Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ki'.Jy whs always lovely, tomei times haughty, with a pride that well became her tall, graceful figure and cla?? ic features; sometimes full of bewildering mirthfulnois that shored to great advan tigeher large basal eyes and exqiisile mouth. To day she was all smiles. S id denly sha swept the piano kevs with a sparkling passnge, and sang, with a rich, clear voice, lh?, chorus of an o'd, old song ; ? ' "Dow* t'>e hu-n, Dtvi*, lore ! Down ttie burn, Davie, love t Down lint burn, Davie, love, And I will loi'ow theet If thst is meant for a real invitation, Kitty, gel your hat," ciied a hearty voice, and the next moment a figure appeared on the sill of the window, ready to spring into the rnnin Kill}'* I.end wa* raised with something of its preodeat carriage for a moment, but the joy within her wa# too grant to be kepi still ; bo she sprang up to welcome the intruder with? ' "Oh, EJward, have you heard the Q?WS !" "Not R word. What is it I Dutch taken Holland ?" "The law-auit is decided ill our favor !" ^ "What law.suit T T don't understand !" "Why, that horrid suit that ha* kept ^ U* here in tliia dismally stupid Mill Village for so long. D.J father never tell you I" "Never T* "You knew we lived in New York he , fore we came here, did you r.ot ?"' "les." All the young man's answers came in a low, constrained voice, aa if : they were choking him. "Well, there was some propsrtv in real 1 estate that belonged to father that be )' came involved in some war, nearly thrre , ' years ago, and he was .obliged to go to ' law about it ; at the same time, businees troubles pressed upon hnn, and from the ' p sailiou of a rich man he suddenly found himself reduced to a scarcity of money, ' and with an expensive law suit draining ' very resource. He told ine all About it, ' though I was not sixteen, and we agreed > ' t? break up our expensive establishment ia New Yotk, dismiss all the servants, except'one, and come here into this little ' p'ace (mine, you know, inherited from my mother,) end Wait the issue of the suit. 1 Last night the meil brought ine a loiter 1 bom father, wbo has been in New York ' over a month, and I ant to get at! ready to start for our old home a?a n in a few ' days. Meantime 1 must go and visit the old nooks end corners where we have em j ?yt-d such blessed walks, see all my poor f'iks, bid all my friends good by, and help dear M ?s Lee to pack up what we ^ t?ke With ut home. Ia it not delight- i fu i r . "Pelightful I" said her companion, with I pale,^uivering lips. "Wliv, K<1 ward, what aila you f rjav'nl you been talking of going to New York ever aince jou c?me of age, and pretend- 1 iog tliAt tou ouly delayed became? t becaaee" 'llecaote I loeed you so fond'y t could i not l#ave foe I" I "Ami bow," the erieil, aetonialied. I **Nbw I why your father rvfuaed to [ bIIbw aay engagement to exiat between < ua. - Ha said you were young, moat tee 1 mora of life, -more of the world, before yo? c _ were affianced." i *Atd you think"-? V t -A a groat heiress, the poor country lawyer may as well nay adieu at once." The slender neck arched haughtily, as Kilty answered : ? "As you wish J" Hut, already, the young man had repented Ins bitterness, ami fioin his lips came burning words of love that found eacli one an echo in tho heart they coveted. Loving with all youth's fervor and frankness, these two hearts eluag closely together. Vows, that wets but repetitions of the past, were renewed, and the long evening conrnjf creeping cn, found the lovers still together. Tlin - ? I- - I ..... ...... 41 imreiunc car rt!*^?o b ?re atvay from Mill Village, Kittv, Miss I.e'e, her governess, mti>I the one servant of the small establishment, leaving Rlward Cur'.is, nearly broken hoarlod, watching the idol of lit* dreams as she was w hi fled ?*?v frotr4 him. "UeOleiiiher 427 St. I shall expect to see too often, and see you soon," were Kittv's parting words. See her soon. Perhaps so ; but the young lawyer shrank from this parting. l'wo years before, when lie had come, an orphan boy, to finish his law studies with his uncle, the lawyer of Mill Village, his one dream of the Inline, hie on* am htlion had Keen to become eminent in Ins profession, and make the world r:ng willi bis name. Us inheritance from his parents gave him n small but certain income, sufficient for all hi* expenses, while wa.ting for the c?mp'e:ioti of hi* studies, and admission to the bar, and the future held out only golden visions of faints an I wealth. . Then lie m*t K'tty Peaut'fol anil accomplished, full of gracn and winning idiarms, she seemed, to his country hred uses, a personification of hie ideal dreams of woman. Living in a quiet bllle Cull ace. nsnr Irs uncle'* more pretenuous brick building, dressing with simplicity, ami bearing in the household arrugemeols ?