The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-15
SO S Y. l5 1871


GA favorable raspo nse from you will
foreyeT bless this d iiu the iifoof .sEsut !
fohsvS q sARTHt AINSToNgbs !
s<aAfter reading sIlis note over, he rang
for a. servant. ~ iis!lI i isaw directions
/ heplaacdithoslittle billet ID Che walters
hand, ndtshatted e;lo door .l4as 50, 7
os Hfhis mind was tsaablsdby the sum
anonsshc got few noass before, to re;
turn home, the sasH snse that his pres!
sent situation placed Jim ID, ,oceasioned
70 ue3tenl fold dshqavie to bear up i'm,
! sHsvkncw Hcomps atively lyiinothing Of
pthosgir to whom he had written, sex-
tcept her pahie, and sanf she waa proud
rnud naughty in her raaiiners.sfs = sel /
SlaInfthis mood of { MIND he paced.sthe
room up and down. during the, soutire
absence of the servant. 80 ~ :. Cl-.'ss :; .
sisPresentlya rap was heard at!the door.
Almost afraid to- inoet she waiter, and
suiii moro afraid to rasd d-the note, If he
should laY hayf e. eas, - Astii approached
ihe. door, opened it, aud to his delight,
mingled with many gsaias Of fear, lest it
should contain something to wound his
feelings, received ths response to his
note. 1t was neatlyiucased in beaati-
full envelope ? = sz9sA'0s 'sfHa< {
lie closed the door,an fell upon the
side of tho bed, in franc of mind no.
at all enyiable.., ~4ssse, ue.,-,-,
His wAule life appeared to be centorcd
in the oneg grand thought of his exist
ence, and that thoushtsaas of Eliza
Eoyor <'s'S7S 3.s.si.s A'''tlA S.'7s''' Fs' .
Likethe man who had invested his last
doliatin q large lottery sel,cn,o, and. de-
pended pp'n its result ri. the success Of
his future life,s SO ARTHUR regard
his love for Eliza. ;. is, was fortunate,
j j g X q !, !,
if unfortunate, disgrace and misery were
Inevitable
Thus with Ar,hur Ainston. All Of
his hopes, his aspirations. and his reso
lutiors to one day distinguish himself,
were merged in the one iGea of alternate
ihopo aud fear, and depended for their
.sneress upon the revelation which he
would soou learn llom the note in his
Possession.
|, Raising up aud standing before the
mirror, he said:
/ "Can my nerves be so terribly affected
by the beauty 6T a woman who perhaps
cares nothing for me2 1t is ild-like
|. weakness in me, and will bravo the re-
suit like q man, be it even worse than l
expect. have her answer, andI will
read it.
Here Arthur opened the note, which
was written upon gilt-edgcd paper, in a
beautiful and graceful hand, and read {:
! Miss Eliza Boyer will see Mr.. Ain
ston in the parlcr this afternoon at 4
o'clock - sgef5 zE4
These were the ouly words the note
contained.
I How strange they appeared to Ar
thur. Iie could not understand how,
if she would consent to permit him to
visit her in her own parlor, she could
write to him SO vaguely and indef
uitely.
60 -.s.uG, Il nave her per-
mission to visit her, and should not com
plain Of meeting with bad luck. Indeed,
my star of success must be in the ascon,
dpncy for, by George, | did not dream
two hours ago of any such good fortune
"Won'tit be grand" he continued,
sssilsinstead of making amends for the
Insult already given,I should repeat it
under her own roof? III eau only
avoid the piercing slances of her dark
eyes, | may be tempted to do it,.
SO saying Arthur palled the note