The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-05
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A WORK OF RERRIBU?ION.
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DrUthef 10 the seaport whence lie en-
barkfd for Europe, and had seen the shir
which bore him "sink below the verge"
he was conscious of a strange secde Of
isolation r1d desolation. 1t was true
fhat the, sEorcg Oh which he stood was
7thht oflii4 native land IA land lwhera he
had relations by the dozen, and friends
Yin the conventional sense Of that tcrm)
by the score; but he had come to see
Bcrtie--and Bertie was gone. AS is
sometimes the case with men Of his order,
the sunburned soldier had very tender
/ heart, and this heart ached now not only
with the desolation already mentioned,
but with the thought of his incapacity TO
relieve one single. papg of the pain which
his brother was suffering. e So
1t was the latter reflection chiefly
which drew his dark brows together as he
sset his face cityward again, leaving the
docks and shipping, the tossing waves
and vanishing ship behind. "God grant
that ell the suffering she has caused may
be returned upon her before she dies ~
he said to himself; and IL is not difficult
to tell to which one Of all the daughters
OF Eve his wish referred.
Turning his thoughts from. Berthe, il
became n serious question what he should
do with himself during the next month.
II was true that certain affairs Of business
demanded his attention, but ut the most
they would only claim pnrt of his time,
and how he should dispose of the re-
mainder was an enigma. He might
travel but to travel alone is dreary
undertaking, unleas the traveller has some
definite object in view, or is so wrapped
up in an absorbing feeling rs to stand in
no need of fcompaniousliip. There were
summer resorts; but the idea Of lounging
with q newspaper and IL cigar on an
hotel-piazza, listening to watering-place
gossip. or floating or the tide of watering
place dissipation, required more fortitude
o.: more frivolity than. Thurston possess
cd. He thought Of his relations, for
there occasionally comce q time In a
mans: life when he feels inclined to seek
those Of his own blood but such length
OF absence, such difference of association,
INTERVIEWED between himself and all Of his
kindred, that there was not u single door
to which he could 90 certoin Of vel
come or Of congenial society. Ho sighed
slightly, and dismissed me thought. If
the worst came to the worst in the matter
of einui, he could follow Bertie's ex-
ample and go abroad rs soon rs his busi-
ness would permit him to do 30.
- 1t happened oddly-as things some
times do-that an hour later, rs he stood
by the counter of bank which he had
entered, a gentleman, after watching him
closely for q minute, came up with out
stretched hand.
az hardly, ::l.::::L. CO.: he mistaken"
he said. "Aro you not Philip Thurs.
ton?" 44
"T!A:s :, .::::" Thurston answered, turn.
ing quickly. Ills glance had scarcely
fallen on the face before him when a
laugh cans into his eyes. "You aro
Cameron jennings" le said, shaking
hands warmly. II should have known
you anywf ere."
"You ought-if only by this token"
sait the other, touching slight scar on
his forehead. You gavo mo this with
hatchet when We were both about five
years old. When did you como back to
America2 Q Atd:d not know you were in
tho country"
Thurston replied by brief detail of
the why and wherefore of his presence.
MS Jennings looked gg little surprised
Wbe1 heeheards sEgortdn's departure for
Europe; bit he was a'nian Of sufficient
tact to make no further comment than to
say: II saw Bertio at the Mardi Gras in
Now Orleans last spring, and thought
nc was not in quite his usual health and
spirits. No doubt he needs change of
mir. Nc ail need il more or less. espeoi.
ally in summer. Have you seen none of
your old friends2 Why this is shame
ful You shall 20 homo with me, and
my wife will kill q fatted calf for you
with the greatest pleasure. Don't YOU
remember her as Lucy, Denmead7 ss,,h.o
isa q cousin of yours"
II remember her." answered Thurston.
conscious of an absolute thsill of regard
for Lucy Denmead, whose existence up
10 that moment he had forgotten. "She
used 70 b Yery,Fretty.n, ~-5...9 tt,..
"Sfleie very psctty get" said Mr. jon
siings, with commendable pride, "and
gay as o lark. She 4iiis Sans -5ouci-
that's the name OF my country-plaUe-.
with company every summer, and makes
things as pleasant as they can be made.
Sans-Souci is the place FOX you, my dear
fellow! Can't you leave tho city with
mo Tomorrow am only here on busi-
ness, and / find it excessively hot"
In Ihnrston'G iiTez=77is fhiaIne OF mind it
did hot require much persuasion to in.
dace him TO entertain this proposal very
favorably. he dined with Mr.. Jennings,
and the next day found him by,. that gen
t!eman's side in the train which Gore
them away from the place where he had
last seen poor Bertie's hagga-d face.
Sans-Souci was several hundred miles
distant-but what are hundreds of miles
when steam annihilates time ard space
On the evening of the second day they
alsenbarked ats ,Way.ststion. and found
q landau drawn by two black horses
waiting for them. '9s
80 This ia pleasant said Mr. .Jenninas,
III d tone of relief no thew roda oJoncs q