Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-04

Ana belleve he placed the stone
upon her grave, which sets forth that
she was the daughter Of a certain per-
son, and that she died on sucl, day
insich a year. And then follows,
ifl l,Acoilect rightly, verse from
Holy Writ, This was the conclu-
SION, Even her nephew, welded by
the ties of wife and children TO the
living, would forget his benefactress
soon. She passed, away as if she
had never been; and no one now, but
some solitary dreamer like myself,
recalls even fitting memory of The
OLD MAID.
THE. BROKEN HEART.
About forty years since, young
man in the neighborhood of Drog-
heda, Ireland, paid his addresses to a
yo' Ng woman a farmers daughter;
and although his attentions were not
approved of by her friends, yet she
encouraged him t., hope, and event
ually promised to marry him. His
circumstances not being the best, and
believing he might trust to her fideli-
W, he was inclined to defer.th cere-
mony until he could realize a COM
petence, or sufficient to make her
comfortable; but Mary being sought
after by many, pressed by herparents
decided, and believing his delay arose
from Indifference, at length became
dissatisfied, and told him she would
wait no longer, but would marry the
first mamWho would ask her. He
thinking her declaration arose from
sudden caprice, carelessly told her TO
dose and they parted in anger.
The miller of Mellilont was a
douse, warm, middle-aged bachelor,
boorlsh m his tiappearance, and sot-
tlsho IN his manners; but withal, hay
ing the name of money, and, a COM
Portable situation in the mill, he was
far from being an object of indifter-
ehce to the parents Of unmarried fe-
malesap Having long regarded Mary
with a wlstlul eye, and been often
proposed for, her acceptance byyher
trends, she now, while warm with
Indignation against James for what
She considered his falsehood, consent
ed,to marry oki.n;; and requesting
that it might be done as soon as pos,
siblenno time was, lost; everything
was prepared for the wedding, and
before the Expiration of twenIy-lour
hours she was his wife. 30 ufn0n
al Among the, guests invited, James
was not forgotten !; perhaps she
wanted to enjoy sort triumph over
HIM, and dprove she could marry with
out him. FIe attended, but was
downcast and sorrowlul, taking no
partin the boisterous merriment so
general at country weddings, and
appearing to ,.pay no attention to
what was passing around him. AZ
ter the bride had retired, her husband
the miller, having indulged rather
freely, was carries up in state of
insensibility and laid Beside her, and
the lights being removed, she haG
full leisure to reflect on her hasty
conduct and rash treatment of James,
who she now found possessed her
heart, t,although her hand was anoth-
er's, Has e,
Ere long she perceived a figure
seated near the bed s foot, and eager
ly asking "Who's there?" was an
swered by James:
.It isme, Mary, don't be alarm
edln 81 m
o""Why, James," said she, "this is
very improp conduct ! am the
wife Of Rnether, and if my husband
aWakens, or any person should see
yourhere, lit will destroy me; YOU
must leaye,lor u will cali the people
in.,' s
III can't Mary, for my heart is
bFeakin9I'' va a9lsH g 'ai'
fsShe'still insisted lie should leave
her but still received no other am
swertban" Mary, ] can't, my heart
is breaking r
Al lenBtn ne Sduk tCAIiduStGd on
the bed. Mary, greatly alarmed,
calledaloud, and the company com
inglin, found him dead lthe beds
foot, This, heart having really ib,oken.
-Sll was now confusion., His body
was now conveyed to his residence,
a f6w niIes distant, and his friends
having in vain tried every method to-
restore hini, he was laid out to be-
wakeds4 hiss ,db9 fisfBa f ss ,tIaio
The practice then was. TO put the
body under board," that's on planks
laid on The under frame of d large
table over which a sheet was placed,
sub;oh fall;no 1n,., >.,.,. H. ,>,.1.,,