Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-02-19

placed his hat on the piana and seated himself on
the sofa at her side" Masdalenc," he said en-
dcavouring to take her hand, tell me what is
the matterr'
She moved farther off and with as much severi
ty as her sweet nature could assume, answered,
CDR. Lartiguc,-a few moments ago, heard
from undoubtcd authority that but a few days
before you addressed me, you engaged yourself
to Miss Darlington. Your engagement with me
from this moment ceases. both pity and for
give YOU"
$50 spoke the cherrub and the grave rcbuke
Severe in youthful beanly ad led
Invicible."
She rose to leave the room. Pride, that bane
of mans happiness, took possession Of our hero's
bosom-he made no explanation, but rose to
and offered his hand. ''Lct us at least part rs
friends, Miss Winters, for we part forever. May
you find one who will prove to you far more
than could ever hope to be. God bless you!"
and he rushed from the room.
And now did the hydra, scandal, spit forth
her most virulent poison. Sumo said that DIR.
Lartguc had promised to marry every girl in
Lingua-villc. Others said he was engaged to
two or three dozen at the North who were anx-
iously awaiting him. The young ladies frowncd
and tossed their heads at him as lie passed. The
old ones avoided him as they would have done
the plague. The streets of Lingua-villc were
throngel from morning until night. Groups
collected in the stores, at the Post Office, near
the doors of the Churches The ladies had
eonrer=atoncs and tea partics-reyived their sew
ing socirty-the temperance so*icty had meeting
all to discuss DR. Lar,iguc. The odl-fcllows.-
No! Heaven bless the odd-fellows! they had
nothing to do with it. Their motto is Truth,
Love, Charity,'-tllcy. could not so far forget
them. They could never cOndesccnd to slandcr
a man to DEATH But such another stew as Lin
gul-vc worked itself into, never was, and
never will be known again through all time.
Two old ladies died, actually died Of gossip.
One talked herself into an naamatory fever,
her organ Of wonder being astonishingly well
dcvcloped-thc other from inaction after the
sexcitsnlent,
TINS to'thcir devotion 10 fiat demon Of ddrknessy
gossip. DR.. Lartigue's friends soon become
like angels visits, flew and far between" y few
tried and true stood by him noLly.
As for the Doctors patients, the very few
that were willing to trust their lives III the
hands Of such monopolizing monster, come
near paying dearly for their rccklrssncss. Now
the Doctor was more Of a lIomcopatlist than
any thing else, and bread pills, starch powders,
and lavender favored water made up the sum
total Of the contents Of his medicine chest 1t
is true, for the name of the thing, he had laid
in small quantity of calon,rl and tartar cmct;c
but the above mentioned harmless arerientS,
absorbenis, or what ever else he intt nlcd them to
be were his tlyoritc nlcdcincs--always excepting
quininc for clills, and opium for aches and pains.
Such was the state Of mind Of the poor
fellow, that OH being called in to see an
old lady who was troubled with the heart
burn, and for which he intended giving table
spoon full of powder of starch, he mistook the
paper and gave her calomcl instead. AS good
luck would have it, he found out his mistake
time enough to save her BY an cmctic. To at
other he gave an over dose Of opium for assa-
fatida, which caused the patient to sleep for
several days, and it was wonder the poor crra-
ture ever got over it; she looked sleepy for
weeks and months after.
Time with his ncvcr-tiring wing moved on
ward. and things finally became more quiet.
The Doctor got so that he could look up once
more. The ladies' began to smile on him again.
but he proved to be as the air invulnerablc. lie
met lis old loves with great composurc Of man
ner and with his hand on his heart could truth
fully cxclam:
"The conflict is over, the struggle is past,
have looked, have loved, ] have worshired my
last,
Now back to the world and let fate do her worst
On the heart, that for thee such devotion hath
nursed."
In due course Of time, one Of the young ladies
married a man Of high standing, and the other,
who was reported to be in decline, went with
her friends to Europe. Friends again began to
gather, from sheer admiration at the manner
with which he bore his vicsstude lie bought
farm in the environs of Lngua-villc, had
cottage built and removed thither. The girls
hoped that his heart was not quite shattered to
pieces; but though he showed respect to all,
waited on them when it came in his power, lie
never yen:uredto pay particular attention to any
About three years after these memorable
events, whilst visiting some friends twenty or
thirty miles from homo, he stumbled across the
path of an "unco wee thing, just frae from her
mammic," as wild and almost as unlcttered MS a
Pattawatomy Princess. True, she had been
few years at boarding school-spent few win
tiers in cty-but what of that? She knew
about rs much as many others who enjoy the
like advantages, comparatively nothing. The
Doctor was pleased with her, gave her history
of his former loves, and courtcd her. She was
ardent. impulsivc, and in "maiden meditation
fancy frec;" and i'll sheer gratitude that one
should love such frail, faulty mortal as herself
returned to him the full measure Of his love, and
DR.. Lartiguc and Emma McIcnry were mar