The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-01-14
SATURDAY. MORNING, III ANJTARY IA. 1871:

Ascarriage !! Ifyou'plcase, Florence,
send Brown to procure one," Mrs. Came
ron said. AS she turned to leave the
room, shescontinued, aMr. G ranger will
feel fattercd by your'condnct.
s.Send him here, mamma. know he
will think I'm doing right"
A few moments more, and Carl Gran.
ger came into the room. Florence 8
sweet bright face, THAT had been raised
to greet him, was suddenly clonded.
She saw that size had mistaken, Ter
loser--for, with an expression of con-
tempt, which he eouldn not, .or carca not
to hide, he looked on the suffering man.
scarSs had Mr. Granger passed the
compliments of fhe dsy, when agaih the
door opened, and anrthor young man en-
tered. He was not strikinsly handsome,
Hike the other, but it was the face of one
that children love to linger aca,t, women
,confide i'd, and men trust.
Excuse. ME; bit / have permission" I"
ne said. ",frs. Cameron tcld, me you
were entertaining your guests here" ;,
Turning to greet Mr. Granger, the
young man saw the sufferer ON the
lounge.
ssAvho have you here2 Are 5ou hurt,
sir?" he said, going up to the side of
the old man and taking his hand.
+ Briefly Florence told of his fall; and
the look of admiration, nay, almost ado
ration, which bcamed in William Hart
lcY's eyes MS they sought hers, ought to
have been the balm to entirely heal the
wound caused by Carl Granger's look.
But it was not, just then, for Florence
had thought more of the handsome Carl
than Nay of the other young men who
visited the house. She was drcadfully
disappointed to kno,o h,nr 80 different
from her thoughts.
The old man sisn:ficd his desire to go;
| and when Bto~n returned with car
r'ase, William Hartley, with almost wo,
manly gcutieness, assisted him in, and
urged that he night accompany him
hsmc, An.-apprevins look from, Iaor-
/ nnees aud he jumped in, closed the door,
and ordered the driver 20 ~ ..s. .nd
nun.ber directed
God EleSs you'll You are good
/! child. l shall never forget this day.
Perhaps I'll come to sec you again some
time, the rll man said, uhcn leaving.
The sane contcmptuous expression
was again on Carl's face, and he sad
snecringly:
'..o"itc distinguished acquisition to
Misc Cameron list of acquantunces ~
"a deep flush mantcd her far brow
but she dcigned no word Of reply. Carl
dranggsr, say he had been indiscrcct, to
sag The ioait. and endcavorcd, by putting
i":th his most fascinating powers, to cast
away the cloud that had gathered on the
face usually SO bright Carl's attempts
were fruitlcss. But when an hour had
passed, and William Hartley returned
then, to his great c..agriu, he saw softer
light glow in he :'ark eyes, and her lips
wrcathed with smiles that he had failed
to draw Forth
That night Carl Granger, detcrm,..
ed to know his fate, asked Florensc to
be his wife, and, to her parents great
disappointment, she Kindly but firmly
said she ''could not love him"
Foolish girl ! Do you not know that.
besides his own fortune, Mr.. Granger is
the only heir of an old uncle, who is
iabulously rich 2" said Mrs. Cameron.
Florence's fathers disappointment
WAS as Keen as his ~iics, for i,o ieit !. i.
foundation trembling, and knew beror,
long it must fail. Aud so it was; be-
fore another year had passed the stately
mansion was no longer his. He was
almost perniless. But hewns true,
loving father, and would not bartcr his
chlds heart for gold,
And so, when William Harley won
Florence, he took her not from home
OF Luxury, but one as humble us his own.
Years rolled by, bringing with them JOY
and sorrow, until Fix years had passed..
During the last one clouds had gather
ed, swift and dark, over William Hart
ley and his loved ones; and so on Christ
mas morning six years after the one
when the strange old man was helped by
Florence, they were absolutely destitute.