Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-05-23

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"Mary Moore"
"And what else?n I asked quickly.
"Mary Moore Chester" ?" lisped the child
NV heart sank down like lead. Here wa
an end to all the bright dreams and hopes o
my youth and manhood. Frank Chester, my
boyish rival, who had often tried, and tried il
vain, to usurp my place beside the girl, hat
succeeded at last, and had won her away
from me This was the child-his child anc
Marv's!
sank, body and soul, beneath this blow
And hiding my face in my hands, leaned
against the door, while mS heart wept tear:
OF blood. The little one gazed at me, griievec
and amazed, and put up her pretty lips as il
about to cry, while the perplexed servant
stepped to the parlor door and called my sis.
ter out, to see who it was that conducted
himself so strangely.
l heard light step, and pleasant voice
saying:
"Did yon wish to see my father, sir 2"
I looked up. There stood pretty, sweet.
faced maiden of twenty, not much changed
from the dear little sister had loved so well
| louked at her for moment and then, still
ling the tumult of my heart by mighty ef-
fort; opened my arms and said:
"Lizzy, don't you know me 2"
Harry! Oh, my brother HarryW she
sssied, and threw herself upon my breast. She
wept as if her heart would break.
I conld not weep. drew her gently into
The lighted parlor, and stood with her before
them all.
There was a rush and cry of JOY, and
then my father and mother sprang towards
me, and welcomed me home with heartfelt
tears Oh, strange and passing sweets such
a greeting to the way.worn wanderer And
as held my dear old mother to my heart, and
grasped nay fathers hand, while Lizzie still
clurg beside me, felt that all was not yet
lost, and though another had secured life's
choicest blessing, many joy remained for
me in this dca! sanctuary Of home.
There were four other inmates of the room
who had risen on my sudden entrance. One
was the blso eyed child whom had already
scea, and who now stood beside Frank Ches-
ter, clinging 10 bis hard. Near by stood Liz.
ze Moore, Mary's eldest sister, and in dis
tant corner, to which she had hurriedly re
treated when my namc wos spoken, stood II
tall and slender figure, half hidden by tie
bcavy win,!ow cur ains that fell 10 the floor.
Whep the first IapLurous greeting was over,
Lizzie led lne forward with tiirid grace, and
Frank Chester grsspcd my hand.
Welcome home my boy!' he said with
the loud cheerful tones mbered so well.
(" You have changed so that nc r. would
have krown you; but no matter for that.
your heart is in the right place, / know.
Glow can You say he is changed 2" said
my mother, gently: TO be SURE, he looks
older, and gravcr, and moro like man, than
when he went away-but his eyes and smile
a.e the same as ever. 1t is q heavy heart
skat chapges Hesis shpgsstill lsa-.tee
".Av, mother" answered, sadly )" am
your boy still"
Heaven help me! At that moment | felt
like n boy, and it would have been blessed
relief to have wept upon her bosom, as had
done in mr. infancy. But l kept down the
beating Of my heart and the tremor Of my
lip, and answered quietly, as / looked in his
full handsome face,
"Y"u lave charged too, Frank, but think
for the beiter.'
"Oh, yes-thank you for that compliment" !"
he answered with a hearty laugh, "My wife
tells ME grow handsomer ever day"
His wife-ceuld | hear that name and
keep silence still2
"And lave you seen my little girl ?" he
added, lifting the infant in his arms, and
kissing her crimsoncd cheek. 81 tell you,
Harry, there is not such another in the world.
Don't you think she looks very rauch like
ber mother used ?"
avery much !" I faltered.
+. "Hallo!" cried Frank, with suddenness,
that made me start violently, "I have for
gotten to introduce you to my wife /; l believe
You and she used to bs playmates in your
Young days-yes Harry 2" and he slapped
me on the back. "For the sake Of old times
and because you were not here OF the we'd
ding, I'll give you leave to kiss her once
but mind old fellow, you are never to repeat
the ceremony. Come-here she is, and
for once want TO see how you will manage
those ferocious mustaches of yours in the
operation,
He pushed Lizzie, laughing and blushing
towards me. a CLEAN OF light and hope, al
most too dazzling to bear, ca;no over me, and
Crlcu 0uL DCiulC tnOu5Ab'
Not Maryw
1t must have betrayed my secret to every
one in the room. But nothing was said
even Frank, in general so obtuse, was this
time silent. kissed the fair cheek of the
young wife, and hurried to the silent figure
looking out of the window.
"Mary-Mary Moore" I said in a low, CO.
ger voice. Ghave YOU to welcome to give the
wanderer2"
She turned and laid her hand in mine, and
murmured burriedly; ;
~ am glad to see you here, Harry"
Simple Words-and yet how blest they made
me would not have yielded up that mo-
nent for ga emperor's crown! For there was
the happy home group, and the dear home
fireside. there sweet Mary Moore The eyes
had dreamed of by day and night were fall
ing before the ardent gaze Of mine, and the
sweet face had so long prayed to see was
there before me l never knew the mean
ing ofhappiness till that moment came.
Many years have passed since that happy
night, and the hair that was dark and GLOSSY
then, is fast turning grey. ] am now grow
ing to be an old man, ani can look back to Q
long, happy, and | hope a well spent life
And yet, sweet as it has been, I would mo-
recall single day, for the love that made
my manhood so bright, shines also.upon my
white hairs.
An ola man Can this be SO? At heart
am as young as ever. And Mary, with hcl
bright hair parted smoothly from brow tina
has slight furrow upon it, is still the Mary
of early days. 10 me-, sue can never grow
old, nor change. The heart that held her il
infancy, and sheltered her in tho aush ant
beauty of womadhood, can never cast her ou
till life shall cease toi warm it. Nor ever
then-for love still lives above.
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Az INTERESTING SEQUEL TO A HAsrY DI
yoRcE.-A correspondent of the Folkstrennd
writing from "The Indiana Prairie" h1ri
80. relates the following:
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