Maryland free press., 1866-08-09
surgery Of Cyrus be was ere long able to

my love, Wnen Gay uaWus, WcIWIt BYl
to our kind, friend Mrs. s = ----:" Size is
skiffnf id 1.-The treatment of most diseases,
and / dare say can !; manage ,even '.this
wound; at oil events, she will DO as much as
even q, surgeon could Just now, we're |
nearer one than twenty miles; for am sen
sible that already my hand is 90 swollen
chat the bones could not possibly be set.I' .
d d5'Dhe, plhn, was a most grateful one 10 his
wife, for no words. could express the her
rible dread which hung over her as, she
looked upon him in his, helple s State
.eTheey will return and complete their work
Clifford will never be- 70 satisfied until lie
murders him before my eyes.'ir And ev+
cry leaf that fell with the, rising breeze
seemed to her painfully acute ear the heavy
tramp of horseman. ,r = ,
? With the first faint streak Of day, Cyrus
was despatched TO The stable.l He fonnd ah
old and gentle animal near the. door, the
only one which, the marpulers had jletta7-
He tried to equip it with bis own old sad
die and bride, andsmade up kind Of pill
lion for hismistress.s SMr.oP--44-'s arm
was carefully secured in q sling; hisV,wife,
with her infant, rode behind hun; and Cy7
rus, their trusty guard, walked briskly by
the Side Of the horse, until they reached
the residence Of her who was truly the La
dy Bourtiful of the neighbnrhood,--the
hope of the distressed, the comfort Of the
unhappy, the refuge of the. poor. She Ee-
ceived them with u woman's tenderness,
and a woman's tears; but her sympathy was
ever an active principle. She exerted al
her skill, and finally effected a!perfeetcure,
although the hand was dreadfully dis6gur-
ed, and she din not permit her young
friends to return to their own residence,
until lhdppier days had dawhcd on South
Garolina.fl.,uYR n 7, :siyaI arid
1t was 1S-, that, with the bride ofthat
lady's son, visited the hospital mansion
of Mr.. P q lie was then an OLD man
and surrounded by large and most enga-
ging family; the light, active form had
shrunkeu-the keen. blue eyes was dim
and the brown locks which his Mary used
to twine with SO much pride around her
slender fngersywere ringiets still but ,sarcr
ones; yet still as carefully arranged by the
same kind hand. for she was living too,
and enjoying with him green old age, |
became favorite with them both, and
loved to induce them to talk OF former
days, those were necessarily the days of
our Revolutionary War, and | was struck
by the excessive bitterness: which the old
gentleman displayed, whenever the royal
lists of that period, (or tories, as he called
them were subjects of discourse. .siiveD-
tured, one evening to tax him with wantof
charity, and urged him, as the ,Seetch say,
to ''let by -gones be by-gones," He laid Oh
the table before me his mutilated han,
and asked ''whether it could be so easy to
forget the times, or the men, who had left
him such d memorial as that ,''
L had ioftan remarked the terrible scar,
but as he had never named'it, of ,course1
had asked no questions; bit now l learned
from Mrs. P------, and himself the par
ticplars Of the trying scene which ! have
related. From other sources | afterwards
gathered the sketch which have given of
their youthful characters. AS listened at
the details ofithe cruel,outrage.! ceased to,
wonder at its influence on q man of Mr. 7
-s deep feeling; and l saw that if
he ever forgave it. it, would not be the
voice of reason that would effect the
change. y!5y.a"i0z' mahi OF .T"-ahgr'4
-ys'And you arc sure, sir, said I, '.that
you were not mistaken; that it was really
Guilford? .,-.---..---
.aAs,sure, madam, as if / had seen-ev-
cry feature of his face The william be-
trays it now by his cowafdfy conduct. "'''''
i""No,t! What, is he living aHd do you
meet? sdi y 92rsjosib odt @ a3'U7 yt.uai
He smiled can scarcely say tina. we
meet. The first time L saw him after that
night was, to Use d, homely phrase, when
the tables were fairly turned = suspect
he had dreaded my vengeance, and fed
the country for time, My friends here
even had studiously avoided naming him.
the chief actor in the murderous scene,
and Mary's tears and entreaties had sealed
even my lips until all danger was past, 80
that, concluding he was unknown. the
scoundrel actually approached me in s'a
crowd, and offered me =. his hand 1
did not kill him, madam. ] pray you give
me credit-I did not even fell him to the
earth. But taxed him with bis crime;
proclaimed to thvse- around him, that he
was THIEF and ai4ndfdersr;' hnaH swore
by all whichI held sacred, tHatsif ever he
Intentionally crossed my path again, or
remained one, Instant where we could
breathe even the same atmosphere I would
crush him as | would a viper He was
glad 10 escape ON such terms. My SON.
(tarning to himp whose flashing eyes bore
witness, TO- his fathers assertions, my son
longs to get hold, Of him; bpt he keeps
carefully out of our way; and tell my
children that in two senses Of the word we
are old enemies, and Il choose to- kenp the
issue in my 'own haads"oal Al boz sI7o29
During NY stay ing Caroline I'VE often
spoke Of the event, and when I bade them
farewell / could only hope that the kind
hearted old gentleman was little uhdeci.
ded as 70 bis esoq94ggse, esoq94ggse, if fyer her should
chancs to meet his enemy again.
III returned to the north, and some few
years afterwards, having preserved my in:
tercoursei with the family, 1 received . let
ter from, Mr., P-----T--7-. ,."Tell iher, thai
| like David of old, the life Of him whd