The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-06-28
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.nnlt.tndes on every side as fair; as wise.
as witty, as she. There is no such thing
| IS snpn9arsil excellence. Thank Heaven,
the sofidtS u "rose-bud garden OF gifIs,p
and he is fool who, losing one rose bud,
dces net pluck ano:he: p"
"Ah" said Egertou, "it was who was
O fool TO talk so lightly OF things beyond
my comprehension | He jests at scans
who meyer felt wound'-but I have
been wopnded since then. The shadow
Of one woman has indeed come between
me and the sun, and would not tell you.
if could, what darkness has fallen over
my life. i met Agatha Loring more
than year ago, and from the first mo-
ment I saw her loved her. Do you
know what the word means, Phil2 Very
likely not. never knew what il meant
until / met her: {. but, compared 10 what
l felt for her, every feeling that had
ever known for any other woman was Like
wate- unto vino ten times told. was
warned from the first that she was cruel
coquette, and would throw n mans heart
away ike useless toy when she was
done with it.; but such warnings were
less to ne than the idlest wind. To be
with her was sufficient; to hear her voice,
TO touch her hand, to look into her eyes
such eyes, Phil have never seen any
others OF the same tint; and as for ex-
preston sometimes I think that they
have 10 I'M, .liat they are al expression.
But-with an impatient accent-"I
must not maunder likc this. The end
came as 1t had been forctold. When
grew too earnest to amuse her any longer,
she turned to ice and badc Inc 20. [
wcaried her, she said, coldly; she had
nothing to give me; she fancicd that I
had understood that filtration was only
filtration; if / had made mistake it
was not her fault. And so all ended J.
Well, no doubt yon think mo weak to
| suffer such q woman TO rob life of all
saver for me. But most women who play
this game are bunglers more or less, while
Agatha Lcring Is an expert. When she
| is done with man, he is fit for nothing
but to 90 70 the devil as fast ms may be"
"And do you think such q woman
worth going to the devil fort" asked
Thurston, with Indignation. "Why can
yor not put her out Of your heart through
scorn? Great Heaven! if | loved her
better than my life, and she showed her
| self In such colors, it would be enough.
| should thrust her aside, and go my way
as ii she did not exist"
"Your theories would fall away like
cobwebs if Agatha Loring once laid her
spell on YOU" said Egerton. II know
| am fool, but she is IL sorccrcss. No
ordinary woman could fill mans life
| widh tho consciousness Of her and the
| neeu or ner, ana then wreck it rs she
does. When she sent mo away, ] was
like wretch hurled in one moment out
| OF heaven into hell! do not under
stand yet how failed to blow out my
brains, unless 1t was that | shrank from
being the subject of three days talk.
did not even think of you, Phil-con-
slider that!"
my poor boy" said Thurston. In
voluntarily he rose and put his arm across
the young mans shoulders in their old,
boyish fashion. More he could not say.
His heart was hot as he thought of the
woman who hnd wrought such work
through cruelty or caprice, but he knew
that 70 speak Of her Us she deserved
would for the present avail nothing.
this sympathy. aYoa are eNe exsctly a What at
you a;wnya were, PHI. nv ,aiti, gratc-
fully. "Dear old fellow z would be "a
dark day, indeed, yhesi any catrnnge-
ment came between us-but we need not
speak ofssnch o thing; II will never be.
And you must not think that I mean to
bore y1uWith my folly. have told MY
story and am done. Now let US discuss
your plans.s Where do.you mean to 20
All our relations are eager to see you,
and welcome you to their hospitable
roofs. Chats the correct phrase, I be-
lieve.) People are amazingly hospitablc,
you know, when they are only called
upon TO appreciate success. have press
::g invitations for you from all upcles,
ana sunts, end cousins to the tenth de-
gree"
"Not QUE of whom I cure to meet"
said ThurSton. apart from my desire
10 ssa you. iiave chiefly come &c
Amo::cs. 60 recruit my health-which is
little enervnted by five years in Egypt
and to attond 10 some business con-
| corning which there is 20 haste. There
| fore, in order to accomplish the first two
objects, propose that we shall turn our
faces toward the old home of our boy
hood; Let us go to Beechwood. I
and fish in the river again. I used 20
think, in the East, that one Whit of the
pine.0dors would be. better than the
fragrance of Asaby tie biest."
II have not been there for years." said
Egerton. "My agent attends u tho bust.
ness. The plantation is rented out, YOU
know, but the house is unoccupied, and
! If you desire we can go there. All places
aTe alike to me. We will go tomorrow,
| if you like, !, o,,rs 49,
So they started the next day, for
ThIrston perceived moro and more clear.
| ly that his brothers. case was one de-
| manding prompt treatment Of some kind.
The Beechwood idea had come TO him
like On inspiration, and as an inspiration
he acted upon it. To take Egerton away
from all associations which intensified
his pain, to break the chain of later
habit, and recall the fresh, simple pleas
ures Of earlier years, was what he wished
] 10 do, end he felt sanguine that the re.
l -s.alE M would ha all that he dna.ged.
This impression lasted for few days
alter thoy flad taken up their abode g.
Beechwood-- of those old Southern
houses around which, even when desert.
ed, still seems to linger tho charm Of the
hospitable existence they once enshrined
but il did not last more than a few
lTdays; II lt vas soon apparent that Eyer.
toms malady was beyond the reach of
such remedies as this. AS Thurston
watched him, he realized how, deenly the
poisoned shaft had struck. The spring
of ell iOyOusneSs md hope seemed broken
with the young man. He exerted him,
self to appear cheerful, he made an effort
TO feign Interest in the old pursuits, but
bis brDther,s eyes-Tendered By affection
alnosl as keen rs those of o womap's-
ssw through the pretense readily, saw