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

aMysdcar II Grogstar,o Or cried III j, dancing dancing
before him. ,ecsttatically you behold 4the
happiest,man in theworld- She. is mine,
al you 'gai efsr sssg saRPose ag j Toto M q ths h.
Eyes to my Della. The young,the,
Rrtlsss. the dove ed he limo cent and.
nsophisticateca creature -ayho-=nby-thei
way, Gfogstar, Wcahnot think hefsaa
being d widow"
aBut she is Tynear, She is q widowssI
In fact my dear fellow, I suppose thats,
has-.sSFGS Z nT'ySNs Il sS9lN
,..She has promised to be mine. Grogstar.s
Iithought, there was a!teartin my frinds.
eye, but it may have been caused by the
smoke from his pipe. He grasped my;
hand. 's''fiSi'i St1tFe'ii'
;a'"Tynealr," said he, viii, evident emio-,
tion-sTynear,l congratulate you.o She
is a jewel, She is one of n thousand Yo,;
are lucky man to win such "a woman,
but you don't know it! You t'ink you
do, but you don't You Imagine that you,
are happy, but you've no idea how happy
you ought to be, under The circumstances
Shells most remarkable woman, Tys
near;,but ! assure you that-that she is
n widow isel i IS I,,i5. -. IS ~ "
Then Grogstar wiped his eyes, and
resumed his pipe. .-g,,eh Is ag4s hssa 81 t5fs
81 am glad, my frend, that you approve
ofmy choice, and hope tosee you at
the Wedding" said l.. liM l', : sss's5 e-,sa 81
81 shall certainly come my dear sir.na
returned Grogstar 81 told Dclin-NIrs.
Frogsham, should say--that 1 should
expect ar Invitation ts1 her next wedding.
and she promised tlfdr ouid sisave ono.
Is the day appointed?"
!, rNo, bot j shall not feel secure in my
happiness untilitis. Oh, my dear Grog-
star, excuse. my emotion, but if you had
ever loved as I7love, yon
81 have he intcrrup.c ed, 81 know just
what your feelings are. Give them vent.
That was all that saved me-,
R"What! did you ever love av:soman ~
eyes, She was q woman" walled Grog-
star, "and-and she was widow"
did she dic!" tfl
II would be alone, he n,nrmurcd, lay.
ing down lis pipe,
81 feel it coming, "a feeling of sadness
ond longing" and as he turned his face
toward the sea, / am sure saw a tear
glistening in the moonlight rs it tlickled
down his nose ls,. II. .g
"Ihe sight+of happiness makesh him sad
when he thinks Of his own sorrows" | said
as j quietly left thearoom:u ,otn ,s9,s ~
The next morning there were, two arri-
walls at the Sandy Beach hotel.aOne was
Mr.. Blugss and the other 4 Mr. .Noggle
stonc, beth of London, ala l. nrDeir ssiYi
When appeared OH the piazza they
were both talking with Grogstar. The
latter bade me good morning as 1 passed.
uii@n4s that him :" asked Bluggs in sup
pressed voice.od ,eeos sygfn e41aa ~ sri
'"Fortunlaate mani 'a. exclaimed Eoggle-
stone, when Grogstar, answered in the
affirmative. faat p o7afa sstaa S8i T7.rfstt
Did they refer to incl! sIfso,g then my
friend must have, told them thatsI was
Delia's accepted lover. Perhaps they had
seen her, and perhaps they we're both
charmed with, her beauty; and. poor tcl-
lows how, they must have envied metz
III was thinking Of this, my, bosom
swelling with pride and joy, as 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-oh, so sweetly! All, she, ,was
so happy inmy love that shelcoulat not
look coldly upon any ono. Then she
came forward and took my arm, and we
walked down toward the beach.
"You know them, it seems. my dear !?
questioned. h7s
What. Mr.. Bluggs- Mr.. Fogglestone?
eyes, sweet" s