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

''SI nv" ~ "polh
To lose your beauty? ? was sternly
asked.
Yes, yes
And you think nothing Of poor
Phil ?
lie is man, and-Ch! heaven,
what shall do" fs'F
Go hnme,' replied Madge Skinner,
who had entered, and heard enough of
the conversation to understand it, Go
home. This is no place for you-for
any one who fears and seeing that she
was obeysd without hesitation, she turn
el to kittic, took her in her strong arms
as if she had been child and contin-
ued, Hush my darling. Phil will MT
die. | feel that he will be saved. 1t is
indeed fiery, terrible ordeal for him to
pass, yet nothing would have saved him
from life Of misery. Now the heart
lessncss OF Jessie Vandorburgh 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
care of Phil, as iu that little village no
professional nurse could have been
found.
But you might take it, and
Ny beauty is proof against its ravages
she ans Scred with touch Of bitterness
and kttic saw her not again for many
days.
The physician too, reasoned with her,
but in vain. Even Phil reused himself
to do the same, but she was frm aud
not to be moved, and having laid ssid,
ner wrappinss and barred her arm "a
well rounded and white onc-and sub
United to the Inject of the physician to
be innoculatcd against the most dreaded
of,sllrliseasess 100 sd, nd ,lA.l. 81 iss.
Where is Je!sic?' Phil askcl, whom
the operation was endel, anl she ha |
assumed the duties OF nurse in the
Management Of the room.
'Gone home, and the subject was not
mcntiGnod again between them, no mat
ter Low much cacl might have thou sht
Fh!l Elton, though At the very Se t,
of death, avoided passin; through aud
,!pvn jntl the yoly o! sicn:. H,wl,
slightly marke |, Though mt Sufficiently
~ %, nrticel AM a,I through the
fearful sickness, brave Nadsa Skinner
40 ID irn,ly at her pcSt--was indeed q
nin.s;c:tug anse! by hi. side. But as
soon as able to help himself, she retired,
N the very same night he le,rnci thai:
she was very i'll, aud his heart smote him
and such feeling rs he had never knau n
tJi Jessie Eanicrhurgh began to grow
~ IN 1t, almost .unkuown to him
self.
To visit her in his then condition vas
impo>S!b.e-he WAS not aS vet we'll and
When all danger OF cnntagion WIS passed
Jessie came to sea him aud endcavor "a
make HIM forget her heartless dcsertion
to regain her old power over hin
Now he was as stone to 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 untec!inc conduct she exhibited as
k;lte told lim) when the black shall
ows of death were lowering oser him.
1t was their last interview. Wihpu,
even the dclicacy of Offering to return
the many and valuble presents he had
given ar lthough such an offer wouid
have been refused with scorn) Jessie
Eandcrburgh hastily left the village tc
seek another victim-to-(for the truth
might as well be told here) to receive
at least pooiical Justice Few years late
by being horribly disfgured by the sam,
disease that had but slightly lef
its marks upon her lover. sa
In due time Maige Skinner recovered
and disappeared from sight--sone, i
was said to visit relatives in distan,
part o! the country The fact was, she
dared not meet Phil again for fear oI
bctr"yiug her weakness She had learne
TO love him a thousand fold better thar
ever before, and she was too noble t,
haze hm seek to win her in the frs