The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-01-20

speak to her. Thus we pouted fo,
two years. Oh how miserable were
those two years.
"One Sunday she came by my house
going to certain church. I knew
that there would not be any meeting
at that place. From some canse the
appointment had been called in. So
hailed her and notified her that there
was no meeting there that day. II
was the first time we had spoken since
the breech; she says: Thank you.
Do you know where we could find any
church to go to?' I told her of a
church some 2 miles off; she said:
'How would you like to go over there
to church?' The best in the world
She said: sect in then In all my
born days those three words-'get in
then were the sweetest music ever
heard. It betokened the reconcile
alton. 1t was the happiest event up
to that time Of my life. We went to
church; rode there and back, and have
been riding together in the coach Of
life ever since that Sunday meeting,
over half century ego, and neither
one Of US has ever REQUIRED to the
little episode at the quilting. Yes,
Sir, no man can tell me that puppy
love is not lasting, Il is the hsppiest
era of boy or girls lifo."
The third man quoth: II am not az
old as No. l, or as young as No. g; I
am Is. I can never, no never, forget
my puppy love,experience.
"DoWn in Morgan county, not far
from Buck Head, there was On old
field log school house, and during the
year 1889 there taught in it one Of the
best men I ever saw, and for his educa.
tion the best teacher in the land.
You see I was only IL years old. In
the same school was little girl of my
age. L never did know whether she
loved me or not. She never told me
so. In fact. I never told her that
loved her. But in every possible wey
gave her to understand that did.
l was simple enough to think that she
acted In the same way toward me.
But there was another fellow about
two years older than me that was as
dead stuck on her as I was, and he
was more open in showing his love
than was, much to my infinite dis.
gust. AS st all old field schools Of
the day just before school was turned
out, the last exercise gone through
was the spelling class. The best
spoilers stood head or next to head.
IL so happened that We three were the
best spoilers in school. The race then
was who Of US three should stay head
the longest.
'But the rub between this fellow
and myself was who could stand by
our girl in the class the most, he or I.
Many time when separated I have
known him to miss word I knew he
knew we'll how to spell. 80 as to be
turned down SO he could get to stand
by her. Especially il by doing so he
could stand between her aud me. T
at once took the cue and did the same
thing. So the race between him and
me was not who could stand head the
longest. but who could stand by our
pretty brown eyed girl the most. We
were both better spoilers than she was.
So in missing words and being turned
down we have been known to chase
her and each other to nearly the foot
Of the elass. ,
.But after q. while Ihit upon plan
to get him. There came along q word
that every scholar above us missed.
Long before it got down to where we
stood | told her how to spsll it; she
spelled it right and went up head .
Soon after that another word came
along, spelled it and went up next
to her. So We got together -she head
IDext.
After that it mattered rot Row
many words she missed I'd spell them
right, but mover turned her down for
fear!that tho other fellow would get
between her and me. AS good luck
would have it, the teacher found out
my game, winked At it aud let me
stand By her as long as wanted.
But she grew up ard married, and
did we'll, long before I finished my
professional education. Her children
Ore all grown up, doing. we'll. Some
past middle age. Ioften see them.
But never Without thinking wha,
Ismight have been. -. -. ~ IS IS