The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-08

to head the interruption.
Now, however" he continued,
rejoice to say, that have an opcr.
tnnity Of rcpairng my error The
former orders have been rencwed-,o
morrow leave you-pcrhaps forever.
Sophy'> cheek flushed suddenly
She attempted Il Jest, but the smile
died on her lips, and tears rose to her
eyes instead.
" Are you really going away ?"-thc
voice Of the gay, little flirt was very
dolctul and trcmulous, ard her lover
was beginning to gather Il CLEAN of
encouragement from her agitatcd man
ner, when poor Sophy, whether from
her nncomYucrcd spirit Of coquetry, or
that she feared she was bctraying Il
secret sh had long scdu!ously guard,
cd, added with 4 tone ofmock distress.
Who MoN | find to nirt with
while You are gone p
Lieutenant A:hcrton was deeply
gr'cvcd and disappointed by the ight
words. No wonder he was led to con.
cludr, that the girl who would SO lest
ut such moment. was still mistress
ct her own heart; no wonder he said
to himscll-''Foo YOU are answered:
your suit is SanSwcrcU-no wonder he
commanded himself to think no more
Of one on whom his affections were
wasted and yet who sh,I read a
w"man's heart ?--all his cullclu
sl"ns, however logically drawn,
were wrong the foolish girl who SO
trIfl"d with his feelings, dearly loved
him all the time, and WAS ut that very
m"mcn, suffering far more than he
was.
On the morrow the young leutcn.
ant sailed for The East Indies but tho
he met with many strange adventures
there, and like all travellers in the
East, rode. on elephants and fought, or
ran away from lions, have forgotten
Which, am hN no mcaaS tempted To
follow hlil ~ His travels, or to bore
my reader hN narration OF thcm.-
Neither shall he SO unmcrciful AS To
Inilict dull accounts o!my moping he
r"inc, whose spirit deserted her strange.
y about the time of Lieut.. Atherton's
departure. Let me rather hasten to
The time of the return, whdn | shall
have something less unintcrcstilr to
mriic about.
The way AMI manner Of the meet
'ng ot The long parted couple Was this;
Our young lieutenant vainlv sought
during all those days of abscnc e, to
Danish the thoughts ofa cert, ain I'm.
worthy i'i,i, ilirl from his mind. l.,. had
u" >nulirr -! Ii, ;ur, on shore, ,lt,l h..
l"Hnd himself iuii OF iur;urii,y i,u,cs
"i''; !';s IN Inc way to her dwelling.
y 'i ihr rI@It at an n,i familiar >isi
tor he n!adr his way To- the draw inu .
room u'ialn!uuncrd
II was late in the aficrnuon-byuin.
n'ng t" grow dark. S"phy WAS seated
II the ;ann Wit, her back to- tn. door
Young A'hrrtnn stole softly behind
and paused; what did il ulcan She
WAS crying YES, raliv >nhbing--and
The cause :" Tar ~ could sc.. wa; a
song |" whi'h he had JUS, turned it,
an old muse book SunlIrnly y
man hand anl Il . nrrr stretched
forward i'"nl over hrr ~!.uul,lcr. and
the book seized and carried of.
S"rhy screamed, and started from
her Hr;ii--;ri then stood silent. aud
trembling Violently. before her lover.
:-azng at him as thuu.l. lie were an
ari'arlti"n.
]"nn% A,hrri"n'S eyes ,neanwh;Ir
turned from the old song to seek So
phys face.
Without word Of grceting-"So.
lly," he said. laying his hand on the
open book" does this old ballad Still.
tell true story -
Gas true, as it ever did" taItcrcl
S"phy, blushing and turning away her
face" Oh! Edward, must your fool
lsh S"phy say more -
The darkness gathered round the
happy reunited lovers as they sat talk
ing together. And how much there
was to say. What tender chidirgs-
what sweet conicssinns---what rcrlini-
cenccs OF the past-what hopes for the
intnrc. Eortunatclv no visitors came
to interrupt their converse, and lit ex-
tended far int" the night. Yet when
| hthcrton lett her late in the evening,
S"ph!y, still fingered at her piano, per.
haps recalling aIl the tender a,rl fond
words which had been whispered to
her that happy night, and ere closing
the instrument, she lightly touched i.
few soft chords, and sang in low,
frightened voice, which trcmblc1 with
Irrrprcssiblc joy,a new version Of an
| old song-it was this
" care for somebody somebody,