The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-08-31
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couple whose lives ID Don heard q
except IN romadees 9hsy were Bfr.
andsMrs. Henry Ell HoIHe5s tbs WIfs
for many years 5 8 I Iesisd 81 Prsiisis iisis
City, Iowa.. and the husband ranking
with the 1oalifosniz4 fd saiuers.'
Eighseen sEs=sF agss asssr> ssss ;ss77sss.il
couftship; rn0 codpia bedAAS SSES gsa,
the young lady agassing to wait until
such times q. shesslakra fgsncial cir.
cumstances should justly The psrsor.
nance Of the marriage os,apesiea At
that time Mr.. Holmes wEs on visit to
bis people, and returned shortly 70 Cali.
fornia, in the hope ghas lis sso6na visi.
to- zJnes Uoldeu Ea:ni7t i,e rssrea
properous chan rsliel fisssisas&ea Hare
turn waaSszfreqtsRttiii5lii fFzzs,7zsa;ssa7 shs
snccesding FIVE or six gears, but sao
tickle dame fortune ,alTays piayed false,
Abandoning the mining fields, ,tbe young
map gave his time r. other end suSer
industries and sin qty9. years sccunsles
ted a neat little sum of money - During
ialE this time pot q word of complaint
lcameAsto, him from his betroshsd, She
remained constant, a,,,.D.,sa -. -.
After getting his, money together, .Mr.
Holmes visited Iowa for The purpose of
making the sweetheart I, ,Hife, A,girl
who had proven SO true, to q love-, could,
not we'll prove false to, any one; and
when one of her brothers was pronoppc;
ed consumptiye, she was, not long ip
announcing her deteEnipation 70 stay by
him aud minister to his wants, Mr.,
Molmssr told him Of herwonderfai air Of
California, and ussd all his means to
induce him to 60 there, but without
ayaila The fail failing pan was .dstesmipsa
upon never leaving the old Homestead,
under whose roof his fatherr and mother
had passed from Garth. The sistcr's
duty was plain, ana Shc Sniitat it ASA sruc
wonau would. s@4d eiAis oiomisg cdr
70 Tie 'plcdgeso ofieonstaucyt we're .res
ue@ed ssheiaoser fssprped 20. California,
feeling ksenly atiIe truth Of the aenti-
msnt: 'sHepe deferred maketh Che
heart sick" He gave his undivided
attention to business. meeting with go,d
success in all his undertakings, and to.
day is worth over a ha6dfed thousand
dollars ~ yjI szaibs4leyFua -, .s-a
lu the meantime the separated lovers
corrcspopded regularly. The invalid
brother at times Was thought to be on
the high road to health aud at others,
very nenr death door. But for many
months he had steadily declined, and
when the last spring time ushered in the
green leaves aud the singing birds, he
was laid to rest
y few weeks ago Mr.. Holmes made
another visit TO Iowa, whom the hopes of
years were realized, the a,faithfulspairi
being united .iu marriage last Sabbath,
evening. N
In appearance, the lovers has beou sadly
ch apged BY time and care aud sorrow,
but that thel hearts are as young as
ever is as certain as that @purity re,
maineth bright forevet.' They looked
yesterday more like people who had
been married for twenty years than like
a newlywsdded couple, tile husband
being 43 and the wife SO. - -