The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-09-25
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strong arm of his will.
After this, Philip answered never a
word; but would straightway have de
parted, but Annie clave unto him, and
resting her head upon his bosom, bcsought
him to tarry yet little while, saying:
"Time and nature are great physicians;
and often bring healing when the body is
well nigh sick unto death. And though
the seed may lie in the ground through
the season of winter, yet it springs up
with the first warm sun, and in due time
comes a bountiful harvest.
And in this wise Annie strovc to cheer
her brother, and to win him to patience,
but he would not be comfortcd. For pas
sion in youth is king over reason; and
Philip did not know, until his own head
was hoary with the rime Of years, that
while youth listens to the counsels OF hope,
age only hearl1ens to the darker voice OF
memory. That the young man looks in
the distance before him as he walks, while
the old man travels with his eyes ever
cast behind him. Moreover, Philip Lee
loved Lucy Walton.
So he departed from the presence Of his
father and went forth, and married Lucy
Walton; but he said nothing to her of his
fathers anger, nor did She know. uniil af
terwards what fhiiip Lee Lad done for
her sake,
CHAPTER II.
After this time, there fell u great change
upon the house of Samuel Lee; for Philip,
his frst-born, had gone, no one knew
whittier, and the old man sought in vain
to fold his heart over the vacant place OF
his son. Yet he was still proud withal,
and would not tell his grief to Annie, but
like the Spartan thief, kept the gnawing
hunger close until it began to cat away
the springs OF life. But Annie kept on in
her old, even way, never murmuring, nor
even seeming to pine; singing, at times,
the same low, sweet songs, yet not so fire.
quontly as before.
And suitors many came to her and be-
sought her love, for her good name was
known throughout all the region round
about; insomuch, that mothers spalSc OF
her to their daughters, as one who was
modest and serene, and beautiful, and
comely of face and form withal.
And fathers commended her to their
sons, saying:
aTruly, she is pearl Of wondrous
price; happy will he be upon whom her
soft lustre falls lovingly. Go ye and seek
to win her."
Therefore it was, that Annie had suitors
many. And there was one whom An
ME favored above all others; for he was
wise, and good, and gentle, and one to
whom the sagcs Of the land prophesled
great honors in the years to come But
Annie loved him moro for his pure and
generous heart. Now the name of the
young man was Henry Russell.
Yet when he entrcated her, the maiden
would not wed with him, for she said:
els not my brother Philip departed, no
one knows whittier? 1t may be that care
and sorrow have overtalen him. HAPPY
nv father will relent after II SEASON. and
surely it is better we should wait until
this good thing comes to pass"
After this, upon day, there came to
the house of Samuel Lee, certain mari
ner, who had known Philip, and he told
how Philip wandered through many cit
les, seeking employment and finding little,
and how Lucy clang to him right wo-
manly, and loved him through all. That
Philip, bending to circumstances, sought
to do many things whereby he might live;
but that at length he became an artst;
and because that the people in the places
whittier he had wandered, fostered not the
arts, he betoo1 himself to ship to 60 to
far country, where men said the finer
arts were more honored.
Then the mariner lowered his voice as
he told how, in sight Of the far country a
great storm arose. and how the ship struck
upon the rocks and went to pieces sud-
denly, so that but few were saved, mono
of whom bore the names Of Philip and
Lucy Lee.
Then Annie Lee questioned the mariner
more closely concerning her brother; and
the man said he spalze not of his own
knowledge, but from the words of others,
vet he believed them true.