The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03
Marrying A Clod.

Godfrey Prime was n very rich and sue
cessful merchant. ..... .,....H.....
lie had no wife, and but one child--a
daughter - whom he adorcd, and upon
whom 1t was his delight to lavish every
thing she asked for, If money would buy
it, ~
Annis Prime was beautiful, and she was
besides, girl of considerable sense too
much so, indeed, to be easily satisfied in her
choice of husband ~
She had many sritors, but none of them
suited her. -a -,,.- = ....
One day the merchant came home to his
splendid mansion, looking like a ghost, he
was 80 pale His hair had grown several
degrees whittier since he went away in the
morning.
Going to his private room he locked the
door and loaded his pistol.
eff kill myself" he said, "Annis will
be obliged to marry some of her rich adj
mirers, because she will have no home with
out. could never endure to live and see
her suffer the miscrcs of poverty which
her rearing has SO ill-flttcd her to bear"
Then he took the pistol in his hand and
looked ut it calmly.
''Shall blow out my brains or shoot my
self through the hcart2"
"lou will do neither if you please, papa, ~
said Annis herself, coming forward from
behind the curtain of window in which
she had been sitting ever since he entered
the room. "What is the natter Why do
YOU wish to kill YOURSELF"
'Annis, said the merchant, sadly, "evcr
since your mother died | have lived only
for you. All cared to get wealth for was
for yon. But of late l have been mfortu-
nate. ] stand today on the verge of bank
rnptcy." "."''
"Wcll, am sure that is bad enough with
out your killing YOURSELF" said Annis
'Do you imagine, oh, foolish papa. that all
the riches of the world could mike up to
me the loss of youl"
The merchant started and looked down as
If ashamed. Then he opened his arms wide
and his daughter flew into them E.
"Promisc me this moment, papa" she
said, 'tllat you will never, never think of
such wicked thing agany"
"My darling" answered the merchant
with emotion. 81 never will. Now YOU
must make me promise | can stem the
tide, lthinl1 month longcr-possibly six
weeks. should not care myself how soon
the crash came, if could see you provided
fer. win you not, in that time, choose
o. ,nxo,,s ~ ',,"r.,, ,,n,,9m s. ''''' wiz "'c
Annia made focc ,rh., soo;,o. ,o,,,
anxioua hnr fothor Io0,,od aI'n a,;,I I.Is ''"
"T,m hn"oa,I,, , ,,.,, ."oMo,'' 'iu a"u :,
choose must Know % tha iruth M ohn", w wv, vo,,n =
afYoirs bnforc viii ,,orr, h;,' - "''"' '"'''
.Uertoinlv !" said h"r f,thor .e,, 7 ,,,,
sure Il will make no difrnrnnco Won "ro
TOO sweet md hcout;fnl 70 ho ln,oa ro. ,''', o."
thing hut Yourself -
~
nis a recovnd vni oou" aV"",s eue,,lng "hen an,
,n;,o, o''o' '''''l"''y' S''e ''''uc IL c"rei"'
Sho woo . ,1oo,, ,o, ,,o,
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w,ntor ,;i;na 81 ''o ~. DIN, l'op'" ". M!th
~ bor unI,o''' % Go",;,1 ,sS.s' """ wafer l'''es
She 1oolsnd .% q sirnn. ',, nn, ~ a;.o, ,oo
or ;nd,tfonon. tf 9io nps " sltc,l was ever
feet ' W. '"' 'sSo o'"''s''''' ~ "cr
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tho aEor, ,he f.;n d., o''1S .,, I"'''em'"e s, sal
n h,,o a,,na ~ ,,a n wy u'iN Hio oohcu
not heort beot % a"iona""1 ,iu ,oon'o III "n'Gh o'l
hondonn'nst NOV d'''' T., .I oven, WHY" t''c
hcfore hor onn ,o,,od ,"u ioHa. Gn,.; po"cu ~"
n boncycd toncs ','|
All would not do Sbo fo,t o noo;,;vo
aversion to some of them and hoving nverv.
thing she wanted becousc of her fathnr,o
indulgence. shc could NOT reconcile hn,snIf
to the idea of marrying q man for ,yhn,,, oI, a
did not care half No mich 90 shc d;d for hor
canary. ,.,-" ~ ~: IT," '>' ' ' ~"
Wien the month was nearly IN dur;no
which the merchant willie ho voit,d nnx7
iously, said nothing. Ann,s smoke.
s'Papa,n she said. "you are worth dozen
of them. 7 would rothcr livc IN nov"rIv "
with Won thon in ofilncncc with nno cf
them.h "'
"You don't know whot novcr,v 10 - cold
her father eloomilv, ' ''' '"'''
"But have a Curiosity to know - so;a
the daughter, brayelv, t.Rc o Good no"o
now, and don't tease me. nm yun s,,rc p"p", yo,,
can save enough of the wreck 10 fur1isl, &