Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-22
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=. nv IL any D""'
;.,+ bv garden, but somehow her plarnts
's ~, aiways kind OF dwindlin', and bowed
'eI y. . and sickly, if they blowed at all.
'seplo ,d as if there WANT anything in this
''eL ,g Cor Caddy. Well, the Lord does try
Hs saints" ..+ a.o, =, n.+obin,
A75i,,v said handsome Widow Maxey,
'lio 20, oo her porch, in the cool of the day.
s'ID g. she closed her lips so tightly that
ADl mad mad to come together with a snap.
taey she spoke again. it was in a softer
wee" aIyon't YOU come in and rest your
''a', ,gb;Ie. elder, and let me pick you
INK posyF .,s .
a Elder Whitwell, with little laugh, as
h. opened the gate.
Y, r W. widow Maxey knew very well that
Nv Ferris and Ler sister, Abby Ann,
S.@ watching, from behind their closed
v'Ig ,. across the street, and there was
""H - color on her cheekboneS, and a
ouoD cir If defiance about her as she went
. p. Gathering the bunch of pinks with q
'f soutbernwood the elder called it
y. -, love-in the center. People might
F5or that she, the richest widow in the
on M well preserved and handsome,
.Ii condescend to be courted by Elder
a-.'+ysll man worn and rusty in mind
lren as in outward appearance, broken
ol5 before his time by years of hard
and poyerty-for the elder was not
|.tt.1 in PRAYER or preaching; he was not
-.;.rino and could not draw crowds, and
III congregation over which he had bsen
80 had made haste to exchange him for
Iiysrlier dispenser of the Word. But She
p ochel Maxey, would not be ashamed of
t;n.-sha would be proud.
The fact was, that people were thinking
VA saving very different things from what
III sunDosed. Outsiders, proverbially, see
.,ost Of the game. Abby Ann Ferris was.
= This moment, saying to her sister that at
I'll an old woman like that" (N1rs. Maxey
wos 81 ito make herself ridiculous" and
\, aUondered if the elder really had any
antious." And Angelina, Mrs. Maxeys
o,rn ahelpo had been heard to whisper
ortlv that it was her belief that the elder
|wos "a coouette." Every letter of the word
10. its full Yankee value in Angelina's
|mouth.
tbe elder liked it, and she felt like girl as
line did it; as she never had felt since the
4 av Caddv Timson-little, homely, sickly
Eaddv Timson, the shoemaker's daughter
b. told her that she and Ezra Whitwell
rara in love with each other She had
|urned upon Caddy fiercely, and told her il
|ras a falsehood, or if it was true, that she
had beguiled Ezra to his ruin, for he needed
money and influence; he was not strong in
Eody nor one to make his own way in the
|rord. at best 1t was true; why shouldn't
he have told Caddy so, if she were willing
h so far sacrifice her pride7 And Caddy
bad understood; she had wept, bitterly,
had declared that she would not be burden
knd Linderance to Ezra. Nevertheless,
4 he had married him before the month was
but. Size had come and explained timidly
NJ Rachel that Ezra would have it so.
Rachel had wondered many times since tha at
i he had been able to restrain the fury that
4 nged in her heart. Not long after ward
F. be had married Herman Maxey; it was
Eirtunate that from the day when he asked
Der to marry him to that last day when he
.sy upon hi bed giving her precise direc-
hons about the management of the property,
s1d assuring her that his arrangements for
be next world were made with the same
ELulence that had characterized him in
bis, be had never asked her if she loved
LIN. For herself, she had almost forg often
bat there was such an emotion which some
mes played havoc with the practical af-
hrs Of life Her pride had been graft fed,
hd had grown by what it fed on. Nobody
ad ever crossed her desire but little feeble
addy Timson.
Affairs had gone with Caddy and her
nsbanl just as Rachel had prophesied. She
IS ailing, slack" helpless One never
sard anything from the family but pow,
rty and hardship, as they went about from
lace to place wherever Ezra was sent e.
mister the Word What different wife
Re would have made him, and what diff
rent woman she would have been if she
ad been his wifel she said to herself, con.
lous Of the harden ing process that was go
on within her, year after yea ar, and hold.
g Caddy Whitwell strictly accountable
IL She called herself religious woman;
u he hated Caddy Whitwell. &:
der strong affection for her only son had
pore Of the element of pride than of tender
eS 1t She rejoiced for his sake that
e wealth her father had left to her had
'n0led and trebled in her husbands
reWd hands; she rejoiced in his brilliant
'ulty and his ambition; even in the great
oNaed city to which he had gone he was
euagushing himself; she expected to see
u a great statesman. He had gained an
rance INTO the higest social circles; when
married, ne would without doubt in
case us wealth and influence. All this
great qualification to her, but when
Ops mad a>ked her how she could bear to
4 separated from him, she had realized,
.Aderlngly, that she did not care much
mat She might be strange and
H. but she did not deceive her.
z, mere was only one person in the
whose companionship was necessary
usr happiness Caddy Timson had
a gsu her OF that companionship. But
I1uy was in her grave, and Ezra Whitwsll
Nv, VOme back TO her. That was why she
"Ae girl as she gathered the elders
N sa5' She could feel his eyes upon her
uuSA, and her color burned. OF what
10 tulhhlng-Of what their lives might
oosh II Caddy Timson had never come
SeI tlem' She had always suspected
~, ~ lea sacrificed himself and her from
wi OAddy Now, when his eyes met
,. que could not doubt il. or what was
~" formed that bound her to himl
p.1uiated upon n. Love belonged-or
imposed 70 belong-to youth, but this
pt, wa. was stronger than anything that
Fl s'leolld grasp or hold.
Ip,e-mniel man, even little dull
t"'gons; K no had come into her
wi tne dTt time now. would he