The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-05
THE
Forging Of the
Daisy Chain.
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A Mr.. Travers, pretending 10 rinse
'5iates in the river Thames, looked per-
petually toward Miss Daisy Middleton
--.industriously engaged in packing
dishes. Over the meadow the rest of
the picnic party was dotted mainly IN
pairs, as is pleasant to look upon at
picnic If the truth were known, Mr.
Travers was pleased to see Miss Mid
dle:on sternly packing, for of late she
had seemed to bestow too much of the
honey of hec smiles upon certain
bee TO give him no worse title) of the
name Of Congreve; and Miss Middle
tofa>ws Aiced to see Mr.. TrayerS
pretA slsinss she bad cerls
tail ldefned ob. ection to hear his
praises sungby others of her sex-as
recently.
People entertaining such approx
mate sentiments have no business to
be separated by distance of at least
20 yards. So at any rate Mr.. Travers
thought, for he left the meadow sweets
that sucked in the eddying stream be-
hind him, and. bearing the c'eansed
plates as a peace offering in his hand,
approached the lady.
Miss Middleton lifted her eyes ont
of a hamper, and, preceiving his
humility, smiled.
with fingers weary and worn" he
began, '.and eyelids heavy and rad
as you perceive, Miss Middleton-a
man answering to the name OF Irayers
has been standing in midstream-
more or less mid on an undeniable
rickety stone for lalf an hour-tor-
rents foaming about him-fatal plunge
imminent-a and has rinsed picnic
plates till he could do no more.
During which time" she asked,
she broke-hox many?"
'That is hardly generous, said
Mr.. TraveH gravely. How many
exactly Idarted with I don't remem-
bet. Gne-I admit it came to
pieces in my hand as the kitchen
mails say. Another l was compelled,
moallv and intellectually, to throw
ata grasshopper that came up imper-
xlently to sniff the mayonnaise. A
gaucer or two, by nature amphibious,
started down stream But what would
you? I have four here as clean ="
land I gave you H." said Miss
Middleton, sternly.
'H's better than picking daises, like
sSe, said Mr.. Travers, slyly.
~9ou like to clean some
. ;sssS ! =. all@z.
= ~ W. seb;Swe shall want some for
g. tsno relaxation cleaning things
enat don't break said Mr. Trayers,
discoRentedly.
lyon intend simply to be idle till
tea?" she asked, scornfully.
eff you think I deserve little re.
creation for cleansing all those
plates" he said. -
Breaking themn' ~
N'Let us split the dihereasSSd say
faSipg them"
'eYos>c-ack joke an4a~61ate in
the same Seath, ,nS2@
;.0oH1s!5S5 .0oH1s!TS0:7Tf76E "a INK Yght take you
cut in that canoe?" " persisted.
'It's rather latsF she said, doubt
fully. u
We migshnd some Of t.,;31 the e float float
hopper sSe on one and was plotting it
magpifcently."
BfIt canoes are so unsafe. Perhaps
iIMiss Maltby would come with US,
x would be steadier.'
=. This was a distinctly unkind reAec
tion on Miss Maltby, whose attrac-
tions, in the opinion of many, were
not detracted from by her weight, Mr..
Travers, however, saw light in the
uukiudness, and willingly sacrificed
victim.
without in any way wishing to
deny the merits of Miss Maltby," he
said. ':she would add more than
feather weight Besides, in adopting
an invention like canoes, from the
Choctaws, one must conform to their
custom.
(Which is?" asked Miss Middleton
't8ased on the tribal motto-'Two's
company. The canoes were con-
strueted accordingly, and only hold
two.