The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-06-20

A'oao ~ VARY "nu as uay aiter day passed anu
noiie came, | grew sad, very quiet, but said
nothing. At last a letter came--a long loving!
affcctionate letter, pleading business as an ex.s
cuse for not writing before I answered that,
letter the very day it reached me- What Il
wrote know not; 1 only know poured my
whole guileless heart out,upon the paper Il
told him all my hopes and fears -e..al my love
for HIM Would that I had never written it.,
waited ankiously for an answer; but none
ever came. :..
One bright May morning, when the sun
shone warmly as July sun, and tbs purfumes
of carly flowers made the air fragrant, Nettie
Clare came, to our heme; and, as wo sat in tho
sunshine on the porch, she said, M
81 had a letter from Herbert last night
He is coming here in fcw weeks
looked up into her face with eager Joy
wonder if she noticed how clutched at her
words, how 1 trenlbled as I said,
"Did he send any word to MOI"
"Ycs,," she replied. ':He told me to ask you
if you still remembered the Irritation you and
he had last summer; aud he said lie hoped
you and his bride would be the best of friends"
did not faint-I did not scream but oh !!
such death-like feeling stole over mo- 1 felt
tho blood all leave my face and it seemed
frozen in my veins, But my voice was per-
fcctly firm, but hollow and choked.as said:
"Then hc is marricd? did not know Of it
before. Of course remember the Irritation;
how could forget. it? 1t was the first 1 ever
carried on and will always remember it."
'Ah! yes; Herbert was married month
ago. He married one of the richest bellies in
Boston, He had been engaged to her ever
since he left college"
And this was the man that had loved, had
looked up to with idolutro,is affection this was
the man to whom had laid bare my heart
Hc had only been amusing himself. while /
had been so deeply, fearfully in earnest. lie
laughed in private over my simplicity aud .gg,a
reserve. Oh how i loAthcd him, how | dtlsss1
niscd him. for III. Yillsr bccI,
so easily dupcd Ten years was u,lrlc,,z to- N,
life that night. Before, 1 had been a simple,
nrtless, trusti,',,; child nov l was Il woman, a
suspccting. cautious, and prudent woman.
Oh how watched the dreams, tho hopes
smileaI looked upon the withcrcd, sccntlcss
flower Of love. Not a tear did I shed no,
not one. was too deeply stung for tears I
had been insultcd and wrongcd and all the
dignity of my nature was aroused.
determined that Herbert Glare nover
should know that had felt his trcachcry
and When he came with his beautiful, wealthy
bride, WAS among the first to call L Was the
first to propose party for her, and was the
gnyest, the widest of the girls at every gath
cring. llaughcd and watzed with him, as if
we had never been more to each other than VIC
were then. l think he felt little piqued to
find mo mourning over faded Ircanls or slowly
wasting away with broken heart. But he
was disappointed; for no one had so little the ap-
pearauco of broken heart as 1. Ihad found
the idol had worshippcd as gold, pure, una
dultcrated gold, nothing but clay and | had
cast it FROM mo as no longer worthy of my re-
gard and devotion.
My friends wondered at my sud,l, gayety
and life; for had always been quiet and do
mestic. But let thcm wonder without lcign-
ing to notice their surprise and establishment.
as propos d one amusement after another
Aud so the summer went by-that terrible
summer !-whata a series Of struggles and vic
tories went through. But l have never re-
grcttcd that all happened that did; for l
learned much. Bitter though the lessons were,
they did me good they will never be forgot
ten.
Soon after Herbert Clarc and his wife left,
Mr.. Grayson, who had for years boon our pas
tor, died; and sincerely VIC mourncl for him,
for he had been kind and faithful worker in
the Lords vineyard, and we all loved him and
looked up to him with vcllcration
For some weeks his place remained untitled
it seemed as if 10 one could ever quite take
his place. But at length George Sanders, a
young man who had just completed his studies,
applied for the vacancy He came and
preached in our village two Sundays; aud the
deacons put their heads together, and conclud-
cd they could not do better than to give him
call. He was consequently installed as pastor
Of the brick church.
But what was he to do with the parsonage !!
L l.