Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-04

INA. ter spiri, aud spoke those words OF
encouragement which led To tn develop
mint of a master srtist? Is there such a
thing as chance Understand me, ! am
n, Professionalism, laying on the shoulders
of late the sins anl follies of which we
are guilty. | believe that man, to a,ccr-
taill extent, makes his own destiny, and is
yifted with free agency but in many
things We are guided mysteriousiy by q
hand we cannot see, and led Into certain
paths by the call of q voice which cannot
be resisted, aill which We too often at
tribute to anything but the workings of
4 Providence who
Move, in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform"
81 see by Your half smile that yon are
inclined to say one half of my arguments
c~ontradicts the other; AMI as You SEEN
wary | will Cease DEPRESSION.
Yes knew that Annie Summers
loved me; every glance IF her eye, eve
nv ,u,ch Of her hand revealed it. My
suu, told me tina, she 4as M OWN and
although Your half sheer seems to say
that If marriages are made in Heaven
they arr seldom ratified on ea'ih,' still
chg to my belief. 1t is possible that We
in u ignorance may Choose some one
n.turc never intended for us; hence he
horrors of divorce and the disgrace TT
matrimonial hruilS; but know that God
nev., formed u soul without its own Pc
cIli.r mate.
When We parted no VOW sanctioned
our lnyes; no useless ring promised j
will h.. faithful ! We needed II" engage
r,rr,t, for nature had scaled the betrotl,al
Ut our souls.
lit WI, W years before We ever met
again; and although time hal wrnu&h'
son.e %chal,ges in the fsce and form. he had
M power over the heart.
One evening We sat together in the
par;ur. a dim, subdued light threw its
iaeiiuw radiance over tlie ROOM, making
all things doubly beautiful. Oar CONVEX.
sution, as Was usual, ran on court>hip and
marriage, and Annie ~ldughingly remarked:
e. am going To be an old maid, you
know
"And Why g | asked gravely.
"Oh! for a variety of reasons; the
most important of which is, that The ac-
tual IF r,y ideal will never love me in
the first place ! lack beauty"
".Some men love genius and am;abil-
i,y,' said J., playing with the t"ssel of the
curtain.
"'l In the next place, ] have no wealth
to bring him.
"'Amnie, your love would outweigh all
The wealth i'll tie world
"She flashed upon me one of her quick,
bright glauces, and | felt that | was I'M
iers,ool; all jesting was at an end for
tn. night.
/" wish could describe her to YOU
this passionate child of the sunny. South,
whose heart was as warm as her native
sunshine, whose eyes wer. brighter than
those stsrs which twinkle over Us. But
no artist could ever do her Justice, for
have seen the most gifted of them turn
away with the exclamation, Il cannot
paint that face 1t depended for its beau
ty upon no particular feature, but for the
intellect and soul which beanled through
all like a light within a vase
{" made of her an idol contrary to the
Divine command, and eushrined her, her
only, in the heart where God should have
reisned. She was my inspiration. In her
presence | became q living poem, finding
all things beautiful in earth, OF Heaven,
because Of her love. When everything
was wrapped in silence, have sat for
hours gazing on her face. fearing to speak
lest that should break the spell, and |
should see her floating away with those
sister angels Above WHO were longing to
claim her.
"One night cannot tell how it hap
pened-we were standing beneath the
stars; | had told her of my dead mother,
and she had wept those soft tears Of SYM
pathy by which woman softens aud CON-
soles the heart of man.
81 had never dared to tell her of my
love, and perhaps it might have gone ON
80 for years and years; but just as turn
ed to say good night | heard a r%ustling in
the leaves, and Annie sank half iainting
~, my shoulder, screaming save me,
dear Henry, save met
Locking up | heleld the retreating
form of snnc poor maniac who had es.
capped from the asylum, and who had
sought this bower as Il hiding place. J
made no attempt to capture hint was
so sweet to have her cling to me for pro-
lection. Her pale, beautiful face lay on
my shoulder; her dark curls mingled
with ms auburn locks; and | placed my
arm gently shout her almost unconscious
firm, and pressed on her lips
al long, long kiss kiss Of youth and love-"
"Then came loves peculiar Ian.
guage, whose simple eluqucncc needs no
studied effort. but wills its way to the
hart and when W. parted that night
Annie tsd promised IN be my wife
Ave were married. The ceremonies
at the altar had pronounced Us one; and