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

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wine,a short ride Nle:railroad jstation,i
the fearful rpartings, then with hmymbeapu
tltul wife IbYamy side, sthe train dashed.
on, bearing, US away upon, our weddingy
touf.ran 1885 sdl ui oh sr9iisa$i e,sgaIs
IL have pot yet told the reader that my.
wife had sresidedlat, Langbolm q previous
ito anr narriagaf 81 she a.t;.sa !, = .st G::s
house thereoandltEither i've repaired tol
spendrthe honey is aspaiia I'd,
-aArriyipg atttheihonsetn the aeyepipg,,
Iwas slspmeMhBtsugpfised appndbeing usa
heresipte the parlepby any wifeato tRdi
THEREON 9lled with children wlp ssusde
10 rush b, for, pslia tho moment she entered,
the room, 1a gui71upeO .s3zsat3 liz div
| qSs.Why, dear Cornelius rcried. .lhe dear
est. st.of@omep, lookingy'pp into j nyaface
|witlhsome confusion, depicted auppnt her
inneeeptIlhokiag Icountenanees I4tlopls
knosSr-'l,think IlnMst1Aavei fergotton to
telL you anytlingaboutmY children 'odu
o.'fNour children !i''aes. j, IL ,gnn,!, aii
hs'4e 4es, dear.ng 9dl guoma qsb b0sqs
1t"How-hdwmany-Thaveoyou got on
handY Iasked, in some bewildefment,
looking around ION iathe sea of smiling.
childish faces. 70 leffa4 ,na!,,,..ts,r1e}
SONY twelye,Rs Della answered. odc.
murely.da duIo shtH aAmTsfD od, No ISL!
dlfEwelse ?5rctni ~, t,4ih9irnag..s gllo9
% 'Hes, four sets, ,Cornelius,' replied nthe
theparagon of women, putting M, her
little rosebud of "a mouth for a kiss. 7ers
IIsank. into achair.5 sIsga,si, il i, I'LL,
n'Malame, said I,asyou are doubtless
aware 7that,I am fond Of children;lI dote
ON them, and I,nppreeiate this little sur
priseNou have 'giyensme.n7g adt' .s3!aI
adfOh Il knew wiyoutwould,sd t,5idg duI.t
ne,'Yes, / dc.uuWhat splendid, children.
Are they iallihesA,?' '',4ieqaas4 $. uop ava
zl'.9es dear i..sal.s.i ;s.s,. ,1,sisstt
4tf4ou arc ureltbat there are none ,run-
ming about loose outsileY aaii}uais .!1s
~ Qaite.o There are just ,fouti sets et,i and aall
they are alA,here.' 'stIi .ian4sa,,., sl,;l1 ..flt
's;cts RI donitknow,thatI understand
you. ePleaseiexplnin.' h5i9n7,.j..e.n bas
.Why,' sho began, looking lcharmingly
naive, i mean sets oftriplets.a o.iG sa
81 Iienlsh down npon my knee, and
put her beautiful arms around my,9neek,
while the twclvergroupedt dtAemsslyesiinto
sets iGg theis arcgular. !orlerss andl with
their hands behinddhem, stood staring at
their new father Then mya wife con
tinued thus. j married my first husband
i'll London.t Heisthe father of let No 1, ,
IhrsAh, indeed After he became ~ father
L suppose he died. ~ n
a No, he-he became discouraged, and
retired He said that he mad heard that
there was luck iii odd numbers, but he
wouldn't believe it. Soihe left me, and
obtained II divorcei' .5na; osI .As
IS But Grogstnr told me that Mr.. Frog
sham asdcad.' 4otnis isli l,s,sas d1iv
'or'Oh, yes, ,he died. Il was speak,ngyof
my first. Hisa,namenwas ,Nogglcstone'
'Nogglestone;o the gentleman whom
you invited to our. wedding2isd m.,4
'1cs, darling. My second was Mr..
Bluggs, and and ho got dis diisfGopraegeea plaegeea and andT
and retired .Tass,di
7'Didrhc' become a.-1aS father too? ]
inquired ailxiodsly., .,s3P7 Gii4 pih
T Yes, Cornelius Set No. so, belongs 70
hin. Unmarried Mr.. Grogstaranext..a ..a,ml
he is the father af Set No. 8, ,fii"'52
And he became discouraged?
Yes, and he retired. | obtained d
divorce vpc EFF, from 9r GGr}qgsag, apd married
Mr.. Frogsham. ''S ~ w.
And he was the father Of Set No. A. p
as,Yes darling '.'l q a,t 'ag a7ii .
'Ahtl lie got discouraged T .at7at a'li (
Yes, and died. replied Della, arising
and standing before NC in all her love,
Illness : 'S'"a# y p'Ai'3s '''' r 'GsH n
q For one moment i sat spdllbound,
gazing first iat the Twelve, then llat my
beautiful wife. With ,s6ine difficulty /
staggered to my feet e o9nri s. 9di
You are not discouragea, j hope,
| Cornelius = said my wife. as She laid her