The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-10-15

They stood ahd gazed ssdIy on the grave
/ stones; thare seemed nothing but anr at.
mosphese Of dampness and decay around
them, only the warm love and young hopes
in tlielr breasts; but these triumphed, even
in the sorrow Of the hour. He held her in
his strong arms, for one last caress. and
then released her. n.another ipin0to he
| was gone, And so they pasted Bith.wrdne
hearts, fearing, as many Young aoyays shaye
feared, THAT. the Lour.giass Of time. o. lha
scythe Of death, would staud between tGea
in thisIifc. 7.
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Stephen .Selon pulled his hat. oyers his
I I eyes, and bent his steps towards The little
eipn, where bis worldly goods were Soacked
4 kssdy for transit, in depressed and .re.
morsafli 1state of mind. he was misefablo
i isapugb, and though he bit his lips and
clensted Eis teeth, h was hard work to
kesRstte teafs. from starting. It was In
4 van that he inwardly exhorted Himself not
'tto steeE this wringing pain at his heart:
tliH he repeated to himself, at first mental.
Fly, aud afterwards aloud for greater effect.
that hard wise. saying of Queen Elizabeth,
Time will comfort US. aud why not do for
IanJ VS.. .n..ss. s oanss' azure, not man
nstcbed and H., LIS u,,'ne! was 9es.
cd his legs, and gazed moodiIy into the
fire. He folded his arms tightly across his
chest thinking OF her. Ihen he opened the
] window, and leant out with some romantic
idea that the wind would watt her breath
TO him, or the same moon should look down
on both. he had not naturally genius
love . mon viii ~ s,,,t, - ors ~
minds eve he babeld he's h. 49, n,'
AGAIN be so,v bor fro,,,,, .,1 s' N"e'
ol;ng ssr bor ca,hn, ,n;,I. -. ""us
stances and s;nl-;r s,,;a,I.. -
| ,rL;l. Il go. pa' su'eiy'
!. Then nm 5orgsn' how aJdod -. go, :.
,o,i,se nnd so,,, - - -, '.e VI
! q sono ba'baa Co. i,saS, ,o. y '''io'e'
be,t.,sned away ~ ;f La III Is So
suggested j,nra;,hf,,r.s, ar', .,o,-;sI -
cal her actual words NJ na.,, la y ~, 70
'oiye,s tbouah ,,,n.I, j,.,i - u oeo" :
being driven from ,la winJom | b. H. "se. 60
he returned and facsa h;sfs;and '%s %so g sau'
watching rin1 after ring Of pajo bl,,o s,,o,,o
ascend, until lie fell info sort of dose:
then started up, looked at his watch. got
his luggage together, and hurried off in
time to catch the-night-t,ain for town.
| He got into an emp;y second class car.
rage, placed his carpet-bao under his head
spread his plaid on the seai stretcI,e1 him
! self out at full length, and Tired in holy
and inind, fell asleep, aud woke IN Ionic,
The sharp morning air, t,.e murly atn,cs.
| phere, the huge pile of houses. bfoke ON
his eyes as he yawned and shivered with
that uneasy, unwashed sensation whic!, a
nights travelling generally leaves There
was not more thah'tiine sufficei 10 swallow
a cup of hot coffee, and reach the South
Eastern terminus for the down.,rain TO
tFolkstone.
+ Three days from that time Stephen was
al Marseillcs, aud was engaged there ut
seamen's wagesto work under the ensi.
neer In the Peninsuiar and an Oriental
steamship Ava. 1t sailed, aud he sped ON
| his way; If his heart WAS heavy, his spirit was
good; Hh's belief in Margarets faithful
ness was very considerable, his belief in his
own was ainazhgty hrn.
~.
1t was perhaps n dozen wars ,fo, ,hi.
that a lady, warmly clad in silks and G,rs
walked down the pripcipoI street Of W.n'
| don one winters day. She carried . small,
roll of music under her cloak and s,opned
lat one OF the large eloistoyed houses FL ~
faplsed Che cathedral in their welI.bTed
! gloom and stiffness. She rang the he'll
and was quickly admitted into the DRAWING.
room. She opened her music laid aside
her wrappings, and revealed the face Of
Margaret Merton. Full, CAV, handsome
and careless, with bewitching drollerv
about the mouth, and rather nasterfGI
eye. Presently the door was opened, and
tall and wilful looking girl, with pair of
flashing blue eyes, almost ran i'm. She
would haseembraced Margaret on the spot.
but the latter drowned the effort in her SIG
niiicanl way; she laid her hand on the