Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-26

ing OF what had happened.
THAT is very likely" said Mr.,
Nicholson, respectfully asyog were
supposed to be %ells provided fer.
Have you not said SOP"
Yes" replied Harry; "our poor
mothers little property was in a bank
which broke, but, thank God! she
did not know what had happened
She died in the belief that her chill
dren were beyond tht reach of sor-
did care"
at was about two years ago, |
think you have said 2 4,
Yes. two years last August.
was at college when summoned away
to her bedside, for her illness was
sudden and short. And just as we
were recovering little from the
shock, ruin came. If had been
alone in the w.rld, / t4link that l
should hage. enlisted ,or. emigratea,
FLOR felt very desperate but forum,
atelv I had Susan to look after, and
that steadied me. Well, we must
not complain. was fortunate to get
my olerkship, and we manged to save
that piano, and few things which
were sacred in our eyes, from the
wreck"
at was a sad blow, and the cares
>of life have fallen upon you early,
young ffiends,'T said Mr.. Nicholson.
j. But pardon me for having led the
CONVERSATION ssasfi n into sucn d melancholy
channel" he added, seeing that Susan
had much ado to restrain her tears.
81 do not know how it happened.
( "Oh, Harry and I often talk ove!'
Bold times; like it." said Susan, 1T
would be dreldfl ahingst avoid
speaking of mama Sbecaasd She has
been taken from us; it seems to me
that those we love are only really
| I1ost when we Danish them from our
! memories.
The old man bowed his head and
sighed.deeply. "Have you any like
ness of laers?'' 'fhe asked atersa pause.
"O,yes,s nplisd Sasah Rnd daose
| and blaeed2aS miniature lin his hand,
He gazed at it in silence for some
time, and then murmured, "How
1-hke !"
You knew our mother!' exclaim-
ed Harry in surprise.
81 mean how like your sister,
Mr.. Nicholson. |f9ns handing the mime
40 yes, there is strong resem-
blance,' u said Harry. "But since
you will not have any more sherry,
suppose we:ge Up; to your toem and
smoke a pipe; while Susan makes
tea"
When the old man and the young
one had settled down to the mutual
absorption Of nicotine, the latter re-
ferred again to The subject Of his
personal affairs. "The only thing I
regret, said he, Is the way in which
my sisteris: shut up, !! It must be! q
deadful thing For her, poor girl, to be
alone all day; and it is bad for her
to be entirely without any companion
| of her own sex.
"Have you'no relatives or friends ?"
asked Mr.. Nicholson.
/ "our relatives cast US off many
| years ago. on account Of a family
misfortune. But there we're some
I friends who got me my present ap-
! pointment, and who would havetaken
charge of Sasan. We declined, be-
cause of that family affair, for Susan
thought, and thought, that it would
be brought upagainst her Of course
We dill not put onr refusal upon that
sr5nme Susan s;,i,t she world no.
leave me, and | think they believe
me- very wrong and Sc. fish. aur not
qrite ronff'leut that am right my
self. and yet the lsjde which shrinks
FROM ralsjng up an. old shame can
hlrdly be Il false prile-ean it?'
It IS not an ea*y thing to decide in
moment the 'tsree of pride which
every man ought to allow himseif-
to point ont where Tie proper ends,
and the false begins-to beat tire
parish bounds bet Arcn Stlfrcspeci
aud vanity. No wonder that Mr..
Nicholson pufed hard at ),is pipe IN
silence. 1t w~;s evidently no lack oi
interest that held his tongte. how
ever, for-he. turnrd away his head,
and his hand shook as though it was
palsied: And probably Harry did
not look for reply he tas thinking
aloud as much as talking to the
otter; .and presently he perceived
this, and said, with "a laugh: "A
pleasant s5ft of esotisln! MY excuse
is the relief it. affords. ME to speak
out, and there is no<one else upon
whom / cam. iathet the iafss Mbich
sometimes plague me : for; Of course,
I want Susan 10 Shink. np as Tree from
care as lap-dog. And then I'seem
to have knowr YOU all my. life; l
forget that it Is hardly six msRths
since we left the ..house together ere
mornida andrhotll sfkiagNmtyward
fell into conversation. But l know
you will pardon .lne."
There is no need for pardon, said
I Mr.. Nichdso,a.r":'You do me favor
by taking. me into Your confidence.
l am lonely Old Fellow, who spent
the better part Of his life away from
his country"
Sahis,ghers.s9,,5 t..ia.i
before that, in Paris; before that, at
Gottirigen, J I ap little more than a
nfusty ola book worm crawling from
library TO library:;- living 50 much in
the past as to have lost all CONNECTION
with the present. You have recalled
feelings, synpathies, associations,
which I Thought were lost to me for:
ever. He paused for awhile, and
then said abruptly:
"How you must hate that member
of your family who brought upon it
!. the shame of which you speak |" :,
20 no, no, no r. cried Harry.
".You little think. But wall
tell you about it some day. / see
that you have finished yoar pipe
-
suppose we go down stairs again.