The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-02-08

''h d lc" "ofuS OF lnanRS and taTe-
vel, made ten times more expensive bv
the glances Of his dark eyes, he went his
way. Amy retained her companion, aud
Mrs. Bray took into her heart another
child.
Year after year rolled away. In the
early times there came occasionally a
brief letter, in his own language, or some
sl'nple gift, from Petro Martini, TO show
the young Lucie ihat her only parent
still remembered her. But as she neared
womaLhoo! these tokens ceased. and the
strange, silent man, if not dead, seemed
to live only in the dim memories of long
past childhood
1t had been Mrs. Bray's intention to
rear Lucle as humble companion for
her daughter. But the love which exis-
ted between the girls, and her own warm
attachment to her protcgee, rendered this
impossible, The slight struggle Of feeling
ended 10y Lu,,o being placed on the ex.
act t"oling OF - daughter, aud receiving,
IN al! things, the same education that
Amy did.
A dIigent student, apt and quick in
the requirement Of knowledge, Lucie
mace remarkable proficiency IN all the
solid branches OF education, while in nc.
com hphShmen'S, especially IN music, which
was her delight, and which she seemed
10 acquire almost by intuition. she far
outstrpped Amy. For Amy had her
mothers '"do'ence Of temperament, and
cod.n seldom /" persuaded To exertlon.
Amy, with natural impulses to kind
ness, aud all pleasant, womanly acts, by
being Pet,ed and INDUCED grew selfish,
lndoIent aud eX'ctlhg Cnaccustomed to
meet refusal or opposition, she rebeIIed
aga'ns, the rghtest restraint, aud Mrs.
b'ay "a> often forced to acknowledges
mat IN Lncle she found FAX mOre of a
daughter tenderness and devotion.
: Amy Was The heireSs ot her mothers
wealth, "h'ch rumor asserted was vast,
o"''o's s"a'med about her as she gre"
TO woi"a"h"od, and offers Of marriage
were SO frequently made that she often
P"t'sn'y H"r'a'ed that She should turn
over tue 'hNN o. tttHS'ng them to Lncie.
Luc'e' hongh lar AMI attractive, was
SO silent nmd reiiring IN her demeanor,
AZ" anoN" AL hah 80 lew Iactlc'"us claims
70 notice, lh"l she quite escaped an or
'e"' so 'FH'nS |" that trust IL 'nan :
h"n"'' sincerity aud real nobility Of MA
'"f'' "h''h every woman should hold
sacred J." her heart nrui she meets the
'eHil%at'"n OF tier 'dea'. She had no lovers,
ana wh e Nh!'' thoughts were all ALL
So'"eo III '"e "I'"'r"''"n she receive"
"e'' were "''"'ed 10 her oooNs. her How
''S "hH Pe'S' Out most OF all I" her aG"p
'e' ''"''''''
a. W'"'E Amy LETT her home-th'
sac S",''|'' "'e ,"N"'! an" ,"e affection
"n''' n"n "''h hr's beneath her moth
~ 'o"' -'" SNe "trse'' 20 "h' "h'H al
VINO h,t" a"G'' 81 "'" sHI'""l '|ed ar
"'''",eSN ""'e"'uter' li'F hl"'her Ia"
'e'">eu n'' consent /" " marriage :" ut
'eIy unworthy OF her ch"d' "nh that
c"''! I'"u'i' 'l"a'Td only ny her IN
gran ""'' n'' 'en htr' IN revenge /"
t"Ne III" '"'"' ''ep that smut Ler out
rom All hopes o' e"f'h'y happiness.
in," was a great it'"'' ana MIS-. Bray
"oH'" almost 'n1'''"''y nave sunk under
IT. ""d sue not 'ceh sustained by LucIe ;
P'eSI'''' n"' "Iec'oiAte enor'S' Hne
i"u '""% zee" iHhc''"I in'"nd' but no"
S"e "ec"'ne 'f','"O'e' qneTN'o"'' and eN
"c',"g' h'''e pore al III sweet patience;
"''I ','""@" "e' EFFORTS were unapprec'a'
se'' Sn' ia" nc' 'e""'"--'he h"n'eSt "'
nu,nH" It 'o""'I'-'n me consciousness OF
,,,'- M'', uoI"S- rePay,"g: \" some '!'ug
MEASURE "e' 'ong oe't o' Efa'''nde And
M's pray, III 'ho intervals OF ca'mer
.""uS"'' p',en D,e'Scd 'h"' ito''He"ce
"",ci h"' 'c, 'ne oegS"f" 10 her gate
""U P", '''o "et 'e"It '''e sweet impulses
u 'n"t',y WHICH, !" the ehd' made th's
.e%, s'', "eI own
,,,d'ut,I Dnt t"o '''"G came ,' "nen' WIN deeper
t""'S'u.neSs' t.T .t. sue "'Nno" "'euEeu '"at ire
o'eH" mus Cast nPo" Tue waters "aH re
w, I"'" ~ "e'' "''e, '''""! "ryS' !" p.eS
u "nI "'uIu""' harvest O' consolation
"',' ''I' 'eI "e"''" ""i al renamed
~. 'Is %,nooS n"o"S ., S ,"e grSa' urn o' "h'cn