The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-01-07
Vol. X.

cIared thcrcposc, VII Christian
resignation had secu was
rest, except tho 9N watchfuI,
flashing eyes, thaG reserved
and lighted up. AZ portals,
through which thbl was to
make its cxit;-Jncn death
was to shut thcrh b himself,
and reign-alonc.f &ithstand-
ing this general I1or, there
wero moments, wllefrman WAS
aroused by acknowledgements.
lie cravod subjcctsn@ which to
exercise II sympattwhich, in
his days Of health activity,
had boon an aimlesencrosity. :.
From his friends, received
many little narrati, to which
ho listened with Ee,ncSs and
in tho solitude Of iliambcr, his
imagination furnisi him with
cases Of dlstrcss5{t which he
would wc,p like aBgi And then,
when these paroNs calmcd
down, he ould 9st ines give
uttcrancc 20 rttlocl, which af-
tcctcd his hcartrs ) astonisE.
mcnt. s.
On his left sat puny man,
whom thirty years | met and
passed with ntl5rccting.-
They called hinl& lcric. Ills
health WAS s. robnAnd his hu-
NOR 80 cNhilirating,at he was
acknowledged cvehcro to be IL
perfect Mcrcutio. I'm Herman
was married, thoFs.s Of Fred
eric lighted up Etloy Of his
household. WhcBIo years IF.
torwards,-con,umrl seized up.
on his wife, F.eK4ncw how
to shield his fricW>m sorrow.
Still again, whelS3 child was
needed for an ansethis merry
bachelor sustainedagricf slrics.
oned fathor. Al now, once
more, when cons1iion WAS dis.
patched to cxccutho decree.
that "a family sAobe cntiro in
heaven" his mfrIncss often
made the sick n(a'auso in his
hurry towards thp ave, and ac-
knowledge, by n III, that with
snch ~ friend, ibo midst Of
death wo are in i-aIas ! that
the r"ddy chccls } engaging
eyc-thc elastic st-shouId but
serve to illustratsI awful rule,
that in the midst SUc %c are in
death for l thitk,crman, thy
latest tears in thE E)rld were
poured out upoae grave Of
Frederic. 81
Tho last pcrsonn,in this trio
of friends, requires little no.
tico. Ho was Il yot physician,
whose name was Efl. He had
lately returned On Europe,
whcrc ho had representing
his studies: ut thofSol Of Mcdi.
cine, In Paris. Eagto hear TN
account OF his tras, Herman
had written to hiWsoon as his
arrival was ascortail and claim.
cd tho privilege of,g tn, first
to welcome him. Sp lIorman !
Thinking his ownrctchcd up.
pearanco would shonis long al.
sent friend, he had used Fr,d.
eric TO be prcsontDr WAS he
aware Of The cruel ,erasL ho had
thus effected, untilrncst, after
receiving the fccblsasp. let fall
the cmacintcd hanmd excIuim
cd with much feel "My dear
Herman is it possil"
* y * X
1t was late in thight. Her.
man, with his foroil resting IN
the palm Of his righand, was in
deep meditation. &cdoric was
reclining with his ew upon one
chair, while his lce ere extend.
od upon another; a he seemed
to be amusing hitlf with the
grotcsquo figures, ! which the
smoke Of his cigar continual.
~ changing. Ernokas leaning
aga'hsI the wall. 30 had dis.
co"rsoo OF his travehn answer.
ca 0Vory question philtcd by a
c'oso 'n''macy' or1ied by the
tcmpcrams Of his
lr'c"os' AHectcd blho silence
that pcrvadcd tho I'm, or, ncr
hnps, saddcncd by Il rctrosncc.
ton he had just Civ in which
'"0'o were Pass"sesSoisappoint.
mont, that could not con,,.r
balanced by visions o,rosnorit y
'limly defined in tiitnturc br
h"o ''s'less'y throWl back his
head, and, now and tht mcchnni
ca''y s'rncN Tho ch9g Ola gui
tar, which was lyinscross his
lap. Gradually his iWvisations
assumed tho form u accom-
panimont, until, attAlrY;nn hi.