The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-11-03
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Fourdn5 iese event ii, albbiif sins
|sdossp one i evening while ysl4hs 9eIecss
tlorfo its light liIes:rad in the western,
|Fl,orrlSon, us rank snt sol littaryS md iiIons
PIN bis little shop, chewing ctl of fabit-
ter refle ctiop, a female firm diar lkened the
door and entered. AS she did 6 IS, sha7
said in q feeble voice md Il cproa: "a 81,
tone-- {. a. =. is 50
- All! Frank, IS a.cusAla, its lille 81
thought yoli'd d safyes mo 50. oul never
Sediisd for the last.. four day Ito seeif I was
dead or aliYe.', u 6 ;I'.ss,tS o. s.
IS s. Q the cross 81 Christ about us q, said
Frnnk5;;s the Lord betune us and 'linrnnl
Whatnre you 2 or areyon Mary's ghost
If you are I command you, in tie : name /
OF the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, to-
DO me neither hurt nor harm, ,.for it s riei. ri
ther N I'D do you, if you wor aliveato-mor.
row. IS .;5 as
- And Frank, sayiic,' said al M ary, for it5
was Mary and nobody else; sfsure lam
alive, though in troth it seems it's dead L
M ln1lgghtbe, for all you caro- about me-, = s n
So. You're not alive Mary" said Frank.
81 low could you be, when, I buried YOU.
on Fridayslast. You.knowtthe love / sai-
ways had for you VIXEN you woraaliye =
but ! don't think it's trayin' me daycint to
be appearins to me now thnt YOU re dead.
II anything throuble your sowl, So : 50, Z
and III get as many masses sed as'll re- Z
move it.'' -
80 Frank, egra,'.' saidsMary, |" you re
losin' your sinscs. I'd rather you'd get
me M cup Of tay now, to rouse me poor
wake heart, than anything else. You see
there's not ON ounce Of fcsh on me poor
bones."
Why" says Frank, shave you any
bones at all? tBc gar, Thought wor a.
spirit that came TO haunt sme. Let mo-
see,"-he' feels her hand d-s'be goxty,
you're not sperit, but Marysure enough,
believe. Butstay till | light the can.
de- Lights it, and is satisfied of her
identity "Wcll, how in the world did
you get out Of the grave Mary? Wili
youtell re that! for.I fastened you down
well torsfear Of them tiievin' suck ,em,
ups" 80 sT1s,
why you're draymin', sFrank, = saidS
Mary; WASN'T in, the grave at all. al
have justSlcft the Charitable Hospital
and " a, Il - !.
The entrance of two men prevented
her proceeding, one Of whom passionate
ly inquire d. ts ysss 81 ~ s$
as your. namo Farrell2',s;; 1; l1s u. I, !,
Yes, said Frank, "itis, summer and
winther. May be so bowld us to: ask
what's your business with me?" s15
Il want to know, said the man, swhat
you did with my wife. Ifyou've sold
her to the doctors, or did any thing fthat
kind, III nuke ita sore business to you ',,s
Your .wife!Ssuid Frank, in; suspense,
what wife q a. So :.
Why, my wifo,'s said the stranger,
Whose bodyyou took from. the Chai ity.;
Hospital on Friday morning, as I'm told,
you did. .ss SO s !, !
'And was that, your wife &, said Frank.
She wasn't any body else's, saidthe
stranger. IS
tBegor, thin, buried her laycint for,
you said Frank. sAnd it wasn't YOU,
Mary, shure cnough,'2lte added..
Indeed, then, it wasn't said Mary.
And You're no ghost g said Frank.
Well, see it NIL now. 1 mistook anoths
er daycint woman this gintleman' s wife,.
ior'you, because they told me yon wor
dead, and that she was Mrs. Farrell s7 !.
So she was, said thesstranger. and
my wife, notsyonr's.' ssS +
Our readers by this time know the ori-s
gin of this budget of blunders. There
was two Mrs. Farrells admitted as yellow
lever patients into the hospital. Frank
buried one Of them, BELIEVING twas his
own Mary. 1t proved to be tho mistake
of morning. E5
, A KISS. .sesg
a kissis thus defined in a love letter,
written in 1879, and translated from the
Gerinans-UWhat is A. kiss 2 A kiss &c