Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-01-30

EY sYLvASIus COBB, JE.
"I tell you no, Agnes won't have it.
The fellow only wants my money. know
all these dandified jimcracks. They hang
around few bags of dolarslas crows around
carrion. won't have any such thing. Now
do you know"
Father. you Judge Walter too harshly
He is good man-honest and industrious
and
industrious, say you? BY the big lump,
l'd like to kaow what he's got to show for his
industry" =.
lie has u ycry superior education, father"
Education? Fddlesticks! Can he live on
his education {? Can be make dollars of t?'
"Ycs, he can live on it. He has already
obtained good situation as clerk"
"Aud will earn just about enough to keep
lin in he fnc clothes he wears. know
taesc fellows. But there's an end on il. II
ycu choose Kim rather than your poor old
:.,ler you can do SO. l can live a'one-l
shan: live long; you can"
"Stop, stop, father. You have no right to
talk 50. You know I could not leave you
And 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 &c" !"
the uliser multered TO himself, after he had
watched lis cLiil depart. There's been
wcn,y Of the sharks after that grl-twcnty
# 'em lowering around her, like man caters
..ficr dead body Don't | know what they
want? Aha, don't |, though? Us my mon-
Ir51i1fz ~ But Aeres has never loved. one of them
nil ,niS Adams cane alomg. The jackanapes !!
And nuw She wants TO get married right
away. Nonsense! o
Tic old man bowed his head as be spoke.
and he saw drop upon the back OF his hand
Il was bright drop, a"d tie rays Of the SUI"
were playin;; in i,
"Shc cried when she kissed me-" lie yhis.
gered, wiping the tear from his hand. J
don't see wis; malirs her so tcndc: hearted
she rcver took it from me. Bat she may
have taken it lr3r.. -
Tic cll aam slapped, and a cloud came
,ycr his wriak;cd brow, for there was Il
.ape in his heart lie remembered the gci-
lie, accomplishing being WHO had once been
his companion. the mother Of bis child. He
remembered how she became lis wife, even
when the bloom Of manhood had passed lroni
him. and cared for him, and how she Taught
her Child TO love aMd care for him, too. AI;:
tc remember, d hJw she had never complain
ed even while suffering, ard how she had
lied. with a smile and blessing upon her
lips, Though the god of her husband brought
her no comforts.
Noah Brennan bowed his frosted head more
low, and in his heart he Wished lle could for
ret all but the few lleeting joys OF his wife.
Bat he could not forget. He could not forget
that it had been whispered how his wife might
!avc lived longer, had she had proper cloth
irg and medical attention.
"But it would have cost so much | saved
money!"
An, the reflection would not remove the
panr. Tie other memory was uppermcst.
Moab Brennan had passed t! allotted age
of men, being over three score and ten, anu
all his life had been devoted 10 the accumula
lion Of moray. lie had denied himself every
comfort, and HIS heart ;lsd been almost as hard
as The gold lie boarded. But as bis hair
grow more white and sparse, and the y ars
Came mere heavily upon him, he thought
more: reflected more. Tie sweet smile oi
his wife was doing its mission row; q d the
purs love of his gentle child was continual
remembrance 10 him that there were better
hearts than bis own.
AT length The miser arose, and passed out
" the room. He would have left the hut ;
I'm; as he reach d tie little entry wny, he
heard Il voice from the garrct. 1t was his
chld's. He crert up the rickety stairs, and
okcd through u crack in Inc door. lie saw
Arnes upon her knees. Tears were rolling
IDwn her cheeks, and her hands were clasped
towards Heaven and she prayed:
"OA, God lie good to lay father, and
make his heart warm and peaceful! Make
mo to lore him with. all tenderness, and cna-
bln mo to dc clland truly the duty pledged
to nv s.intcd mother! l promised / would
love and care for him always. Father in
Heaven, help me! Oh help mel
The old man crcpt down stairs and out Of
doors. and for n whole hour lie walked alone
among the trees. he thought again of bis
child and then, Of his gold And this was
nnt the first time he had walked alone there.
lie did not himself know how great the in
auencc of his child was cxertips over him.
Arnes, pure, good, beautiful Agnes, wept
long ard bite.ly in her little g9rret, and
When She bad become calm, and her checks
were dry, she came down and got supper.
Bnt she was. not the smiling, happy being
that had fitted about the scanty board here
to!ore. :.
nrcachcd his cot one morning, be heard voices
rom within. He pceped through rent IN
the coarse paper curtain, and saw Walter
Adams with his child. Her head was upon
Walters shoulder, and his arm was about her.
Walter was an orphan, and had Ieen AZ
nes' schoolmate, and her ervent lover through
ali the virtuous man, and loved the gentle
% a;rl because she was so good and gentle, and
So beautiful. And sho loved him, not only
because he was, Of all her suitors, the only
one whose character and habits promised JOY
and peacc for the future.
' g cannot leave my poor old father, Val
tcrn the old man heard his daughter say.
{. must live to love and care for him. on
oll the earth am tho only one left to love
h;r, II il hardi Nv heart may break -