The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-08-15

$500. riding horseback, as was the
l' :, ,f Young men in those days, and
cuslom for the night wherever l hap
PenSr in Western Carolina; that land
nrv-,trn romance, and travelling
Ci"arg the most beautiful stretch Ot
Uni, ! ever saw.
ctgSS ~ .nyIands and meadows. Why,
vrr, the FL Dorado of stockmen
u sat. e. raisers.
90" ,-.l.ur and sudden thunderstorm
love .... 10 seek refuge in the first
| could reach, which proved to
y+bsr .r old Gen. G.
VA -..,ulid place it was, kept like the
Mt, ..at of an English Lord. Such
.m,bsr. such meadow lands, such wide
l.rotr.r- Of cultivated fields. Why it
wss Il ..-Jurc.
~Tb. .ousc was spacious and hand
-,rr. aaI General G., the soul of genial
S,Spifa Ety.. y tall, handsome, courteous
nan. ii. lord for so fair Il manor
W took Il mutual fancy to one an
,rb,r. and the fall rains having set in,
srafI with him several weeks.
On. night L happened to be struck
NTH the .ucongruity of such Il beautiful
bomc being without Il mistress, and look
inc Mp suddenly l said:
.Ua,, comes it, General, that so fine
rr.. lacks Il song birdE Why don't
rnu put a pretty woman in this fine
ior~r a. yours instead Of uGking a bach
,ror'> dem of it \ dark, red flush rose
Ike Sheet lightning in his face, and he
,,id rather roughly:
"po J look like Il man Il sweet woman
would love-
IarErI him over, and said:
in faith | think YOU arc Il man who
ruIi nurh win and hold Il lady's heart
if YOU cared TO try"
"po you:' y long pause followed,
and them he said suddenly: well, to
rove the f~allacy of human Judgment
i'm tell You what l never told to any
man but my father, and never expect
TO speak of again"
When l was a young man, younger
than yau are now. l lived across the way
with my father, in the house my sister
lives I'm now.
Father was left Il widOwcr early in
life with hut the two children. He never
Ft us leave him, and he staid on here
fom year to Year taken up in the plan
uiou and his business affairs.
He hired Il very learned. hut Il very &c
nitric man as our tutor. and we grew
60 very ignorant of all social amenities,
and the conventional ways of the world.
Il had never either written or received
letter in my life when | was twenty
years eff age. ami that we were not saw
ages WAS due To- the fact that father was
such a. gentleman.
one summer some relatives of my
%ttHrr'~ from tuc low country came into
the uri-hhurhuul To board. hut father
insisted that They should come and spend
hesimo with us.
They had with them a Young lady
Who was the ~i~~tcr-iu-Iaw or one Of the
urty. and she was the first unmarried
y-ug woman of my social standing that
had ever met. She was a beautiful wO-
u- and the Sweetest. lovrIicSt, and
wsNvlIIe c]reafurein all Gods great
uvvn~ | fcILin-Iuvc with her at sight.
W. yer ~iuScparablc.- riding. walking.
ba-1- reading, singing, together all the
tine.
Il asked her to marry me without a
fear Of refusal. and She accepted me as
frankly. and l swear To God that l never
tr ole moment doubted that our future
Ives would he spent together. She re-
turned with her friends to the low cOun
uy in the fall. and had promised to
marry mr early in the following summer
hons. -~.
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a-r.- ...r ..- -, Nv. .CI,sSrIos baro
Nm r..-- r,..I,. rr.In, I,,,r,I =
~. Z .r.,.f ,rnTnr.tgnJ Won sir, 7
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u Never gotten Il letter IRON
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marry; why !oou
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-, never 'h"uShL "L It.
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..'F" jFInrd WIN IhaI lovely
.iHrr dlieciIohN' JhaI you u'
Bow. "".
-. .E. / worship npT, SlI- TIT