The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-04-26
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GREENyILLE SOUTH CAROLINA, APRIL as. 1871. :,


their steps. aud met Nora, who
was behind them. y As, she took
her letters, her glance fell on one
poet marked Savannah, which che
broke open, and, finding it from
Lieutenant Williams, she said,
quietly: 6s
/" Here, Ncll, you may read this
while ] look at the others"
, Surprised at Nors's liberality,
she took the letter, when the hand
writing attracting her eyes, she
hastily glanced a. the nanic, wher,
she turned deadly pale, and canght
Nora's arm for support. One look
was sufficient to prove to Nora the
state Of Elias heart, but she wisely
held her tongue. and, taking her
place by Mr.. Adams side, left FL.
Ia to read he, letter. We will look
over. her shoulder, although it is a
very iinpolite trick, and see what
he has to say for himself. 1t is
not long enough to weary our
patience:
Miss Nora Stanhope-It has
been such a long, dull time since I
heard from you. that ! can scarce
muster up courage to attempt to
reopen q correspondence with
you. A correspondence which
was. SO profitable and interesting
to me in the "old reb days." l
would have written to you long
ago. bnt had very little hope of be,
ing able to contrive q letter to your
portion of Virginia. We have no
means Of communication except
through the Military I'm the cnun.
try, and / presume that such is tho
state Of affairs in your State
However, / will venture the epis.
tie. with the hope OF again hearing
from Miss Stanhope, and it the
worst must come, even from
Mrs. -.
/ remained true to the Confed.
eracy until the Hillsboro, or Ben.
net House surrender, and came
out of the war without having re.
eeived any dangerous wound
When l reached home, I found
that the Yankees had been before
me. having burnt out and destroy.
ed to the bsst of their ability. BY
this time, however, we have par.
TALLY re built, and enjoy compare.
tive comfort. / have written tine
above with very little spirit, as I
have but small hope that il will
ever reach you. Ii II should be 60
fortunate, write soon and cheer me
up. i am keeping bachelors hall,
and need your inspiring mcssen.
ger. With much respect.
RoBERT @. WILLIAMS.
The first transport Of Joy over,
Ella began to consider the proba-
bility that Nora might refuse to let
her name be used again, as she
was engaged. Nora's mind was
busy on The same subject, and she
concluded, that, if she could not
persuade Ella to tell him the trutl,
at once, she would permit her
name to be used q while longer
She could not bear to spoil such a
splendid romance, and she would
like to see what would come of it.
Her consent was given and Ella
soon sent an answer, and the cor.
respondence thus renewed contin.
ued for several months without in.
terruption. To show how our
hero and heroine we e;progressing
l will merely sav, the formaliiy OF
their fret letters was discarded,
and such beginnings as Ma
Che-e Aune," and MY Much Es.
teemcd Friend" &c, substituted
in their stead. l will here make
an extract from a letter of his, the
last: Early in June, -63, mere
ly to obligc another, ! wrote let.
ter to a lady whoa / had never
seen or beard OF. Ii is useless TO
dwell OH the result, how names
were changed, and how the pres.
ent time finds me pleasantly em.
plOyed i'm writing to this, now, ac.
cornl.lished lady and friend. =
Three years have gone into the
void Of time, and our delightful
correspondence is still unmarried.
Is that ALT Will this romance ev.
er point a moral or adOru tale Z
10 there ought behind the curtain I
Lot it be as it may, as soom as ]
can get one days march ahead of
proverty, ! shall sec Mics Stan.
hope" IS
Nora's marriage was now but
q month off, and she tried to per.
saade Ella to make one moro con
fession, as she could not consent
for her name 70 be used in such
way when she was married. But,
poor little coward, she could not
tell him all, lest. he wonld think
she was still trying to deceive him.
IL she could see him, she could
noaka him un.}orotu 4 n, ....x,..o.