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


Poor Nellie an Indignant flush had
spread over her face durug the lorc,n,r's
insoIent remarks, but the Il ,ug',s of her
despairing husband and s,arving ch 'reu
resir..ned tie angry words hat rose 0
her lips. Mr.. l. L,ngfac3 ". Icd puo,ic
opinion too b.. .,hly to attempt ,,oieucD.
and sac did not fe hin besides, ,.o
could obtain work nowhere e'se. Com
pressing the quvering lips, aud nervlng
the trembling voice, she venturel TO
speak
Mr.. Longface, am wife aud mother
- let this save me from furth in, uit.-
| Am in need of money-cau YOU pay
ne for this garment | have made
'MaIa.A f-., IS voice was cod and
bauShty-I. IS against the rules to paw
out nor"y after six-to morrow you eau
come and gel it,
Sad sal dispirited did The young VIII.
seek the rick",;y abode, that WAS J;gni.
heu ov the name OF 'home z Al, uttle
do you, children Of tie powerful monarch
wealth, know, as you warhIe in happy
ignorance, iiome, sweet home, nile smrl-
ing lover, fond parents, or doing husband
'''N'Sf VI WIG NllS HttlIt
OF home awakenS, in the breast ot the
Suffering poor. Nellie MrIdcu, like you,
coat! remember. ID the long ago, IL sump-
iuVUs home, smiling lover and fond pa.
r"at, like You Size had warhied TO those
dru ones, '.ioIne, sweet home, there is
no place lIkr home,' bot ,csu!atc place
! is that she nov Gals home. Tircu auI
heart SICK, she again enters the battered
door, her husband is ling on the bed ap
parentiy asleep, she may relieve her over
! charged n'.ud without his knowledge, sob
. L:er sob SHAKES tie wasted frame, though
the ,iuenco ii her emotions are restrain
49, e, for fear OF awakening hin-suddeuIv
''e u"vcs, starts up. She dashes the
, ears from her face, and averts her head.
'Ne''", you are weeping, what is tie
mater, has any one spoken harsh to you.'
and h's brow lowered. while his hand
! 'luicLcJ hercely. The truth rose 10 Mel
"eN iis, but feeling 'twere best TO tell
"niy part, she merely said she could
lot r", Give the sum due till the morrow.
The 6xed purpose Of despair settled on
!'s :sc'', AS he lis,ene! to the grief lh at
- g. h-s--t- -.-.- '~-' o.. - e.
ur lie >n.tcbed his cap from th" nail on
Nl,.h it hung.
'!h.y viii not give me work he nut
i"r,l, they shall give me honey. les,
Tia: :i,.c ot fate shall engullh me, II nv
hearts IDOLS can 10y that means be saved
! lis fierce looks and strange words
frightened Nellie, aud She would have
s"ngli 10 drta him, bu; he WAS gone
N.;h shudder and half shrek, she fell
c,cSs on the bed.
! Lena Marcy sat in cosy arm chair,
gazing abs,rac;e1ly INTO the blazing CRATE
lire. \ soft light bcamcd in the had
closed eyes, n sweet smiie r., ed ON the
, lips. Sac was drinking tue first in,nxica
irg drsught Or lcve that night, when,
/ gliding :hrougl the quadrI,le, Walter bad
| pressed her hand, aud whispered, so sol.
! L., ,hrt the ears Of 10 couIl hear, NV
Lena. simple words, Yet E1w iuii II
/ nrnnins 10 her trT,ting loving hear:.-
Young and inexperienced, size kne" not
that the same words had bee" brea'hed
over amd over again, 10 dozen Lrnr'S.
! by lips whose batteries arose from vau.tY
! and self love Yes, though " Z blush ~
own il, there ara sons Of America whu
breathe III eager ears yor Is the near mas
never sanctioned. Few they are we he
scarce We. thy the not.Cr Of or pea, and
only for the !. Ike OF the sis ers about ~
embark on The fa!Scl piac'u lake, do C
mention them. The striking Of the F,ench
clock before her aroused Lena rom her
reverIe. Gathering the disnnnds from
her lap, whe,e she had abS,rac' -dly pla
ced them, rs she removed them from her
neck, fingers and arms, she lvanced TO
The bure u aud lead them in iaeir case
LLen kneehng by the BED, she breatl I'd
the pray! her mother had taught her,
wears ago. rs she rose she iancieG the
face thG' looked so kindly from its gi led
frame, smiled upoa her. oh, my moth.
er! she nurmnred, Il would not call you
from yUar heavenly homs, and YET oug
to lay my head upon your bosom, as
did when little child, and whisper in
your eay the sweet hopes that cluster
around the future Of your pet, as you So
Of en- called me- Removing the cash
mere robe The waiting maid lad thrown
around her, boiore she lett her 10 the com
munion Of her own pure heart, she Al
vsnced 10 the golden bracket, on which
a single lny dainty rested, and turned the
little knob, I'LL the bright lisht vas SUD.
dued to u soft mellow TINT then seeking
her coach, she soon slept the fearless sleep
oi innocence. When the low breathing
fell regularly, ike sof, music OF the mid
night AIR, dark form crept steaIthily
from its hiding place behind tue hes. y
| cuFtains Cautiously IL approAched the
gliltering trinke,s. The cssket was al
ready ia his hspd, waeu the sleeper NOV
ed crouching down he auxiousy watch
ed the fair girl again she breathed reg
uisrly, be rises, the soft light discIoses the
unconscious form luxuriant mass ot
ringlets have escaped from confinement,
and fall like an ebony seItlog around the
sweet young face long siken lashes veil
the eyes, and rest on the rosy cheeks,
| ut;la ,I,a ay,.U hanls afa clasned above