The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-03-12
Written E7"r&ly or Mc Ltncrs rstr Lclye.
INFLUENCE OF LOVE-:
AN OLD MANS STORY.
BY ALPHA.
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, do not knew. E'chard Fuller was a good
looking t6hhg man. lie was alwa,a
drcsot'l i'll good style; his father WIS well
oil, and rs he wa, the only child, he WAS
induiscl IN all his funcicS. Richard and
myself became quite intimate. One dav
my father called me to him, and ,aEin"
me ouc side e + lwaId," said he, al don't
ike to see y"u 50 much with young Ful.
lcr-ho is too fond of hors tracing f,r my
use never snw n srnt'G!nan nradc out
ofa jockey wish vou to devote more
attention. to- YOU: books, and less to your
jockey friend g"
My father, rs soon rs he could, went TO
work TO build Il n'I' l'ou>c, aud in about
year after tht dreadful calamity, we
were once more sheltered 10y our own roof.
W, were again in our own hous,.. a
very humble one true, much inferior To
our old domiril, but it va, orr homc.-
And truly there is no place like home.
Richard Fuller visited US in ous new
home. could see my father did not like
1t. lie was courteous u Fuller, but was
Very sure was not mistaken in that un-
mistakcable frown which wrinkled his
f'r'h;'d when Fuller rtu,cd rover the
threshold. " -" "'
The roughcs, rock will sometimes con
tain tho purss, gem. ~ very wicked man,
'nS, '-rctfm:s possess some one good
ir'!,. Fallcr though us far as we knew,
was the vcriest hor,e-:acer in The country,
and though my c,,hcr's opinion WAS, q
horse-racer could not be a gentleman, yet,
Fultcr contrary to every one of his kind,
possessed one peculiar trait, which ifit did
not mark him rs gentleman, certainly
Snpcr.induced the opinion, he was ,nan
Of refinement. He was great almircr
of nature: lie was particularly fond OF
flowers. To us, it proved dangerous
trait.
The little boy Of FIVE wishes he was rs
old as his nciyhborS son Of ,cn--the little
gi'l of six, wishes she was oil enough to
play the panno-morc enthusiastically
than either, the Miss just entering her
teens, wishes she was advanced to the six-
tecnth or seventeenth period. My sister
was sixteen, aud the pret,iest yc. ng lady
in the neishborlood. Every body said so.
The old womea called her pretty Alice
Clarke, and the house girl ~ she swept
the door steps, would cxclairn. "There
goes the handsomcst young lady in the
country, and she is as good rs she is
beautiful Every one pronounced my
sister bcaui.ul, aud every one said she
was gonl-and she Was beautiful, and
,he WAS good. y" the poor size wa. a
frieiid.-ll,c sick aud distressed found in
her n friend aud comforter. Her pres.
cncc gave ls'easuie to all. TO us, she was
;.ii-cverytling. Nobody could ad.u:ris-
Ter to tue sick so well as Alice, and her
errands of bcnevolenco knew no end.
n b,sket Of flowers maycorccal Rn asp.
\ .,ra,agem adopted by Esyp.s Queen
\ hand containing the cl,o'ceIt roses, may
be the member ofa Lody shockingly wick
ed. Ny sister Alice was very fond Of
flowers. She cultivated little flower
garden before our rural residence, and so
perfect was her taste in its arrangement,
n conno;sure would have erred TO note a
defect. Ispcak too favoraidy' Of my sis.
ter perhaps, ba. whaiI say is true. I am
an old man now, accusations of vanity
and egotism, will not detcrmc from speak.
ing what my mind, prompted by scru.
puldds regard for truth, dictates.
Young Fuller knew my father Did not
like him; we learnt this from the circum.
stance, that he never assisted my sister in
her garden, only when my father was ab-
sent.
A peal Of thunder sometimes astounds
us--ih arinute 1t is over was as much,
astounded one day, when sudden flash
passed across my brain my sister loved
Richard Fuller Not so soon as the ,hun.
der clap, dsl the shock Ieave--but was
bewildered, confounded. \ Was il possible /
She was too young, only seventeen, and
may be ] was mistaken--yet how could
| be. Could l mistake actions, which
speak louderl Did l not notice that she
always tended those flowers with greater
a>siduity that Fuller planted - How
could I'be mistaken. And now the dis
covcry once made, 4 "recallej dozen In.
cidents TO prove | was right. l was as.
tonished--I was poirificd with horror
Should | tell my parents. pondered
over he matter q week, and concluded I
would not Afice surclS would not mar.
" Richard Fuller.
Richard Tuller's father msde his money
IN some say, but nobody knew how
Sumo said he gambIel. some sa:.l Mt bet
ling on horses, but not on cards; and
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