The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-08-28

reer But he had never faltered nor wa
vered in his determination, though some
times ready to sink in unequal contest
with untoward circumstances. He fought
his way through preparatory process,
entered college in advance, and finally
graduated with the highest honors of his
class.
"But results like these, Cat least he
thought ,so,) could never have been
achieved, had not his courage, energy and
resolution been sustained from some un-
known and mysterious source. lie felt a
conviction that there were somewhere
those who watched his conflict with deep
and earnest interest; and though he could
not conjecture whore they were, nor who,
he determined that those invisible eyes
should not witness defeat Now and
then, in his greatest emergencies, for
these seemed to be understood by others
besides himsclf,) he would find some solid
testimonial Of interest appearing just ac
tho moment of need 5; and in manner,
so considerate and delicate, as to awaken
no other feeling than the liveliest graft
tude. More than once, when he went
with a rueful face to make known the i'm
possibility Of discbarging certain pecuni-
airy oblig cations at tho appointed time, he
found them already Cancelled; and when
he entered on the study of the law, he
was not unfrequently astonished by the
arrival at his quarters of packages of
books, just the ones he needed to aid his
progress" Here father looked compla-
Gently at his own capacious and we'll filled
shelves.
"Whon he was admitted to the bar, and
was obviously casting about for some
humble place where he might open an
Office and commence the practice of his
laboriously- acquired profession, he found
friends, hitherto unknown to himself,
ready to lend him assistance and COUNSEL;
saying they had for years been acquaint-
ed with his stout-hearted endeavors. How
it could be he was unable to divine, but
he thanked heaven and them, and made
good use of the kindly suggestions.
"Soon an advantageous partnership was
offered by an elderly gentleman, of
large and wealthy village, and from this
time forth he was man
"During all these years our poor stu
dent had enjoyed only speaking ac-
quaintance with the widow d. and her
pretty Elizabeth; but he soon discovered
that his newly-formcd business relation
was likely to bring him often into the So
ciety of that profoundly respected family,
inasmuch as ispartner proved near and
valued relative. Of course Manning was
enchanted, for his bashfulness was now
somewhat worn off, and-well, TO be brief,
things took their own course, q course at
which none who ever knew Elizabeth D.
would at all wonder, and-and our young
attorney began to BIO haunted with aspi-
rations of a nature quite different from
those which had melted and stimulated
his literary career And still more singu-
lar to relate, this mprovidcnt puppy, with
tho full knowledge and consent of the
good widow and her charming daughter,
did actually consume and squander the
very first hundred dollars his profession
ever yielded him, in doing the honors of
q nuptial occasion with that sweet young
lady A consummation of bliss which
he could scarcely believe awaited him, till
all was over, and he called her his lawful
welded wife ?"
Father stopped moment and looked
at us as VIC listened with breathlcss inter
est to his story, only afraid of its tcrmi-
mating too quickly; but we thought his
eyes were little moist just at this mo-
mcnt, for he went on in voice somewha
lowered.
"It was not till long after this event
that he became aware how much the
mode and tcnso of one trifing act of his
boyhood had to do with his cnvablc dcs-
tiny, for"
At this moment, the library door being
aiar, mother hastily entered the room,
saying, with an odd expression Of coun-
tenancc
"Husband, husband, what in the world
are YOU talking to the children about this
morning? I overheard few remarks.
Come, girls, it is time to go to school.
Start off this moment, or you will bo too
latc.V
oI was only explaining their grammar"
replied father, laughing and putting to his
lips tho hand with which she was about
to adjust his cushions.
We looked at them and then at one an
other, and the truth seemed to flash 81
multaneous upon us.
"'Twas mother, twas mother" wo cx-
claimcd all at oncc, and rushing upon her
wo claspod her in our six arms and over.
whelmcd her with q perfect torrent of
Kisses whilo father, forgetting the risk Of
his toes for tho moment, laughed till the
tears run down his checks, and mother
chidod, and blushed, and laughed alter
natoly.
We needed no other confirmation that
father had been letting out family secrets;
and after a scene of tumultuous merri-
ment, such as that library never witness
ed, to our knowledge before or since, we
obcYed mothor's reiterated ininnctions