Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08
"oh. Lily yane, I'h so glad I

found your" g,... a.. :,
but a very pleasant one.
! Lily was very y. happy Her eyes
grew brighter, her cheeks rounder,
her, lips red, and little links Of curls,
long vanished from her hair, crept
into its masses again She looked
ten years younger, Sometimes, when
pretty Mrs. Anderson ran into her
husbands arms at his homecoming.
or. tossed her baby oYeEher head, the
thought of what !. might have been, 2"
saddened Lily's ehear5sla little, but
very sweetly'; andrrhar one prayer
was that. she might never lose these
kind friends who made q Life new
thing for her. . iiE i
So summer passed and.autumn and
winter came, and dwithit one Of those
red-sealed letters, which: black-eyed
Mrs. Anderson read bmore merrily
than usual, and thenferied out that
Tom was coming home; and her hus-
band, merry as she was herself, said
something in an undertone; and the
children, dancing with glee,, called to
| the cook in the kitchen that Uncle
Ton. Z was "a. coming home; and the cook
came. from the depths iladle and all,
and said: .r;s
Bless my heart Is that true p
| And the little wife and mother
ended all BY dancing round Lily, and
singing, half-a-dozen times -.
"oh, Lily Yane, heF glad I am ] I
found you ! NJ
Uncle Toms comipg?" Lily Vane
asked herself. ~ ,.lr h
| Then there were. no, more lessons
for awhile. but allswere busy for the
uncles return; and Toms room was
made fine, and Uncle Toms presents
made ready, and acakes baked that
Tom liked and. all mixed up mys-t
teriously with Lily Vane,, who was.
to much puzzled to understand any
thing.
And so the eventfulday came and
Lily with her dress on-not the pale
Lily of year before; but rosy and
comely-stood before the mirror in
her own room. brushing her brown
hair, when down below she heard a
shout "Tom's GOMEZ Tom has
comet and a bow-wow-wow from
the dog, that said as plain as the
voices did, "Tom has Gomez" And,
why she did not know, the brush fell
out of Lily's hands, and she began to
tremble as before the dawning of some
mystery, and not astep. could she stir,
but stood quite still, her heart beat
ing fast and furious, when the door
opened, and Mrs. Anderson rushed
in and seized her about the waist,
and pushed her and hustled her down
the stairs and into the parlor, where,
under the gaslight, stood a man,
black-haired, black=eyed, with a sea-.
faring look about him, who turned
and held out both hands towards her.
1t is your Lily Vane y
And then he said, 1t is my Lily
Vane, and no one else II
And Lily knew the man she had
met and parted with year before
that night. :.
"She don t look like it, does she ?"
said the sailor. "a little craft like
that to board tie pirates and'frighten
them away from greathulk like me;
but she did it better than troop OF
marines. And if she hadn't tied her
handkerchief about my head, and if
her name hadn't been on it, I'D never
have known she was my Lily Vane,
and you'd never have found her for
me, sister Jenny"
But 1 found her." said Jenny
Anderson. II found your Lily Vane,
and here she is.
And in a moment more the two
were alone together, Lily and Captain
Tom.
GIVE had that handkerchief next
nv heart all this while,' said the
captain, taking Lily's hand.
live said the name over and over,
when only. the angels heard me. I've
thought Of the sweet face, and the
kind touch of the soft hands, until
the sea seemed too wide that kept me
from them; and / never have forgot
ten them for one moment, and never
shall. 1 had to sail next day, but
Jenny swore to me on the hymn
book-for made her-to find Lily
Vane for me, and she did. Was it
for me, my dear, and may | hope.
that ?"
And he drew Lily closer to him,
and she looked away The thoughts
that had come into her heart when
the black eyes first met her, crept
back again. The hand he held fut-
tered, her lashes dropped no girl
ever blushed more brightly.
"Was it for me, Lily VaneY
asked the captain. els the face
mine, and the dear voice, and the
kind heart. =
cts not pretty face" said Lilly,
"nor a young ene." :. :,
"There' more than beauty in it, "
said the captain. "More than beau
ty; and I'm no boy, myself, my dear;
and the heart ?"'-
And then Lily Vane knew-knew
best, because she could not answer,
nor look at him, nor do anything but
sob upon his bosom-that the thoughts,
the black eyes, and merry smiles had
been strengthened BY the long, long
IItalks about Uncle Tom, and Brother
Tom, and Mr. Tom; and that in all
1.-The world there was no' one so dear to
|her as that same Captain Tom.
"And the heart. is mine p asked
Captain Tom ), and by way Of answer
she let him fold her to his own.
So the wedding-bells soon rang out
a merry chime; and she who one
uaor before had starved. body and