The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-03-03

" - soon explained. Lena had not told
her father oi the midnight robler, bu,
Simply told that she had seen Uncle Ar
thur aud he VAS IN want. This wss en-
| ouSh for the kind hearted old man. He
W.T." h J called the wife that peacefully
4 slept in tue tomb, sister, WAS dear to bun
Hen came Le"a's story; Lena the elder
Se mean, though it was repeated by the
coral lips Of LeUa tie daughler After
ling driven from her fathers home. her
mother bad obtiine.' the situation Of GOV
ern"ss IN Mr. Marcss home. OrviI, nv
father. vas Iner absent. Wien he re.
turn'l, my mothers beauty and gentle
ness wou MS heart, and rece living the bear
ty approval f nv grandfather, b. woeI
~ d ""n the heart aud hand of my moth
er. One year after the .n uriage a little
I"fant daughter, myself, was given 10
their keeping. Well did my parents .ul.
III! the charge, instructing me themselves
My mother sought to free my mind from
every obnoxious thought, but she was
called away before the task was comple.
ted Here the tears and sobs choked
Lenas utterauce. Her father WAS com.
PEELED to finish the story, by saying she
had often longed 10 see her brother Ar.
tnur, and they had searched, vainly
searched, for him, and that her last wisi,
was To meet him with her loved ones in
the mansions above.
One year has passed, and we are again
in Lena Marcy'S home. 'Tis winter, AS
before, and a cheerful fire burus brightly
IN the CRATE. A piano is opSo. and a
matronIy though youthful fgdre, is seat
ed on the stool. Lightly she g!ides her
fingers over the KEYS ; then, after short
prelude, strikes up a familiar air. From
heart loaded wits happiness came those
touching, soul inspiring words, Home,
sweet home = A deep, manly voice join.
ed her rs she commenced the last stanzs,
There is no place like home = Then, as
she concluded An arm was placed around
her waist, while voice whispered, Aunt
Nellie, :he children want TO dance the
new waltz | taught them for father
Rising with smile, the mother resigned
her seat, and Lena commenced spiritual
waltz. Gaily tue little ones locked arms.
while grandpa, as he desired them 20 call
him, on account of his age, laughs hearth.
ly at their giidy whirIs, vainIy endeavor
ing TO catch them as they brushed past
him. When they had thoroughly tired
themselves, Lena stopped playing and
turning to Unc'e Arthur, who "a, beside
4 am thinking, Lena, of the midnight
robber, who MAS no rohber after ALL he
whispered, as she rose to meet gentle
man who had just been announced.
DO not think it strange, reader, if we
say the new conner pres ed his arm around
her waist, aud was allowed 10 press
kiss on her ruby lips Twas all right =
in one week Lena was TO be led to the
altar, n happy b-iie. Her father will not
De left alone, however-Ar rthur, his wife
and little ones are TO remain, ana glad
den his home. Though, do not think for
\ moment, reader mine, they are recip.
tents of his bounty. The sun broke
through the restraining clouds, and Ar.
thur, hy his fathers death, is made the
,ossessor of valuable estate IN New
Orleans. Tie secret Of that dark hour
has heen tail fully kept, and his wife,and
hroIner know not how near he once stood
o thr sec.hing pool OF ruin, and was saw.
Cd !y their usehold light frC ii becom
ing a midnight Rotbcr