Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-01-30
THE MlSER'S HEIR.
EY sYLyANIuS COBB, Ja.

II tell You no, Agnes! won't have it.
The fellow only wants my money. l know
all these t!andified jimcracks. They hang
around few bags of dolarsIas crows around
carrion. l won't have any such thing. Now
10 you know
Father. you Judge Walter too harshly.
He is good man-honest and industrious
and
~lu1ustrious, say you? By the biz lump,
I'd like to know what he's got to show for his
industry" :.
He has a very superior education, father
"Educa,ion? Fiddlesiicks Can he live on
his education Can be make dollars OF it z
"Yc:, he car live on it. He las already
obtained good situation as clerk"
"Aud will earn just about enough to keep
lin in he fine clothes he wears. know
taesc fellows. But there's an end on il. II
you choose lin rather than your poor old
a,ler, YOU can do SO. Lean live a'one-l
shan; live long; you can"
.Stop, stop, father You have no right to
talk so. Yo@ know I could not leave you
Aud Agnes Brennan threw her arms around
the o!d mans neck, and kissed him, and then
she left the room.
"It's curious Low these young fools act,
the niiscr muttered TO himself, after he had
watched lis cLiil depart. There's bcen
.wcn,y Of the sharks after that girl-twcnty
# 'em lowering around her, like man eaters
..ficr dead body. Don. know what they
want? Aha, don't |, though? lis my ,aon-
~ But Agnes has never loved one of ynelii
nil this Adams cane along. The jackanapes
And naw she waits 10 get married right
away. Nonsense! q
Tic old man bowed his head as he spoke.
and lie saw drop ui,on the back OF his hand
Il was bright drop, ard the rays Of toe sui
were playin:; in i,
"Shhc cried when size kissed me-" lie @his'
,ered. wping the tear from his hand. = ]
don't sec wh.; maliss her so tcndc: hear;cd--
Sue rcver toUk it from ME. Bat she may
have taken it lrpr: -
Tic cl man stopped and cloud came
,vcr his wriakicd brow, Tor there was Il
aapg in his heart. lie remembered the gen
lie, uncomp!auins being who had once beef
his companion, the mother Of his child. de
remembered how she became his wife, even
when the bloom of manhood had passed froai
him, and cared for him, and how she taught
her Child to love and care for him, too. Az?
Lc remember, d how she had never complain
ed. even while suffering, and how she had
lied. with smile and a blessing upon hel
lips Though the gold of her husband brought
her 10 comforts.
Noah Drenlan bowed his frosted head more
low, and in his heart he wi=bed be could for,
ret al but the few lleeting Joys OF his wife
Bat he could not forget. He could not lorge'
that it had been whispered how his wife might
navc lived longer, had she had proper cloth
irg and medical attention.
"But it would have c.. SO much; savec
money!"
An, Tie reflection would not remove the
panr. Tie other mcmGry was uppermcst.
Moab Brennan had passed the allotted agt
| nf men, being over three score and ten, anl
all his life had been devoted 10 the accumula
lion ci nonay. lie had denied himself every
| comfort, and his heart ;lad been almost as hard
;s he gold lie boarded. But ia h;s hair
grow more white and sparse, and The y az:
cam, mere heavily upon him, he thought
more: reflected more. The sweet smile o
his wife was doing its mission row a'.d the
pure love Of his gentle child was continual
remembrance 10 hin, that there were better
hearts tbo1 bis own.
A, length the mser arose. and passed ou
o( the room. lie would have left the hut
but as he rcachsd tie little entry way, he
heard a voice from the garrct. 1t was hi:
chid's. He crept up the rickety stairs, and
ol,cd tl;ro,,rll a crack in the door. He saw
Arnes upon her knees. Tears were rolling
J1wn her cheeks, and her hands were clasped
towards Heaven and she prayed:
"Oh, God! he good to nay father, and
make his heart warm and peaceful! Make
me to lore him with. all tenderness, and ena
bic mo to do well and truly the duty | pledged
to nv saintcd mother promised / would
love and care for him always. Father in
Heaven, help mel Oh! help me!
The old man crcpt down stairs and out Of
doors. and for whole hour he walked alone
among the trees. He thought again of bis
child and then, of his gold hnd this was
nnt the first time he had walked alone there
lie did not himself know low great the in
1ucncc Of his child was excrtipg over him.
Arney, pure, good, beautiful Agnes, wep!
Flonr ard bitterly Ill ner Iitlic Safie', anu
when She bad become calm, and her checks
wrro drr. she came down and got supper
Rnt she was. not the smiling, happy being
,bat had fitted about the scanty board here
"a few days after this, as Noah Brennan ap
nroacbcd bis cot one morning, he heard voices
!, IN within. He peeped through rent in
the lc coarse paper curtain, and saw Walter
, ans with his child. Her head was upon
Walters shoulder, and his arm was about her
Walter was an orphan, aud had been Ag
nos, scboolmate, and her fervent lover through
al all the virtuous man, and loved the gentle
Girl m because she was so good and gentle, and
so beautiful. And sue loved him, not only
because ho was, of all her suitors, the only
one whose character and habits promised Joy
and peace for the future. ,g,
' g cannot leave NY poor old father, Hai