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

mo Stna9iyOus1Wll9ifemem me sometimes.
Can you ever teach youriehenft to sloye me-
.K!ate,2. An eager light, look OF. dsep pas.
isionhte love rested on his, ,faco.l co. g
Colonel Willis iiayae, lave, not thought Of this.
NY soul Inns been steepcd in deepest woeAr' woe +
,sas, s,hos aabls TO 'tfsinksfor sdayaa aa4oHeekssq
afRe . soG hnyslifefssss SUDDENLY rtitous; and
q vas left to mourn, and grope in darknesss:2
hOh Kato, do not tell me that you love
anothcr cap not give give up y,i5si ali hope will
serve, like jacob of old, glad to be near the
idolof my dreams, the guiding star Of my
! lifes. X ou do not loyoauothor. Kate ?,s L s
"No, / do not love another, Il alluded to my
brother ,5hna nd ls:,assip3s ~ 10 ~.
"Then, Kate, Imay hope, that in time You
will learn to love me,
u Kate ahd Colonel Willis reached tho house,
not long Before the dinner bell sounded Kate
pleaded a hoad-nchc, and retired to her 1rfoom room.
Mrs. Raymond ana the Colonel sat down that laay
without DR.. Rutland Hclhad gone, outson Il
topEof Yiuspoction, = he termed it, aud, would
bo absent several days. The Yankees had car
ried off all Of Mrs. Raymonds horses aand
mules. Very little was left fer them to subsist
on, and the old Doctor had gone out in The
country (walking) to get the noccssarics oflife
bolt of. country, twenty five miles III length,
and only ten in breadth, had not been sSdii,1ca.
From that seurceJ L.. was to draw supplies,
until the next crop; was made; aud it was in
that section that DIR. Rutlandahad gonc.sl (.
Soon after dinner, Mrs Raymond and Colo
mel Willis were talking. Suddenly, he came
suud shutdown Mt her feet, and said 'Oi i NJ rs
Raymond am SO weary Of this dull, aud care.
less world t.le: oa,,. !, VI
6 Ioor boy am sorry for YOU What, is
Sour, sorrow. Tell me, ! will liston to, your
He laid his head on her lap, md told her her of
his life of tic many sorrows, that had
clouded It; land then confessed to her his love
for Kate. ;;,s .S S..
Docs siietlt,sc yo,isint tfoturn, Gartur 2, sai
;s 81 do not know but eolra Mrs. Ray nlond,
what is life to me without lerlvyeY: A,dreary;
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Garter, Katc Is very young yotsJ She isl
only eighteen, and has seen but little of the
wofla, Know Size ioyss III sn no 'tdsl ono else. m The
sdsatlof her brother has cast cast, dark gloom
oyer her life Wait for year, dcar da friorid ;
then como to Us again Tie Keen si, agony y' Of
hor first sorrow will be soothed by timles'' .'i'
Mrs. Raymond had learned to love the quiet,
patient man. llc reminded her little of her
dead boy: y In his gentle, defercntial manner,
t6 ni EliRe dsysE ST ers youa
stag aygsoMif oMif artlaaoiiop oooaM dqietaa1 10 gonpf
Hsr Eesrt scled wth t1 1gfsf IS shssi liBtsnSSda IT.
hiz sSd story; told Ii his t5haScmng taSm way Ia
Kate did not come into the parlor, until near
tea.time.a For the first timc sinccs Douglass
died, did q smile playground hor1lipr Twas.
saddensd, 'tistrho, and but lai ghosts gaoshadow
Of tlic merry laugh ,pthat had formed apart of
Kate'sfexistenceo,s A;glpw lightedsup tho face.
of Colonel Willis. He presagcd as,sayorable
harry termination n,i! ri Of his leye suit.
lbc fyenp5lng wore plMay; and each retired elsl
to dream " o3f events past and to como; Need
We tbat l!g lbriggbt:s9Slanded and cd dreams ait
dqgbthe sl9yssa coWgeh W need we It'll YOU,
fhir readers, that Kate was angelic il -his'
dreamlagds?, No; thp hearts, Of al true maid
ems have been touched in like manner the
dreams Of my readers Of the stcrner sex have
been as full Of joyous antioipations, as were
thoses Carter Willis aud Kate Raymond. ..
asColning events" It's said '"cast their sliad-
.ows beforc;" and SO it was with our poor,
crushed nation. The fall Dr. Charleston, Co.
lumbia,, Wilmingtonq and lastly Richmond,
crushed the brave defenders. A nation Of
heroes werc reduced to slavery and ruin. And,
orc tho cohvalcscent Colonel thought Of turn. !.
ing homeward, there was no moro "Confode-
rate States ~ III due course Of tiinc,,' General
Raymond camc homo. News from Il had
long before reached him, md 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 Katc. V
1 Tho bravo old man gave him a soldiers
greeting, and with it his consent to win his
only child. When, at longth, Carter turned
him homcward, he was soon to return to make
his homo among his new found and loving
friends. His lonely heart was chcored, his
fainting soul revived. He was to return, and
claim tho hand Of Kate. and mako Ills homo
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