The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-05-15


turned to her friend who resumed in tren
ulous voice -
"iou may imagine what was Frank.
emotion when he found the twn.btothcr o.
his bctrothcd wife wcltering in blood in the
open strcct,-dying by tho hand of an rs.
sassin! 11o screamed loudly for help,-pil.
lowed tho feeble head on his bosom,-wiped
tho dow from tho facos-and spoke softly
and tendcrly as Il mother would sootle an
infant Philip looked earnestly at him 70.
fow seconds then raiscd his hand slowly
and claspcd the arm Of his supporter.
u have been unjust to you, unkind to YOU,
he said, in "a faiing voice I can mako no
rcparetion save by giving !ou my dying
thanks and good wishes. In my pocket
he added, iecbly'-you will find my watcl,
and papcr--,ako it--quick quick! thcv
are coming! It is for Emily, it will
pay her what owe her. God bless her
and you" His tones ceased, his heart
dropped. and Frank had just laid the body
gently down and removed the watch an.! pa :
per from tho pocket when persons came
hurryirg up drawn thilhcr by his cries. In
stanty he was seized and borne away to
prison before his mind had recovered from
the shock of surprise and agitation into
which it had boon thrown. A night Of calm
reflection has revealed to him tho dangers
OF his position, glarng proofs cluster round
him forming chain-work of undcniable cr
idcncc from which it is impossible for him
10 be freed without the immediate intcrpo-
si'ion ola kind Providence. Bu1-Emily /.
quick, nurse, she is ininting!''
The old woman clamorously insisted that
no one should speak o.isor young mistress
agnin that day but herself and sho Doctor.
While chatting l,er pulselcss hands, she
said TO the alarmed Fanny II, is your doing,
Miss barley; your Epalaycr' as Iohu Hodges
says, is killing her. Why do you talk to
hcr about ,hat--tllat Mr.. Wcodburr Ism,
i,cnongh TO makeher laiftto hear aternaliy
the namcof the assaS aSsir,e ,8s Nor r;fot],pf q
fsrasf- yotir III Ilso s, ii
;sl.';lit: y \ tsy ss59egtt' I'M. E
..Aef ..lAs' f'afi tlTenterea tlls room, called up by
tho whispers which ran through the house
that their young lady was again in that
s'rangcway'-''y"u arc always speaking at a
wrong time and in wrong words. Wouldn't
1t be more likely 10 make Miss Emily faint to
hear you call Mr.. Woolburn by that rude
name SElamc on You. are YOU Il decent
woman and yc, insult the feelings of the
person VIII" lrss watched the whole night
and day at this bedside without taking mo.
mcnts rest or..slccp! Shame on vou, |
say agnin -
Again his rnbukc was pissed by unrc,cn-
ted, but the nurses Kindness TO Miss Fan
ny increased with every day: and during
the two weeks OF Emily's illness the name
OF THAT Mr.. Wrodburn'' never crossed her
lips. After tormigh, had dragged heavily
away, DR.. WALTON pronounced his ,x.,icn,
convalcsccnt; and in week more she wos
able TO Sit up i'll her bed, and in a little
while to walk for a few moments in hcr
garden 10 tho unspcakabc delight of honest
John Hodges. But nurse exclaimed, and
JOIN Hodges stared, when, one ,lav at the
close of the second week, when Emily had
INSISTED on F'anny's going home Tor the AZ
tcrno"n to spend a few hours with her
falher, who was an officer in tho Navy, and,
OF course but seldom with his family
their mistress came down in walking dress
and told ,hcm she was gonr ont for a con.
siderable time. They knew hcr too wei,
10 ehdcavor io dssuadc her, and she de-
parted on her crranh uuqucsiioncl. Need
we tell the reader that The crrand was to
VISIT the lonely PRISON Of Frank Woodhurn
ana assure h!m Of her unch ngng love
and un!aItcring trust or that her presence
Ii.uinned the dungeon with the brir rbcs,
CLEANS oi affection and hope! Bat why
should they hope! Alas. tho fairy
temp,cr like the unwisc man, too of.
ten builds her house upon the sand "and
the rains descend and The floods conc
and II falls 10 the earth and is seen no
more! Too often she begins to rear a
mighty temple "but is not able To linish,'
and The splendid ruins arc left rs waymarks
to The saddencd memory, as it wanlcrs
BACK with fearful eye and ling feet