The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-06-15
Uuotfo % news, {,olities, Jntelliaenete,, . J

uut eifo Stuiieu 6erenely. der re.
ward was yet to come, she be-
lisved. Rupert's retnrn and Ru-
ports fame wonld compensate her
for ALL The two years passed
away, and even s}fe. could not deny
to herself that she had failed great
ly during that time. Then . let.
ter came to her ; IL said
I" My patient dove, ] ain coming
at last. S Be ready for me in May.
Write me one more letter" !" -"
Accompanying il were. papers
containing notices of him and his
great medical skill. American pa.
pers congratulated themselves up,
on going to have such a rare &C.
QUESTION to tire medical fraternity.
She read and wept tears Of Joy. -
He was coming at last! 49,.
9ou must not be surprised"
she wrote inher responsive epistle,
"to find me much changed. L
think my health has failed during
the pasttwo years quito rapidly"
Ahi to how many hearts such
an announcements would have car.
ricd terrorl She know the name
of the ship in which he was to
sail, and watched the slow, seem
ingly endless days go by, She
was full of peaceful Joy; he was
coming-she was content. Those
that knew her said her face wore
the expression of an angel. Be
that as it might-lIer heart wore
the hap piness of onef She heard
WHEN the steamship arrived. They
only lived twenty miles distant
surely he would come the next
day. Bat the next day came, and
tho next, and next, and he came
not. She saw his name among the
list of arrivals; was he sick 3
She was tempted to GO down and
see, when gentleman called upon
her. - o.
81 have seen your friend, DR..
kingsland, in the city," he said
" He told me to inform you that
lie had been detained, but would
soon be up"
The announcement took one
pang from her heart only to add
another. lie was well--she thank
ed God for that !; but could she
have been within twenty miles of
him for a week without sending
him message2 That was all the
reproach she allowed her gentle
heart to make, while she formed
a thousand excuses for his cruel
neglect, Two more weeks
went past, aud they numbered
three. Then a note came, which
commenced as follows: e.. .
My dear friend, I feel as If I
can say TO yon. through a note,
that which i wish to. say, better
than face to, face, Estelle, yom
have been my best friend, my good
Samaritan, and I am sure you will
rejoice at my Happiness. I was
married last night to Miss Mary
Morse. You remember hers A
young lady of wealth, beauty, and
good position IN society"
She read no more. Some one
in the adjoining room heard a
heavy fall, aud rushed in. They
found her on the floor, apparently
dead. They picked her up and
sent for a physician. ..
A sever Q shock" was his con.
clusion. "She is dying of the
heart disease"
She became sensible again, but
her heart was utterly broken
Seven years Of waiting, and then
the falsc-hearted lover had left
her--left her, after squanderipc
her property, to die in poverty a.
Even then she uttered no com
plants. She had all his letters,
little keep sakes, and every trifle
pertaining to him brought to her.
She bound them up and addressed
them to him. '' Il. = ~,
"After I am gone send them to
him." she said.
A week latter they laid her away,
and fulfilled her last request. He
began to practice early, and his
success was wonderful, despite the
notoriety which his falseness had
brought upon him. On tue first
night after he returned from Eu-
rope, Mary Morse gave a party.
She made her brother promise to
watch DR.. Kingsland, and bring
him up with him.
"See if / do not win him from
that faded Estelle Atherton !" she
exclaimed, before he met her.
And she did SO. His tickle
heart easily proved recreant to
every VOW Of love, every tie of
honor. Two years after, she was
about to % down q fight of stairs,
when suddenly she uttered q loud
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