The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1886-02-03
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Jast On ihs con6ass Of enc Of ous
large manpfaesnripg tpwps there
stands sn inpoaiag resids1cs with !
wide extent Of garden stretching on
lall sidss, the master Of which was q
tall. bandsome man Of lesa than fifty
years; while his wife WAS certainly
twenty years older. and very feeble
old woman.
YET never were any sonng coople
mors de1otsd than this oddiy-con-
trsstsd pair. whose marriage, though
brought abcus by s mislake WAS .
true union Of hearts.
From early boyhood Edward
JORGE MAS s me well Money
ran. through bis fingers Ike sead. aud
afser his Aer grnnd athsg, And his
ancle had ssrh stsgtsd hin g hgsis
ness only Is snd ID 'fsilnrs, ths iamisy
decided That he would never ba good
/ ior angt thing q
He waa 4 sarY handsome man. With
i1stipcts aud manners Of q gen.eman,
sdd kipdl sip 1ssing; but he ssas
good snztursas sussiul a1d tae aaaix
EssaABs|a ss56B|s B aiaEs.s g q 8iss.
Isl thirty he fonnd himssii bank:
rupt, out Of business, and without
any dafnite ospecia; and while be
was seriously consideripg suicide as
| & way ont Of his difficulties, he re-
csiyed an invitation to yisit % old
friend ID Blackpcos. &
BE foapd the orthern Brighton
it the height Of its Summer season,
and his own attraction very readily
acknowledged By The ladies, who
danced with him, firted with him,
strolied on the beach By moonlight
with him, and accepted his graceful
atteationwith smiling pleasure.
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II wss hare that he was introduced
10 Miss Susan Hartley and her neice
and supposed heiress. Miss Maud
Maxwell. They were ladies q posi-,
ton, re6ned, graceful; the youngs'
ons lovely in the freshness OF bel
youth. . pretty blonde face, and
slender iIeuss shs elder one statei,
and digui6ed. showing 10 every wore
cultivated INTELLECT and strong com
/ mon sense.
Edward Joyce's friend. after to-
introduction. spoke his mind will
frank il Vulgar freedom.
go in Tor the heiress, Ned. The!
say the old lady is worth no end Q
tin, and Miss Maud is her only rela
tive. Anyone can See they are De
voted to each other. :
i friendship led to intimacy, and Mi
i joyce did try and fascinste tn
heiress. whose simpering prettines
4 covered cold heart, and avery com
mon-place mind.
Though she had always seemed T
have lacked business sbilisy. M'
joyce was no fool, and he found him
4 SELF evening after evening 4urnin
from Miss Maxwell's vapid talk
the fresh strong mind that shon
through her aunt's conversation.
!, Miss Hartley was}au accomplishe
B musician, With 5 srich eentralto vote
and love Of music had aiway amour
ed to . passion With MIR. Joyce,
there was 8 strong bond Of ssmpatt
there. S Z 1.ss.sss
Loyeing neither, in the true sem
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Of the word, he certainly found mo-
pleasure in the society OF the old
lady, and then q little demon OF poli'
whispered to him, that after al, t
money vas Mrs. Harley's, and, vi
her social position and resl attra
tions. she might marry. and SO d
priye Maude Of her supposed inher
ance. -
For two or three days he hesitate
"a shrinking yet from placing hims
10 the position OF 8 fortune-hunt.
and then be wrote q manly, tend
letter 10 Miss Hartly, asking her
be his vile. An hear later his %!
sengss brought an answer, and M
Hartley was his af6snced wife. I
The wedding took place 10 9