The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-11-03
called Mrs Fs'rr
took ;andsinterrntI
syhieh BE- aiokly'

look nnlls1nterTe 81,
Fourd offer liese events, about sun
|sdoRp one eyenipg while J; ;yet4he fefec&s
ton Of. its light fingered s in tl,a western
Iahorriaon, as Frank Sat go olitary9 and q l6ne
Isin his little shop, Chewing the scud OF abit-
ter reflection, a fenale form darkened tlieS1
door and entered. he did, IS, sfa
said in feeble voice md rcproachfiiif,
toTc- II, !. &, ~
- All! Frank, a.cusA7a, j, d It's little /
thought you'd sargc me SO. rs Y olis never ,ri
called for the lasttfourd days TO see if / was
dead or aiiyc.''''s Z ~ s i, D,
&c the cru Christ nbo1t us z, soid i
Frank ;;.atti.5 lord betune5 5us and bnTrnr
What'are you Z or aretyou Mary's ghost2
~ you are command you, in the name
OF the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, TO /
do me neither hurt nor harm, for it s. .iiaei- iiai
thcr I'D do you, if you wor alive sto:mor-
row." 's ,..l ~ IN /,
4" And Frank, ayjc, J" said M arsy, fer It ];
was Mary and nobody else; stsureE I am
alive, tholiShSin troth it seems it's dead i
might be, for all you care about me.,'
re not alive Mary, I" said Frank.
$ How could you be, when buried you.
on 5Friday'last. You knowthe love oil /
ways had for you vixen you woraaliye 4
but don't think it's trayin' me daycint to
be aPPenrih'to to menow TINT you're dead.
II anything throublc your sowl, sav So,
and III get as many masses sed as'llr re-
move it.''
90 Frank, agra. saidsMary, "you're
losin your snscs. I'd rather you'd get
me q cup of tay now, to rouse me poor /:
wake heart, than anything else. You Sec
there esnot an ounce Of flesh on me poor
bones." EsSss
Why" says Frank, shave YOU any
bones at all? Be gar, Thought wor a.
spirit that came to haunt me. Let mos
see,"-he feels her hand-ssbe goxty,
you're not spcrit, but Mary sure enough.
believe: Butstay till light the can.
die" Lights it, md is satisfied Of her
identity. swell, how in the world did
you get out of the grave Mary Will
You tell ne that! for,l fastened you down
we'll torffear Of them hievin' suck ,em,
ups" W ~ 5s'sz
Why you're draymin', Frank, y = said
Mary; | wasn't in the grave at all. Il
have justslcf the Charitable Hospital.
and -." "a -
The, entrance Of two men prevented
her proce cling, one of whom passionate
| ly inquired. ~
els your nnmc Farrell2"'-z Il isls
sYes," said Frank, ssitis, summer md
winther. May II be SO bowld MS TO, ask
what's your business with me?" ..$ ~ -;
4 want 10 know said the man, swhat;
you did with my wife. If you've sold
her tothe doctors, or did any thing ofthati
kind, Ill mako ita sore business to YOU. ~
Your .wife' said Frank, ins suspense,
what wife 2
Why, my wife, 4 said thes stranger,
whose tody you took from the Chai ity,
Hospital on. Friday morning, as I'm told
you did, j se
9 And was tbat your wife q. said Frank.
She wasn't any body else's, saidthe
stranger. D
.Begor, thin, buried her daycint for, Or,
you, said Frank. ssAnd it wasn't YOU
Mary, shure enough, sl,e added.
Indeed, then, it wasn't said Mary !.
= And You're no ghost? said Frank.
Well, see it oil now. / Imistook anoth.
erdaycint woman (; this gintleman' s wife,.
tor'you, because they told me yon wor
dead, and that she was Mrs. Farrell.' ~
So she was, said the8strangen md
my wife, otyour's.' :
Our readers by this time know the ori.s
! gin Of this budget Of blunderss. There
was two Mrs. Farrells ndmittedas yellow
fever patients into the hospital. Frank
buried one Of them, believing twas his
own Mary. It proved to be the mistake
OF morning. - #
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9t5, s A Kiss.
a kiss is thus defined in love letter,
written in 1879, and translated from the
Gcrlnan:-HWhat is a kiss 2 A kiss is,
as it were, seal expressing our sincere
attachment--the pledge Of future union---
q dumb butsat, the same time audible Ian.
guage ofa loving heart--a present which,
at the time that it is given, is taking from
us tho impression on an ivory coral press
ia crimson balsum for n love wounded
heart-a sweet bite of the lp--an atfect.
ionato pinching Of the n,outh-a delicious
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