The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-03-29

me, / know it wouldT a
To lose your beauty was sternly
asked. 'Fl'' eye.
Yes, yes "' -a' i"'e-
and you think nothing Of poor
Phil?
Tie is man, and-Ch! heaven,
what shall l dop 3 f7sT
Go home,' replied Madge Skinner,
who had entered, and heard enough of
the conversation to understand it. SO
home. This is no place for you-for
any one who fears, and seeing that she
was obeyed without hesitation, she turn
ell to kittic, took her in her strong arms
as if she had been child, aud contin-
ued, Hush my darling. Phil will MT
die. | feel that be will be saved. 1t is
indeed fiery, terrible ordeal for him to
pass. yet nothing would have saved him
from a life Of misery. Now the heart.
lessncss OF jessie Yandorburgh will be
proved that even he cannot doubt,
aud he will be saved, thank heaven
saved /"
With such brave and just words she
quicted the trembling Kitten, aud then
announced her intention of going to take i,
care of Phil, as iu that little village no
professional nurse could have been
found.
But you might take it, and
My beauty is proof against its ravages
she ans Tcred with touch Of bitterness
aud Kittie saw her not again for many
days. '''' s1'a ii
The physician too, reasoned with her,
but in vaiu.s Even Phil reused himself
to do, the same, but she was firm aud
not to be moved, and having laid asid,
aer wTaPpiuss and barred her arm "a
well rounded aud white one-and sub
nittcl to the lancet Of the physician to
bc cinnoculated against the most dreaded
oftsll,,iiseasess Is sdr..I .,I.its 5. 1,.s
Where is Jessie 2 Phil askcl, when
the operation was ended, aal she ha, A
assumed the duties of nurse in the
management of the room H''
'Gouc home, and the subject was not
mcutianod again between theni. no mat
stcr Low aiach each might have thought.
PHI! Elton, though at the very se t (.
Of death, svniled passing through aud
I'wn in;n the ve!ty .! silence. H,wls
slightly markell, th,u.h mt snific;ently
~ bn nDticel. All al through the
f.7rfnl sickness, brave Nladgo Skinner
fe,o'd hrnlly ut her pcst-was indeed d
niuis;csiag angel By his side. But as
$a2p as able to help himself, she retired,
nl the very same night he lelrnei tha.
she was very i'll, and his heart s;note him
and such Il feeling rs he had never n,u
tot Jessie Fandcrburgl began to grow
~ in it, almost unknown to him
self,
To visit her in his tlen condition uas
lmpoSslbie-he was not as yet wcll and
when all danger Of cnntagion vas passed
Jessie came to see him aud en,leayor To
make HIM forget her heartless dcsertion
to regain her old power over him
Now he was rs stone 10 her. While he
might not have blamed her under ordin
airy circumstances, yet he did for her
permitting another to take her place an
the unfec!ins conduct she exhibited as
Mite told lIim) when the black shai
ows of death were lowering over him.
1t was their last interview. Wi,hou,
even the delicacy Of offoring to return
the many and valuble presents he had
given h'r lthough such an offer wouic
have been refused with .scorn) Jessie
'anderburgh hastily left the village t,
seek another victm-to-(for the trutl
might as we'll be told here) to rcceiy
at least pootical Justice Few years late
by being horribly disfgured by the sam
disease that had but sli. chilly lef
its marks upon her lover. .i1 ~
| In due time Malgc Skinnerrefossret
and disappeared FROM siglit---sone, i
was saiu TO visit relatives In distan
part of the country The fact was, sht
dared not meet Phil again for fear o
betrnying her weakness She had learne
10 love him athousahd fold hetter 'tha,
ever before, and she was too nnble t.
have h;n seek to win her in the frs