The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-30
Jane Smith did not ren;ne In her sor.

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And she was mournful, shadowy thing.
with her white, unsmiling face, and her
slender hands. There arc some wrongs
too deep, aud some sorroEs too bitter to
be spoken Of in this world, and such
were those of thai household. They
rarely spoke Of the past. The world
does not stop when our loved oiies die, OF
deal treacherously, and the sun shines
just as brightly over the grass.gT0un
graves and lettered marble, as over the
brida! procession-the blessing and bles..
And there will he, while we live, O round
of going, coming, buying, selling, eating,,
drinking, and such like little things, that
make up life. And ell these people bear
firmly and quietly their life burdens; and
we, looking at them, will fail to see their
riven hearts.
One day, soon after Franks return
home, MIR. Brown heard the dinner-bill
ringing, peal after peal, at an inoppor-
tune hour. He listened. and heard half
dozen persons shouting his name at
the top Of their voices. lie was quite q
distance from his house, aud he was
alarmed and said: "'Surcly there is fire
out, aud human beings perishing in the
hames," and he ran toward the increasing
din, in fear and trembling. The little
colored help met him at tho yard.gate,
and said:
"Miss Nellie be o dyin', sir"
"'Miss Nellie dying,'" aaid the hus.
band and he flew, rather than ran, into
the house, and found his wife pale, faint,
and trembling from head to foot.
What, Q what Is :th;;s .hs.s bee han
pened TO my pearl of pearls, my darling"
cried the husband. "Speak, o sneak,
my love, my lifep'
"Ot, Frank has come back" said
Nellie.
"Frank come back" said the husband,
~ thought Frank. was dead and buried.
was not expecting him back"
"Nor T." said Nellie; "but he was
never dead. We were all mistaken"
"You were ell . precious set of fools,
then" said Mr.. BrcSs.
"Thars just what we were," roplied
Nellie.
The husband sat down and thought d
little while, and then said: "My wife. |
love you more than anything else in the
gorld, more than everything else. more
than l DO myself, but / love You unselfI
ishly; and will do anything possible ID
promote your happiness; aud If you still
love MIR. Williams, and he still loves you,
will give you divorce quietly, and
you can marry him. will do even that,
If it breaks my heart and costs me NV
life."
80! Or shrieked the wife. "don't
talk so; you will drive me mad.'
"U!Oi OF You don't want divorce.
| then" said the husband.
"Want divnrcal Mol! .yerlastinp
| nop shrieked Nellie.
"Well, am to understand by that
| that you love this old curmudgeon mite
or twofn queried Mr. Brown.
20, love you all, all, and no one else
| at all"
'Not even Frank7" said the husband.
| 'Not even Frank" replied Nellie.
"And if / ever did love him it was 90
long ago that have forgotten it."
"Well, you have me, and profess to
love me; what Is the trouble ?" said Mr.,
| Brown.
20, l was frightened. I was afraid
that you would cast me off" returned
Nellie.
"Cast you off, child. Nothing in the
world could induce NC to east Yet, off,
unless it were your WISH" returned the
man. "What O ridiculous idea you q Id
hunt up, my darling, to distress YOU"
"But yol never said SO much about
your love for ne BEFORE" said Nellie.
"Why, no, I suppose not. 1 am a
quiet man-perhaps too mu1, 40. I
think very many nice things that ] never
tell. Bnt let me tell you, Nellie, once
for oil time, that host of armed men
could not take You from me. And do
hope that Frank will not be unhappy"
and the husband returned to his Work,
aud Nellie said: "He is so noble, so good
and true. God has blessed me in hus-
band," and thus it was.
/ Days, weeks and months came and
went, and those two, who had been
stricken down together In sorrow, aud
had been companions in grief, learned
slowly, but surely, that they were peces-
sary to each other. Frank was unhappy
when away from Mona Liza, and she was
restless when Frank was gone. Jane
Smith marked the growing attachment
between them, and smiled sad, weary
smile, and whispered "that Is, as it ahould
be. Ny life is over, my work is DONE -
And when 5ne day Mona Liza went to
to her, and said, "Aunty, dear, would it
be right for me to love our Frank, and
marry ehim, and be happy, when ray
Frank lies cold in his 2rave9"
"Can you recall inc dead?" said Jane
Smith.
"Oh, no, aunty, if could have done
that should long ago. said Bona.
"Can You die with the deadT" said the
woman.
"Without SIM No. / should 6e a
suicide were I to die now" Mona re-
piled.
"Well, then, 1t is your duty to live
vith the living" said Jane Smith,
Send Frank TO me-"
"Frank came. and the woman sid
"Is the old love dead ?"
Burned to ashes long ago." replied
the young man. "Much as / suffered,
there remains no scar"
"And ynu love this beautiful child OF
my heart" ssid the woman.
81 more than love her-I love and
worship her. She was the angel that
| hovered ABOUT mc ia tnaJ dark lous, and
saved me-"
II give her to you," said the woman.
"My life is over, my wGrk is DONE"
And the day of the bridal came, aud
wedding bells pealed, and brave men and
fair women passed into the old church
and looked at that man and woman
pledge themselves to each other for life
and it was day Of rejoicing far and
near; for the strange story of their woes
had been told and retold TIL every child
had learned it by heart for miles around
and every heart OF iiesh reloiced at the
happy union, that promised peace. And
again Jane Smith said, .,s, life Is over
my work is DONE"
A few days after the marriage Of
Frank Williams and Mona Lis Smith
Frank entered the room where Jane