*#?rv tnark ofiimi'ed means, he had tmvur thought of her worldly pos'thm as snpo ri ?r to lii? own. Her own radiant self lie : v*orshipped, and it was not long before Im found his own manly hsauty and line nisllect winning their way to tlie heart j i* c>veted. Tlie course cf true love^ptn rerv smooth, until he ?cr?we | up hit murage ami made a proposal of marriage. 1 Sen Ki tv't lather, a gentleman who , lo'dom came from New Vork, and war I >ut little known to (lie aspiring lover, luddenlv appeared on tho scene, and tontemptuously rejected the offer. They were too voting to think of carriage, | ?aid tltin arbitrary paps; and so matter* itood whan tha oVerwhe'tning new* *.f ha successful law suit broke upon the roting lawyer. Fearing ilia wont, ha turned from the leserted collage, after the carriage was >111 of sight, to make hi* preparation* to eside in New York, lie had been ad i nitted to the bar, and wm resolved to l eek the first frtuta of hi* boyish dreams in the metropolis. A Crest lawyer,' per lepe a Judge of the Supreme Coott,1 :ni|?hI asptra to Mi** Kitty'a hand were iha ever ?o rich. Full of theea dreams he made a'l hit irrangements, writing daily to New York, ind wondering, with #j nek fear, why tin inswer came to any of Ins ardent epistles. Weeks glided by, wh-n one morning ihere came a tiny note. It was the first > ?e had received in the we!!.known hard writing, since hn? darling had left Mill j tillage, and it contained only tin* : ? 'St. VAMtSTtna'a Day. ''Father has forbidden me to write to rou. or thiek of you, hut I send vou a kalemine. We aaii for Kurope to'rnorrow, . L. - <? im> gone i wo year*. Do not forgel me, I or I am, and aver ali?1l be, Your*, faith full y, Kittt." That was all ( The post mark, New fork, Fab. 11" Tliia era* the 16tli, to hay wore already gone. In tha mean lima Kitty had been kepi n a whirl of excitement and anticipation. ;lar father, who in the paat tl?r?*? yeare tad bean only tha anxious careworn inncipal in a perplexing law-auit, b?< iame again her companion and friend. The property, eo long involved, had inreared immensely in value, end when ill wee arranged, Mr. Clermont foaed liuatelf out of the richest men in New uift. investing ni? properly will) care, be next turned bis whole attention to Ki'lv. "We will go to Eirope, my darling. You shall have all the compensation wealth chu offer for your throe years of retirement. With your beaut* and talent you will make a sensation in society, Kitty." "But, father, Edward"? "I'lio 1 l'ho 1 EI ward, indeed. Sfow, you cannot suppose, with such a brilliant (future before you, I am going to let you throw yourself away upon a country i lav/ver." "lint, father, I love him !" ''You think so, iny dear. Y'ou have 1 never >en ?nvlltiii<; t f society, and have had no atlention from ^ond.men of standing. Wait till you see '.lie world, I mv dea'." "H i', fathei, if, after I have seen the world"? "II in. Wei1, my dear, we will make an agreement, l'rom se me to cease to think of him, to neither write nor allowr him to write for two verrs, to judge of other mo, and then, when we return from Kurope, yt_u tind him slid constant, and you are not entirely cured of vour sidy parti*Iuy, i will not oppose his prot I posal." "I cannot promise to forget him ; but, | as you forbade me to write, as soon as I | arrived here, I have ohe\ud you. Wot ' sail to morrow ; today is St. Valentine's ' i day. I.et me send hurt one farewell let. j ler. Stay?" anil she seated herself at her father's desk, and rapidly wrote poor !vl ward's Valentine. "Read this!' and ! she banded him the open note. "11 in lu ! A ell, that will da ! If his | love can live on l/uit nrnounl ol encour j element, w hy ? why I don't know but he will he worthv even of my Kilty.