Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-02-14

Ject TO alter severe wound, HsSn tIs
doctor inquired there was any lie
in the city hewished to send for. ss
Yes" he replied. "my Wife. SHE is /. e
the City City Hall on the corner Of l.lasE
Kearney streets. Tell Mary to lasteis
for ! am badly hurt" .lII{I
a man was sent to bring his wifi
Doctor" said the gambler, "ssiye that
mans life, and there is my banl am
$4,000 in Burgoync, and you shah hay
it all I"
The doctor fel.. the pulse Of tho ~
and probed the wound anew. Tie
crwatehed him with the greatest ;iss
ty until the inspection was finished, 81
the doctor shook his head III token
impossibility!
es The gambler sat bby the side of III
wounded man tbathed his head J, I'D IL
stnunched the flow of blood from L..
wound, until the arrival OF lris wife SIC
came, accompanied by n few friend Sand
as heroic women bear their mistoitnnes
she boYe llers. Not asword of reproaela
passed her-words of gcIleerfulness onl
passed her lips, us tears conised each0
other down her cheeks TO her inquiri5
as to the chance of. her husbands ress
iGovery, the doctor assured her there wal
no hope the wound wal
mortal, and that in few hours thss
wounded man must die. She sank down.
on her knees, and invoked the mercy OH
asforgiving God upon her dying husbalfliss
and his murderer.
The gambler lnelt at the side of tlrs
wounded man, and asked his forgiyeiie,ass
for the great wrong he hnd ceinmitt,
and also thnt Of his afflicted wife, whieisl
WAS readily granted. IL
IS "This,' suid he, .'is for disobeying tbcf
sacred injunction of my aged father and
mother. have faced death q thousand
times, and still have escaped; the balls
ofan enemy have whistlcd past my ears.
us thick as hailstones, and the bursting
bomb has exploded int my feet. StillIg
have lived, D God; and for Ibis! HIGH
above the red tide of the battle / lnytS
carried my country 5 ensign. and that Mot
for me u nanie among msii When not
one comradc was lt1t 10 tello the hattlcs'
1 escaped unhnrt!i WhySlv;ls not killed
withthe rest? All that was proud and
pleasing to man have had ,andi1 Icould,
recall this last act by living on husks,
sleeping in u paupcrs grave, and ren0nnr
ing every proud act OF wife, / would d,
it. was BORN iii the same village with
that man; we were born beneath the saIIr
r. OF. and, O!God- the same mother ga,I A
Us birth. He must not die he is t.,ls44 Y
brUrfsef ifel- slss .slipk
i'll swoon up N the iiuor.os
The wouinied man raised Himself
his elbows; his glazedeyes wandered,
the room, US il isearching for some par
lar one.
"Mary," said he," "is my brother
liam here" ,t,s
The wordsjchoked in his throat
gurgling blood stopped his utterancc, nj
he sank II corpse upon his pillow.
The wife klclt again, but it was bcsi.
the dead bod and invoked tl,cblessi H. 8
Of God OH lA soul, and forgiveness s|
the murder. 5sa.
The g,mhlF awoke from his swod &
staggcred'up p the wife, and said:
MARY, wotld it were otherwise, iolt
have nuthingtu live for NOW; the de,}
and dying do hot want anything in 4,
world; take tlis certificate of deposit
our aged tntler, and tell our parents
are both deadib but q do not tell thcbEs
how we died y M
But before Ae woman co;ill reply,
ny one interiae, the report of II pis
ounded agains and the tr,tricide H.
ceased to live! On the hill near. RincS
Point were twograves,a few years agsss
enclosed with ! picket fence, and osEHs
tombstone at tEcir head, with the simp
inscription-ss'B Brothers