Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

II think he is bleeding less freely now.
His pulse is stronger"
"Can speak to him, John ?" asked.
"No, darling, not yet. He could not an
swer you, even if he heard"
But Twas watching him now. Johns words
had given me hope. He was not worse, and
he might live to speak to me again. l said,
after few moments
"Look, John, I see his lips are quivering.
Is he trying to speak,"
"No; but 1 think he will soon be conscious.
Don't move"
There was a faint moan, and then L heard
his dear voice once more.
"Water-give me some water"
We could not raise him to give it to him, so
they handed me wine 81 lass and told me to
put it to islips, that he might moisten them.
did so, and he was able to swallow one
mouthful. Then he said
II am better now, MATTER"
"What, darling?" l asked quietly.
"Tell-John-to come"
"He is here"
"John-take-ca -my-darling
tle-wife."
The words came slowly, and with difficulty.
Eyes, I will take care of her." said John,
cheerfully, and then added "but you are bet
ter now, Owen. Just keep quiet and do not
talk you will be all right soon."
"No, I have-a ball-of ire-in my lungs.
No-hope."
"Dont say anything more, Owen" said /,
and then looked in his face and said, "Can
you hear me?"
EYES,"
bent over and whispered something in his
ear. told him good bye then. 1knewit was
our last farewell on this earth. He heard me,
for his face lighted up, and he said
"God bless-.and keep--my darling"
There was long pause, and then he added
forever"
He never spoke again.
raised my eyes to Heaven. The aurora
was still there in all its silvery beauty; but it
shone on the face of my dead husband
One kiss on the cold, cold lips, and then
they took my darling from me, leaving me in
utter darkness, while he had entered through
the pearly gates, into that city, which chad
need neither of sun, neither of moon, to shine
in it, for the Glory of God did Tighten it,"
"And is that ALL" exclaimed Isabel, in a
disappointed tone.
"What more would you want ?" asked
Tom.
81 want to know what became of Matte,
and of Johns wife, and of John, and
"One at time, cousin Isabel but here
comes Mrs. Worthington. Perhaps she can
enlighten u.s."
II am so glad you have come in, aunt"
said Isabel. "Do you know who wrote this,
and is it true?"
eyes, my child" said Mrs. Worthington,
sadly; "but where did you find this ?"
"In an old desk upstairs. Please tell US
what became of Johns wife" said Isabel, i'm
patiently.
"You ought to know that, Isabel, for she
was your grandmother"
"My grandmother
eyes, the eldest daughter of John and
Mary Leslie married your father"
"Then, Matte was my great aunt%
"Yes, and my sister,"
"And are you Nellie" exclaimed the young
people in astonishment.
eyes, lam Nellie. You can scarcely realize
that ever was young, can you? little
thought in those days that would be the last
of the family. I am an old woman now, and
yet it seems but yesterday, that all this hap
pened."
"And what became of aunt Matte ?"
"She died of a broken heart. She only
lived year after Ovens DEATH
"Did she die suddenly?"
Mrs. Worthington remained silent mo-
ment; and when she spoke again, tears were
in her eyes.
eve found her dead in her bed," she said;
"but we could not mourn for her, for we all
knew she so longed to 60. We only grieved
for ourselves"
"And what became of Mr. Howard?"
"He left the country soon after his wife's
death, and I have never heard Of him since" !"
"And Miss Nancy Turner?"
Mrs. Worthington smiled as she answered.
"Mss Nancy lived to good old age, and
was curiosity to the end of her days. She
visited John and Mary very often, and the
last time ever saw dear Matte smile, was
when Miss Nancy gave us an account of her
last love affair"
"Do tell us what she said, aunt"
"It seems that after Henrietta Howard's
death, Miss Nancy made a dead set at Mr.
Howard. She followed him so closely that l
think she was the cause of his leaving the
country. In this respect she proved a public
benefactress. She spoke very feelingly of the
time he addressed her. This was after he was
gone. The nearest approach he made to it
was to ask her if she would lend him hun
dred dollars. She said no man would make
such request of woman if he did not in
tend to marry her. For long time she in
sisted that he had been killed, and wished to
put on mourning for him, but her friends pre-
vented this"
"And what became Of the man who shot
Doctor Morris?"
"He was caught and put in prison, but man.
aged to escape before his trial came on. We
always thought that Ellen was the means Of
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