*' "Kite, new, if you please. Miss Lee | declates Kittv to be entirely too childish lor what she is pleased 10 call inv 'pres out position,1 so J tin Miss Kate Clermont, at \ our service," ho 1 she dropped him a sweeping cnurlesv. "Now, father, our agreement *h%!l be k fair or p. Von 4ikvi- giv?n your promise after two years' probation ; on my part, I promise never to apeak of Edward, to j >in you in p!ea9> ureseekihg to your full content; to teat my lose U:rly l>y intercourse with ti e worbl, and for two veara to belong only to society etui my father." Con'd E l ward have heard the com pact, his hopes would have sunk atiil lower. A? it waa, the world looked dark in the eyes of the lover. 1 he oM aspire' turns and hope* would not come back without lhu crushed hope* of distinction fo( Iter sake intruding into the vision*, and for month* after the modest office *m opened in New York, it* occupant moped and pined for the pa?t. Then ; came In* first brief, liia flr?t cause, Itis firrt succe**. The flame r?f ambition wa* fired, 1 and professional disiinctn u lay before him, to seek and win. Throwing all his youthful energy into the struggle, he ! began bis career a* a lawyer, with lite plaudit* of h>* Colleague* ringing in hi* | ear*. tie had opened the hall well, and it must not be hit own inertties* that lost the prize. Month* p***e 1 away, a year, but no 1 word from K'lty. Every cause he plead ed was adding new honor to bit name; society opened her doors to the rising young lawyer: In* tuue was rapidly fill* J ing with professional dutiea, and more than one belle wa* ready to smile upon him. Steadily resisting many tempt* 1 tions to idleness, many worse allurements of city life, be made in* profession hi* goddess, and strained every nerve to win . Kiel. l? ??- 'v # - I ? | nt uni Vint. */?j? 01 Kcuve i work, long evenings of close ituiij, nighls of exhaustion were placing his name high on the roll*, while youth and perfect health kept the balance of physical and mental powrr even. He went but little into society only enough to rub off coun? try awkwardness, and acquire an easy address and graceful carriage. Hut even that lillia was a torture. Everywhere he heard of Kilty. She had been in Parie, received at court, feted end sought for by those high in rantr. She was a belle, an heireee, the gayest of the gey, th6 pat of eociety, her father** Idol, end, worst Ihing of ell, Me g??et catch." Twe jeers, three passed ; but Mr. (Jterinont ttided wandered in Europe, while Kitty drank deep the pleasure* of society. No wish ungratified, no whim disregarded. She whs her father's one object of love and care. She had altered in these years of caret less pleasure seeking. The slender figure whs more fully developed, atnl carried with an easy, graceful pride, that would , have suited a duchess. The rich, full voice of her girhhood had been trained by tuition and practice, till many ft prima donna in got have envied its flexibili'y and pbwer. The large, soft eyes, always expressive, were often fi led with deeper meaning, and r? llcctoii hours of earnest thought. Ki'ty was fulfilling h?r promise, hut she was testing her heart. II er [ father had pistoled for one n^ore year of. delay, though even lie admitted that Edward (Jnrti?. the ri?it.g young lawyer of his country's metropolis, was net ex aotlv tho Edward of Mill Village. More than one ti,-ed name had heen olfered for | Kilty's acceptance, ami Mi-s L-e w ?s often (ample 1 to expostulate over the '"chances" her young charge threw away so carelessly, hit the young heire?? queened it regally, ami society followed am! admired her. '"St. Valentine's I)uv ! Th-ee Tears since I received this," mused Kdward Curtis, as he to >k a wee note from lie secret drawer of Irs private writng-desli ! "Three \e<r? n~c, ! She has forgotten me ! \\ ell, well I'1 and he S'glied heavily. "It a faithful heart I offered her." "M til, s:r !" .rod (he olficedioy, handing h in a h' v'-v tin box to open. "All r glit !" was the teeponse, and (lie little note was restored to its lud.ngi place, and the lawyer ready lor l> isiimss. ln?ie were many veliow envelopes to open, many letiers requiring, no douht, instant attention, hut the lawter son J speil bnun 1, gazing atone dainty wluie envelope, directed in a lady's hand, sealed with a tiny "heartsease." It was many iuitur.es before ha onene.l ; if, but Ht I;t. I the seal was broken, am! be read : ? Sr. Valentine's Day. 427 >t ( 3 p. m. , Faithfully, Kitty" . She whs superbly dressod for dinner Company when llin servant ushered him into the magnificent parlors, and Elward felt almost awkward before her gracefuhv worded welcome, her finished courlesy of manner; but as the door closed after the tall foot man, a well remembered smile greeted him, and his open arms received , the dear Kitty of three years ago. She told him of lo6 compact the had ' made and kept, ami than led him to the library, where a stately old gentleman who had once frowned upon him, we!. ' coined him ?