Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-07-02
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A Startling Narrative Of Real Life.
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leave our hon,os, and so together to the fhsar.
North to DO educated. A great mistake I
hayo since thought; for I have had occasion,
often to regret. not having received ~instruo-
tionin my own State. Has
AZ che time of which I write, was at tho
house Of my most ultimate friend, Suo Long.
She was lovely in disposition, not resmarks.
bly, beautiful; butt never saw any one with
30 sweet q face. ''&@' Ni8
Her skin was purely white, and hor eyes a
dark gray that many mistooke for black, be.
cause of tho long dark lashes yelling them.
She had always Q beautiful color and looked
healthy; yet, | don't know Why, she never
seemed strong to me.
At school, I have seen her tremble aud
grow paleat little iasidents that scarcely az.
footed me-. That very nervous weakness, 10
opposed to my strength Of nerve, endeareea'
her to me, aud / came to watch over heras IL
sho were aSyounger sister.
/ had been spending the wintor with her,
and it had boen such a happy ono
One evening she came into my room just
as ! was getting ready for a party ; she held
note>in her hand, and nor face was SO ghastly
that I thought abe was i'll. She seemed per-
footly unnerved, aud without, q word dropped
in a CHAIR, near the bureau, whore I was
standing. fl}
"Sue, what is the matterH" I said at
last.
She put her hands to her face, and wept
aloud but calming herself, she sobbed:
ooh, Lucy, poor Lilly is dead p
4 uttered an exclamation of horror. ut
can't be! 1t can't be! We only saw her
this morning, and she wa, perfectly we'll"
eyes, but a few minutes after we left she
was taken i'll, and died about an hour ago
Read the note"
l took it and read a short statement of
what she had told mo.
We wept together for Lily was our school.
maze and dear friend.
She was the only daughter of one Of the
wealthicst mon in Columbus; her disposition
go kind and amiablo, that she was pctted and
caressed by all.
l had never lost a friend before, nor had
Sue 7; and VIC felt this bereavement most tor
ribly. ",
! put off my party dress with the saddost
heart I had ever known, and later in the
evening we went around to the house Of
mourning.
She had boon laid out in tho parlor, and
there we went to look at her. "tT
Two evenings before, wo had dancod on
the spot where the still form of the dead now
lay.
"Swcet flower! cut off while you yet
'budded new q
She was tho most life.like corpse I have
ever seen. A smile rested on her .oounte.
nancc and her skin still retained o slight TO-
seate hue. I'D
We sat up with her several nights. On
Friday she was to be buried but her fathers
grief was so hoart-rending, and .she still re-
manned so life-like, that at his earnest request
she was kept some days longer.
AT first we had many friends to share our
nightly yigils; but the last night sll were
tired out, and only two others beside Sue and
rnyaaif remained
w wero much fatigued and very sad 7; for.he
next day Lily was to be consigned to tho
tomb, and We had hoped We hardly knew.
what. RI @g3ifs e h9s 93 NJ ID
Two hours passed slowly. There were two
parlors, with folding.doors between them.-
They were handsomely furnished the most
luxurious velvet carpet, chairs, sofas, and mir.
rors of rare valuo. The body was liz the
front parlor, resting on . bior, in the middle
Ct the room, lengthwise between one 6fthe
mirrors aud the folding-daooo5zzs. On saeih side
OF this mirror were candles. We at In the
adjoining room, and several times during the
night, two Of Us, together, went in and snuff
ed the candles.
About twelve o'olopk this night, the other
two girls complained Of headache, and laid
aewn to get e little s!eep 90 only SIZE end i
were left. lgo et
Some hours afterwards, Sue said tome,
YEARLY: ID ,a5it
feel a perfect horror creeping over me.
Tho sight Of poor Lily inspires me with fer.
ror."
"Yea," I replied, NJ feel yretchealy,
too but I attribute 1t to loss Of sleep, and
our long and tediou,. watch nvar aupr efTiaad -