The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-09-12

nov, that sought death in every form? Oh !!
Kate, do not turn away from mo- Only let
mo hippo one'day to gain your love only tell
INC sthatl!you. will lhremember} me sometimes.
CAN you over teach your,chenrt to love me-,
Kate,2" An eager light, look of deep pas;
ysionnte love rested on his face. 'Na ~
81 ':ColoncI Willis, / have not thought of this.
Ny soul has been stepped in deepest woe--I
to 'thinkafor odayaa and oweeksq
9fhcg igKtaof hnyslifoCwass Suddenly Iiatout; and
-I was left to mourn, and gropc in darkness,2,l5
+ sob! Kate, do not tell me that you love
another, can not give up all hope. will
serve, like Jacob of old, glad to be near the
idol of my dreams, the guiding star of my
lifes You do not love another, kateY
ssNo, do not love another, alluded to my
brother" saaa., 81! .li., II VI
'Thcn, Kate, I may hope, that in time you
will learn to love me-"
X Kate and Colonel Willis reached tho house,
not long before the dinner bell sounded. Kate
pleaded a hoad-achc, and retired to her room
Mrs. Raymond and the Colonel sat down that DAY
without DR.. Rutland. Hclhad gone out ou
tonr.of "iuspoction,r he termed it, and would
be absent several days. The Yankees had car
ricd of all of Mrs, Raymonds horses and
mules. Very little was left fer them to subslst
on, and the old Doctor had gone out in the
country (walkng)t to get the ncccssarics of life
a belt Of. country, twcnty-fv miles in length
and only ten in breadth, had not been rrdi,7ca.
From that sources Il was to draw supplies
until the next crop was made; aud it was in
that section that DR. Rutland had gone
Soon after dinner, Mrs. Raymond and Colo
mel Willis were talking Suddenly, he came
aud sat. down Mt her feet. and said, 'Oh Mrs
Raymond, II am so weary Of this dull, aud care
less world t..s ...., e
aPoor boy I a,n sorry for you. What, is
your sorrow. Tell me, will listen to your
.griefs ~. 80: rs, ''''@H s. y 5
He laid his head on her lap, mud told her Of
his lifcir-of tho many sorrows, that had
clouded it t;-and then confessed to her his love
for Kate.
- = Docs she,loyc yo,iSin return, Carter 2"
s"I do not know. i but oh! Mrs. Raymond
what is life to me without llcr,luve?- A dreary,'
dark night---a blink r..
"Cartcr, Kntc is very young yet. ID She is
only eighteen, and has seen but little of the
world I know she loyes no 'trn' ono else. The
death of her brother has cast dark gloom
oyer her life. Wait for year, ac;lr friend !;
then CONC to us again: The Keen agony Of
her first sorrow will be soothcd by time" ~
Ii, u. .itS9
Mrs. Raymond had learned to love the quiet
patient man. lie reminded her little of her
dead boy; In his gentle, dofcrcntial manner,
wasBrougt baeK t6 ihh The eta55s lays of Her Son
stay off ecartiiE lieo o'ssm dqlebn"H to ynaot
Hsr rhi Heart aeied With gffief, as shss shslatG lastGencd
tb bis ssd story; t6idl IL his tSaasohbgsS way. s
Kate did not come into the parlor, until near
e>a-timc For the first time sincc Douglass
died, did a smile play around hcr,lip. Twas
saddened, 'tis true, and but al ghost, ajshadow
of tho merry laugh, THAT had formed a part of
Katcsicxistcncc., glow ighted,up the face
of Colonel Willis. He presagcd a.-favorablc
rpp]y,T57aa happy termination Of his love suit
The Tbs ,eesgInig evening Yore. SFSay and each retired
to dream Of events past and to come. Need
We sayo thst lbright-tg;arillandod dreams fit
dq5btt tho tlovesgs coqqh need VIC tqll YOU
&ir readers that Ksto wds angelic in his
dreamlandS?; No; the hearts Of al truo maid
ems have been touched in like manner: the
dreams of my readers of the stcrnSr sex have
been as full OF joyous anticipatiors, as were
those of Carter Willis and Katc RIA 44ond.
4 VI. -.
"Co,ning event" tbs said "cast their shad
ows BEFORE" and SO it was with our poor.
crushed nation. The fall Of Charleston, Co.
lambia, Wilmington and lastly Richmond
crushed the brave defenders A nation Of
heroes were reduced to slavery and ruin And,
ere tho convalcscent Colonel thought Of turn
ing homcward, there was no moro "Confcdc-
rate States III due course Of time, General
Raymond came home. News from l. had
long before reached him, and he was prepared
to greet the wounded Colonel Willis but he
was little prepared to receive the tidings Mrs
Raymond impaired Of his love for Kate.
The brave old man gave him soldiers
greeting, and with it his consent to win his
only child. When, at length, Carter turned
him homcward, ho was. soon to return to make
his home among his ncY-foun and loving