Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-09-10

~ Wh;Nl S't" c;!lci II Judgment.
Mrs. Waters tried to make hcrsclfI
tric%ds in tho village, but on the
wh"Ic failed to 10 81. She wa5 coarsc
a"d Vulgar.
The servants said she drank and
her treatment Of her child, II little
creature hall the size it should have
been tnr is a%;', was such rs shocked
CvTrybViy. 1t VIZ, said she beat it
cruclly.
all events, her manner AID the
stories abnut her made every one Of
rcHpHctabi!ity shun her; aud cvcn
had she been Il woman they could ca.
t"Hm, l." settle down in that way III
that village would have hccn ineicli
|catc enough, the women said
7 lnt some who Thought only of hcr
money, became intimate witt, Mrs
Waters.
And das''in&IS dressed men came
hovn hy rail 10 visit hrr and she
drove w;;is them in her showy cah
ri" g r""t Matt;''i humble home :nd
,ih:>w uroN the :,al face bent over
"oIa2 work 1t ihr wlndow, such loo'ls
of Sc..:A as rni!;ht have been Maitic'.,
,'uc h;,I :'',o been very wicked crea
tnrc, but which under the circum
stances Was quito uI:callcd for
Al; this wc:It on for two years at
IH"#!, a"d by Chat time Mrs. Waters
hny--'(v" years oh she called, bat be
hardly looked tArtc---was running q
about thc grounds, an! escaping iroia
them Wh'ncner b. could into the
tAr~ain.
CHdI.. enough; whHucuer 10 cot
free, Il" na,lt for the @lri,, Of green
land that lay between the house that
Matte dvclt III and the river.
1t wa# the water that tempted him
anJ his delight WIS to launch tiry
boat" with paper sails upon it. At
hr:;s Matte ran away when she saw
him. Thea size began to watch him
lhinki"g how like he was TO the cap
tain, with tha& head Of clustering
Iycilow cnrls thinking him, like also
TO what her boy would have been
haI lie l!vcd--fDr she never doubted
he WAS dc;,I-uE!i! her heart soften.
cd, and one day sho opened tho door
and tempted linn in with cake. rs ono
=. might Z bird.
After that, ho used often to como
to her. All Rudlcigh was scandal
,l'=cd by the fact, and Mrs. Waters
ignorant of it, until she one day came
upon the two at tho rivers cdssc-thc
boy with his arms about tho woman's
neck. She was in her carriage when
she saw them, but sho was ont of il
i'll an instant-pcriling her lifo in tho
Jump And she struck tho child Q
blow, and called Mattic by an cvi
name; and no one who saw her face
ever forgot it, as sho drove away
iagHin. with the screaming child.
| Matte went into her poor home
trokcn-hca&icd, and her r4"i,;.n ann,
'1rate'l her woeially, and Mattie
could only weep.
e" nero il your pride :" said the
rpinstcr, "your ucccncy?"
And Mattio sobbch, "IIo il so like
frank-so like Frank, aunt don,
, DO angry with me-"
The old nurse was we'll pcratc,l by
Mrs. Waters also, and for while the
boy was kept within bounds; bat he
had will Of his own, and 1T last. on>
warm autumn day, mamma out for 9
drive, rs usual, and nurse DOING, tho
great gate swung b..ilind him, and he
battered down to the s;rccn bit O.
land, andpccpcd into Mattic's cotta.,
door. She was ut an upper window,
but fho did not call him in-sh,
dared not-and he wandered away {,
the waters cdgo. There he launched
his boat, and padded in to bring il
OIL again, and splashcd and wet him
self, and soi!ed his fnc clothes with
the mud, and was happy beyond OK
: preston. Matte yearncd for him
but she sat still. and only looked unit
, the tears filled her eyes, and sho hid
t'ita i'll HOY apron, and fell to weep
ing bitterly. But from this a shril
cry aroused her. Sho started to he,
feet. Tho child was no longer on the
bank, but out in the water glcamcd q
yellow head and two tiny arms, and q
cry OF mamma" camo to her.
1T Was rs though hcr own child
called. She flew from tho room an
down tho stairs, and out towards tho
river. Others wcro rushing tha,
way, but sho was first. Sho ncve,
paused TO think, but plunged into the
water rcclilcssly. In another moment
she was out Of her dopth, but she had
the boy fast by his little waist. and
dla her best to reach the shore with
him. Men wcro near by this timo.
and the two were drawn to the shore