The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-24
was that the woman wouldn't grow old 1t
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must be wicked. If twas real.
Mrs. harrables never forgave Matilda Cor
making her grandmother. But Matilda did
not repeat the offence. Mr.. Wlmbush died,
for herself and child. The child, Garry VIM
bush, had .put short dresses to shame when
she was twelve She ran up like a scarlet
runner. She ran right through by express
from childhood to wOmanlfDOd. without STOP
ping at the intermediate station or Sirlholn.
At seventeen she was a grown woman Of ma
ture experience. who had given up flirting for
love, along with her other playlhiu9s, and was
ready calmly to discuss an offer OF marriage
OH the basis OF its atIor'iing good strateglcal
position in the battle Of life.
Here, therefore, we have Mrs. Wimbush, u
comcly widow, with daughter somewhat
prematurely developed. on the one hand, and
with mother perslstertly lMvenile anu ever.
preen, on the other; Mrs. Wimbllsh anu her
daughter Carry living together in Whiting
ton Lodge, Higligate; Mrs. Marrables, the
vouthftll and Lhe nngran'lmotherly, dwelling
by herself mt Taunton, and devoLln@ her
time to collecting subscriptions iOr different
charitable objects, not forgetting her own
| rents. Mrs WinbuSh seldom correspondent
with her mother. They were on the best OF
terms now, yet, by a sort OF taci understand
Inc, each pursued lhe even tenor OF her way,
very rarely ntcrchanging ecSiac!es by post.
I'm the spriug Of 1868, Mrs. Wnb,ish shut
up her house In Ilighgare, an,l came, with her
| daughter TO bnurreGon!h, where size hired q
villa. Many OF her friends were slaying et
Bourncmouth, and. through the assistance OF
nlrt!es and jalHLs, anti picnicS anu balls, she
made a great many more. Among. these lac
BroGkshanks must b. specially noticed rs par
tIcullrly involved in this brief history.
Old Drooksilank, $50 everybody called him.
a cheerful old person In tlc shady side OF six.
| Ly. was very rich, hut very unprcsentahle, in
4 49, iI,o r.,Eh rttTil
| place. He had made his money by The inven-
| ton of patent medicine familiar To us all by
| the name OF BroDkslank's lnialliblc ONT
mrnt. it brought him no end OF money. Bllc
although he lived In Il grand house III u iasl-
iuuable. e.Wuturlng-place. he was slill Sole pro-
prictOr OF tile lnTallibe 0lnimelit, ail his
| London illauuIaelory and depot was yet IN
| GI working, will s.BrookshanIin over tic
doUr, and pictures Of people with sore limbs
all 'ver the windows. All this, society might
| have winked at-mglt have admitted Him
| within It's doors upon Suilerance, ana pre-
! tended never To wake 10 the notion OF u
Stranger present in the gallery" Hllt Inc
worst of od BrOOkshank WIS. mat not COLI
| tent Slh living on ointment. he talked ONT
| mcrt ALWAYS ami pulled il everywhere. 1t
was not Hypocrisy: the man believed in IL
heart and soul. lie said lie had IL sacred
mission To alic7laLe the woes OIL mankind, al
| thirteen pcncc-halt penny llic DON; anu lie
meant it. Hc bclievcdi in all hia testimonials
more devOutly than the writer's c0hih nave
done. He was conscienlonsly OF opinion That
his ointmen was. us hc said, "good for every
mortal complaint, inside or out." lie Carried
| bills With him everywhere, and distributed
| them aS ZeaOusly us though they hau been
| tracts. sShail cease" said lie, "wllllc sln-
| glc irllOw.crcalurG SnllerS agony llat can
curcg' Society could not Stand thiS; Tor lllc
man would have distributed his bills Ill every
| s,,n
ell till each guest was supplied with picture
oil bad legs and u string Of Testimonials. lie
| believed in his mission rs .nuch as Mohainined
did. He said he had committed many sins i'll
| his life lime, but he trusted the good MS omit
lneut had done TO suffering humanity might
be taken into account when they were reckon
| cd up. The ointment was Ills crccu--lhe
| ointment his extreme nncliOli.
lrooEsllunk's sister kept i.iS house; lille
| f;,t,r,I Oil maid, who believed in Him as mich
as he did In himself; who would move soiliy
| in his presence, lrom y reverend regard iNr
The great healer Of the people: WHO would
| place Ills lat published tesllmoi'i.iis III hcr
| HMM book, and rcild lllem Oh SilnQ;lis Win
| every appearance of dcvontnrss-oi!erlnT up
! thanks from her simple heart lur the good
works he had been abad In do; Eruuks!lank
| had two sons, both getting oil toward ml'd:&
| age. Thomas. the eldest $, surgeon Win a
| cnpal practice, used lu declare lh;:! hall i!i
|
/ Irrinm from the effects OF the lHfaliiblC Oinl-
menl; though Of course he only said 50 10 Lease
his aunt. Ills brother, Charles. was lawyer
Of good position anh good circumstances.
| Neither WAS married; ncGp.c said they were Eul
marrying men. What blundrrs people make,
sometimes, Oil this score.
CIArT.I. III.
It was strange what al impression Mrs.
| WimbuSh seemed to make on lhnSG t%o men.
| She met them everywhere and the attentions
| they maid her were plainly marked hy some
| thing warmer than pclilenGss. Presents. too
flowers and hUt-hUllsp iIliit--io,ind lllrr way
both from Mr.. Tom and mir. Charles TO the
! widows table. 0l the two, Mr. To!n was ny
far Tie most in earnest. Yet she feared to en-
courage either, and for some Time preserved
| an attitude OF strict neutrality between the
| rival powers, and could conScientionS!y report
| That she was on TERMS nl the closest friendship
with each Of the beigercnts; the fact being
that the key Of her inpartiulity was less i mat
Ter OF sentiment than desire to ascertain the
relative standing of the two brothers In The
eyes Of their father with regard TO future coli
| tlngencies.
Twas moi ion. belnre she hat! an Opp0rlil-
nity of satisfying herself on this point. The
| sincere admiration she prc,sseu lOf ,lle III
| tallible Ointment made Old bfonkshanks Sis
| ter her Sincrre friend for life, and Mrs. Wim-
bush became II visitor al iEc biz house. She
| soon fuuntl that cid l}ruOksll4nk had Il bad
opinion of his eldest sou, Tom. Partly, ieal-
+, oilsy Of u man who rrOlesscd I'll. art Ol neal
| inc as derived from books, and expressed
| scrptCisul as TO the Inspiration OF the OEt-
ment, and partly diStruSt OF Il man who might
| find out its sacred ingredients, and hold then
| mp to public dcriSiol, contributed to his nid
opinion Tom was Il hereto, amt an unhc-
| liuyer in the Brooksliank crecd-..t sc0tfcr At
| tnI tncI