The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-04-05

| d;no ha,,ooLo1S :is 80 uou
WITH the exception Of iny erest rent arm Chair
which. es il came n en tf- TSa;as ssae.
wish 10 go to some desc member O.
that family. i also xiye nv nephev
Samuel Eve do!lars, witl, which to bny I
! reference Bible In my cemen,brance. anf
also the sealed paper of instructions ac
coompanyingl this instrument, which
wish him 70 read, O year hence, in ths
presence Of the Witnesses now assembleG
for the reading Of shis my will. '.,.
The remainder of nv property. botl
real aud personal, with the exception oj
the legacies hereinafter named, I be,
/ queaih 70 tue american missionary socie.
ty, neither legacies nor bequests to be
paid until year and day Hence"
| When the lawyer was through reading
had no clear idea to whom these lega.
cies were Devised, but / remarked TINT
! the American Missionary society was q
most worthy organization.
The nature Of the will was soon made
public. Popular sentiment was that of
resignation, not to cay of satisfaction, on
my account. My companions, who. had
| never seen why deserving merit in my
case should meet such disproportionate
reward, while their own plodded along
on weekly stipend with no great-aunts
estate in prospective, naturally expe-
| rienced q revival Of confidence in the
equitable government of the universe.
Elderly friends in church and Sabbath,
school felt that had cause for. rejoicing
in being spared the snares and tempta,
tons which accompany wealth. My
employer privately expressed the opinion
that had been getting above my busi-
ness, and he was glad TO see, me taken
down peg. Evelina said; . "Never
mind; we don't care. for money" But.
not MANY days after, EYelina told me- she
had begun to realize what O solemn ordi-
nance was matrimony; she and were
both young, and had our way to make,
and she thought perheps, for the present,
1t would be better for us 70 consider oIr.
selves only friends.
said: every vell," and felt that I
was lonely bark tossed on wild and
watery waste.
i had read of instances similar to mine
where the sealed packet or the old Bible
proved to contain bank-notea; but, finger
the paper left me as / would, I could
make nothing of it but paper.
For year went calmly but hopeless
iy forward in the dry.goods and grocery
way. and we then assembled for the
opening of my sealed orders--the LAWYER.
the docter, the minister and myself.
The iirst words that met my eyes as I
unfulded the paper Uere, "And, all former
wills by me made I do hereby, revoke"
etc. With palpitating heart passed the
document to the lawyer. After provis.
lone and legacies similar to those in the
first instrument, this latter document
proceeded as follows: m,
10 the American missionary society ]
give and bequeath the sum Of twenty. five
thousand dollars.
"To my beloved rsphew, Samuel o.
Haynes, who hope may hare learned
during the year that has elapsed, lessons
OF wisdom moro valuable than money, ]
bequeath the sum oftwenty-five thousand
dollars, which direct my executor to
pay over to said Haynes as soon as NAV
be convenient. I further direct nv ex.
aeasoE 10 ..aaeaiiy pay 70 said Haynes
the income from the remainder of ~
property, both zeal and personal, and to
pay from the principal TO said Haynes
on his 3Gth birthdayCif he be living, OF
to his heirs or assignsif deceased,' the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and
to pay to said Haynes ON his 35th birth
Gay inc io5Haindcr OF my property, be it
went down 70 the store just as usual
the next morning, fo. wished to show
people thet Eau TOO good sense to have
my head turned When Iifilled our ber:
customers molasses jug with kerosene,
kneW L had demonstrated my cool
ness. -
The chairman Of the board of select
men wanted to know what should adj
wise IN regard to rebuilding the Piper
stone bridge; the doctor asked what my
candid opinion was concerning the COM
parative merits of muriate of ammonia
and iodide of potassium in case of
pleuritis :. here egophony denotes slight
efinslon, but with strong indications of
adhesion OF the mediasiinun and the
minister said there was an article on
"Semi- -Pelagianisn in the Fourteenth
| Century" in the Bibliotheca Sacra he
thought I would enjoy perusine. Az
stood on the hall door:step after singino.
school, that evening, Eyelina came out
back of me, and said she. With . -!;ttls
shiver: "Oh, how da-,,sk it is r'ai+ !
It flashed across me. ias L offered nv
arm for escort home, Ito the feminine
imagination matrimon on the income oj
| seventy-five thousand is naturally n loss
Solemn ordinance" than on precarious
salary of eight dollars week, and moth
| ing fonnd but peppermint drops. l?
Presently Evelina remarked: "Aren't
you lonely since your aunt died 2"-ten,
der. emphasis on the lonely My aunt
had been dead a year, ana Evelina
"engaged" at least once in the mean
.;me.i6 a.i a-.rf =
81 "Not at all; my .;:Ae and attention
are likely to be entirely abaurbed INDUS
"No one can rejoice more sincerely In
your good fortune than do I, Samuel"
II don't doubt 1t, Evelina; 1 shall al.
ways feel confident of yrur frieudship.'
2! ieavs Evelinaat her cottage gate, md
feel that-++ .Sl eGa onisT7;,E / !ffs:
OF ell the glad worlds Of tohgues or Of pen, -.
The gloddcst are theso-'It Nasht to havcbean.i.
| The next afternoon, my. employer.in-
yited me TO be seated behind the railine
that fenced in our office and snid he
layisg ihia hand .onlmy shoulder with O
confidential, O parental, Ya sacrific;al
air; .a. 5le3a a,sl s.5ia af'i i.gc sh:.I
Samuel, Lhave been rejecting upon
~ <.s--J 80 Juu. aUl al6 ss young. man
jnst starting in life, ndrstarting id tsome
respects under favorable circumstances
but everything depends upon your start.
ing right. II You have always been efaith.
&. TO my Interests, and 1 have deter.
mined to show my aE preciatton Of that
faithfulness. L. have 'lecided . to sen oul
to you ~ s.H ih,J Il .nqy t.nFl rEYs
r. Aiglance Mt the door showed me that
the way of escape wasnpt cut 1ff,i aiI