Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-06-12

up from my heart to my head My veins
! felt full to bursting. My blood was hot,
and felt as if it would scorch me. Pains
and pangs shot over my frame that |
never felt before in llmy life. Then the
hot soothing blood mounted to my brain.
1t seemed to gush and roll over it like a
boiling torrent just let loose from its
caverns. Every thing swan. l seemed
to go round and round, as stood there
in the garden walk. looked at the blue
eyes of the little girl. They were snap
ping and flashing, and seemed to look de-
fiance in my face. l thought her little
lip turned itself up in scorn, and child me
for feeling as 1 did and then again taunt
ed me because she was not mine, and |
had none of my own. My brain went
reeling, reeling round again. | looked
about me. / saw cistern not far off,
from which they were accustomed to
draw water for the garden in times Of
drought. The cover was off and lay on
the ground. Oh God! what did / do?
what did I do? In a twinkling, my
strength seemed to grow superhuman. |
felt as if could have defed all mankind.
I seized the child in my arms, and dashed
her down into the dark cavern filed with
water. saw her struggle only a mo-
ment; her long auburn hair foated out
upon the water like strands of gold; and
with her little dimpled hands stretching
out for assistance, she went down, down
till she reached the bottom. could not
look at her paid face, as it lay turned up
to the sky. fled to the house. My Sis
ter was Just coming in. met her in the
hall, and she asked me where was Nan.
ME. | shrieked ont in despair, and run
back to the garden. She saw my terror,
and became in a moment wild herself.
She followed me to the cistern, and looked
in. could not hold her; she had the
strength of giant, and escaped me. In
moment, she was in the dark water.
She plunged in head-long. I saw her
seize the dead form of her child, and then
she lay down calmly by her side. In q
moment they slept together-mother and
child. Oh God! knew not what / had
done! My hands looked bloody! l
cried out for more children-more chill
ldren! raved, and tore my hair! l.
"Here," said the keeper, 81 was OBJ
liged to check the woman in her recital,
for l saw the old excitement coming over
her brain again, and I thought it best that
she should not brood over this melancho.
ly event. l very much doubt whether
she ever fully regains her mental powers
and mental balance; or if she does, am
persuaded that it will be to make the re-.
mainder of her days as miserable and
wretched as human existence can posi-
bly, be made.
The story of the kind hearted man, as
he recited it. touched my heart to the
quick; and I could not help being most
powerfully impressed as I left the place,
with the mysteries with which Gods wise
providence is very often enshrouded.
For You, You've MAN.-You spend
your leisure time in hotels; de.you- not :
in strolling around the streets ?in'playing
idle games-or in proftless conversation
with boon companions
You are foolish-very foolish9 You
are wasting enerpies, which, properly
employed, might lift you high in the
world. You are squandering your time,
which never comes again! You trample
the pearls of youth beneath your feet.
You are sowing the seeds of an old age
full of vain regrets, repentant when too
late. You, other young man! You find
your highest pleasure in in the pages of
some useful or entertaining book, whence
you gather the treasures of thought. In
stead of lounging in barrooms, or idling
away your time, you delight in the plea
sures of the social circle, in the CON-
panionship of those whose intercourse
may profit you. You are treading the
right path, and your old age will be full
ofpleasant memories.
"I am satisfied" says Goethe, =" that
the great difference between men is in
their energy" Energy and perseverance
are the two great passports to success,
in almost all things. They will accom-:
plish what even genius cannot alone, and
will enable you to bear down all barriers
interposed between you and your alm'
Let that be high!
A Coon SToRY.-The Boston Trans