The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-23

] ana u cen hire men to throttle, and
| haRdouF husband for 1t. Now, Miss
Marsh, you deserve no husband. For !,
that you are persecuting to death, am
not the man that loved you. am his
cousin. And while the man that loves
you is fighting his country's battles, you
ard making unlady-like efforts to compel
q stranger TO marry you. Now, perhaps,
| some man, sometime, may marry you /;
but if my cousin IS the true man that
trust he is, you have lost his love, and
his respect, b. this nnwomanly proceed
ing" ;, -.
have only acted as your parents reGues.
ted me to. All that I have dono has
been for their sakes alone"
Mr. Williams saw and heard all this,
and he came TO the conclusion that Frank
was not insane, only perverse and wicked,
| and he became furiously angry, and he
went up close to Frank, and cried out,
Death ! fury! perdition! Why did you
Insult Miss Marsh 2"
"Dear uncle" began Frank.
20, my God" cried out the old man,
what sin have | committed that must
be tortured thus? Frank Williams, do
you hear me?"
"l iiear," said Frank.
"Well, If ever you use such language
to me again as that, I shall die on the
spot ] say that shall Gie on the spot
II you do that again, and my death will
lie ct your door, my blood will be found
on your skirts in the great day of ac.
count"
Frank laughed quietly. Andthat still
farther infuriated Mr.. Williams. And
he began to trot about over the floor, and
utter anathemas at the hapless author Of
ali the mischief. Frank laughed again,
the whole matter seemed 80 ridiculous,
He was handcuffed and abused because
he could not acknowledge that man as
his father: More angry became the man
till he yelled out:
You're possessed of the devil, aud.
by the way, I'll beat him out of you"
BE started toward Frank with clinched
fists. Frank seeing his intention, slipped
aside, and the. mans impetus .was such
that he fell to the floor. They waited !,
little for him to pick himself ups and as
ne did not they examined him, and found
that his undue excitement had culmina.
ted in a fit of The most horrid Character
| The men were yet there who brought
Frank back, and they laid the man on
the bed, and cent for DR.. Wilson. When
he came he looked at Mr.. Williams. and
then turned to Frank and said:
you will be the death of your father,
you ungrateful wretch ~
| my father died years ago." replied
Frank. Had you not better look to
your patientf"
"Yes," said the Doctor, ~ shall do all
that l can for him, and shall see TO you,
too; you horrid creature. You are no
more insane than I am; you are only the
most perverse being that I ever saw.
Aud it always comes of your falsehood.
You do not want to make your promise
to Miss Marsh good; ard you play the
madman to be the death of your father
and monther."
"Hs need not feign insanity on NV
account" said Miss Marsh, "fS- have
ceased to take any interest in him. In
fact have not loved him one iota since
he returned; and should be- 10th to
keep my promise to him.. He is Lot the
man that I promised to marry. Here.
Frank, is your ring, give you back
your freedom"
II am not the man." said Frank.
"Ahl You stumbled upon the truth
once. i never saw that ring before in
my life, and cannot possibly have any
right to it: Better re;4.iu it, Miss Marsh.
| Frank Will Dc here sooi. 7 wrote hin.
10 come"
"Why, how foolish and wicked you are,
Frank" said Nellie. "You dragged nv
sled when / was little gisl. There Is
| the very mole ON your neck that YOU
used to boast of when you was o little
boy, and say, Mole on the neck, money
a peck"
"Miss Marsh," said the physician, "I
am rejoiced to see you manifest some
spirit at last. | cannot lind words to
express the great joy that / felt when
heard you say that you have no love for
sh;s troublesome ingrate. Tou are nv
own brave Nellie. And now 1 hope and
trust that he will find it In his heart 20
own hio parents, that they may find some
quiet in their old age"
Surely" said the tortured man, "you
are the people, and wisdom will die with
you. What will the next generation do
for an Esculapius?"
MIR. Williama was apparently as we'll
as ever in few hours. Miss Marsh, with
her fifty thousand dollars, was gone out
from their lives, and they were compelled
to reconcile themselves to the inevitable.
They removed Franks handouts and let
him rest, and he said:
81 must do what can, conscientiously
l W .onuoI CotnWItsUio tne6o people VINO
claim me. have found strange field OF
labor. But I will endeavor to find out
what my duty is, and then perform il
unainchingly."
But he sat down in his room and wrote
to Jane Smith full account of his woes
And again he wrote to Mona I.;:e, and
wild prayers arose from the lonely, ach-
ing heart Of tho writer thst they might
speedily reach their destination. Tic
knew how strong was the will of the
woman he was writing to. He knew
we'll that If the letter reached her, she
would find some way to assist him. And
strange as !. may seem, and troublesome
as werC -he times, he found an opportu.
nifty md that letter in q way that il
rea ais aunt in short time.
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