Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-01-30
But the pledge of love gave to my dying

but the pledge OIL love gave TO my dying
mother must be kept.'
.".And so the great joy-arcam of my you'll
must be changed to this sad reality! can
notask you to leave your father, sweet Ag
nes, for the very truth in you which | wor
ship would be made lie could you do so
But have prayer. pray that God in his
mercy may remove the curse from your
fathers bended form!'
"The curse! Waltcr?s
"Aye-the. Gold Crsem rejoined the
youth feryently. 81 hope God may render
him penniless!" !"
What? Pennilcss?' Repeated Agnes
with o start.
AYE; pennilessl for then he would be far
more wealthy than he is now. Then he would
know howsto appreciate the priceless bles-
sings of his sweet Agnes love, and then the
crust might be broken, and his heart grow
human again. And more than ALL" Walter
contnued,i winding his arm more clusely
about the fair form of his companion, and
speaking more deeply, then could prove
to him my love. Then I could take you to
my home and we could both love him and
care for him while we livedm
Noah Brennan stopped to hear no more,
and as heiwalked away, be muttered to linn
self:
"The rascal He'd do great things; me
penniless,.a and he praying for it, the young
william !n
When The old man gained his accustomed
walk among the great sycamores, he wiped
something from his eye. He acted as though
mote had been blown in there.
Two weeks passed on, and Agnes grew
pale and8thn. She did not sing as she used
to, por could she smile as had been her wont.
Sill she murmured not nor did her kindness
to her father grow less.
"Oh, God, help me to love my father" she
pray ed one night. Let not my grief make
me forget my duty"
And The old man heard it.
One night Noah came home from the city,
and in his Gard he brought small trunk.
He barred the door, and drew the tattered
curtains close.
See" he said, SIS lie opened the trunk,
and piled the new bank notes upon the table.
L",ks there, Agnes, and see how I have
woSked.in my life time. l had no education,
bur I've lad up money-n,oncy-MoN
How .Auny men woa'd sell me oil their brains
tonight Tor this. See! one thousand-two-
threes-fuur -. Count them Agnes.
There's thousand dollars in each package"
"Why have you taken it from the bank,
fathersn
"Tdl it, my child; TO let it at round
interest, Agnes. ! shall double Il, darling,
And while the old man cye s; arkled with
evident satisfaction, his child wore 2 sad, sor
rowing look. And long after that she looked
a. lie working le lures Of her father and
prayed that the GyG Fieni would sci him
lree.S
Wien Agros retired she left her father up (;
but ere long shs heard him PIT his little ;rruk
away, AMI 20 u his bed anl then SIZE sir&t
Hark Wha, sound is Tia; ? Agnes starts
up in aniri- h, and Listens hut see, = bright
Lights cleaning out into TIC night, ard thick
volumes Of smoke ponr into the garrett
'1Fire, fire., sounded :. voice from the en-
try;and she hears the sharp cracking row,
aadIfeels tie neat.
esAgnrs, ny Child ard in another mo
mes, her fatnty Oh IT,. stairs. Hc
IS sssaa o, ,h4..4sne -iS4lssssA--,,..s..,s.-.
Take all your cl9;iiag, Agnes. and you
can put them ID i'll the entry. The house is
a!l on fire.
In q few minutes more the father and CHI d
,tcoi in The ruad, the latter with bundle Of
clothing in her la d: !" "liiic the former held
smali trunk. They gazsd upon Il burning
building bat neither ol them spoke.
Aud others came runnirs to the scene,
ba, 10 che tried to stay tie flames. An'!
tar effort would have been useless Eai il been
made, for The old Shell ba:nc.l like Under.
But more still, 10 orc woaid have masc the
effort, even had success been evident, for th''
miserable oil hut hsd too long occuJ |,
one O.! the i:.ircst spots oi tue village. There
wcre no other buildings 10 BE- endangered, so
they let the Old thing bum.
You have your money SAFE said Agnes.
Yes. See, took the trunk. lett the
candle burning 50 that could watch it But
went to siecr. anil the candle Inast have
fallen over. Bat got the trunk" as lie
spoke he held itup and gazed npon it by
the light OF the laring ruins.
Thol is not tie Trunh." whispered Ag-
mes in alright.
"Nor-.' Bat the old nan spoke no
further. lie saw be lad taken tie wIong
trunk This was only filed with old deeds
aud dusty receipts.
RuMed! Lost" groanel Noah Brennan,
IS he turned from the scattered cmbcrs. IL
had fifty thousand dollars in that trunk, and
where are they now p
"Ncver mind" said Agnes, winding her
arms about her fathers neck, we'll be hap
py without it"
4
"Wha;,' uttered Noah Brennan, gazing in
10 Walters face. "Do you mean that you
will give nc home t,o. that you will pro
vide for me, and keep. .meT'
"Yes," returned tue youth hopefully.
could never be happy with Agnes, much as |
love her, if thought her poor old father had
no home. Come, VIC will live together, aud
be as happy as the days are long"
But your salary, young man. y
SIS sufficient for US, SIR. l have five hun.
dred dollars ayear. We cen live on that,
and lay up something, too"