The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-04-04
The What Not Club.
No, 3.

q According 10 agreement3We met at our 'olHt
club We placed the chairs, (the full
number, about the table in their7old positions.
We took k@oar seats in our old accustomed
places. Sadly w. looked in each others face.
"a saw the. big tears rolling down G's checks.
". drooped his head upon the table and gain
sIY tried to conceal the emotion that shook his,
whole frame. S.zreachca his band across the
: tableand grasping Peters looked supsFand,
and With a silent gestaae, i0timated that cur
friends were there. Peters emotion was no
less Than. that OF the, others, but "A bright
smile soon sshone through his tears, like a
ssreakof sunshine in a cloudy day. He&was,
the first TO speak anu gentle sadness in his
voice, and a soft tight in his eyes showed the
deep tenderness rR9 rTtdFe as gentle as gWo-
mans MY brothers" he said, .'it would
noeTnaSe them happy TO see. US sad 1t is
true that we can never see thcm-here again.
Bat who knows that they: are not here, and
that those chairs, which seem to be empty,
are not occupied by them in fact |? But even
Gtheysare not here prescRt, We cannot doubt
thaahey are n better place. They were good
men. Their hca1tS beat warm in their boSoms.
Eb$a< purses were open to cYcry call OF ehari-
TheirzslnileS were IS bright as day. Their
feet wearied not in the path, Of honor. aud du
tys Tbey eeye good men. Their memory is
like The odor Of faded yiolets or roses; or like
straifl5of music iieardiin hap y days. or in
chiidAoua forgotten never i. p .
;. It were unjust to them It were a re-
pFoaeh:::to their gay, tender and gentle ma,
lures, To think Of them as. other than mem
bers some celestial club ia the upper scoun-
Try. Ne win cherish their memories. 7 do
not donbt that eur hearts will be kept softer,
more tender aud gentle, and more full f.@the
milk Of human kindness now that they are
gone and We shall see them no more. =. -. -
Beath IS srobbed of his terrors when5a good
nan dies. Because Death Knows that to a
good man he bus.oseEssa gate to1everiasting
light These we're good men. Death has not
robbed usseg then, but tirougA death they
have passedtoa better country where re
sonie5day wilf1neet them. <
FiIIl your cups, friends and let US drink to
iheir memory. Andlets Us keep, deep down
in our hearts, place with their images en-
shtined and sacred 70 them forever IS, 80
Silently re filed our glasses In silence
we drained abeui. And as we replaced them
s upon The board, one deep drassa sigh from all
present told how strong the sympathys1hat
iaoFed The breasts of all. = - :. = -. =
Peter then proposed 4hatswe elect sen'e new
members to occupy the CHAIRS Of our departed
bsoshers The Fsoposifiea was reeeiredswAh
favor, bat be suggested no names, Sssaid he
thought our friend J., would make a smcst
sexcellent t4aclnber, if he. was not ttoo pfoud to
join US, as be Was certainly very genial in his
nature, and frequently caused dull care to beat
Z retreat from his strongest citadclS. c. said
that he knew he was not too proud; that he
was, in fact, one of the best fellows in the
world ) but, (oh, fatal but that he smoked
too much. That pipe is always in his mouth
and the fragrance OF tobacco smoke loads tae
air &hereyerhe goes. r.
As Moore says, or sings of the Rowcr vase
''You may break you may smash the vase if You
will, w., ,-->-~
But tAe scent of the roses viii cling round it
-~es still" - :
= So it may Sc said Of Elm,
In Church or il, Court, let him go where he will
: The scent. of Tobacco elings to him still.
go Were it not for this fault there is no man
under the sun whomI would rather see in
that chair than he You know it is one. Ot
our standing rules that no member shall ever
smoke in sourclub-room. Caused by the fact
that we once saw a lady faint by inhaline
stale tobacco. smoke. And, loving woman as
we de, we vowed fTotn that momeEt never SC
to offend. as.we,wisAea ooE TOos' never to be
polluted in t6af manner, but to remain sweet
always as !aty's bower.
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