The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-02-17
AN DER TRUE TALE.

'"NH'' Wv "''"SNy S'euiuS, MARY DelnR
sent to Franks shop for some household
articles, stayed SO long on her err.nd that
her brother-ln-law set out, in high wrath
at her delay, to seek her. lie found her
in the shop, deep in conversation with
young Holland "a girls heedlcssness, ex-
cusable when the circumstances were
known). Attending, however, to no ex,
plantations, her cholcric relation dragged
Mary away with violence and degrading
language. Frank, following, took the in
!uriated man aside, and, III Il few words,
told his love manfulIy, begged earnestly for
permission to keep the company Of his be-
loved, and stated honestly his fair prospects
and hopes. 1t was all Of no avail Re-
wiling the young tradesman in language fit
only for Il vile scluccr Of innocence, Mary
WAS taken home by her inccnscI broth
cr-in.law. n terrible domestic scene fol.
lowed, which was only terminated by
her promise not again to converse with
Frank Holland. Terrified at her rela
tons violence, in delicate health, her nerves
easily shaken, she gave at last, in broken
accents, this fatal promisc-to speak to him
no more without her friends consent.
She kept her word; sho WAS too good, in
deed, to break it, once given hav,
said that this young girl was in delicate
health not that her friends gave them,
selves any uncas;ncss, for she had hab-
it of complaining, and they had con
tractcd Il habit Of disrcgarling her COM
pltints. She had never been quite the
same lively girl since that terrible scene in
Frank Hollands shop. She complained,
one day, Of pain in her head. Her sister
only smiled, her brother.in.law raised his
eyebrows in contempt, and said, "Girls
were always so full of fancies." She COM
planned no moro. Next day the terrible
pain was still there, only with violence
increased tenfold. She went out, hoping
the air might alleviate the agony of
that poor head. How it throbbcd, good
Heaven! At intervals tho pain shot up
into her brain like stream of electric
fire. "Was she going mad |" She
thought she would look in at Franks
shop window. On her way she passed
the house Of another sister; looking in
wildly and strangely enough, she moancd
and said she felt very i'll. There was
another derisive smile, and "Oh, Mary
you are always complaining; don't give
way So" No pity! She turned to go
Ly this time she was hardly conscious
whittier, when another stream of fire shot
IN at her ears, blinded her eyes; she fell
heavily to the ground. Her sister (who
loved her, though she always refused to
credit her ciments) saw now indeed it was
no fancy. She was taken, raving, to her
home. They sent for physician, but he
would hold out no hope; there had been,
lie said. great mental anxiety and abscess
on tire BRAIN had formed. -. She huc-
tuatod long between life and death, and
then she woke one day, sensible, calm but
dying. She knew her doom, but her life
had been so pure, she had little fear Of
death. She called her relatives around her,
and begged that Frank Holland might be
permitted to SEQ her, after she was dead.
"For, oh !" said the dying girl, he did Tore
me dearly, indeed he did p Her sorrowing
and repcntant relatives, with many tears,
promising compliance, she smiled, folded
her hands subrnissivcly, and so died. They
sent for him; the hectoring brothcr-in-law
went to Franks shop himself, and, with
tears in his hard eyes, brought linn to see
tho corpse, and beside that pale, still
form, asked his forgiveness. The young
man was crwhcImcd-stunncd with grief.
lie kissed those poor white lips-the first,
the last kiss taken by that youthful lover.
~ he said, in answer to their self
uphraidings, 81 would have been such
loving husband to her." lie took flow
era winter one it was, white cl.rysan-
lhe,num-oii her dead bosom, and, before
he left, they gave him trcss Of her soft
Chestnut lair.-1 tcw o"t Of thousands, by
Iuyust0 Jvhnytonc.
Irish Wit.-An anecdote, illustrative of
the wit of our Irish 'Jarvics,' il going the
rounds in Dublin. Mr. is a man Of
aldermanc proportions. lie chartered an
outside car the other day at Island bridge
Barrack, and drove to the post Office. On
arriving at tho destination, he rendered the
driver 3D., which was strictly the fare,
though but scant remuneration Cor tho dis
tance. The jarvery saw at glance tile
small coin, but in place Of taking the money
which MR. held in his hand, he busted
himself putting up tue steps of the ve-
hlcle, and then, going to the well at the
back OF the car, took thence piece OF
carpeting, from which he shook ostenta.