The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-03-24
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ArRELIA's UNFORTUNATE YOUNG NAN.

lady, who lives in tho beautiful
City fSan Jose. Shcis perfectly
unknown to mo, and simply signs
herself "Aurclia Maria," which
may possibly be II fictitious nnmo.
But no matter, tho poor girl is al
most hcart-brokcn by tho misfor-
tunes sho has undergone, and so
confused by tho conflicting coun-
sells Of misguided friends and in
sidious enemies, that sho docs not
know what course to pursue in or
der to cNtricatc herself from tho
web Of difficulties in which sho is
almost hopclessly involved. In
this dilemma, sho turns to me for
help, and supplicatcs for my gui-
dance and instruction, with Il NOV
ing eloqucnco that would touch
the heart Of q statue. Hear her
sad story:
Sho says that when she was six
teen, shc first met and loved, with
all the devotion Of II passionate
nature, young man from New
Jersey, named Williamson Brock
cnridgc Caruthcrs, who was only
six years her senior They wcrc
engaged with the free consent Of
their friends and relatives, and for
n time it seemed rs if their career
was destined to be characterized
by an immunity from sorrow be-
yond the usual lot Of humanity.
But at last the lido Of fortune
turned. Young Caruthers became
infected with the smallpox Of the
most virulcnt type, and when he
recovered from his illness, his face
was plttcd like u waffle mould,
and his comcliness gone forever.
Aurelia thought 10 break Off tho
engagement first, but pity for hcr
unfortunate lover, caused her TO
postpone tho marriage for II sea-
S0H ho "S ScEy EjSed day ay06eSr 5o6re e''1h The we'd
ding was to have taken place,
breckenridge, while absorbed in
watching the flight Of balloon,
walked into II well, fractured one
Of his legs. and it had to be taken
Off above the knco. Again Aurc-
Iia was moved TO break the engage
ment, but again love trinmphed,
and she set the day forward aud
gave him another chance to re-
form.
And again misfortune overlook
the unhappy youth. lie lost one
arm by tho premature discharge
Of n Fourth Of July cannon, and
within three m onths got tho other
pulled out by cartIing machine.
Aurelia's heart was n almost crushed
BY these latter caIamitics. She
could not but be deeply gricvcd to
see her lover passing from her by
piccc-mcal, feeling IA she did, That
he could not last forever, under
this disastrous process Of rcduc-
tion-yct knowing Of no way to
stop it's dreadful career, and in her
despair, she almost regretted, {Iikc
brokers who hold on and losc), that
she had not taken him at first, be-
fore he had suffered such an alarm
ing depreciation. Still, hor BRAY
cry bore her up and sho resolved,
to bear with her friends unnatural
disposition yet little longer.
Again the wedding day ap-
preached, and again disappoint-
ment ovcrshadowcd it Caruthcrs
fell i'll with crysipclas and lost the
use of one of his Dyes entirely.
The friends and relatives Of tho
bride considering that she had al
ready put up with moro than
could bo reasonably expected of
her, now camo forward and in
sisted that the match should be
broken off; but after wavcring
awhile, Aurclin, with that noble
and generous spirit which did her
credit, said that she had reflected
calmly on the matter, md could
not discover that breckenridge
was to blame.
So she extended tho time once
moro, and he broke his other log.
1t was sad day for tho poor
girl, when she saw the surgeons
rcvcrcntly bear away the saws,
whose uses she had learned by
previous experience, and her heart
told her tho bitter truth that somo
moro Of her lover had gono. She
felt that the field Of her affections
was growing moro and moro cir
cumscribod every day, but once
moro she frowncd down her rcla-
tivcs and renewed her bctrothal.
Shortly before tho time set for
the nuptials another disaster oc-
Cured. There was but one man
scalped by tho Owon River Indi.
ans last year. That man was
Williamson breckenridge Caru-
thors, Of Now Jersey. Ho was
hurrying homo with Happiness in
his heart, when he lost his hair
forever, and in that hour Of Bit
tornoss he almost cursed tho mis-
taken mercy that had spared his
head.