Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-03-12
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Mark Twsin's La,est.
XGhELIA's UNDERGRADUATES YoUxo MA,

D"uu.H" c'yW cah Jose. She IL perfectly
unknown to me, and simply signs hcrsel,
" Aatc'ia Marin," which may possibly be q
fictitious name. But no matter, the poor
girl is almost heart broken hy the misf,rtunes
she has undergone, and so confused by tho
conflicting c"nnsnls Of misguided friends and
ansldl0us enemies, that she does mt know
what course to pnrsu, in q der to extricate
<hnrself from the web of difficulties IA which
she 'salmost hopcl"ssly involved. In this Iii.
sie'n'na she turns to me for help. and suppl.
oates tor my guidance and instruction with "a
moving etnqu"nce that would touch the heart
OF a statue Hear her sad story:
Sho says that when slc was sixteen she frat
M and lnvcd, with NIL The devotion Of p ms.
s'onAte nature. a young man FROM New Jer.
,sey, named Williamson Breckenridge Carutl,.
srs, who was only six years her senior. 'rhcv
were engaged with the free CONSENT of their
friends and relatives, and for y time it seemed
as u their career WAS destined to be ch,rsc.
ter'zed by an, immunity from sorrow beyond
she usual lot Of humanity. But at last the
tide OF fortune turned. Young C.ruthcrs
hec:'iie 'nfuct''i with the amail pix Of the
most Slru'cnt type, and when he recovered
from his illness, his face was pitted like = vaf.
W. hi"u't and his conrl,ness gone forever -
Anr"u" thought t" break OFF the engagement
hrst, but pity for her unfortunate ,ovsr csusrd
her t" postpone the marriage for season. and
give another trial.
~. lie ynry 1n,, t,k,.o AZ. - .-..
have taken place. breckenridge, while ab.
s'rhed in watching the flight Of a balloon.
walked int" , well. fractured one OF his leo.
and it hid to be taken of shove tho knee
Again Aurclia WAS moved 10 break the i,
g'gen ent' hut "gain love trinnphed, and she
set the day forward and gave him another
chance to re form.
And again misf"rtune overlook the unban.
Py youth. Tie l"st one arm nv the premn.
ture discharge Of n Fourth Of July cannon.
and within three months got thu other pulled
a carding machine. Aurcli.'s h.,,t
WIS aim 'st crushed by these latto- oalauitie,
She could not but be deeply yrieved 10 see
her lover passing from her by pico"meal, feel
ing ~ she did. that he could not liant. for.v.r
un or thi" disastrous process IF reduction,
yet knowing of no way TO step its dreadfn,
9 'reer, and in her despair she almost regret.
sd, like brokers who hold on and lose. tb,t
che had not taken him ut 6rst before he Ind
suffered such an alarming depreciation. Still.
her bravery bore her mp. and she resolved 10 :
bear with her friends unnatural 9isposition
yet u little longer. i
'Ag IN the Wedding d'y approached and
sg'in disrppointmrnt overshndnwrd il: "a
ruthers fell III with erv.ipcla. and lost the use
'F one Of his eyes c%atireIy. The friends and
Of the bride considering TINT she had
put up with more than couli be rens.
'lshly expected Of her. nov camd fHward
md insisted that the match should he hr,ke O.,
but after wavcring awhile. Aurelin. win
lat noble and generous spirit which did her
redIt, said that s',o had ref .cted calmly on
NJ III tier, and could not discover that Brock.
was to blame. (:
So she extended tho time onco moro md
,e broke his other leg. /.
1T was e sad d'y fnr the poor girl, when she /,
y" thc surgeons reverchtIy bear away the 9
avs. whose uses she had learned Ivy previous 6
xpe',encc, and her heart told her the bitter =
ruth th"t some more Of her lov"r had gone. :
'he felt that the field Of her affections was =
more and more circu.nscrihed every +,
y. but once more she frowncd down her rel. /,
tives and renewed her bctrnthnl. ,
Shortly before the time act for the nun t;,1s ,
mother disaster occurred. There was b,t 4,
ne man sca'ped by the Owen River Indian. I;
'st year. That man wa. Williamson Brock. !.
nrldge Carnthers,, of New Jersey. Ito was =
urrying home with happiness in his heart. =
hen tic lost his hair forever. and in that bonr /.
bitterness he almost cursed the mistaken :
ercy chat bud sprrnl his head. ),
AT last Anre|is IL in serions prrplex;tv NJ 70 ),
nat she ought tc do. She atill loves her
rcrk"nridgc. she writes with true wcuonlv
loves what is left If hi,n-bnt :,
y parents are bitterly opposed to The match. !,
cause nc had no property. and il dlsahIed n
IN WORKING. and she, hns not sufficient ,neans :,
support roth comfortably Now what :.
HI she dor she asks with painful and anx. J.,
~ solicitudc. y -
Itls y defc'te question; it is ono which ),
the lifelong happiness of a woman, =,
dthat Of nearly two thirds Of a man, aud ~