The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-01
maj,ni hshipd the family having consent-
cd y raseivf him as sort of .half,pay,
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| Late in the evening. Marion was at
work In her iitlIa room uader the ewes.
1 gathering her clothes aud trinkets fer the
the coming aitting.
! ANDY crept la ct niue 10 say good.
night, decorated like Q PaWnee Indian.
With tear stains and smut, sineo hs had
indllged his grief while assisting as
stakeY
fYop'n be forgetting / me, Mi.asI Mari.
op ~ sohbed the boy 'thare,ll be so many
ttings 70 look ut in o beautiful city.
you'll never think how the green tubs
iGokB With the sentry plsnt in Il, and me
sitting on the edge, thinking all the time
of ,yep.n -sS
| ifYQ2ll be very uncomfortable ON the
cage OF ile tpb, and beg OF you, Andy,
| e, keep avay from the century, plant
| shall always remember you, my dear
boy, aud never sec one OF those sentry
plqpts, asI you call them, but my little
Andy.s dirty face will spring like flowers
| FROM it,"
Thus comforting her protegees Marien
continued. her preparations; 80 it was
long after every soul la the farmhouse
slnmbefed, that, tired with her prutracted
LAHORE, the little echool mistress went
herself to bed.
Again she was in her .olden home, end
with happy heart realized some festive
seene of girlhood. How plainly abe
heard Of the dear familiar yoico Of her
father, calling her name. Ia no dream
does she hear. the crying of her name,
but ,afaT of dimly heard, througb o
cIiHging, sufocating blanket OF smoke,
her name is shouted in tones of alright |
Marion jumps to hcr fact. She strug-
gleso ogasping and staggering TO reach
window, but the stifliug cloud rolls In
asqpnd her, il rushes in from the loose
lifting door, it lies in pail close asainst
tho rafteFa and closes down upon her and
beateiheF senseless to the Aoor.
Outside, the horror.Btyicken neigh
bers fit here and there the light of
the flames that, bursting from the
Windows and doors of the first hoor,
preaent o cleaning barrier againat their
repeated attempts to gave the little school
mistreas.
o"If ]. could only reach the L window"
ehouted the farmer wildly, II could break
through the shed-roou,."
,.'"rhats easily DONE" cried neighbor;
I !'can reach the L from cherry-tree in
the kitchen garden" s..'i.e.
"But the shutter is barred on the in
ner side" groaped the farmer. There
Isl no hope; mo one could find his way
through the flames and live"
Eyenas the despairing words fell from
his lips, 2 little terrific figure, ahudderipg
in the chilly cir atarts. madly forward
darts, through, the surrounding group,
gains the tbreshold through which the
smoke rollr out in torrents, tipped with
snake like tongues Of flame, that shoot
in aud out Of their s;s:!!!!ss:. depiha. A cry of
horror end l1gaEning seMssSsss,seess eSs,ses the asine
figures, bnt into the ,iurnace-iike door i5
plnpges, and Andy the poor uaif, has
gone 10 his death. "A silence falls on the
g,aass!!yyssssd gs,aass!!yyssssd G:eup. The cracking danes
mount higher, and the old farmhouse
begins to roar, as if it relisheG ita awful
feast. t..
But above the noise ef the fire comes
childish scream of joy, as,Andy black
ened, burnt, bge triumphant, hangs
opened the shutter os the J. window, and
shrieks for the aid he had heard might
reach Marian through that scarce.
iLnspired by the euccess of the boy,
ready hands and willing hearts assail tie
ssindow's height, and, in o few minutes,
through the shattered vail the eenaeless
girl. and her preserver were borne to o
place of aasety. 0...a..
When morning broke on the party.
the poor old farmer and his family looked
onTa pile ofsmoking lumber, where, the
night before etooG their comfortable
home ;-while in chamber of neighber-
ing house, Marion watched beside the
hero Andy, wiIo had suffered dreadful
burns in his transit through the flames.
However Andy had miraculous con-
stitution, as we'll as the best nurse in the
world and, in month, Marion made
he: proposed journey, taking with hes
the scarred-faced Andy =hou, whatever
befell her, she determined never to part
frUm.n ~ sas esni g9. n, it,;..-,,
/ During the next Eve years of her life,
Marion heid TO this discrimination. Bat But
! .ghen the hnv -ssaa aeventeen q friend of
feEed him 90 good an opportunity to go
abroad and seethe world as companion
for artiuvalid son, that Mother Marion
did not soy aim nay, and, full of youth
full expectation aud delight, her adopted
son went OF to far away lands h..isla,,f
il waB very lonely In the little apart
ments they had shared together so long
and sadly Marion missed the beautiful
ailyer iyot;s Of her protegee, that was one
Of her cheeress delights, 9.1 sl.-G,
Aud when months rolled on, and in his
ssssssFss s.ss;sssssFs Andy Andy GsTs HS 7;5E % FstuTa.
Msrion6 heart sank. Then one wEetched
day came the news that Andy had left
sssasiatS,sss, .a.. and finally gene ofs With .
Neyer. since .tae Day when her young
heart, was struck by her early lovers
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