Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-08-08

gulch to gulch, pitching their tents
wherever night overtakes them, with
the ground for their couch and the
stars, always bright and clear in our
sunny cline, for canopy; and thus
they wander on, true nomads of the
minea, until death shall claim them,
when perhaps plying community will
send them to hospital and generally
furnishing rude coffin, and apau-
per's burial.
Some Of the brightest intellects Of
the age have here miserably persisted,
yet there were many who withstood
the temptation; who came out of the
fiery ordeal anscorched, and helped
to lay the foundation of this, the
Empire State of the Pacific, which,
ere many generations, will rank
among the first. our glorious Union.
Maurice called one morning TO bid
adieu to Miss Howard, who heard
from himself, first, Of his new inten-
tion.
IT have made up my mind to leave
for California, said he, "and shall
start tomorrow for New York"
What. going away so far? When
did you come to this sudden conclu::
sion ?"
"When you refused me your heart
and hand" he replied smilingly.
"You don't seem to feel very badly
about ii"
eff carried my heart: in my
sleeve, as many do, you would see
that it is deeply affected; but I have
learned to hide my feelings from a
world that always laughs at love, es-
pecially mans love when it is not
reciprocated."
"It seldom proves fatal malady
with your sex, said Fannie, with an
almost imperceptible sneer.
"There is where you deceive your
self" replied Maurice, "'and most
women fall into the same error; mans
love is purer, stronger, deeper, and
more enduring thaa is that of wo-
man; for it he sacrifices everything
but principle, and often becomes
knave to testify his affection"
More frequently becomes fool, "
said she, soto voce.
"He will leave friends, home, and
everything that makes life pleasant" "
continued Maurice, and go to the ut
termost parts of the world to get
wealth for the object of his desires.
Il hope you are not bound upon
any such Quixotic errand."
Yes, my dear Miss Howard, I
am going to the Pacific for you, and
you alone. I shall strive to get gold
and fame, and then shall ask you
to become my wife"
Gould it be true, thought Fannie,
that this man would do all this for
her, and only an acquaintance Of a
few weeks. Such devotion touches
the heart of o woman, and, for the
first time, she really began to love
him.
"You will allow me to write to
you once in a while, won't you?"
said Maurice, beseechingly, for he
dreaded to part with her for years
without a hope of hearing from her
occasionally.
"oh, yes, will answer your let
ters, for it will be pleasant to have
a. CORRESPONDENT in u far off country.
You will find ME ve-y prompt
one, at any rate. =
And SO he babe her farewell, hap
py at least in her promise to write
for he knew the heart often went out
with the letters, and followed them
to distant shores, and ere long, from
expecting answers, it looked to see
the wanderer come back in person to
receive more gratifying acknowl-
edgment from the lips than The pen
can rut upon paper.
Time flew by, and mnrths length
ened into years, and every steamer
brought letter from Maurice full of
vivid descriptions of life in Califor-
mia. Her replies imperceptibly grew
warm, for he wrote beautiful letters,
and thew often give one a better In
sight into character than mere per-
sonal observation furnishes and Fan
ME, who refused the passionate ap-
peals Of an ardent lover, felt her
heart already clinging closer to her
friend as she anxiously watched for
the arrivals Of the mails from the
Pacific coast.
Maurice was a lawyer by probes
sion, and after trying his luck for a
year or more. in the mihes, finally
settled in San Francisco, where he
opened an office.
He succeeded beyond his most san.
guine expectations in the practice of
lis profession; but while still in the
mines, long before lie had acquired
either wealth, or reputation, he re