt all left
through the conntrs'
"They do hide len sometimes, F" said
Eliza i'll half whisper, $50 It a
bloodhound could hardly scent 'em. An
very good business it IS, az the hogs
live on the mash -
"Do you know o any such stills, my
little darIin:"
But she drew bacl, little ''Ef do
know O any, She said, "i'yo promised
not to tell O 'em."
"Not to TIE man IS IS goin to be your
husband:'
''Not to him until he is my hus-
band And blushing, but rosolute,
Eliza filled her pail and started for the
house.
Under the water Janey clinched her
hands dick was right, she thought,
can / see his game He's "a spy. al
Eliza's fool. .
She knew that she had heard enough
to justify lar lover III his suspicious,
enough to put them all on their guard.
a passionate exultation fred her blood
as she thought Of the service she shoald
render Dick Oscar, his praise, the re-
ward Of his rude kisses.
But, alas for .Taney. Something had
rutlled her sweetheart's temper when