Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-10-31
EAt the Old
Horse Sale
BY Sara
Beaumont Kennedy
Spvytoht, 1906. bp Sara Ren...ac..s Hgsee..:s,,s

protest In his voice. There was posi-.
|$iye command. which. perhaps, was the
eason why she walked directly under
$he auctioneer's red flag into the ex-
2ress Office, already thronged with tlle.
tors buyers.
III never was at anything more ex-
citing than dry goods bargain sale.
IlIhis will he positively like Monte
Carlc." - SO
= - 'ouF uncle will dtsapprove''-- @ s
~Of eourse he win. He disappFoves
'fof most things do since you took up
the role Of social mentor for the Fam
lily. That yeaE abroad spoiled you,
s XAdolphus. You have never been en-
durabie since you took to patent up
rers and q monocie. Now, Nick would
have brought me IN here without q
WORD Of remonstrance end lent me
EVERY penny out OF his pocket f. I
NEEDED II 70 bid with lent me even his
'car fare and walked home, uncom-
: splain.nsiy and carried my parcels"
81 III he had not happened to see an
old woman or lame cat to help over
the crossing, In which case. very likely,
Che would have laid the parcels down
! ! . ..::s1 :s11 quite forgotten to pick them up"
"Perhaps, for Nick is bit absent
minded, but he Is perfectly adorable
when it comes to giving girl her own
way"
"My brother is happy In winning
your good opinion. Il .s :Hy rn:sfor-
tune
"No, It's your fault; you are so
frightfuliy conventional. Dear me.
what curious people!
'.They are the drift from the street.
None Of our set ever
There, the aucttoneer Is beginning
again. It will be perfectly delightful
to buy something and not have the
least idea what 1t is-so weird and
mysterious!-
"Nellie, surely you are not going to
bid out loud In thia crowSlw
II certainly am. There is no harm In
1t, and am sick to death OF the right
angle rules by which you and uncle
, measure my life. Wonder what that
woman found In her parcels7 There
goes up bandbox. shall bid on
that"
"Nellie, don'tr' he first commanded,
then entreated vehemently, but she
was as deaf adder that stoppeth her
ears.
FIFTY cents,s she called, In answer
to the auctioneer's challenge, at the
same time stepping upon an empty box
by the wall, 30 that she was In plain
view Of the whole crowd.
sEnventv-f1v ronfu ~ ccroa mad n
feminine voice across the hall.
Zone dollar" flashed back Nellie. her
color rising. her eyes shinin8, for her
cousins voice came up 70 her In agi-
tated whispers.
Zone flfty," came from her opponent
1.-TWO dollars" cried Nellie. pushing
Adolphus' hand from her sleeva
Three dollars" shrieked the other
woman, nerVously counting the change
In her purse. No one elise was bid
ding. the entire crowd having conferred
its attention ON the nervous woman
and the swell" GIRL and there were
cheers and counter cheers Ga the bids
rose dollar By dollar until at last the
coveted box was knocked down to Mel
lie
She was still laughing and 6ushed
with her triumph when they emerged
from the door over which few the red
flag, but Adolphus felt miserable and
compromised. and this feeling was not
abated when he saw the astonishment
in the eyes cf Miss Curtia whose lam
dau happened at that moment to pass,
for Miss Curtis was the personifca-
ton Of rigid conventionality. He count
<,<yA Af,ox
In an unlucky day.
Nellie's excitement waned as they
walked. and by the time they entered
her uncle's gate she was strangely 81
lent Adolphus evidently took this for
= q hopeful sign, for presently he cleared
throat, adjusted his monocle and
Began:
"Nellie, we must talk seriously. The
time has Gomez
mo, 1t hasn't come" abe said, in
terrupting him good naturedly, $50 stop
right there. don't know whether
this is lecture or proposal Of mar
riage-your private talks with me vt-
brate between these two subjects
but am in no mood for either. For
heavens sake, Adolphus, throw that
glass away. I hate to be spied at like
thatv'
With q reproachful sigh h. removed
the offending glass and said: "Nick not
only lectured you yesterday; he POSI-
lively scolded you, and"-
And deserved It, but answered
him back spitefully, like the little beast
am. and he--he hasn't even noticed
me since" She turned her head so
that he did not see the culver Of her