Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-10-13

Thou littleyouthful maiden,
Como untophy great heart;--
Formy heaft, and the sea- and the hca' ems,
Arc melt9R away with love"
"Now, Paul Randall, Esq, arise and tender
me, your most devoted thanks, for having given
so clear an exposition of your thoughts and
feelings" said Metz, laughing and clapping her
hands, when she had finished singing. "1Iav'nt
an inward sigh, t,ssaual to the great Mistic?"
-"Yes Meta, yols:hare OWNED the secret of
my soy in that little song" said Paul bending
over, and graspinsher hand, and looking full
into her upturnedHce.
"No, did noEMsaid Meta, "it was IIeine,
tue German. HcTIpte tue song, long, long ago."
cay, he did, insEords written with lis pen,
but you do it, thisssyening: in song and feeling,
Do you not Meta gaasked Paul, and he trembel
like an aspen leafS
&why, Paul, Wilt is the matter with you 2"
said she, raisinss. her head and looking into his
eyes.
~ am dying t9stell you something, Meta;
my whole soul, my life is contained in the
words. Will yolslsten to me now" he asked.
go, Paul whatHft that makes us both afraid,
and trembe so?,stsaid Meta hanging down
her head. q
"Is it not love-Sslove for each other, Meta
o, tell me it is, nlyssweet Cousin" !" continued
be grasping her hand, and holding her down at
his side. You. knog have loved you all my
life time, and haysI no hope that you have
loved Inc as longagshe asked vehemcntly.
"Yon are my sscDnd Cousin, Paul, and Papa
Lindsay has always loved you'll have too"
said she as tearsscshlc into her eyes, and her
whole being tremNsd violently with emotion.
"You do not loysime better than Cousin 2"
asked Paul as to look into her eyes. +
gu o1shf lot to me thus, Pail ;''-
said she turning away her face.
"Why not" said Paul, @:shoOld 7 not speak
the tr,tl?'
go, do not, do not t.lk this way longer
You make ME afraid )" said Meta, and she
trembled more an more.
81 must and you musf," said Paul Tell me,
Meta tell inc truly,-do you love me-"
Silent-as silent as. the gravc-she sat for
moment and then, trembling no longer, leaned
across the grassy mound, placed both her han Is
in his saying "Yes PAIL" aid her face shone
with the beautiful truth, You know love You
better than all the. world-cven better than
Papa Lindsay, and Charlie, and Eftie. And l
shall love you always, Paul.
Deliciously cool and balmy breezas Aoatcd
around them, and the old Battle Ground Very
beautiful was the evening in all its glow and the
rich cooring Of its sunset clouds; soft and green
as the sweet Emerald Isle itself, seemed the
grassy plain at their fett; in gentle and exquis-
lite outline stood the little clumps Of trees in
all their shadowy and twilight soltness; but far
more lovely, and excee ling all in beauty, was
the sweet face Of Meta Norris as it bealned and
told her love unto Paul Ran la whilst they sat
underneath the great old sugar-berry tree.
go see," said Meta, looking around as they
started home, "see how beautiful is the clearing
away of the summer showers!''
eyes," answered Paul, smiling the clouds
are all goneE'
And you and !, gentle reader, will echo, Gall
g9ne, both from the inner and outer world y
and, as we walk back to the Farm, will, with
P.,ul and lis little Meta, thank God in our heart
of hearts" for tie summer rain, and--fvr each
others lore.
eCORNETLLE.
oaksley Farm.
TEMPERANCE FAcTs.-N is fact that nine
tenths of the inmates of our poor-houses were
brought there directly or indirectly by the use
Of ardent spirits. !
II is ftct that three-fourths of all the con-
victs in prison were hard drinkers previous to
the commission Of the crimes for which they
are imprisoned.
IL isa fact that the greatest sufferers from
disease and those whose maladies are the most
difficult to cure, are those who are addicted to
the use Of ardent spirits.
IL is q fact that of all who commit suicide in
this country 99-lQOths are the immediate or re-
mote victims of ardent spirits.
IL is a fact that in all families where children |
are dirty, half naked and ill fed the room fill
thy and in disorder; the husband cross, dis
contented and peevsh, and the vile slattern,
ill-tempered and quarrelsome, one, If not both
the parents, are drinkers of ardent spirits.
Ills a fact that those who least frequently !,
attend the worship of God in the sanctuary,
most of those who, by their oaths, blasphelnes
and horrible execrations, shock the ears of mod
est people arc spirit drinkers.
II is a tact that those who are most easily
led to ridlcue and profane sacred things, and 10
Join in every kind Of dissipation and prohgacy, i,
are spirit-drinkers.
Nisa fact that Of all that have died of the
cholera in Europe and America, seven-tenths !,
were spirit-drnkers, and one half decidedly in
temperate.
An old settler, Dragging to new conner of the
grazing land in his noighborhood, says it "yields
two pounds of tallow to every square foot and the
cows come up with butter in one side of the bag
and cheese in the other"
When we observe any tendency to treat relig.
ion or morals with disrespect and levity, let us
hold it to be sure indication Of perverted un-
derstanding or o depraVed heart.