The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-02-26

eHY vessel down upon the table with u
trehdous crash that startled me to my
feele continued his sto.y rs follows.
lfceiyed note the next day ms fol.
lowl
4. EDWARD M--S: will leave by
this iernoon's stage, and, should you have
any lters for B, will consider my
self hored by being in trusted with them.
ay be found at Room ls, D-'s
HoteI Respectfully. yours,
"WuLrAM BRApsFoRD."
lAtily penned u few lines TO Alice, and
wake down to D--'s hotel, where
askedl be shown up TO Mr.. Bradsiord's
room. Judge of my surprise when the
landlol informed me that he could not be
seen, be bad been stabbed on his right
shouidi last night by some ruffian, and
was sutring much from his wound.
The hole truth flashed upon me in a
morneI and | determinsd, if possible, TO
get / TX at him at leas.
sedup my card to lis room, and af
ter awhh the boy returnid with Mr.. Brads.
ford's cfnpliments, and lsquosi to come up
and seelim. went 20 lis room, but could
not gett good view of lis face, rs his head
was tud fed towards the gall. He spoke of
his nigt's adventure in Fmanner that full
y convhced me of his iglorance of the per-
soa VIII inflicted the wo,nd.
Il tliught, sir saidhe, that | would
get th(landlord to addnss you note be-
fore | HIT, as Miss AliceW had spoken of
the pro ability of hearing from you through
me-
| for let what reply Irade 10 him, but
suddcnE making up ny mind not TO in.
trust hin with my lette, | bid him good
mornin, and left The heei.
Bradford left that aiernoon for B,
and mylelter was foiwrded TO Alice by
the sanA stage. In a ,eek's time receiv-
ed reply, and felt coniderable relief from
its breadlings of pure Election and attach
ment. the very day tier the receipt of
dear Aliee's letter wa made miserable by
receiving a communication from her father,
1t read thus:
"MR. EDWARD Nh: | wish it dis.
tlnctly understood thatfour correspondence
with Alice must be Immediately discon
tnued. / had hoped that your sense OF
gentlemanly propriety rould have been SUIT
ticient to keep you froi teasing my daugh
ter with your love sicliepistles, when you
know that she is partlengaged TO another
Wishing you better ipccess in some other
quarter, | am, respeciid@, yours,
"G-t- ). w."
| ana unable, Mr.. "a TO express to you
,..yi -feSiioss upon reilAy such letter
Was 1t possible Chat ~ lic' WAS engaged tc
another, and yet write i4l,hc did! No. no
| could not bring my nSid to such con
clusion,
The next day I wrot, again TO her, not
withstanding her fathers commands tha
| should not; and oh! 81, will you beiev,
it, she penned iue these Icrud lines:
EDWARD: l must discontinue my cores
pondence with You here,her. Perhaps ou
early life, with its pecu Far ;tnd pleasant us
socia,ions. should be brighten, since WI
have arrived at an aie iojudge between
what is pleasant aud what is proper.
"INr true friend,
"ALIcE"
Early tyc torgottei'-how easy it i
to pen such words. Oh sir, | will not at
tempt to relate the ag,ny of mind tha
came with the light OF eery morn ard lef
not with the night.
What brought aboIt this change il
Alice | knew not unil within the las
month, when | ascertailed from the maio
that Bradsford was frequent visitor at he
fathers house, and rumrs of marriage ha,
obtained circulation ab ut 3.
There was one thing that mitigaled my
sorrow, and threw "a Of hope across my
otherwise darkened heart, and that was th
fact of Alice's having signed herself ny
true friend, Atice.' Tneie certainly VAS n,
harshness in those worls, and perhaps,
thought, her letter was written by commant
OF her father, but unwiIirgy.
Thus clutched, like drowning man
TO this floating straw, AMI kept my hear
above the threatening OCEAN Of woe tina
seemed ready 10 enguli il.
About u week ago, / Aeard that Alic
was coming to s., TO 'pend one moDtl
with her uncle, Major b.
She arrived, as you kpow, day befor
yesterday, accompanied Jy Bradsford an,
several lady friends,
| had no sooner head Of her arrival thar
J FASTENED to pay her visit, hoping to lin,
her unchanged and sti nv own
] obtained, through the assistance of Tia
major, private interview with her, wher
something like The following conversation
passed between us:
Alice, have heard that YOU have be
come engaged to another, is it not false
4 must not he catechizcd, Mr.. Nh
on subjects which concern only myself sh
iuiiferently replied.
oh! Alice exclaimed, how can yo
thus answer mel You must be aware that
am deeply concerned in such subject, 70
upon the results of this interview depend
life of bliss or life Of unutlerable woe an
misery. | need not tell you, Alice, tina
| love you. for this you already know to
well; but Oh! tell me that thou art still m
ownp
| had taken her hand while thus speak
ing, which trembled like leaf rs it la
within my own, and OIL Mr.. f., Judge
theintensity ofthe pang which shot throug
my heart when she forcabIy withdrew