Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-07-07

Ut keep i III. AMI when the doctor
comcs III the mornings aud sounds mv
i1i5g>. IS lie SAYS | could scream ont
.oHi tut do not crt because mamma
always There. But It hurt, y awful
Dad :
could only press my lips together to
keef back the tears. and presently turn
,LeGhlid ; thoughts cwhcrr
Nnmtner passed lutumn n the
South. You know it, fair reader, with its
cool ble'7cs tanning away the >nltry
breath of heated days: wh4n birds Of
fashion fiji ack from rural scenes to
brighten The dull city with the spread Of
her CAV pluma-c. when men 90 back
70 the dull routine Of business, rcyiviticd
% he rest they have taken; and dormant
,oc1cty wake, from it> sleep.
That tdl New ofIcans's pulse beat
with tcvcrish activity, for it witnessed
heopening of the ''N orld Exposition.
AID right royalty the dear OLD city wa,
comci a cencourse such as had never he
fore 4raced her doors \ coHcour~e
drawn ththcr by the grand pageant IN
which all nationalitles forgot their diff
ferences, and united in bringing their
treasure, To enrich the scene. Mrs
EIl,ott's VA, the vantage point toward
which tie l'ucHt visitor to the south
trn metropolis invariably made his way.
10 certain number only shc gave act
mission 80 thought Of \ golden htrv-
rs, to be rcapcd could prr~t,ad" her to
incommodc her boadcr~ hv an urercmly
rrowdine III of other guests 50 that
while other house nerc Swa!ming with
crowds Of humanit. that ostsed one
against the other in the small compass
allotted to them rs value received for
the liberal stipend paid, ours was free
from these discomtuItS. Father was en-
gagged at the 'ENposition Buildlng' all
LAY AID far into the night, supcrintcnd-
ing his interests there.
rs winter approached, Mrs Elliott
but rarely left Ada, for she saw, what
| even TO strangers was plain, that the lit
tie y Ct was passing away to bloom II
the garden Of Paradise assumed all
! tive duties and responsibilities of the
+ housekeeping that the mother and her
child might not be parted during the
last DAYS OF sad. but sweet compAnion-
ship. 10 my father | relc4atcd the col
lection Of bills. the payment of dues :;
keeping strict account Of each receipt
and every expenditure.
One night he returned home much
earlier than was his wont His face was
ashen pale, and his limbs trembled with
cXcitemcnt / went with him to his
room to try and persuade him to rest, but
he silcnced my fears of his i'll health,
assuring me that all was well with him.
And then he told me: ''E,lnice, child
have seen what at fist | thought the
/ phantom Of dear old friend to-day.
\ Twice did see the familiar features in
the sarying crowd that swept by me.
! followed, scarce cseiitiny my senses
and n len~th folnd him Edith's hus-
band ny old friend, George Elliott,
\ Eunice, how cen ! tell hcr!"
But" SAID |, when the first surprise
was past. how can you explain the II ys-
tcrv oi hs rcappearan For years he
was mournci as dead :
" le- but he. too was rescued bv a
good Samaritan OF the deep. and be-
lcved hs wife was lost. owing to the
official stupiduyc cf which | once told
You The poor womln that was hur-
ried of 10 the Fotter'> field as soon rs
tn" breath left her body. was. months
alter, ,tisintcrrcrl and buried beneath i
marble shaft III Gcnl ge's plot at Green
wood Ny friend st.ll wore monrnig for
his wife vhcn met him to day"
80 PEI hap,, alter AL some men have
womcn.s fancie> said
Father kissed ne tcnlcrly ''go pre-
pare ,lth for the mcetina George
Wait anNIo,siy. | have told him ot his
hi3 he Knows that her stay Will not be