Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-04-03
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drive away, and turned her face to her
pillow, and thought bitterly ofthe h6arTrf::
bic pervefseness Of things in this world.
i She knewthat Evertd@as good and
manly, and sensible was in affair
way town reputation at the bar, aud, i
not Just handsome, I4lfgR, ys vas attractive and nd
gentlemanly,
"Therc are dozens that would be pr,oiiid ,
and happy to accept his love; and fhotbl
ling would do but that lie must throwit
away OH me-" thought Emily, impatieut-
ly. "Butits never worth while to pity
'Hiiine very much. They mostly get over
their troubles very easily, ifthcre is no
money lost" From which it may be i'll
ferred that Miss May Nds perhaps n bit
of cynic. ;l e..9l9a.i d t,i9 i
Emily May lived with her mother, i'm
an inland town in New York. She had
n little property of her own, and, with
what she could earn by her pen, she
managed to dress herself, ray for sum-
mer's journey now and then, and keep
her own house over her head! Y7a2 isotl
| 1t was siher way to alools after herssick.
nelghbors, poor VI not; to visit, now and
then, Mt the hospital and the county
house, and do what her hand found to do.
She made no fuss, and laid down no rules
and was under no ecclesiastical .sdirec.
ton" in particular (; but Il am inclined
to thinksshe Was MS useful, and fur more,
agreeable. than if she had made herself
hideous in n poke bonnet, and committed
mental suicide.
When her holiday was over that sum-
mer, she came home, and settled quietly
down to work. y
She was busy at her desk, one day in.
October, whena carriage drove rapidly.
up the street. and stopped at the door,
fand Dick Bush jumped hurriedly out.
and rang the bell. Emily wcntito the
loor herself. upon which Dicks hurry
seemed suddenly to subsile; and when
no came into the parlor, he appeared to
find great difficulty in expressing himself,
and Emily, greatly wondering, asked al
ter his friend Mr.. Millburn.
Dicks tongue was looscd. 81
ooh, Miss May" he said with shaE-
ingtvoice, "Evcrt is dying
l"Wherc? How ?" said Emily, star.
tied, and sincerely sorry.
| Now Dick had been rather mclodram-
ctically inclined. He had meant to act
like tile hero ofa lady's novel, and ad-
minister severely inHexiblc reproof to
the woman who had ,trihcd with Evert;
but in Miss Mays presence he found this
plan impracticable, and wisely refraincd.
He went out shooting with fool of
boy, and he, the boy, fred wild, and Ev-
ert was badly hurt, and fever set in and
OH! Miss May, he keeps asking for you,
and he won't be quiet; and the doctor
said, ifyou could you ought to come, for
it might make a difference. There's his
note, and Mrs. Millburn's."
The doctor wrote, sutci,ic!!yr, :!.at, con
sidering the state of the case, Miss Mays
presence might possibly keep the patient
quieter, which was all important. Mrs.
AIillburn's note was IN incoherent blotted
epistle, begging this unknown young lady
to come and save her boy.
Emily could not refuse; her mother
hurried her off. and in t&o hours she was
seated beside Dick, on her way to Spring
field. Her reflections were not pleasant.
Every one would talk, ard suppose there
was romance. ELY ST. John would be
sure to know about 1T, and to try and
make mystery ofthc matter would be
still worse. F<
Then she had Nothing to wear" Ana
how should she get along with Evert's
mother and sister? And who would take
her Bible class on Sunday? And what
was to become Of her little book promis-
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81 dare say it's all nonsense his want
ing me- she thought. People never
mean what they say in fever. Ire
member Pat Murphy insisting that he
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