The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-06-27
I have . headache, she answered,

/ have o. headache, she answered, ].
more feebly than before.
Then let us go home,' he said.-
Why did you not send me word that
you were indisposcd; 4 would not have,
left you alone for the world. Come, I
will take you to our dear, quiet parlor.
and you will soon be well again. Do
you not recollect that you said last
night ie seemed impossible for sorrow or
anything evil to come there,
Poor Agnes! every word he uttered
pressed the weight more forcibly on her.
full heart, until it felt like bursting be.
meath the burden. His last question.
reminding her as il did Of the perfect
happiness she had enjoyed, and which
she imagined was now lost forever,
broke down the barrier she had placed
to restrain her emotion; and, withdraw.
ing her hand suddenly from him, she
concealed her face in it, and aobbed
aloud. 5,
agnes, my dear wife!' exclaimed
Monteith, tenderly, do not give way to
such unnecessary agitation. You a.
larm me excessively! What has hap
pened? What have you heard to dis
turb you?,
She didnotreply; and he turned to
Mrs. Russell, who looked uneasy at
this crisis in the affair.
sCan you tell me, madam, what has
occurred? I left my wife as we'll as
usual this morning; why do I find her
here in this situation? There must be
some cause for sucha changer
He spoke almost sternly; and the
person he addressed grew pale as she
met his searching look. She knew
that he had never liked her; for she was
conscious that he had fathomed her
character thoroughly, and she had ney-
cr forgiven him for it, beside, there
was alstraightforwardness and quiet
determination about him that always
awed her. She answered eyasiyely,
therefore, but she saw thathe was dis
satisfied with her reply, and she bus
tied out of the room, saying that she
would bring vinaigrette or some Co.
logne for Mrs. Monteith.
TO BE CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT.
A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT Willis
says in one of his letters from tho coun-
try:
"This five years oasis of country ex.
istence gave shape and force to anoth-
er sentiment that has always struggled
within me, and (fancy.pricing of my
saleable commodities though it seems,
will venture to mention it, for in i'm
agining you as reading this volume, by
and by,it is view Of myself that like
to think may grow out of the perusal.
l scarce know how to express it, how
ever; for, sure as I am Of conveying
the feeling of every man who has ever
parcelled his free thoughts into goods
and groceries, it is difficult to phrase
without misconveyance ofmeaning. If
you have ever seen field of broom
corn--thc most carelessly branching
and free swaying Of all the products Of
a summer--and can fancy the contrast
in its destiny, between sweeping the
pure air with the wind's handling, and
sweeping what it more usefully may,
when tied up for handling as brooms,
you can understand the difference !
feel, between using my thoughts at my
pleasure, as in country life, and using
them for subsistence as in my present
profession. How much, and what quail
ity, of an author, 1 might have been
from choice, the tone of these letters,
I mean to say, very nearly expresses.
I do not intend any comparative dis.
paragement ofwhatI have writer upon
compulsion. The hot needle though
the eye of the gold6nch betters sing
ing, they say. Only seperate, fwith
this hint you can, what / have done as
mental toll, from what I might have
written had I been a thought-frec far
mer' with books, country leisure, and
liberty to pick, with the perspective
bcttering of second thought, from the
brains many-mooded vegaries.
ANCIENT MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
The Eyyptain flute was only a cows
horn, with only three or four holes in
it; and their harp or Tyre, had only
three strings. The Jewish triumpets
that made the walls of Jericho fall down
were only rams horns; the psaltery was