Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-30

a much happier one, though--ior
these terrible changes had at length
reversed the unnatural order Of things
When Stephen was utterly bowed
down, suddenly Lydia Thirskc rose
up, ond took her true and natural
position rs comforter and heIpmatc.
1t almost consocd the weary husband
for all his losses to have found ,t last
his true wife.
Antony also had written loving and
hopeful letters s-anl it was likely t. at
he would be able to conc for Mary
the next summer. They wei all sor-
ry now to think Of parting With her,
for she had been sohelpfulan,l cheer
tul i'll these dark days, that it WAS
hard to imagine the cottage without
her
Adversely has many learned liz
ciplcs, and Ada had not been to its
school without benefit. 1t was inpos-
sible for her not TO reproach herself
with her father's ruin, and hough no
one else had done it, the voice ol'so.
cicty universally condemned her. She
remembered, too, that however re-
vengcful ard hateful Askc had been,
she herself had done her best to call
forth those qualities -hc had at first
tried to be very patient and kind with
her.
One morning as she was Sitting
sewing to some such bitter thought rs
these, she lifted Il paper and real this
paragraph
On Monday last, Askc, Of ASke
Hall, while hunting with the 'rowton
hounds, was thrown, and it is feared
fatally injured
She sat still thinking Il few minu-
ties, and then, without Il word 10 any
one but Mary Hutton, left tic house.
Two hours afterwards she was in
Aske- Hall, hoping to-.o,tl,c rawlings,
of is dclirious master. Calmly but
rcsolutcly she toak her place, and ii
the long drcary weeks Of watching
and darkness that lu!lowrl, learnt
many u wholcsomc lesson.
Her great fear now was that the
injury to the brain was permanent,
AMI that her husband woull never
know her long enough, to pardon her
But one night, as she stood loolsin.
tenderly at the pale, shrunkcn face,
he slowly opened his eyes and said in
Il whisper:
Ada!
George, dear George J anJ the kiss
that sealed hcr forgivcnc: was the
remarriage ofthcir hearts aud lives.
But Askc was many months Il help.
less invalid; and it was almost Il wear
afterwards that Ada was going gently
about the room, packing things for Il
journey with him to the sunny skies
of Italy He watched her some time,
and then said
Ada, ! may never come back u
feel very weak. wonder if vour
father would see nc before | co.
The next morning Stephen Thirs'.c
stood by his cncmy's side, and hi.
eyes were full Of tears.
You arc muched changed George
Yes, Thirske, YOU have won at last.
Let us shake hanls. Tie mill We
fought about | have given to .Nla,
and she gives it oyou Tie papers
are hcrc-I want to sec them signed
! But, Askc-
! Don't deny me this grace, Thirskc
If | have to die, shall die The cas-.
ier for it. III live to come back, |
want to come back among friends. 1t
is your own. No blessing has come
to me since built it,
So when Antony came to Mary lie
did not 60 back again. lie Joined
his father in the Askc Mill, and in
ten years the firm OF 'Thirskc e Son
we're the leading manufacturers Of
Aircdalc again.
There are evils that happen for
good. Stephen and Ada found i'll
poverty and anxiety the true relation