The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-20
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7--7r a. SATURDAY. MORNING, MARCH 20. 1869.

Mary, did 1 Know yor loss S. than / DO. / should
give back your prorhise and free you from
spur engagement. But j belieye I should
sramplo upon your heart did do that now /
know yyoas love is too pure and deep to be torn
from your bosom at win, SO. say wait
wait There are other feelings in the human
heart besides love. Tha. love is poor, profit
lcss passion, which puts aside afi other conside-
.rnfidna. We nas. love e. 4. eternity and SO
our love must be free. Wait. am going to
work-aye, upon the sea e. work., 9...,...i (, +
"But why upon the sea? Why away where
my poor heart must ever beat in anxious fear
aud doubt as IL follows you ?" qiasie g -
t.Bccause cannot remain here Hundreds
of poor fools have imagined thatI shunuedt 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 misfcrtdncs. Men may eall me foolish !;
bus il would kill mo to stay hefe''s
'.Alns must it. be p n,ft.-,uQ f,,s4t 81
SIT must You will wait ?"',; +. ..a,f.
81 will wait even to the gates of tho tomb
"Then, Heaven bless aud. preserve you'll"
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di CHAPTER H.
The ruined youth was upon the oceaann-his
voyage cotnmeneed--his duties as iaborer for
his own daily bread all fairly assumed All,
it was q strange life for him to enter upon !;
from the ownership of immense wealth to the
trade of books of merchant ship was tran
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again, he had fully resolved that he would do
his duty, come what would. He would forget
that he ever did else than work far his lveli-
hood. With these resolves clearly defined in
his mind he already felt better.
AT first our supercargo was too weak to do
much. Hcswas very sick, and it lasted nearly
two weeks but whom that passed of, and he
could face the vibrating deck, With n stout
stomach, his appetite grew sharp, and hi mus
elea began ID grow strong, first his
ito cfavea sesssc ii ilie dsiicasiss tue had been
long usedto; but, they were not to be lad and
he very soon learned to do without them. The
result was that his appetite became natural in
its wants, aud his system beaan to find itself
invigoratcd by simple food, aud fresh air aud
healshful exercise, iaa q ael n
For years he had looked upon breakfast as
a meal which must be set out, aud rartaken of
from mere fashion. A cup of coffee, aud per-
haps, piece of fresh roll, or seaso-su aud
highly-spiced sitb.s had constituted the morn
ing meal! But now when the breakfast hour
"---s, nc approached it with a keen appetite
and felt as strong aud as hearty as at any 9TH
cr time of the day
BY degree: the hollow checks became full,
the dark eyes assumed new luistre, the color,
rich aud healthful, came to the face, the breast
swcllcd with increasing power, the lungs cx-
pandcl aud grew str'ns, the muscles became
more firm and true, the nerves grew steady, aud
the garments which he had worn when he came
ON board had TO be let out some inches in or
der to make them encompass his person, His
disposition became cheerful and bright and
by the time the ship had reached the shores of
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 sppercargo made his voyage.
IN Oue year iIouu thc uiiy oh WHICH hc lclI HIS
native land, he placed his foot again upon the
,oil Of the Creole State. But he did not stop.
The same ship, with the same officers, was
going upon the same cruise again, aud he
meant to go with her. He saw Mary Wilton,
and she would wait. He saw DIR. Melville,
aud the kind old gentleman praised him for
his manly independence.
Again George Bopton 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 ef storm he
claimed post on deck.
At the end Of another year he returned to
his home again. lie was now twenty eight,
and few who knew him two years before could
recognise him now. His face wns 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
few who could stand before him in trials of
physical strength When he first loft the
Crescent City, TWO years before, he had weighed
Just one hundred and thirty pounds, ayoirdu-