The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-01-14
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Ascarriage ! Ifyou.p please, Florence,
send Brown to procure one, = Mrs. Came,
ron said, AS she turhed to loayc the
room; shescontipuetl, an Stranger will
feel flattercd by your'condnct.
.Sead him here, mamma. Iknow he
will think I'm doing right" :
a few moEents more, and Carl Gran:
ger came into tho room. sFlorence's
sweet, bright face, tllht had. been raised
to greet him, was Suddenly clouded.
She saw that she had mistaken her
lover--for, with mn expression Of con-.
tempt, which he could not, or .carca not
Ito hide, lie elooked on the suffering man.
scarSe Mad Mr. Granger passed the.
eon,plimeuis Of tl,o day, when agaia the
door opened, and another young man en-
tered. He was not strikingly hadtascme,
Eiike the other, but it WAS the face Of sonc
that clildrsn loyc to linger near, women
i.conGde in, and men trnst.
.Essdse, ME; bdtI have permission, =
ne said. .irs. Gamcron told me you
were entertaining your guests here" :.
/ Turning to greet Mr.. Granger, the
young man saw the sufferer, son the
lounge. -
@Aybo have yon here2 Are 5ou hurt,
sirP he said, going up to the side of
1.-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
leY's eyes ns they sought hers, ought to
have been tho balm I" entirely heal. the
woundL caused Bye. Granger's look.
Bu. it was not, just then, for Florence
had thought more of the handsome Carl
than nay of tho other young men. who
visited the house. She was dreadfully
disappointed to knoso h,nr so different
from her thoughts.
he old man signiiied his desire to 90;
/ and when Beown returned with car
rlage, William Hartley, with almost wo-
manly gcntleness, assisted him in, aud
urged that he mgl,s accompany him
hs'nc, An approving look irons 4aor-
| 'onees apd hesjuinpel in, cisscd tho dooF,
and ordered tho driver 40 .i.. ...ss - = aud
nun.bcr directed
God kless you'll You are good
] child. | shall never forget this day.
Perhaps I'll come to sec you again some
time, the old man said, when leaving
The same contcmptuous expression
was again OIL Carl's face, and he sad
snecringly:
Quite a distinguished acquisition to
Mish Cameron's list of acquaintances ="
"A deep flush mantlcd her IA brow
but she dcigned no word of reply. Carl
Granger, saw he had been indiscreet, to
say The lcait. and endcavorcd, BY putting
fasth 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 cHagrin, he saw softer
light glow in he lark eyes, and her lips
wreathed with smiles that he had failed
to draw Forth.
That night Carl Granger. determin-
ed to know his fate, asked Florenso 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
! lnhnlnnslv rich 2" said Mrs. Cameron.
Florcnce's fathers disappointment
wasas Keen as his &ife's, for he felt his
foundation trembling, and knew bcforo
long it must fail. And SO it was; be-
fore another year had passed the stately
mansion was no longer his. lie was
alnioss peHniless. Bat hewns a :ruc,
loving father, and would not barter his
child's heart for gold.
And so, when William Harley won
Florence, he took her not from home
OF luxury, but one as humble as 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
Icy and his loved ones; andso on Christ
mas morning. six years after the one
when the strange old man was helped by
| FLORENCE they wcrn nl1snlnielu dns,itntn