The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-25
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uttered renle cxcltealy. ''ra1n'r an
other beau, is it:''
.'Well. swami" exclaimed her moth
er admiringly. ''1f you didn't guess 1t
first thing! It's the livin truth, Tenie
Belindy has got a beau!''
'You're foolin''
(" Pom honor. jest US true as you
livel''
"Whoever?''
"Jess make guess. !"
81 amt the slightest idee!'
ssWell. said Mrs. Tinker, reluctant
ly parting with her news. 'it's Dan ei
Carter!"
"Dan el Carter' gasped Tenie. "For
the land sakes But if it ain the very
thing Why. dear me. seems as if | had
knowed it yearl
.sThere. cried her mother trinm-
phantly: .'that's 'zactly what l saidl
Likely match as ever was. Stidy. an
forehanded. can go there an run the
farm as good as Martin ever did-an
can tell you things has gone at loose
ends since they have been runnin 1t on
the shears-but no, Malindy won have
it so, an she is raisin Cain generally.
ssI can't see what business it is CT
hers. cried Tenie Indignantly. "She
never speaks to poor Belindy. She's
regular dog in the manger.
$50 told her. but. law. it didn't do
no good. Her heart is rs hard as cob
BILE. Belindy broke down an cried, poor
thing, an said Malindy had said if she
married Daniel Carter they shouldn t
live on the farm-an Belindy ownin
half of everything. mind you-an that
it would break her heart to leave the
old home. where she was born.
"But. land sakes, when Belindy
cried. that made Malindy act like turl-
ket. Why, she said she was disgraced
to have q sister with no more sense. an
that there WASH t no fools like old fools.
an that she'd burn the house over their
heads fore he should come there. told
her she acted like she was plum crazy.
Mind my words. Tenie, she'll break OF
that match unless somethin drops. an
drops. hard :"
The spring had hurried on into the
summer. and upon Goshen hill. which
lay between the Tinker and Ramsey
farms, the blackberries were hanging
amid green leaves in rich. ripe clusters
Here early and late Mrs. Tinker toiled.
loving the outdoor life and coveting the
many dimes the luscious fruit would
bring for Tenie's wedding outfit.
It was close August morning. and
Tenie, working over the ironing table,
was thinking longingly of the leafy
coolness and the deep. clear spring upon
the hillside when suddenly she espied
her mother coming across the meadow
..Why, what ever?" cried 1enie,
dropping her flatiron with clatter. as
Mrs. Tinker. with gown draggled and
sunbonnet awry, but with face alight
with excitement and news, appeared
around the corner of the house. "Where
are the berries3'
Ibid you ever?' chuckled her moth
er, sinking down upon the step. eff 1
didn't have them berries clear Knocked
out of my head an leave them back
ets standin under the bushes! But.
Tenie Tinker. talk about your circusesl
There's things happenin on that bill as
beats any show / ever see. Oh. my
goodness gracious!"
sDo stop your laughin. said Tenie
untying her mothers bonnet and bring
ing her glass of water. "Your face is
as red as beet; hope you ain't got 8
sunstroke. I cant make head nor tail OF
what you're talking about.
s.There's nothin the matter Of me.
Tenie. I'm just worked up, an soil
you he when you've heard. You see.
when I got on top of Goshen this morn
in sse the berries was hangin thick
down toward the Ramseys, so down 1
went. Twas dreadful pretty and cool
down there; the birds were singin. the
sassrasses was smellin. an the big ber-
ries thumpin down on my bucket, an l
was thinkin of startin up hymn. when.
all of sudden. / see woman over In
the Ramsey patch. couldn't see who.
for her bonnet, in Iknowed she couldn' t
see me for the bushes.
"Right 'twixt US was that old cellar.
where the house burned down. The
bushes vas a leanin way out over it. an
the woman was gettin nearer an near
er. was Jest goin to holler to her to be
careful, when out her feet slipped an
lickety split she went sailin down
through them bushes. an here she was.
settin fat on chat cellar floor | was
that scarf seemed as if couldn t cheep!
''She didn' seem hurt none, set there
kind of whimperin, an then she jerked
her bonnet of. an declare to goodness If
it WASH t Malirdyl An if you'll believe
me, Tenie. hadn' t no sooner seen who
twas than every bit of old Adam riz in
me, an says to myself. Guess they
ain t no bones broke. so set there. Old
Lady, mebby it'll do you goodl'
'sThere wasn't place where a boy
couldn't "a clum out in minute. but
Malindy is gettin old. an she ain't
used to climbin. She got up an went
round an round the wall. but there
wasn't nothin to stand on. an every
<;,no oha'd oet her toe in n GRANNY an