The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-19
sGOLUMBIA TEN NN..zAPRIL, 10, 1872.


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dreadful thing Tor her, poor girl, to
alone all day and lt Is bad for her
De entirely without any companion
her own sex. - r
have you no relatives or friend 2
asked MT. Nicholson. :.
4 "Our relatives east us OIL many yea
ago. on account OF family misf0rtun'
But there were some friends who q
me my present nteppoinement and WI
would have taken charge Of Htlsaz
We deemed neca1se Of that famil
ai1air, fok Se.len znougnt, ana though
tnae II vouia ReEnaps be brought U
against her = sae mixed IN the societ
10 wntcA tnesc Hiends would have in
troduced hers " course we did nc
put our reius4 upon that ground
Susan saia tnat sne would not leav
wrong ana eflnsn: 4 am quite con
ndent Inas am fignt myself, and ye
the prade Whleh snnaks from rakina
up an CD shame can hardly be a falls
prlde-can ftr
II is NOT an easy thing to decide in
Hloment tnes 9eGiee OF pride which
every man ought 70 allow himself
point out where the proper ends AMI
the iaise ends oegms-to beat th'
parish bounds petwecn self-respec
and vanity No wonder that Mr.
Nicholson pui1ed nard at his pipe il
silence. ~ was ey1dentAy no lack O
interest tnat hel1 ms tongue, however
ior ne turncd away ms nead, and his
nand shook as t1eQgh .it were palsied
Ana pr0Dapiy naffy dlQ not look fol
q reply he was thinking aloud as
much rs -taiklng to-t the- other, and
presently he perceived this, and said,
with laugh: "A pleasant sort of a
companlon2l must be, with my senti-
mental egotism? My excess is the re.
iief IL alfords me 70 speak out, and
there Is no one else upon whom L can
infiict the Ideas winch sometimes
plague me Tor, OF course, I want Susan
to think me as free from care asa lap
dog. ana then seem 10 nave known
you all my He L forget that 1t Is
hardly SIX months since we lett the
house together one morning, and both
walking citywaru, ieil Into conyersa-
ton. Hat 1 know that you Will par
don mar oHi NJ ,.a51saoo 10 ga y
= sIhere y no nee, ,tor pardon said
i, i',, ..h;. tono,soH iou w sie ia'oT
am a lonely old fellow, who spent the
better part Of his life away from his
country"
"Ah! where ?'
"'rhe last few years at Simaneas |;
before that, in Paris; before that, in
Gottingen.i / am little more than a
'musty old boOk-worm crawling from
library to library; living SO much in
the past as to have lost all connections
with the present. You have recalled
feelings, sympathies and associations,
which i thought were lost to me for
ever" He paused for while, and
then said, abruptly: ,i.a - 5a
"How you must hate that member
of your family who brought upon it
the shame-of which you speak.
~, no, no, no cried Harry. ou
llttie thllk".l. but L Will tell you
an ABOUT IL some day. see that you
nave nnished your pipe suppose th;lI
we go oowh seiIs again..
oau suo)ects OF conversation dia not
crop up again, anu tne rest oil the
evening, tnouSh musical" was not
melancholy. ,-, .a- -. ri
i ~ FUTURE. ....
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One evening" III oeDpel my Ma-
.'. p.'on . any n: "oe "S INC 1oui sseI.ls linz
uuI mo' III I'm i' usuA. ss'oG " oti,iii IN! Ion
Posu'e hls .,, i.'Se wa" Ius, ms ioie
i,s Ga:S,i "aS nSu ~ @ ,t ..u
nI ,Hplns nUl, i1Heu an estS ..S5, p"pe, oou''
.M w Ia. - .ne ..a.se olieu sousan'
Nv Don DI alaInleui' - Svou news. ,,
we we c.ali 'oph s .he Mott n,, ooiu,y II, .ide
iaoe, my "ei' our i"'iiei i'''-'' was iiiiio-
cemt iit "a.
my" ~ ue''i iii''i'iiii''- ''""Js
S'',u so'
Ay, Dut IL rs piosGu' oeG neIe.
ucn . tnlnk you ever hhe" 'iie ue'''iiS
Vi aMs NE iliatU LEI =, ~
NJ l never "isIeu W uo so'
Well, then, L will not enter into
them now. 1t is sufficient for you to
understand that our father was man
of considerable talent, who took
high degree at his university, and was
looked upon as rising man by the
political party whose cause he espOus-
ed. Indeed, for some time he was
private Secretary to minister, and 1T
was only because OF his desiring more
certain income upon his marriage that
he resigned that unstable Office, and
accepted an appointment which was
not dependent upon one set OF men
going out OF Office and another coming
i'll. 1t was position or trust, large
sums of money. passed through his
hands. Wen, there was wrong,do-
ing, embezziement; downright theft
IN the department. Our father could
not clear himself; his name appeared
to fraudulent documents which could
not have been used without his sig,
short, he was condemned
sent across the sea-lOst; Tor from
that time our mother could near no
more of him. II am innocent" he
said, when they parted; "but what
does that matter-the disgrace is the
same. l hope to die soon; but if that
blessing is denied me, L desire to be
forgottent as though L have really
from this den of thieves. L
will not drag you and my children
down any lower. Do not speak of me
to them-never seek for udings of
me-" Our mother prayed, remOn.
strated, wept in vain-he was firm,
saying that he knew it was for the
best. That was eighteen years ago,
Susan, when yon were quite baby,
ana SO young that nave only tae
SaSuest renieMDrance 1Da oi t. tie cala,y Ini ,,y
anu ciianse. Ell, our iaInei nau Nv
more 20 40 win thaI crime tlan we
lniants naa man III tne same ue
aneId ar.nent 0,, ,orsea ms hha, h : anu d;, en-,
DeZZlcu Ntile money!, Ilc Is Uy lHS-