The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-09
heart, and so many other things. Maggie
wanted to study medicine


How can one describe such MI ambi-
ton i'll woman, yet, it must be rs noble
to her as it is to man, and we have
known young girls to. put the whole of
their lifcs dream in this one desire.
One of the sweetest girls we know of,
n person of such delicate refinement, IL
face that shows all the sweet noblencss
Of the soul, SO beautiful and 30 perfect
in its moulding, said to us few weeks
ago.
81 have had but one ambition in my
life, that is: to be physician, to begin
now. l could not afford it, it would take
years of faithful study, must give it
up"
Maggie had made her home with her
aunt Sally, since her mothers death,
when she was twelve years old her ia
thcr away off III distant countries, no
brothers, no sisters, no one but prim
aunt Sallic, who loved SO to keep things
i'll straight row;no wonder poor Maggie
grew tired of the holly-hocks and pctu-
MAS, tastclcss green blinds, and stiff
hair cloth chairs. She wanted n change,
and n change she was bound to have.
She has not been idle us to what her
chances in large city might be. She
would go to Philadelphia, and mono of
aunt Sally's persuasions could keep her
back. Three years later, We find her,
the same Maggie as ever, n little older,
little palmer, and little stouter. She
has worked hard, studied well, and it
seemed her ambition was to be realized.
There was light i'll the eyes that had
not been there before, love-light, that
made the plain face almost beautiful,
sometimes Maggie was in love, i'll love
with n hcavy-beardcd foreigner hand
some, proud and rich, such contract to
little Maggie, he was, but he loved the
little maiden, only he did NOT love her
ambition, he would never submit to it,
he talked with her pleaded and conxcd,
but no, she would not give it up-"cithcr
give up this ambition. or ME" and the
proud spirit would plead no longer
Maggio's blue eyes flashed rs she cried
out impetuously, "Hhen l will give YOU
upw
That was all, he went away, with
never one word more.
"He will come tomorrow" she would
say to herself, rs the tears would come
to her eyes; che has told me he loved mo
better than his life; he will come, 1
know"
To-morrnw, and weeks went by, still
he did not come. Maggie wondered
fed to, what made tho world slch dark
place. Perhaps there would be comfort
i'll something else. She would try and
see if she could not call back the same
stcadfast ambition that she had pursued
for years
Poor commonplace girl
While she was not n wicked woman,
far from that, she had never attended
church nor paid any devotion to her
Maker. Was that the cause of her I'M
rest? She would see. She went to
church one day, she liked it, it qnictcd
her mind, tho earnest, tender pleading
of the pastor, tho quiet, attentive ffcos
of the listeners, she went again, until
she found it a necessity to drive away
other thoughts. There was "cry from
Macedonia" for helpers to come teach
the way of salvation to hcathcn souls. A
thought struck her, had she mistaken
her mission all these ycars2 She would
be a missionary! She would heal souls,
rs she had studied to heal bodies. Such
M awakening
She hurried to the minister's house,
poured out her desires to the pastors's
wife. She was taken at once rs a cnn-
didato and every preparation was made.
Ladies' of the church devoted their time
to her outfit, while she devoted her time
to spiritual preparation. All was finish
cd, the day for the God-spccds and fare
wells had arrived, even the hour. Where
was Maggie? No one knew. Search
was made. Not one trace of trunks or
Maggie It was such n. blow to tho
church that it was deemed best to keep
it quiet.
Some two years afterwards n fairfaced,
bnnchy little woman rang the bell at
Rev. B. s door, was shown to the parlor
by servant, but refused to give her
card. When she heard Mrs. B. coming
down the stairs she ran to meet her, cry
ing out, rs she held up dimplcd hand,
"Sec, see, have my diamond and my
ambition too -
Maggie it was, surely, with strange
story to toll. The very hour that she
was to have sailed rs q missionary she re-
ccivcd word Of tho selious illness of her
father in distant country she Ind tho
money the church had given her and the
trunks of clothes; she took them and
went to her father he was i'll for months
and months, demanding her constant at-
tention. When he had but slightly re-
covered she was stricken down, and lay
at deaths door for many days. When
she had rcgained strength enough she
wrote to her old-time lover; he was
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