Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-03-26

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sMy,dcar Grogstar,. DRIED j. dancing
befoge him, ecstatically, you, behol 1.-THE 8.
happiess man in themorld.e She is mine,
Ah y0qa lrstsr SsnPP0se i t0s9 Il , tlssl
WldoWfsas infn s115i at Hismal isdF ssg}sI
,.Yes to my Della. The young, tho
artlesss the dove he noceeppt an and
unsophisticateos creature swho--Hby-tllei
Way, GfogstarS Wcahnot think hefsasi
being d widow" ,.
,."But she is Tynear, She is d widow
in fact my dear fellow, / suppose that's,
what mqkkss heHseep sesqrtless, atkss sy ygse She
has -eaJ 80 e Al g5MPa
She has promised to bemine. Grogstar.s
I'thought there was s,teari in my frinds!
eye, but, It may have been .!ca caused BY the
smoke from his pipe He grasped my
hand. S'F'i''l s"'A,'1'.'
;t"Tynear, 'said,, he, with evident enio-;
tion-aTynear, l congratulate lyou.o She
is q jewel, ,shsis onc,of q thopsandf:,, You,
are lucky man to win such u woman,
but you don't know sit.i You t ink you
do, but you don't. You imagine that you
are happy, but you We no idea how happy
you ought to be, under The ,circumstances.g
Shetisa most remarkable woman, Ty4
near; but iiF assure yro You that-that she i is
Then Grogstar wiped his eyes, and
resumed his pipe. ..gsgf ,',', b ,,s!, ss n I'm
81 am glad, my friend, that you approve
ofmy choice, and lhope to see you at
the Wedding" said 1, alal , 4 & sss.sl 81 ts
81 shall certainly come, NY dear sir.a'
returned Grogstar. ~ told Delia-NIrs.
Ffogsham, i should say--that / should
expect al, ilvitationts her next wedding,
and she promised :hrr 4 otiiidi alsave55nc
Is the day appointedg"
SNo, bot j shall not feel secure in my
happiness until it's. Oh,my dear Grog-
star, excuse my emotion, but if you had
ever loved as Hove, YOU"
81 have" he intcrrup ed, 81 know just
what your feelings are. Give them vent.
That was all That saved me-
,n"What! did you ever love q :soman p
8"Y cs, She was q woman" walled Grog-
star, "and-and she was II widow"
5"Did she dic!' ts,x
II would be alone, he n,urmurcd, lay.
ing down, h's pipe.
81 feel it coming, 81 feeling of sadness
ond longing" and as he turned his face
toward the sea, / am sure saw Il tear
glistening in the moonlight rs it t,ickled
down his nose.I a,..
"fhe sight of happiness makes him sad
when he thinks. Of his own SORROWS" l said
as i quietly left the room: 47ern .slet 49,
The next morning there were two arfi-
walls at the Sandy Beach hotel. One was
Mr., Bluggs and The other q Mr.. N7r,oggle
stone, ,,byth oflondon, ,esl,a !. uads l,ia
When ! appeared on the piazza they
were both talking with Grogstar. The
latter bnde me good morning as passed.
aS"iIs that him 3' r. asked asked Rlaggs 81 in u sup
pressed voice.od ,a9t1s sIsa ..aaaa ''6 Ba
Fortunate man!''s r. exclaimed Noggle-
stone, when Grogstar answered in the
affirmative, a. i 'lofn -, Saal'% ~ 2',i.'sei ,.i
Did they refer to mel! i ESQ., then my
friend must have told them tbat'I was
Delia's accepted lover. Perhaps they had
seen her, and perhaps they were both
charmed with her beauty; and, poor del
Flows, how they must have envied7 meiq
~ was thinking Hof this, my bosom
swelling with pride and joy, us i quietly
smoked my morning cigar, when my
,beauteous Della appeared at the door.
Grogstar, Bluggs, and Nogglestone raised
their hats simultaneously. Della bowed
and smiled-7oh, SO sweetly! Ah, she,was
so happy inmyslovo that she could not
look coldly upon any onc Then she
came forward and took my arm, and we
walked down toward the beach.
"You know them, it seems. my dear ?
questioned.
What. Mr. Bluggs- Mr.. Fogglestone?'
n"Yes, sweet" e.i sf
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