The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-25

AHSiy' III yOu ulQn guess 1t
first thing! It's the livin truth, Tenie.
Belindy has got "a beau."
You re foolinl''
Pom honor. jest lis .1uv as YOU
live!''
"Whoever?'
jess make n guess
II amt the slightest idee!''
well. said Mrs. Thinker. reluctant
~ parting with her news. tits Dan 'el
Carteri'
Dan 'el Carter" gasped Tenie. .For
the land sakes But if it ain t the very
thing! Why. dear me. seems as if had
knowed it u year!'
There. cried her mother trium.
phantly: THAT s 'zactly what said
Likely match as ever was. Stidy. an
forehanded. can 20 there nm run tho
tarm AZ good as Martin ever did-an /
can tell you things has gone at loose
ends since they have been runnin it on
the shears-but no. Malindy won have
1t 30. an she is raisin Cain generally"
II cant gee what business it is OF
hers. : cried Tenie Indignantly. .She
never speaks to poor Bclindy. She's
regular dog in the manger.''
$50 | told her. but. law. it didn't do
no good. Her heart is as hard as q cob
ble 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-sn that
1t would break her heart to leave the
old home. where she was born.
"But. land sakes. when Belindy
cried. that made Malindy act like tun-
ket Why. she said shc was disgraced
to have a sister with no more sense. an
that there wasn'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 off
that match unless somethin drops. an
drops hard.
The spring had hurried ON into the
summer. and upon Goshen hill. which
lay between ths Tinker and Ramsey
farms. the blRekberries 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
1t was a close August morning, and
Tenie. working over the ironing table.
was thinking longingly Of the leafy
GOODNESS and the deep. clear spring upon
the hillside when suddenly she espied
her mother coming across the meadow
why, what evcr?'' cried Tenie.
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 s.Whero
are the berries2''
Ibid you everT' chuckled her moth
er. sinking down upon the step. IF 1
didn' have them berries clear knocked
out of my head al leave them back
cts standin under the bushes But.
Tenie Tinker, talk about your circuscsl
There's things happenin on that hill as
beats any show / ever see. Oh. my
goodness graciOus'
''Do stop your laughin. said Tenie.
untying her mother bonnet and bring
ing her glass of water. Your face is
us red as beet: I hope you amt got
sunstroke. I can't make head nor tail of
what you re talking about"
"There's g nOthin the matter Of me,
Tenie. I'm just worked up. an SOIL
you be when you've heard. You see,
when got on top Of Goshen this morn
in l s.e the berries was hangin thick
down toward the Ramseys. 30 down /
went. Twas dreadful pretty and cool
down there; the birds were singin. the
sassrasses was q smelin, an the big ber-
ries thumpin down on my bucket. an
was thinkin Of startin up n hymn. when.
all Of Il sudden. l see woman over in
the Ramsey patch. couldn't see who.
for her bonnet. IN knowed she couldn't
see me for the bushes.
Fright 'twixt US was that old cellar,
where the house burned down. The
bushes was q lennin way out over it. an
the woman was gettin nearer an near
er. was jest goin to holler to her to be
careful. when ont her feet slipped an
iickety split she went sailin down
through them bushes, an here she was.
settin fat on that cellar hoori was
that scarf seemed as if couldn cheepl
''She didn t seem hurt none set there
kind Of whimperin, an then she jerked
her bonnet of. an declare to goodness if
it wasn't Malindyl An if you IL believe
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twas than every bit of old Adam riz in
me. an says to myself. Guess they
amt nc. bones broke. 80 set there. old
Lady. mebby it'll do you good::'
''There wasn't q place where boy
"a clum out in minute. but
is gettin old. an she amt
used to climbin. She got up an went
round an round the wall, but there
wasn't nothin to stand on. an every
time shed get her toe in q Granny an
try to pull herself up somethin would
give an down she'd co.
"Why. nav Tinklerl You settin
there an sayin nothinr' exclaimed
Tenie reproachfully. Wasn't you
'snamed of yourself3"
''Well. some, only when I thought
how she'd acted to Belindy didn' care
one mite. an jest when my heart was
soften - little who should come a-crush-
in an dashin through the bushes but
Dan ell Carterl
"'Mr. Carter. hollered Malindy. soon
aS she see who it be Mr. Carter