Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1874-01-08

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1 rose and went to the bedside.
GLOW kind of you to come, sir, "
Mrs. Detemple said.
"Not at all I'm only doing my duty.
You are sick, are you not, ma'an ?"
"I fear 1 am" she said.
"You can never get well here you
must be removed"
"I never expect to get we'll here or
anywhere else, until go to heaven" "
said she, very low, so Nellie might not
hear.
ooh yes, I guess you WILL" I said.
GIVE brought you few things to eat.
Nellie, you may take them from the
Chow good of you," was all the in.
valid could say, and she sank back ex-
hausted.
We soon had fire in the little stove,
and I made some good strong tea, then
gave her something to eat, and told
Nellie to help herself, which she did
without a second invitation. I then
went for a physician. As I passed
through the bar-room, the men and
women regarded me with much interest,
and some of them took off their hats
and bowed respectfully. AS I reached
the door I found whole rabble OF
quarreling children. bestowed upon
them few pennies, at their promising
me to stop if I did, for knew noise
must annoy the sick woman. After I'd
given these to them they stood gazing
after me for moment ; then, as if to
show me they intended to do as they
promised, they began quarreling with
renewed vigor, to find out who the pen
nies belonged to. I mad no time to in.
terfere, as 1 had to go long way, and
it was late. 1t was difficult to find n
doctor, but, after walking until 1 was
tired, I found one, who, after deal OF
grumbling, agreed to accompany me:
He said, as soon as he arrived, she had
the consumption, and could live but a
few days at the most. He left pre-
scription, and said sne had better be
removed then presenting his fee, he
went away.
I did all could that night then re-
turned home, and told Sarah how I had
succeeded. We talked about them for
good while. I, with mans Needless
ness, wanted to bring them at once to
my house but Sarah said "No," but
to find first ii they were worthy, then
move them to q good clean room in
some respectable tenement house. So
I decided to do that. Next day I went to
her, and told her what 1 hau decided to
do. She referred me to different gen.
tlemen and ladies, who l knew to be
good, responsible persons, and found
her to be worthy, and Christian. She
had once been comfortable, not rich
her husband was n man respected by
all !; they had been married eight years
when he died, this occurring just two
years previous. They had hired a neat
little house when they were married,
his salary being sufficient to pay the
rent and comfortably support them, but
to lay by nothing. He was assisted by
his wife, she doing plain sewing for the
ladies she referred me to. After her
husband died, by giving up the house
and hiring two rooms, she got along
very we'll until she found it necessary
to take shop-work, when, having to
carry work home in all weathers, she
took heavy cold. This she neglected
until she was unable to work steadily,
and little Nellie was sent ont to sell
newspapers to add to their little store.
They were compelled to change their
abode to poorer and poorer places, until
they got to the miserable hovel they
we're now in, and Mrs. d. s health be-
came so much worse that thecare of the
family nearly all came upon little Mel
lie. / was much affected by learning
this history, and went to work imme-
diately to linda house with good room
in for them. I soon found one (or
rather two, room and bedroom), and
had them carefully moved, and then
supplied them with everything to make
the few remaining days of her life
happy.
Sarah visited her, carrying some nice
Jelly. She came home full of her
praises: "Why, she was the gratetNlcSt
person; she Just cried and cried, she
was so grateful. She said she thought
you the best man dear me, but she
talks nice; she's educated. And that
little Nellie is just as-sweet as n lily (;
hermamma feels dreadful about a-leavln
her. declare when she said that little
creature had sold papers all the cold
winter, / felt like crying. Now could
we take her and keep her when her
mother dies? I'd take care of her now
couldn't We" she said, coaxingly. /
had been so busy caring for them, | had
never thought of what was to be done
with Nellie after her mothers death,
and now there arose Il difficulty: How
could / take her I, who had been used
to quiet all my life. now at my age tax
ing child! But Nellie seemed n quiet
little thing, and Il had taken quite n
fancy to her. Then Sarah plead so hard
and earnestly, 1 at last agreed to take
her, with many misgivingS as to what L
was to do with her. Sarah was delight:
ed, and would go that very night to tell
Mrs. ID. of it i; she said she could not
sleep if she did not. Mrs. Detemplc
was too much pleased to express her
gratitude so, as Sarah said, "She
burst right ont CRYING" After she had
relieved her feelings by tears, she
thanked me very warmly, saying she
could die happy, as she knew Nellie
would have q home.
Christmas dawned bright and cold.
Every one was happy no one more so
than little Nellie; for l had told her to
hang up her stocking on the door out
side of her room, as Santa Claus might
make her visit. She at first said 1T
was of no use, for Santa Claus never
came to see her now he used to come,
but with sigh not now." l told her
to try once more and she promised to
do so. The night before | went ont,