*? - ? - r *'My dear son." "You will dino with us, El ward ! Our house-warming, you know," said , Kitty. "I expect many old friend*," &#aid Mr. | Clermont, '"to whom I shall be delighted to present, my Ki ty's Valentine." Who'd I'ay for Ye ? A Yorkshire farmer called at tlio house of h lawyer to consult him professionally. | 'Is t' sqneer at home ?' ho inquired of the lawyei's lady, who opened tho door to his summons. 1I.S was answered negatively. Disap- | pointment shone in hit face ; hut after a moment's consideration a thought relieved : him. # j Mebhy jourse'f can gi' me the neoe* j sary information, as well as t' sqneer, I s?eu ss re're his wife ?' The kind lady readily prom'ted to do so, if, on learning the nature of his difficulty, she found it in her power ; and the other proceed to stato the case as follows : i 'Siioses ve wur an obi whii? ?-' I should borrow yo to go gwang lo mill i with grid on yer back, and we should, 1 get no farder than Rarir Hill, when all at ; once v? should b?ek up,an 1 rear up, and pitch up and keel down backwards, and hretk yer dearned old neck, who'd pay for yet Not I, dearn me if I would." The lady smilingly told bim, aa she closed the d<>or, that he bed himself paned sentence on the ease, adfice would b# entirely superfluous. A North Carolina Witness. Tbey have a curious specimen of human nature in North Carolina. Everybody remembers the celebrated ''Cousin Sally Dillard case,"' and here is one rei ctnlly ieDprted, which is uot far behind i1. Tee writer gives it under the head of ' ic^nl proceedings." Action fur work and labor done in cuttin" a ditch on I?n.l T>!..~ . p _ i iniim, j ?cn payment aud set off, in bacon and corn meal. Plaintiff's son on the stand? re*o'lecls the ditch perfectly, but seems to forget all at out (he bacon. 'Von say your daddy did nil tlie ditch' ing ? Do you know what ho got for it 1 inquired Col C. for defendant. 'ile never got nothing for it. as I ever heard on ; that's what Ire never got,' answered the witness. 'Didn't your daddy got corn and ha con from defendant in paving for duelling V 'Never heard of his getting no corn nor bacon. 'What did tour daddy and hi9 family live on last summer I' V itties, mostly* 'What sort of rictus's?' ' We' 1, meal and bread, and some whis key ' Where did he got that meat and bread ?' W ell, fust from one, and then from the other.' 'Didn't he get some of it from defend ....I r%U \ f Mix mout.' 'I know that he raought, Lilt did he ? That's llix question.' 'We I he mought, and then again, you knew he moughtn'l.' With c >ns-darab!e excitement, and in lone? of thunder. Answer tlio question} and no more of this trflng will* your oath. Did your daddy, or did !.e n ?t get C"?rn and bacon from ihe defendant, for ditching ?' Welt, now, lie moonlit } it didn't occur exact'y, Von know.' . ?t Here Ilia honor interfere?, and with a item j idicial frown, addre-ses the witness thu? : '.Vlines?, you must answer the que? lion, or the Court will he compxlled to de?! with you. Can't you say yes or no?' '! reckon.' 4W?l|, tfien, answer ves or no. Did i?r did ii<>t youi daddy get corn nr.d ba: con from the defendant <?t the time re rerre l to ?' inquired the Court. Witness now fully arouswd and con< icinu* of Irs danger. * Well, Judge, 1 can't edz icily remem her you know, geein, a* how it's all dun heen gone, and eat up; but, (planting himself tirmlv,-as one determined to out with it.) to the hest of my reckerleclskun if mv m< n? >ry serves me right, he mout, and then again he rnoughtn't.' 1 lie plaintiff saved his bacon. Verdict accordingly. Influence of a Newspaper. A school teacher who lias been enga ged a long time in his profession, and witnessed the influence of a newspaper on the ininds of a family of children, writes tp the Ogdonsburg Sentinel as fol lows: "I have found il to hs the universal fact, without exception, that those scholars of hoth sexes and of all ag>-s who have had access to newspapers at home, when coin pared with those who have not, are 1. Baiter readers, exceeding in pronunciation, and consequently read more understnndingly. 2. They are better spellers, and define word* with ease and accuracy. 