The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-10-24
From tho Darlington Southcrncr.1
TRACING A ISLANDER.
o3BY Miss f. II. cmEEsDonouoH.

-oaBr Miss f. u. cuEEsDonouaH.
.,lt 1iaH 9ln -
Il thought it my duty to come and
tell You
Il think, Miss Bond, that your IDEAS
Of, duty are somewhat perverted. Ey
cuse me for saying so. | have nnic,d
that you only feel it yenr duty t, tell
people ofGunpleasant things you hear
about them, but yon never repeat any
thing pleasant If it is your duty to
repeat tho unpleasant, it must also be
your duty to repcat The pleasant
'Oh, Lam sure hat meant it for
your good. think that you ought to
hc much obliged to me, and Miss
Bonds sharp face colored violently.
81 am not Obliged to you, Miss Bond,
my more than would he obliged t.
some one for throwing mud in my face
to knock off Il sreck resting there Is ,,h
cases might be the result of mistaken
tense1of duty; but they would certainly
call for no gratitude OIL my part
We'll, l think it my duty to tell
NuCt ucul OIHCT5 S)ClNlnS
against them
sEi'AndonI think it my duty not to tell
people disaerceaLle things hear about
them, uuless it is to result in .ond |
have never found that kinl-hrartet
people take upon themselves thcll'y
you havc-thc duty to xounl aud
worry. | have always foam ,h,t su III
people are at hear. malicious g,,tipil..
spiteful. aud, in tho long run. II IT. Iii
full. Moreover, there is generally sone
envions or jealous feeling suah ds>lo-
lures. There is II sign to p'eja li,o al |
so.separate ac1uaint.ncas,
Miss Elwcll spake sharply, for she
thought it time to give Miss l'onl u
lesson. Under the false cloak of fricni
ship, Miss Bond had been s,;ibbiny lpny
enough. She was sailing about in Il
piratical craft, from the head OF which
she had thrownout flag, cmblizoncd
with the word 'Duty.
IF that's the way you take my kin
ness, | am sorry that ever came near
yop,' aud Miss Bond assumed an in;,us
ed air.
= Blindness exclaimed Mss Eiw ell
really, Miss Bond, yonr conceptions ot'
Kindness and duty are most rem ,rk ,blc
Let us cS,mine into this great act of
Kindness tl,ut you hnvc donc me- Ynu
come here and tell me vii. slanlr
which you say was told to you about ue
the horriLla story being that get
intoxicated privately. Thi, thin,. yoA
say is whispered about tn. vill;.
Now, whore is the Kindness in trlIin.
me this? If do this deed privately.
duit without witnesses; how can prnve
publicly that do not drink privately
unless people arc willing to take my
word torg-it. could give then no
positive proof; could only say do
not. Now, what good can come Of till
lug me this slnnderT
u.Why, you ought to know it.
81 do notiSce why; it does me n, go ID
to know that people are sla .dcriny M.
'Well, am sorry that | told you
Il am sorry that you did
of course | told it to you as u pr4-
found secret. On 40 account, now
mind, breathe it. Mrs. Stark wollI ba
furious if She knew hid told you. Ii
l was you l would not visit her, ur have
anything to do with her; she is Il d N
gerous woman, and you had better keep
clear Other; | thought it my duty To
tell you the report unl warn you Of
Mrs. Stark .a2
,sAna who will warn me against yon?
Yous,are as dangerous as Mrs. Stark.
The person who disscminates IL slln!or
is us bad, even worse,, than the one who
creates it; for if there was no one to
sIpGresad it it would die with the oriyin.-
tor. You have, doubtless, told th 3
slandcr to all Of your friends, who, in
turn, tell it to theirs. Women like you
Miss Bond, arc the curse Of society.
cannot find words strong enough to say
from my soul how | dospise AMI abhor
them. How much more Christian it
would bein you to lock up in The ch .st
of silence The SANDERS, and rumors, and
hard sayings that you hear about your
fellow creatures. Under that smilin !.
mask of friendship, so rosy, SO Agreeable
you hide the scowling face, the mnIiy
napt lecr Of demon, an eremy. You
always invoke the god of friendship BE-.
fore, you stab; and immolatc your victim
on! the alter of duty. But those high
sohnding names, musical as they are,
will not hush the discord of your real
inteRtionss All tho martial music of
The battle. field does not close our ears
TO- tho groans Of the dying and the
shrieks of the wounded | now tear
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