The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-04-23
: From ne Mew York Sunday Dispatch.
SILENT LOVE.
BY WITCH HAZEL.

Charles lorraine was proud man, ant
seemingly as cold rs he was proud. II,
moved about the Offices of his counting
house, giving orders to his employees in li'
low, quiet voice, with the same majestic
forbiddiag, yet mild, even gentle air, that
he ever preserved among his social equals
and lso;toward his most intimate friends
:-if those existed who could claim the IT,
stle Of intimacy with him. An embodied
ghost from the world of spirits, among
but not nsf7 the embodied of earth, could
not haye seemed more passionless, less
mindful of the forms and customs of social
1ife, than Charles Lorraine. His nearest
relatives would have told you, had they
sepoken the thought of their hearts, that
:Eharles-they never called him Charlie
sYaa as cold as the Northern Lights, but
upright, and, downright, as infexibly honor.
able and just as he was cold.
< Charles Lorraine, in a worldly point OF
view, was q man to be envied. Young, not
yet thirty, 'ha had stepped into his fathers
extensive business and property, the SUI
preme master, with the full knowledge and
ability to carry on the former successfully,
and enjoy the ,latter-if such negative hap
piness as he sought could be called enjoy
ment. -.
If Charles Lorraine ever showed anything
like part,ality, it was toward Paul Moreton,
QRe of his junior clerks. He had actually
unbent from lis rigid haute4r or iudif1er-
ence so far on one occasion as to accom-
pany Paul on certain Christmas time to
his own home up in the country for n few
weeks' enjoyment aud relaxation from the
weary rounds of business. Aud since that
time, his manner toward Paul had nscnsi-
bly, assumed milder tone, at times even
a tenderness such as an elder brother might
manifest toward one younger, whose re-
liapee upon him filled him with solicitude.
The family Of Paul were of the better
class of farmers, wcll-to-do without ostcn-
tation, and living life at once industrious.
frugal, and bountiful in all that constitutes
life's comforts.
A week or SO before that Christmas,
when Charles Lorraine had, in his self i'm
posed solitary life, thus stepped out of his
usual custom of going nowhere, and taking
interest in nothing, he had been indulging
in one Of his usual unsocial drives in his
,one-horse covered sulky, and was on his re-
turn, and within short distance of his
counting room, when, at some uncouthly
arranged cotton bales, his horse slicd and
commenced plunging madly forward, un-
mindful Of restraint to the imminent dan
ger Of the unruffled rider behind him. At
this moment, Paul Moreton, who was also
on. his way to his daily task at the count
ing house, saw the light carriage with its
rider dashing past. To think, to will, to
act was the work Of moment. Just as
the terrified animal was about to rush
through large plate glass window,
Pauls strong arm had grasped the check
rein, and the pating animal was brought to
asudden halt.
This might have been serious bust
ness for both of us, Mr.. Morton. You have
my thanks for saving 80 fine beast. 1t is
his first offence, and his match for Aectness
IS not easily to be found. 1t would have
been all dayswith him, however, had lie
gone through that window. 1 thank you
Sincerely, Mr.. Moreton.' T am yours to
command. Ask any favor you will, and it
is gyanted ,bsfore-haod." :
This was spoken in the usual calm, un-
moved nanaa Of his employer, who seemed
never TO- be thrown off his balance,by any
ocGhrrepce, but there was an earnestness Of
tone, asdepsh of meaning, that was new to
Raa,, ,and SO forcibly weShe impressed With
its sincerity; that he caught both Of Lor--
raine's hands on Ia sudden within his own,
and shook them heartily,
1his act atfauother time would. lave
/ gssined To- Paul 4an unwarrantable liberty,
: ven dhasf hkegoing up, to the President Of
United States, Or the GEar Of the Rus,
sias md sbs bskhg tbsir hands;while seated on
.thairs rsohain sssas Paul, FROM the; first,
ssyess sseea 'hisi.s,ent employer, he vsi
ias. enigma TO him, His very cold
!; BIS inhoversd, fmmoyable stoioism,
f s1saxesta mans curiosity; while 1t
-hE admiratio6. Lorraine was,
'.tss slsslt RsTpetual study-tot him, as most
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