The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-01-24


come to steal you, now I've got my baby
He would laugh at me then, saying :
Well, If you have no further use for me,
all right arra layfully leave the room
MS if in dreadful anger, and bang the
door. But knew he was only in fun,
and laughed as if L did not care. New ver
thelesS, my heart grew sad and was dis
turbed until his face again appeared at
the door, and he would laugh at me with
those great white teeth and say Illus
band or child, which 2 Then l quickly
replied: Husband, oh the husband =
But it was so queer, for just as soon
as he was with me again, my spirit for
teasing returned aud would say:
4 think it is child, after all.
Then he would take the boy from
my breast aud dance him joyiully up
and down, and say, You arc right =
'Then he would give me a good kiss,
and thus our lit!lc innocent Jars were
never quarrels, and ended in perfect
contentment."
She gazcd for moment silently be
fore her, while Thomas sat noddiny his
head silcutly.
You see, she continued, lit is ncccs-
sary to tell you all this. Ifit does seem
foreign to the real subject, it belongs to
it; for it became matter Of most heart
rcndiug thoughts to US aferwari. This
question asked in joke became fright
tul fact"
The woman WAS SO overcome she
could scarcely continue, aud her eyes
turned mute appeal for help toward
her husband, but he only shook his head
mournfully, makinga II motion with his
hand as if to bid her speak on, look ing
into her eyes lovingly, as if to cheer
her
We'll, the story VIC told at the time
OF the accident vas true i'll every par
ticular, up to our arrival at the railroad
track. There it Was Il little diFcront,
aud we hcsi'ntcd in giving the exact
manner of the horrid occurrence. We
have never fully understood ourselves
why 1t W ,ud haze been better; |
think, if We had MT made secret Of it,
much of this weary shadow that has
c1oudr6 o,,r Jivoe ,y,,,i1 L,,,, ,,,.>.. .,.,. .
had we talked it over with another per
son. This is why We give you our con
fidcnce now, hoping an intelligent,
right minded man like yourself will ad
wise and judge if have erred,
1T happened thus: AS my Auton
and led father toward the track | i'm
ngiued | heard the locomotives but
could see uothng as heavy fog lay on
ground, and | supposed that the mon
ster was far away from US, and the mo
meats were precious. My poor Thomas
was suffering terribly, saying his foot
was burning like caustic, and it was ON
ly step and we would over, and had
Tomas not had the misfortune to stun
bic, we would have crossed safely.
They both lay in the middle of the
road, Anton to the right of me and
Thouas to the left; and in that Instant
their startled cry and the shrieking roar
Of the iron monster fell on my ear, and
through the dense fog I saw his burn
ing, greedy eye fastened on my dear
ones, while the fiery sparks were thick
ly scattered about, as if hell itself had
been opened to devour them.
'Oh if live thousand yeas, the
horror Of that moment will remain, as |
realized l could save one of them, Nv
one |!
'Ah sir ! human nature may be sub
jcct to a million different distressin.
heartaches and mental struggles, but
heap them all into lifetime, it is as
nothing compared to what | endured in
a few seconds.
4 have often wondered since how it
was possible the mind could compre-
hend so much while subject to su ch in,
tolerablo suffering and fright, as now,
thought after thought flashed through
my brain in so short tim,.
My mother heart ycarned for my
child, and I seemed.to grasp it, while
the hand of God Himself seemed to
hold me toward Thomas. I thought
was he not thine before the child ? Did
you not swear at the altar never to for.
sake him? 1t seemed, then, rs I loved
him best; he was more useful on earth
Then thought, oh {! horrible raven
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