3. Tney obtain a practical knowledge jf geography in almost half the lime it icqnirea others, as the newspaper has made them familiar with the location of the moat important places, nations,*tbeir government and doings on the globe. 4. They are hotter gramnau;an?, for having become so familiar with every variety in the newspaper, from the commonplace advertisement to the finished and c'assical oration of the statesman, th?y more readily comprehend the merit ing of the text, and consequently analyze its construction with accuracy. A Rich Occurrence. A rich occurrence has recently taken ? . place in the city of St. Louis : A f?ncy, fashionable at>u fast young married man became enamored of a g?y and glittering widow, and sought to make a conquest of her, injurious to her character, outrageous to the wifo of her bo? Rom, and infamous to himself. The in? tended victim soon saw the drift of his in? tentions, and prepared a punishment for liis audacity, not equaled in the days .of the "Merry Wives of Windsor." She ap< parentis' lir'ened to the sott persuasions of his 'winning voice,' and mado an appointment to receive him at her house tn the stilly hours of the night. 'Ilealed,' like Lotharia, 'with the Tuscan grade,' Lo I stealthily repaireiP^to the spot. Here, j however, in praise he it said, the justly I indignant ladv had prepared for bim a reception dil!"?rent from that of his dreams, 111- was r- ceived and taken into a dark* used p:?r! ?r, with hushed whispers, carry* ini; boots in hand, Left for a moment with the lone beatings of his heart, the mid t.g doors wero thrown wide, admitting a flio I of light, and exhibiting a crowd of gentlemen and ladies, among whom wms tie wife whom he thought was unsuspectingly at his own home. The denonnient of the scene is said to hare heen rich in the extreme, though the bootless knight remained but a few minutes to enj <y i'. A Married Man sends the wrong Letter to his Wife. We understand that a well known tjusines* at an in this city, who has a wife and family, lias given rise U a good deal of talk by bis attentions to a fair and frail damsel. The gentleman is in New York and wrote an atl'eclionale letter to the J object of hie guilty passions, urging her ' t<> join liitn, ami enclosing fifty dollars to j pay her travelling expenses. At the same time ho wrote a loving letter to his wife, deploring the uigencv of the business which ept him away from the bosom of his family, and bewailing the tediousness >md tastelessnesit of the hours unenlivened by her dear presence. Hy some odJ fa! talitv the letters got mixed, and the wife j got the one intended for the mistress.? | S:o had scented a rodent for come time, , | hut no?v there was no ronpt for doubt.? l'oekeiino the fiftv (lobars as so much i " 'coo 1 out of evil, she placed the fatal let; ter ill the hands of a lnwvar wlin ?ttl . J "* proceed to bring suit for divorce. Indianapolis Herald. "lie wax a man who stole the liverj of heaven to serve the devil in." | And when he died he went down to It is master through so small a hole that ! his livery slipped oil like a slough,"ar.d was left b hind as a pattern for the cut of tne present generation?and so universal* I ly adopted has the costume become thai you cant tell a satellite of satan from a chaplain in (he army, or an angel of light till you sound lhe:r heart with a golden plummet, just before prayer time. If it don't touch bottom 111 a trice, and quick* en the pulse to an audible throb, you j may know "ibe devil is in it," and snapa 't greedily nt the smallest bail tbal has tho ring of C* ifornia or I'eru, or the rich rustle of a treasury note, without onco stopping to think "deliver us from evil." A fit girl sitting bea'tde a lean doctor, in a crowded hall, remark* in !/*../! whisper, behind a distinguished author* e?* : "I wouldn't l>u a Blue for nothing in the world 1" Authoress turn* calmly around and "faces the muaio," retorting : "You needn't be at all apprehensive of audi a catastrophe, young lady?there's loo much green in your composition."-? Lean doctor blows his nore with a large j handkerchief, and sits on thorns, judging from the "righting, while the fat girta tongue spends the remainder of the evening on a visit to the roof of her month "If I am not at home from the party to-night at lev o'clock," said a husband to his better and bigger half, "don't wait for me." "That I won't replied tba lady significantly. "I won't wait, bat I'll ooom for you." The gentleman returned n\ ten u'cloch precisely,.