Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-22
20. W. & j. t.. BAUkNIGHT.-A~

"l'm Swlnc tew git her eff it
takes laig off"
Now, as Of old, fortune favors the
bold, and she smiled upon CAESAR be-
cause he had faith in her and de-
pended upon himself alone. lie
showed that regardless Of his numer-
GUS short-c comings he yet possessed
the chief ingredients of success
never give up.
Having learned that Miss Sapho's
favorite canary was dead Caesar
wrote and sent to her touching poem
in memory of the deceased pet, of
which the first stanza follows
"thc littu anjuls flew away;
his day of Work is dun,
| thar hczc Singin' all he day;
he scezc Brighter Sum-"
So moved was Sapho by this rove
lation of tenderness and sentiment
on Caesars part that she Immediately
sent him the following letter
Castle Kcnilworth, Tucsday-My
Dear Mr. Scolopax: You will please
pardon me if in writing your name |
prefer the Latin. 1t is more cupho-
neOus.
Your poetic cffusion o'crwhelms
me with admiration and the sympa-
thy evinccd by you on this heart
rending occasion fills me with graft
ficaton. Ab incunabulis I have
loved sentiment and poetry, and your
effort, Notwithstanding a few gram
matical inaccuracies, is most indubi-
tably direct from your Poetic Muse.
De pouvrage on connait l'ouvricr,
y so Quicro un hombrc bucno.
Faithfully thine, Sapho.
TO the foregoing cpistlc Mr.. Snipc
Immediately replied
mi deere Shuggcr Plumb i hcv re.
scarcd yoar note an hcv done wrcd
awl ycw write in hit doan no
cdzackly whut yew scd kase haint
so mutch Booke larnin as yew but
no hits so an awl rite cf yew saigh
1t git yoar things Packed up soonc
ez ycw kin fer me an ycw we air
gwinc toe git married Tonitc | will
mcctc yew with thee Prcecher at
yorc yard gate Soon az dark comes
mccte me with QUITE Fale fer IIcy
dun bawt thee lison an pade fer hit
with my own moni. your tel deth
Scizcr Snipc.
1t would require a psychological
expert to explain why Sapho
accepted C;rsar's proposition-in-
cluding himself. Some thought that
it was because he had bought the
license and paid for it with his own
money, that being the My argument
advanced by Caesar in his letter.
But no explanation will be attempted
because it would be inconsistent
with established matrimonial Gus
toms to seek any particular reason
for the marriages which usually take
place.
Suffice it to say, therefore, that
Miss Sapho Serena Snsgs became
Mrs. Cicero Caesar Snipc that very
night. The ceremony which effected
that transformation of nomenclature
took place by torchlight in the pub
lie road under the spreading boughs
OF friendly oak.
Courtship can live and thrive on
romance and love, but in matrimo-
NAL bliss these must bc reinforced
by groceries. SO that the fair hoad
which had previously been occupied
by vague ideas of poetry was now
devoted to domestic duty. The fair
hands which had dabbled in poor
ra!nt!ng were now more happily
employed in preparing meals for
herself and the partner of her ioys
and sorrows.
Cicero shnglcd, shaved and scrub
bed until his friends hardly knew
him, rented little farm and worke
like a Trojan. lie said
"Evcrybody scd 'at I'd let my ole
'oman starve clean tcw death, chm
cf one wustcr be fool enough tcw
hcv me, but Pm gwinc tcw show
'cm they'll hey tcw guess crgin,
durn thcr pictcrs, an l'll be a-scllin'
some ov 'cm Gavin bcfo' two years,
an ycw jist see Of | don't"
The colonel, when he learned that
n nin-law had been added to his
possessions, was beside himself with
rage and modification.
"Thc coDsarncd, low. down, sneak
in puppy, a,stcalin' the dawtah of a
| gentleman sub WV I,ll k,o, u,h,,,