Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-05-14
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ed husband, inn burst Of bitterness.
"Of course, You love her not, or you wou
not be here" continued the stranger, careess
J d do low. her-us love my own soul !" e.
= Claimed Robert. prrple1ed by the singular lu
- the conversation had taken.
j. The character of the professional gamb
)" was too we'll known to hin, not to suspect th
the dark stranger had sUme object in view
{ these inquiries. Those fearless tales Of gan
i blers who have staked money against the hunt
: of wife. flashed across his mind. and he shut
dered TO think how near he stood to the fat,
Precipice, which might hurl him, in his madnes
into deeper dishonnr.
: You would have her know what you hay
done :" said the stranger calmly.
Not for the word"
"Then play again; your chance is good"
-. j have not u shilling"
Il will lend you"
: "On what security asked Robert, tremblin.
for the answer
:" Mortgage me- your stock Of goods"
You know me, then :"
Mo; you are Il shOp.keeper."
81 will"
The stranger threw him three hundred dollars
In ten minutes it was all l,,st
"The mortgage" said the The dark being.
Can We make it here :" said Robert, over
whelme'l with anguish.
"No; will On To your house."
lmp6ssible not for The world"
Bu' t0iHp eaid the stranger, sternly.
"By H-a en, you shall not"
Hist you shall be- exposed"
R"ber, WAS obliged to consent. and horne
down by the terrible agony that preyed upon
him, he conducted hiI mysterious companion ia
his once happy home. The clock struck eleven
as they entered.
"Ycur wife il not Mt home," sai6 the stranger
Robert was surprised to find that Angely was
not in her accustomed seal by the fire. Full of
painful misgvings, why, he knew not, he has
tened TO her apartment 10 see if she had retired
there Was no traces of her 10 BE- discovered
Returning to the silting.room, he found the
arrange gambler seated by the fire. inently
poring over the pages of book hs had taken
trool The cenlrs-table.
Left you, should sny; women are so tame" !"
replied The stranger, sternly.
LEFT une! nor exclaimed Robert, casting
himself into chair, and venting deep groars
the anguish of his soul.
"The mortgage" continued the stranger,
sharply.
Il will write it in my room," replied the
young man. leaving tbe apartment.
;Mlplng awaY lls tsaEs @hsh eunrsed 10 great
a blank mortgage frnn MS paPeFs' anu PrTse0U-
ed to I'LL il out The task completed. he turned
to the slting.rooG. -,
AS he upcned he door, he started back with
astoni>hmen, at beholding AngeIy seated by tho
crate, reading the last number OF Harper
why. Robert, did not knnw you had got
home" said she, risng and placing a chair be.
fore the fire where his slippers lay, ready for him
10 put his feet into.
The dark stranger was not there.
"What s The matter with you, Robert, how
strangely YOU appear" cunti:ued his wife.
"Du | !" and Rober; started and looked round
him in wild anazelnenl. Where wa. The stranger!
IL did not know y"u were here, Ange'y,
stammered he.
IL nave been out awhile this evening but
came in Just as the clock struck elev n "
$50 did answered he, m"re confused than
before. "Wh.r i, Nr -, the gentleman
who came home with me?"
81 have not seen any gentleman"
"l came in ut eleven with"
"What time j. il nnw. Robert %
The walch-his wife's wnteh-it was gone !!
your waIcI,-l left"
al have it; il is huf-pas eleven" said An.
gely, taking The watch from her pocket.
What is the matter with you, Robert! you
are crazy, should say.
"The wach"-Robprt paused.
"Weu," said AngeIy, beginning TO wear a
mysterious, mi,chieyous look, "how goes your
speculation q
Badly, my DEAR" replied Robert, with look
of wonder.
What paper havc you in your hand ?"
No,hins-lhnl isl will put it in my secre.
tary," and he left the room TO get the ugly docu'
menl out of the way.
He was not absent more than five minutes
but when he re,u. ned the dark stranger of the
gambling bell sat al the fire.
Robert began 10 think he was dealing with
the devi.
"The mortgage" said the sranger, in his low
deep tones.
"Who are you, sir! man or devil-who are
you!" exclaimed the hewildered young man
rushing toward the dark form.
But before he cond reach it, the form shoot
off the cloak, and the whiske-s and the wig, ant
his Wife stood befure him
Tile spell was Dissolved He understood it all
"Are YOU cured Robert" srid she, smiling
mischievously. Aud then using the deep tones
of the dark stranger, she continued Z" You hav
wife of course, you love her not, or yo'
t would not be here. All. Robert, That alon
saved you you confessed your love even il
, your gambling hell. In making haste Ia he rich
ynu have been led astray. But forgive you
, Rubert," and The gentle.hearted wife twned he
arms around his neck and kissed his cheek.
ALWAYS furgiving as the spirit of mercy
: do not deserve your forgiveness: Aogely."
!. The NEGROES IN THE NORTH The Ne,
York Express has the following sensible re
marks As People, we of the North ar
more prejudiced against the negro than ar
P the white men inbabtiug all the slave State
of the land. We neither like their looks nc
> their odor. We only tolerate them in polish
4, ing our boots and faces, in running Of e
). rands-curIing OF hair, cleaning clothes
|. scruhbns. and in all of the most menia OF
= cupations This is our philanthropy in prac
,ice, while we howl about the negro
. wrnnas, and shrek for freedom which "
make by our o~n acts more CALLING than I'll
{ worst possible Slavery. The negro of II
= Nyrlh Isl IS jn ,io true sense a freeman, and
l. he has spark Of inis||iigge4n!e,s rs, he must fe
this to he tue. The Irejudises again
him, and this on the part Of professed ffient
!" especially. make him feel that distance
caste and color which is the line Of separ
ton. He encounters it wherever he goe
70 aud to an extent which weighs and oppres
es Just in proportion as he has spirit aa9d9 i
" tellect to fell the contempt