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


wine,Ea short ride to NhsiraIroad station,
the fearful partings, then with benin
tifpl wife byamY, side, the train dashed.
on, bearing, US .awqy upon, our, weddingt
tour.lEh 1884 sdl NJ .oa ar9dla5l c9d.l.s
II have pot yet told the reader that my,
wife had residedlat, I.angholm q previous
ito uoura marriaget dShe towpeds q fine
house Observation-Disclosures repaired toi
spepdrthe Honeymoon. In sspaiid sdi
Arriving tithehopseiin the sevenipg.,
I Mas .someWhst surpEisad appndbeing usA
fereeipta the, ,parler.by mS wifeato find,
Ithe,foom filed with children whn glusde
a rush for; Della the moment she entered.
the raQm. IN 2pi71noaO .s9s.Eia liz div
g5"sWhy, dear CorneliusDtcried.l,e dear,
est; of,wpmeu, looking up, into nlyafnce
with some seenfuAiem depicted auppnE her
lnpoeeptilpoking Icepntennnees I7,dpnit
kno,y-i-tltlink Isniuet,have forgotton to
telh5ou anSthingiabout my chiidrep.odY
o,Hour children !''sess i il a.uaa, 9d,
I'h4e dcar.n2g sdi anoma ys, baoq.
1HHow-how many-Thave3 yol-.agot on
handR Iasked,l in some bewilleFment,
looking around ION tathe sea of smiling,
childish. faces. ~ bslias insg,a,siesrro1
nsOnly twelye,Rs Della answered, ,dc.
murely.da duo 7Bid uAu4sD obi 70 4at
dsfFwelse 2,46tui H. frls7;ngnnca ,ii0
o 'Yes, four sets. Cornelius replied 1.-The
the paragon of women, putting upl her
little rosebud of a mouth for kiss: rera
IL sankuinto achair. sla,,.e1te Il. j.
'Madame, said ], syou are. doubtless
aware that / am fond Of childrenaI dote
on them, and Iappreeiate this little, sur
ptiseNou have 'giyensme.5rv sd .e,.st
.d'oh, X knew yen1would.'ad r.attlw toia
noiYes, / do.npWhat splendid, lehildreRl
Arc tlieysal lihere.?' .?''.4is2a aa r j.. aor 91a
Y lial Sc, loea i &. 4szssitt
tifff9ou are sureithat there are none ,,Wn-
ming about loose outsideS gnR.uat. .i,,
n Quite.o There are just foul .sets,i,a and
theyrare alk,hhre.' 'sili ,laa.ln,s9 sIrig stli
'S;cts ?I don'tknow thatI understand
you. Please explnin.' i,ii,r, i,t;n b,fs
Why sho began. looking lcharmingly
naive, i mean sets ofstriplets.d osIa .sA
ad Then slclsst down1upon my knee, and
put her beautiful arms around my, neck,
while the, twclvergrouped tl.emsslvestnto
sets ine their regulnr order, and with
their hands bchindthem, stood staring at
their new father. Then myrt,wite CON
tinued thus. j married my first husband
i'll London., Heisth the father of Yet No L.
asAh, indeed After he became a father
i suppose he died.
4 mo, he-he became, discouraged, and
retired He said that he mud heard that
there was luck in odd numbers, but he
wouldn't believe It,. :S=s;;;tilie iufbs me- and
|I-oblaincd q divorcei' 4fm.r; eat "a.
But Grogstar told methat Mr.. Frog
shamwasdcud.' ae,aIa il.ii .iss,a. dfiw
r'Oh, yes, he died. L was speaking, Of
my first. His name was !, IN N6gglcstone.
'Nogglestone; the gentleman whom
you invited to our wedding 2',a, a,..,3
'9cs, darling. My, second was Mr..
Blpggsss pgs and ho got ifG diisfGoprfaegea g.faegea andaT andaT
and retired .1Eg.s,,.,
'Didhc become a2sah father too?' i
inquired ahxiously.I Ia2s7 di'H afA
Yes, Cornelius Set No. 2, belongs to
liim. Unmarried Mr.. G Grogstaranext,l ,lsalul
he is tn, father af Set No, g.. .fitd'FS
And he lbecame discouraged?'
Yes, and he retired. ] obtained d
divorce irom. Mr. Grogs,ar, and married
Mr.. Frogsbam. r. 80
.a,'A4d' An, 'he Vas the fatlier Offset No. A. 2
YES darling S'''' s. r.i.4 S8z nati
aid lie got Discouraged r .@1oI a'iii
Eyes, and died, replied Della, arising
and standing before me III all her love.
Illness. 4. 's's-a 81 si',e'' '''l 3' 'e,7 9
For one moment I sat ,spdllbound,
gazing first tat the twelve, then ut my
beautiful wife. With some difficulty |
staggered to my feet % 99'''i 7 g 2ai .
You are not discouraged, j hope,
Cornclius' said my wife, as She laid her