The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-04-13

iu"uet out tEc uauShter emphat-
ically cried cut
Spare me, mother, cannot ~
Mrs. Brown had been i'll for some time
with that slow but eventually fatal disease
consumption, and for several DAYS it
appeared that she would not live to see
the next hour, it was only tho excitement
occasioned in the interview recorded with
her daughter, that gave her such unnatu.
raj strength, and thus enabled her to urge
her de nand with such enthusiasm. So
soon rs she found that her daughter
would not yield she relapsed into a state
OF utter exhaustion. The daughter. by
using the restoratives proper in such cases,
aroused her mother partixllv, but il was
palpably plain that death had set his seal,
and soon her mother would cease to live.
The daughter saw it--ths n,ather kna,-
it
Littic-high-cr therer
Her head was raised TO assist her res
piration. Soon the daughter would be
an orphan thrown upon the cold charities
Of the world. The mother knew 1.-THE
daughter, so absorbed with her parent,
could not realize it.
You-will-not-"
The daughter shook her head slowly
and mournfully, but resolutely.
Silence reigned in that chamber, and
we'll it may, for there was only one living
being to disturb it. The body Of the 9TH
or Was there, but the spirit had departed.
Come, boys, let US 60 and get drink, "
and the trio walked arm in arm to the
cafe near by.
Edward Is. was a handsome young
man, but proud and aristocratic. Ills pa,
rents were rich, and Edward and his sis
ter Jane, were the only children. His "a.
ther was proud Of him, and his mother
thought there was none such in this wide
world Of ours.
II tell you what, boys, arm tired Of
living this bachelor life, and believe will
get married, my good mother knows a
young lady in the country, who is hand,
some and wealthy, and my wise parents
have knocked their heads together, and
concluded she is the woman 10 DO the
wife Of their son Edward"
You are joking, Ned" replied one Of
his companions, "you have no idea OF
getting married"
"Well. don't know. II is true, it sound.
funny to say wife, but I'll make up my
mind when / see the beauty. As regard.
the tinancies, my most venerable and wise
father will see that that is 20. H."
Pray, tell us who is the lady," said
one.
Watson"
Miss Clem-en-ti-na Watson" wa.
echoed back by the other two.
You will have name enough at al
events, Ned" said one jocosely.
"ies, but will SEQ the fair lady, anC
then make up my mind"
But" replied one, "suppose the lad,
does not fancy yoa, how then ~
@Nevsr you fear that, Edward b. doe
not often fail TO win fair lady"
@But come, let US adjourn, and the,
sauntered up the principal promenade.
Edward's sister was n pretty, but yer,
simple looking girl. She was about sew
enteen years Of age, just four years youn
ger than her brother, and as may be sur
missed. she had number Of admirers, bu
ss the young lady was already an adep
= the art Of flirting, she was as yet fre,
from any bona .Jide engagement.
| Miss Watson and Jane b. had beer
school mates, but as Edward had bee,
from home at College, ne had noe as ye
made Miss Wa acquaintance. aBlrsis 3
. fssther flock together and two being
resembling each other 20 closely, co6l.
not have been ioundEthan Cle,nsntIna an,
Jane. The former was proud, haucht,
girl, and yet simple minded and indclent
yVonld endeavor 10 ridicule any body ant
everything but what belonged TO her Pa
and Jane was PAST 80 too. Perverse ant
sclf.wiiled, she already exercised vii
ehicll had been allowed 90 be uncontroll
led, aud therefore what Miss Clcrnentins
said had 10 bo done. Jane n. would hay,