The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-20
- SATURDAY. MORNING, MARCH 20, 1859.

"Mary, you know all. am going from my
native land a beggar. / cannot stay long now.
Mary, did know you less than / do, / should
give back your prorlise aud troe you from
your engagement. But / believe. should
sEssnpls aPo;, yaar heart did did DO that now. L
know your love is too pure and deep to be torn
from yerr bosom At will. So say wait
wait There are other feelings in the human
heart besides love. That love is poor profit
less passion, which puts aside all either conside.
rations. We must love for eternity and so
our love must be free. Wait. am going to
work-aye, upon the sea to work"
But why upon the sea? Why away where
my poor heart must ever beat in anxious fear
aud doubt as il follows you ?" si''fr ''' y.
Because cannot remain here. Hundreds
of poor fools have imagined that l sl.nsaetl them
because was rich and proud. They know
not that it was the tainted atmosphere of their
moral life that stunned. They gloat over
my misfortuncs. Men may call me foolish !;
but il would kill mo 20 stay hero"
'.Alas ! must it be ?" .rs} --.ss
''It must You will wait? ?"
81 will wait even to the gates of the tomb"
"Then, Heaven bless aud preserve ypu."
CHAPTER H.
The ruined youth was upon the ocean-his
voyage commaneed-his duties as laborcr for
his own daily bread all fairly assumed. Ah
it was strange life for him to enter upon !;
from the ownership of immense wealth to the
trade of books of merchant ship was tran
sition indeed! But ere he went on deck
again, ne mad fully resolved that he would do
his duty, come what would. He would forget
that he ever did else than work fur his livcli-
hood. With these resolves clearly defined in
his mind he already felt hotter.
AT FIRST our supercargo was too weak to do
much. He was very sick, and it iastcd nearly
two weeks but whom that passed off, and he
could face the vibrating deck With stout
stomach, his appetite grew sharp, and hi mus
clcs began TO grow strong e ST first his appeT
tiSIs craved sosnc Of tho delicaeies he had been
long usedto; but they were not tn be had, aud
he very soon learned to do without them. The
result was that his appetite became natural in
its wants, and his system BEGAN to fud itself
nvigoratcd by simple fool, and fresh air and
healthful exercise, .a
For years he had looked upon breakfast as
meal which must be set out aud partakcu uf
from mere fashion. cup of Coffee aud per-
haps, piece of fresh roll, or seaso-,u and
highly.spiccd titbit had CONSTITUTED the morn
Ing meal. But now when the break fast hour
""".c, nc approached it with keen appetite
and felt as strong and as hearty as a, any 9TH
or time of the day.
BY degrcea the hollow checks became full
the dark eyes assumed new lustrc, the color,
rich aud hcalthful, came to the face, the breast
swcllcd with increasing power, the lungs cx-
pandcd and grew str ng, the muscles became
more firm and true, the nerves grew steady, and
the garments which he had worn when he came
ON board hal to be let out some inches in or
der to make them encompass his person. His
disposition became cheerful and bright; and
the Old World the crew had learned to love
him. Through storm and sunshine through
tempest and calm, through dark hours and
bright, the young supercargo made his voyage
In one year from the day on which he left his
native land, he placed his foot again upon the
soil of the Creole State. But he did not stop
The same ship, with the same officers, was
going upon the same cruise again, and he
meant to go with her. He saw Mary Wilton
aud she would wait. He saw DIR. Melville
aud the kind old gentleman praised him for
his manly independence.
Again George Bonton was upon the sea, and
again he assumed the duties of his Office and
even more. lie stood watch when there was
no need of it and during seasons of storm he
claimed post deck.
At the end of another year he returned to
his home again He was now twenty eight,
and few who knew him two years before could
recognise him now. His face was bronzcd by
exposure, his checks full and plump, his frame
stout, strong and erect. His muscular system
was nobly developed, and among the men were