Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-08-05
VOL. XXI.
An ABANDONED MAN.
Movement Sad Story of II Man Who
Loved Not Wisely, aud Too WcII.-
a Glimpse RL Society in the Twcn'
doth CCnIMrY.
From the World.

tain hospital on Blackwelps Island
A sad, resigned look passed over his
interesting features when | nodded il
the affirmative. He was, indeed
nearly gone. But there were traces O
great beauty upon his emaciated COun'
tenance. His large blue eyes and
classic brow and long silken hair
which was parted in the middle and
lay in heavy masses of ringlets upon
the pillow, gave him very striking
appearance. at might be well, SIR
he continued, "if you have leisure, tc
take down from my lips such account
as | can furnish Of my sad history. II
may serve as warning to Other
young men similarly tempted, and
save some of them from being simi.
larly led astray.n
"By all MEANS" | replied, taking
our writing materials. "Let us begin
ut once"
Pushing back the silkGn ringlets
further from his brow (and, by the
way, his attachment to them was
about the only trace he showed Of that
natural vanity which had been the
means Of his RUM, he began as fol.
lows:
| was born in Massachusetts. My
parents were poor, but respectable,
my mother being a deacon in a church,
! We lived in q small village on the
Connecticut River. There was moth
ing especially noticeable about me in
my bOyish days, except what you
must see was rather uncommon beau
ty. Though strong and healthy, |
was rather timid-used to bc very
much annoyed, when | was no Older
than ten years, by the persistent at
tempts of the bolder girls to kiss me,
In our evening parties had to stand
a continual fire of forfeit kisses. No
wonder that | gradually lost that eX.
treme modesty which naturally char
acterized me, and though / was never
forward, got quite resigned to these
demonstrations of affection before |
was in my teens.
Years passed. | became clerk in q
village store at good salary. | was
not particularly fitted for the position
but my beauty was such an attraction
to feminine customers that was con-
sidcTcd worth the amount of my sala-
ry to my employers, even when !
did almost nothing, and did that bung-
lingly. / had arrived atmy eighteenth
year. My mother knowing how
much attention was attracting from
the other sex, and fearing evil conse,
quencesifI was left ungUardcd, watch.
ed me continually and followed mt
everywhere. | was really veXed some
times when mother would not let mC
walk home from church with some
girl who was pining for me, or when
| She used to cell me in from the gardel
gate, where / had been standing lean
ing over the fence, chattering with {
number of my admirers. All! she
little knew how many q parting kiss
vas snatChed from me at such times
A, ID now come to serious times. A'
! M 90, Il, had reached my eighteenth
,,oor % was pretty mature for my
ace, but as you must know, was milo
oS5J "S vicIn ing III my disposition; ant
%n;nS n aisn generous aud afloctlonatr
e"nm6 vl5 "ii0 If We, v difficult to say "no.'
Hhithat fatal generosity, SO common
= f., trait i nf NV sex, to how much evil il
IooJs M we lived on the outskirts o
the village, where 9VeTy Woilla,, @ iia'
several acres attach, "a 10 her mouse
our orchard adjoined uaC OF a latlne
whose daughter had alN 'ays atIraGtel
mo more thm anv othel girl, Th
attraction was probably lue 10 W WVh'
fact that we were opposite il appear
ance and character. She was " SUI SUI
DIV blue-eyed, strong willed, higl
tempered girl; but alas, her M m'o'ne
was one of the richest women il Ih
country; mine was poor. She, he wv
ever, always took much notice of m 9
even when | was small, and in he
free way used to compliment me on
NV goods looks after | was i'll my
teens. became quite infatuated will
her, though was repeatedly warned
bv.those who knew the pride OF her
family that she was only fooling will
me, and that her intentions could moi
be honorable, as she knew her parents
would not consent to such an alliance
and she herself was ambitious of mar
rying very well in every respect
But | would not listen to these warn
inrs, SO confident was | that my ap
ne9rance was u full off set to he
wealth. My parents forbade me hay
ing anything to say to this fascinating
Young woman, for they saw tina
nothing but disgrace and misery t
me could result from the continuanc
of our intimacy. Many now wer
the stolen interviews. Where tn
orchards met, there we met. AT las
one moonlight night, AS sat on tn
intervening stone wall, i'll an intoXlc1
tion of bliss, while her curls swept m
face. and her low-whispered vow
tmiilcd my whole being, she passe
her arm about my waist aud sal'
, UDearcst let us listen to the behcsts
love, Let lis break loose from IL
, absurd restrictions in which they hoI
1 us; i'm word let lis eiope. we can
| TO Boston and get married, and att
Q n while, when the storm has SOM
= what abatcd, we can return" III
: tened approvingly to the voice,
ihe charmer in that wild hour, 70
relting how much more serious
step II was for me than for her to TN
u smirn parental authority. Again, III
II SO MANY of my sex, | forgot in Cd
: fender moment that half the VOWS
! woman are false; and that the mo
i of them will be ready when they $
n a chance to crafty a ileeting passiC
/ at the expense of their own honor al
o the future happiness of their victil
l. So, as she stated that she had sever
l. hundred dollars at her disposal,
y agreed to take the fatal step the We
!, next day. 1t was arranged that
l. should start OH different trains top
IL vent suspicion, on the preteM of V
e, ting n friend in a town half way
ut BOSTON. She should go first to
8, halfway town and telegraph TO a b
lg ton Clerrvwoman of her acquaintan
IN to meet us, and perform the ceremo
eu in the hotel when we, reached
e, great city. We started according
ed / was so agitated that my friends
is the village depot asked me II ! "
.oI sick But all went according to
he plan. She met me at the half-w
'er town depot, and the joy Of her pr
up ence soon Iiade me forget the danS
an Al of my position ami the warnings, Il, u
OIL were ringing in my ears we arfi'
ch in ISoston late in the evening, an"
als we were to b0 married at once IN
pit nrivale room, she registered
for names as wife and man, while ! So