The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-05-23
SO unprori,ious!y, closed upon him,
q ruined man

SO unprori,ious!y, closed upon him,
a ruined man!
Let us look in, for Il few morncntS.
upon Mr.. Freeman, the friend and
~reighbur Of Mr.. Walc"tt. He, also, had
c,mc h. me, weary, dispiritcd, aud
almost sick. The trials Of the day
had been unusually severe; and when
he looked anxiorsly forward to scan
the future, not even n 81 am OF light
was seen along the black horizon.
AS he stepped across the threshold
Of his dwelling, II pang shot through
his heart; for the thought came. How
slight the present hold upon MI these
cnmfurls! Not for himself, but tor
his wife aud children, Was til" pain.
Fathers come! cried IL glad lil'!r
Voice Oh the stars, the ONE his
t~u"t:all sounded in the passage; then
quick, paticring feet wcr. hcaId-aui
then II tiny form was springirg into
his arms. Before reaching The sitting
room apovc, Alice, the Oldest dalyht.
or, was Ly his side, her aims ,trawn
f,,,u,. vi,hir III. o,I Lc,r LAWN, .v..
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Nir. Freeman could not trust himself
TO answer lie was O deeply trou.
Died "A spirit 20 assume at tie mo
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of heart Sunshine, Tor the spirit OF MIR.
Freeman I"ng /, remain s:.:c"lyA.
Almost innlrrcrp,.b.y tu him. elf.
gloomy thoughts gave place to more
ri:ccrlAl tueS, and bv Tic lime tea
Was ready, he had half IL. go,icn the
fears which. l.a,. So haunted hii.,
through tina day. But ,l.rv could not
he held uacA altogether. and their TX.
istr,cc WAS marked, dur.nJ The even
ing, by an unusual .~i!c.i,c and alb
stlaclivn al mind. This was observes.
by Mrs. l',c,ma,, who, more ti.a.,
hall su<prcting the cause, kept back
from her husband the knowledge OF
certain matters about which she had
intended to speak with him--tor She
Jared tI!ry would add t. his mc,ta.
ii>luictule. Turing the evening, she
CLEANED from something he said, thu
real cause OF his change rs Get. At
once her thoughts commenced runmin
in new cllaIucl. Hy II few leading
remarks, she drew her husband mo
c"nvrr>all"n ON the subject Of home
cxncnscn,c>, and the pr.pricty Of re-.
strictlon 1T various points. Many
thin-s were mutually pronounced III
~pcrtlnous, nm'l easily to be dispensed
wiIh; aud before sleep fr s"";hiGgiy
on The heavy eyclids Of Air. Frccunari
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