The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-16

WALL! SAD to the OWnecsof Jn1S snug
little habita cor. 80 <
| st0iy daughter, Hreplied Ne, shortly,
as he dragged out his grapnelis from
a dark closet.
''She is not ct hone?"
The man gave y srriy grunt, and
continued to busy himself about his
preparations. - -
SIS she out of town."
81 sent her away on court Of fever. .
''You do well to be careful of her.
Is size your only living raiatives.
This hideoas creature actually shed
tears as he mumbled out au atIirma-
| tive.
The thought struck me: Here lives
this faithful daughter with her de-
spised and ugly parent She is his
all. She sees not his .deformity. TO
her he is only her father. Her beau
tiful f.ce glows with pleasure, when,
we:,ric,! with toll and sr;lvel, hc escapes
from the mocking world without, and
finds, i'll his little home, a hal+1r for all
his griefs i'll the atfe. ton Of his child.
Fearful that his only solacc should be
snatched from lis arms, he has put
her out of the reach oi the destroyer.
HE corpse-tisher WAS soon ready TO
attend me- L tool, him Into the coach,
;anrwe rode down to Peck SKIP.
y considerable crowd WAS gathered
about the spot where the melancholy
event occurred. Ny companions S rivals
ht;l"rea;ly arrived, but ~; 40 reward
had yet been offered, they had made
no attempt to recover thc body. They
were, however, seated on the edge of
the Wharf, prepared to drop their
hooks ut u moments notice.
''Ic,, say it is, Il woman?" growlcd
the corpsc--istler. as he dropped his
yr:spnclls.
Yes, it is q youns lady"
''Somlch the 5attcr-ciothcs spread
out-letch al the quicker, ,u;:mblcd
he.
Fcrceiving that the Other lnen had
also lowered their grapnells, the
corpse-iisi.cG ba,la them lesist, as he
had been sl'e*;a.i..- engaged ior the job ];
but they needed MIN not. THIS reused
his ire to the highest pitch.
: My job-now-now SEQ, there
stands the genlman! Hnmph, now
now-scc. there stands the gemman.'
grunted he, III language scarcely in
tclligible.
"Wen, What of that?' was the
reply. There's no sense in that
.'Humph! I tell you, there stant S
the gentleman, but the corpse is as
good to hi1a II I kctca it, as Ii you
cotch it yerself, ain't it?"
Got devil! tlann-.sAc'" stands
the gerl--"
Tlc stopped short in his ,,tt5s2rance,
for at that moment his looks ciuny 70
something at the bottom.
Gradually tho corpse-tsi!c drew up
the grapnell, ~ which son.a heavy
body w,.a evidently attached At
first, he seemed dpnbtt,.i bat Ills
cot1ntenance soon began 20 hct:ay tie
glow of expectation. Ur;--.!o
came the burden nearer to the sur
face. The other men suspended their
operations and Watched ior the resl,lt
tile crowd drew close: to Ill" cx,1t-
ing man. The white, ,lrcss OF :, woman
is already visible. Tie corpsc-tisllcr
turned al eye OF savage scorn on his
admirinS rivals; and az that moment
the head OF beautiful girl appeared
above the water. Those marbleI
features were beautiful even in death:
the heavy, raven locks, saturated with
the brine, fell back from the clear
white forehead, and tic face was fully
exposed to e,:I view.
y 1nr1rmur OF pity ran through the
whole throng OF spectators, and at
th;tt moment the corpse-tishcr turned
his gaze from his rivals to the lace of
the dead.
"Don't let her go again!" cried q
voice i'll the crowd, us the grasp OF the
corpsc-1isher relaxed, and the chain
slid through his fingers
[ turned anGrily to the man to re-
provo him Tor his carelcssness. His
gaze was rivettcl on the corpse, and
he reeled on his sc;st. SAW his eyes
roll in his head.
''Scize hirll" cried I, 10 those WHO