The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-03-12
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do sach thiagr' .sq@M.c pss =. .
h'eLilias Wsyland's. r6aaa check wss
bians nshed 70 aa aa&cn,sd whiisasas, a
she itood before her bsoshsF IN tas elsse,
ezahPsd room which e0ussisated her sslsi
home. .'r"oD ftuo1iJ q13 v,,,s9 81,
= Chh-sssssy Wayland, . ehsRdsOus. dissi-
sated leaking youth Of tws or thrse alad
tasIsy,2@ith boldi blask eyss, snd . met.
~ ,pou.h shat seemed maze only sosisiie,
stood opposite her, looking halErssen.
tiaaae,, hair defaa., ss ahs aposs. ,s''-7" :
:a"'Lily. ceuida't help IL. q L ssil yss4 i
was hayd ,up. 1A"fslloa ts,ss hsys uson-
eyj seu women; don't knew anythine
about the ts@psations and necessities of
che WosldiHo s-as,, - ,s-,,,., 80
cssass's1 cssass'ssy1," she filtered filtered, .tas Do yos
know how this same world % you phrase
il, looks 2. the deed you have jus. CON-
mit.ed Oh, CHARLEY" ana her voice
grew low and tremulous; at is 'forgefyfp
Nonsense, Lilll les only borrpssWing! iii !!
g, part Of old Glencross' anused millions
TO aid my needs. wrote and asked him
for cash, aud he, the ununaunerly lout,
Refused. Well, what could he ssspsst
after 'this, but thatr1 shcnd kalp, l,iy-
seifi" '.'s y ,Tn7a .e,, -s s,a.S !:
Liaias ws9hg her alcadsr hasds. =.
g How dared you Charley That q
Whylaud .shoald como 70 tsis r. tshe
walled. L oafoar .,7sa e.o. sei' % .',,. .,i.
"DaEcd! !" he echoed reckiessly ssis'
was but q stroke of the pen, after aif !.
and old Glsncross would be palerier
nissr than I take him tp be, If he makes .. Z.
fuss about matter Of Eve hundred dol.
larsr' 7hsn''sH ',ie
at is the r. fht and the justice Of the
thing" cried Lilias, almost franticaily.
"lf We could pay him n any may,; bu.
l have sold everything that rsmainsi OF
our former wealth. See r. aud she,
lossed round .the miserable apartmsns.
.sss how 1--we: Last nishl sss IN
until nidufght sewing. to have litsia
money to pay the rent. L have not u
jewel left, nor trinket !" Ilu
"Oh, bSther, Lill! If old Gleueross
cuts up rough, it is only taking run
across the water. know lots of ship.
captains that would stow me away undes
their holds, almost any noonlight night %
Lilias looked despairingly at him.
Was it, then, impossible to make him
comprehend the Iaoral obliquity of the
deed he had just committed?
"But / can't stay fooling here" OBJ
served the young man, with toss of his
black eurls. ~ must be off about my
business Good bye, Lill. Give us n
kiss, my girl! Except that you're un-
cOnmon fond Of lecsuring a fellow, you're
not q bad sister in the main."
After he had gone, Lilias aat down to
Try and realize the new situation in
which she and her brother we're placed.
All now depended upon the spirit in
which Paulus Glencross should reesive
ta's aew eacroachmept upon his purse
and patience.
Lily had never seen this distant rela-
sion, yet she had formed an opinion of
him in her inmost mipd, as We all are
apt TO do OF aaseea persons whom We
hear grest deal about and whenever
she thought Of Mr.. Glencrosa, the image
of q hook.nos',d old man, yellow skinned
aud cadaveroaSr engaged in sorting over
piles OF mortgages, or counting bags Of
gold, suggested itself 10 her mental eve.
But he must be human, At least, +"
thoaght Lily, ia the agony of her dis
sress. "lf 30 TO him myself, and tell
him just what poor Charley's necessities
were. and how good.heartet he really is,
in spite Of all his faults and Thought
lessnese--if ! say frankly to him that
have no money nor jewela to reimburse
him, but that will stay and work for
hirn, as servant girl might work in the
kitchen, until / have discharged the hor
ribie debt, sure' o sur"ly he caunot
Aave the heart TO refuse. can do .
great maay things. i can sew and en-
broider, snd could make good bread
sHd biscuit, and poor ina,nms always said
was . good houSekespsr, and if Mr..
Giencross Is really so misery MS Charley
thinks, he would look at the economy Of
the thing. AT least, it is worth trying.