The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-09-30
LANCASTER H. SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPT 30 1857

certainly come and pay you. The mon
ey Is earned aud it is promisec. to me this
afternoon
The wine merchant laughed, sncering-
I lv, as he made answer:
IT won't do, my good woman The
trick is too stale
But Sir
The urgeucv Of the case made Mrs.
blythe importunate.
'Iherc-,hcre That will do, Go
now ! and the wine merchant waved his
hand toward the door imparientlv. Mrs.
Blythe turned and went away, no, spca;
ing another word. The eyes Of Mr.. Red
wood were on her pale, thin face. and he
saw there an expression that haunted him.
us we are sometimes haunted bv face
IN picture for many days ntterward.
a common dodge. said the wine mer-
chant, IN vulgur way, AS the woman
passed into the stLcct. III | had Gwen
( her the bottle Of vine, she would have
been aS drunk as IA beast in halt an hou,.'
Mr. Redwood, in whose memory that
parting look OF Mrs. Blythe had daguc
reotyped itself, thought differently, but he
gave no ulterance 10 his thoughts.
That womau's story Was II true one,
he SAID to himself, as he passed on his
way humeward. i wish had asked her
residence : and he looked carefully all
around h'in, up aud down thc street, wi,h
KIND OF vague hope Of seeing her
b"t already too long away from her en-
hausted husband, She had hurried back
to hIm w'ih almost flying feet.
~ MarN,' whispered u feeble voice as
she leaned over the bed, how long you
nave neen away! Zee r"ry FAINT. very
t'Vni lave YOU got the wine :
only the bitter wine Of sorrow,crushcd
ou' rom an almost breaking heart, had
sue brought tor her husband, AN! rs u
lew crops ie'i upon hIs face, she whisper.
ed na'H hu,N'.y,
Mr. Darker could not pay me Tor my
M"FN' b"t nc VIZ send ih" money IN an
"our or Two, ana then Viii get the wine
ieeU"c S'gh nnLler,d across the
breast OF the SICK man hls lids dropped
Weafl'y, nhtii the INSheS lay III two dark
''heS upon his bloodtess checks while u
more dcaI"'INe hue overSprcai his coun
'ehnhce'
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! The voic. aud worls pcne,raicI The
| shut door Of the wonan's senses and
partly arousinr herself she murmured. AS
EULER consciousness returned.
.Too late, ,,o I,,.r
A ,briu IT Lnrrnr vo,, ,L,or.J, fla
Lov,s fr,n,. -. L,n>J;,,.,N '"''o" Wv
ted upon the asheu iace Of man wear.
! lng the cLns,Iv Lue or J.,,h
bow hlte dreamed the well to do
merchant Of a scene like this. AS he sin.
ped his de'icatelv favored sherry, and re
marked upon its quality! OF scere
like this, which an easy act Of Justice on