Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-05-22

fact that the stately.and worthy lady mother
of Ellis Parkhurst visited the humble abode
of the music teacher the next day-that Ell
LENS pupils were soon. diumissed--and pre-
parations weR Immediately entered into for
the bridal. Late in June the, steamer which
bore Mr.. Parkhurst, the elder, home from
Europe, arrived in port, and that day, a week
later, was set for his sons marriage.
"This is q rare choice our boy has made" :"
said the old merchant, in hearty approving
tones, as he discussed the youthful grace and
beauty of the bride elect with his wife. Beau
tiful in disposition and character, and lovely
in persou-that is wealth enough: for l have
seen too much Of life to attempt to thwart a
young mans best inclinaIions, or to imagine
that position and fortune are necessary dow
ries for Ellis, wife to- bring lin. By the
way, wife, believe I forgot to tell you that
I was in to see Nellie to-cay, and the little
tyrant is so proud of her poverty that she
insists upon it she won't accept set of
pearls till after she is married, and | was al
most afraid to tell her. she must let me love
her half as wellas our boy does; but did,
though, and we are the hest of friends. al
ready. Temple-Temple---it's q good name,
and both Nellie and her mother have the air
of genuine ladies. They've seen better days,
it sppears. By the way, the captain of the
steamer came over in bears the same name,
too, and he's one of the finest men | ever
knew. Quite friendship sprang up between
us on the voyage. I've invited him up to
dine with us tomorrow, and as he seems fond
of young folks, we'll give MIN bid to the
wedding, too.H
Two days.ratcr the bridal party were as
sembled in church to witness the marriage
of the aristocratic Ellis Parkhurst to the love-
" music teacher. Amid the guests was a
tall, noble looking gentleman of, perhaps,
fift7 years-the captain of the vessel in which
Mr.. Parkhurst had returned.
Throughout the ceremony, this stranger
sea-captain, who stood nefr the altar and the
bridal party, was observed to gaze fiScdlY on
Mrs. Temple. whose cheeks were flushed with
the excitement of the occasion, till an almost
girldish air.invested her, removing the ray
ages of time, illness and sorrow; and now
and then he passed his hand over. his fore
head as if to dispel sad dream. But as the
rites proceeded, and Ellis Parkhurst placed
upon the finger OF his bride the diamond ring
which he had bought of the jeweler, the
strangers eye caught its CLEAN, and he spFahs
forward and grasped the arm. of the bride,
exclaiming: ...
{" That ring, let me Look at Il! Yes, it is
the me-there was no o-her like it, and it
belonged to my long-lost vifc!"
Attention was now distracted by cry
from Mrs. Temple'spaling lips, and she would
have fallen, but the strong arm other restor
ed husband were around her, and her head
was pillowed on his bosom, while the lovely
bride turned from the altar. to be clasped IN
the arms of her father.
When the bridal party were a:ain seated
in Mr.. Parkhurst's elegant draving-room,
explanations followed. The ship which Cap
tain Temple had commanded had been wreck.
ed, but the captain was rescued by q foreign
bound vessel when almost exhausted by star
vation, and after long absence he returned
to England tosfud.~h gone to. Seek
him in America, whittier his almost frantic
wife hoped he might have been carried. 10
America he followed his vile and daughter,
but as they, in the meantime, had gone from
New York, in which city they landed, to Bos'
ton, where they were told they could live
more prudently on their scanty income, Cap
tain Temple sought them in vain.
Hope deferred, and the dispar which fol-
loved brought illness upon Mrs. Temple;
her scanty resources dxirdIed low, and it
was at that period ,ha: she first obtained sew
ing from the shops as a means OF livelihood.
We have already seen how one step led to
another, and when poverty pressed. sore
upon her and her daughter, the mother re-
solved to dispose of the love pledge OF her
husband, which now figured so largely in
their re union.
And we have seen also how thislove pledge
was the means of restoring them TO happi-
ness, and Ellen Parkhulst, in her happy
home, never regrets what reunited to her
mother and herself the dearly loved husband
and father-THE PAwNED RING.