The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-09-17
Silr0tO9 a.
SaratO9a,
ELL PERKINS, TALE OF LOVE AED lIorE
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I wlitc n personal letter to-day.
This morning | met the most dis
consulate young man ] ever saw. Ills
namo is Mason. lie is from Now Yori;
1Io has been in Saratoga all summer.
lie has seemed to know every young
lady ut tho Spa, and has been au no
mcuso fayorito with - of hem.
He has also stood go3d ul3>"a with
the dashiie young ladico from Chi
cage, tho il'psy.hopsy girls of Oil
City. lie has danced more, sat o..
the back balcony longer, and in clo-
ger promity to beautiful young ladies,
and walked over to the graveyard
with more rich and artist tocratic girls
from the Clarcudnn. than any beau IL
Saratoga. Aad still this yoaug man
came to nc yesterday almost heart
broken. His eye had the look Of
despair.
"T am discouraged and sick Of life,
he said 81 want to de-
"What--you you want to leave
this festive scene, kohcrt!" said
taking of my glasses and looking him
straight in the face.
"Nus, Uncle Eli, am tired of
life,' he sighed, in a hoarsc whis-
per. I came TO Saratoga with a
theory. l believed in that theory as
] believed in my life. | worked for
it day aud night. cherished it,,
pract;oed IL, and wor*hippcd it, only
to see its utter failnrc---uuiy to work
out my own ruiua,ion hy IT."
"What was your theory Robert 2"
] asked. "Was it to bet c)utinu2ily
on the ace---to wager large sums Oh
the same card. hoping ard believing
it would sometime win and maze you
rich ? Was it"
go, no nothing of tbc kind. 1t
was a social theory, Eli. You know
| have blood and family a,A good
!. ahs. "lhy pet theory was to come
to Saratoga and marry rich girl
with bad cough--with tho coi'suinp-
tior.'
"And you have finally becomu en-
garcd to the object Of your affection,
then, Robert :" asked, becoming
dcerly interested in this good young
man.
"No, sir, alas O, no Ny theory
has failed. have been unfortunate
The first yonng lady met was from
Chicago-Mi:s Johnson. She was
sweet toe, and had jus. the cough to
suit me. a low hacking, cough. 1t
was fairly mclodiouS and T. knew it
would provo fatal TO the object Of my
affection in year but, alas ~ and
then he buried MS face in his hand
"Wha;, Robert :" | asked.
"A las in q fatal moment Learned
that she had no money to go with it.
She was poor, but such lovely
cough. Just the one ! had 50 long
and vain,y searched for"
"What then g.
"Why then | met the rich Miss
Lilly Thompson, Of Madison Avenue
She was very lich. She wore laccs
and diamonds and new dress at
every hop. This jest suited me
She was just the gil | had beer
looking fer, with just one exception"
"W What was that, Robert -
%, dear: there was no cough TO g.
with it. She was all health and
money. There had never been an,
consumption ill that fami!y--just III;
luck !'-and then he buried his face
III his hands again, and wept lorg and
bitterly.
Ga again, Eli" he began drawing
closer, cone happy day met the very
object Of my aifcction--the paragon
had been searching for for years. She
was rich and dclicatc. Sl,> had lust
tho cough, the fa.", c.r.umutiyc
cough, hadsfancica u. So dream:
and sighed for i'll my waDir. hours
Two hundred in her own right, ar(
ycIfrail and dclcato.-..3o near death.
welcome door,. Roberts fac,
shonc with Il joyous light as he DIES
criCol the frail, rich object of his af
fcctions.
"And still you arc not harry, Ely
ocar,' remarked as he brushed th,
ashes Of his cigar upon my boot
"Can il be that she refused you?
20, no ! alas she accepted me.
took her pale, jewclcd hand in mine
I placed upon il a :, 600 solitaire
She was too frail to speak loud
Sho coughcd aud only whispered he
love, while, overcome with emotion
her lauquid eyes SuIluscA with tears
I was too happy to live Eat, O, dca
ELI, was born to he disappointed
Fate ruthlcss!y rluckcd tie Lowell,
prize from out my grasp. fatc.---.'
"But how, Robert :" asked.
"W ell, in an evil moment my Ill
began to drink the water here. No
tho mineral, but the pure water fror
iho village hydrant. | would b
happy now but one fatal day sh
""ank somc hydrant water. She fcl
hotter. Then sho drank moro
thon more, till at last she used t
drink ton glasses every moruiug
Then her appetite came back. Sh