The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-12
from the New York Sun
Secret Marriages-An Oh
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listener to 4 conversation between
= two students, who, rs they ex-
pressed themselves, were bent on
fun, consistingin mock marriage
ofthe younger oftho two toa nurse
girl. l am an old man, nearly
seventy years ofago, and l knew
| could with safety speak to them.
I told them [ was then on my way
homo from tho deuthbcd of ono
who was the envy Of all who
know him. lie was n Southernor
BY birth and education; his victim
I is also native Of Georgia, but
brought up at the North in her
fathers family.
Some 8 years ago he met her in
Tennessee, where tho family were
staying, and sho was then n bcauti-
fnl girl just budding into woman
hood he followed them North,
and soon won tho love Of tho girl,
who promised to be his brid.; but
her parents would not consent AS he
was Colonel in the rebel army.
lo soon after Joined his regiment
but time and distance only served
to make her love deeper; when,
ono day, hc suddenly appeared and
cIuimcd tho tuIiilmcnt Of her
promise. Sho consented to Il pri-
vatc marriage. 10 lett tho next
day, promising soon to claim her
before the world. lilo sailed for
England, and before his return
she learned he had u wifo when
he married her. lie returned
with what ho had gone for IL
divorce from his wife-nnd now
wanted e. to be publicly united to
him. She refused; he had deceived
her once, and she could not trust
. him again. Ilo took rooms in the
: nci ighborhood, hoping to win her
to his views Lu,, stricken down
:, with fever, with no kind hand TO
. hold tho cup Of cold water to his
!, lips, ho sent for her, but it was
not until took word to her that
=, ho Was dying thnt she came. !
= = mover shall forget TINT death-bed
. while l live; then know what
y that poor girl had suffered. II
. is plainly to be soon she is daily
: yea, hourl J., passing uway-actunl,
u Iy dying Of a broken heart. The
world may laugh, but few girls
, ever loved "a she has lovcd this
man. She will havo her reward
above for those words Of forgive.
ness aud comfort spoken to that
dying one, and that prayer must
!, have been borne to Heaven hy
I" angels: "Fathcr, forgive him 70,
;, thy Sons sake" May God com
u fort her in her uftic,ion, shc VIII
} can but mourn for hi in her clio ct
. Girls, let this prove lesson /,
, you trust in your mother, even
= though it be II stcpmothcr. Had
q Georgia trusted in hers, this
might all have been spared her
: Young men, beware To- " you triil,
with a girls purcst ail'ccLions: re,
- membcr that the day is coming
. when young and old. rich an,
- poor, alike will be judged. Those
: students wero greatly moved, and
= promised TO give up their wilr
q ways: and knowing that yonl
T., paper is daily read by thousands
:. OF young people, trust You vii
publish this, as it may provo I
. warning to many.
" 90
Go TO SLEEP EARLY.-- Man,
Q children, instead or being plum
II and fresh as peach, arc wilhcro
and wrinklcd rs last years apples
T. because they do not sleep enough
( Some physicians think that th,
= bones grow only during sleep
G This | cannot say certainly bmI
I" do know that those little folk,
u who sit Up 40 at nights ar,
Is usually nervous, weak, small ant
T. sickly. The reason, why you noct
l. moro sloop than your parents il
l. because you have to grow ano
&c they do not. They can uso uI
tho food they cat in thinking
3, talking and working, while yov
L should savo somo Of yours fol
- growing. You ought to sleep {
o great deal if you do not, yol
!, will in activity consume all 80,
u eat, and have mono, or not enough
u to grow with. Worry fow smnr
y children seldom oxccl, or over
r equal other people when they grow
up. Why is this? Because thei
heads, if not their bodies, arc KEEP
ct too busy, 80 they cannot sleep
10 rest and grow strong in body ane
Ia br0in Now yhnp 1on, mot hn
t: says Susie or Georgia, Or what
oi ovor your name may DO, it is tim'
II to 90 to bod, do not worry her by
~ begging to eit up "just q littlt
e longer" But hurry off to you,
a chambers remembering that yo.
"a havo great deal Of slocping ane
"a growing to do to mako yol
n healthy, happy useful man o.
* woman.--RuraI WeW Yorker.