The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-08-15

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"sow, Auxr1. TELL Ne xouR FILMS"
! tainty. Fer apathy was I'll gone now, an,
} her eyes began to sparkle with the rays O
anew hope Tins will pay every debt ant
: leave quite large sum besides. can plan
, NOW thai there seems TO be something u
pla1with.n
4 -Oh, my dear auntie, you have plenty t.
plan WITH said Isabel, joyfullr 81 hav,
the very best husband In the world, and
have come prepared to repay you for little
OF the love and care you have given me
! from infancy. All there is for you 10 do !.
10 make up your mind what course YOU
! wish 10 pursue, and the means shall not bt
wanting"
"HsTc you, then. married n man who i
able to allow yea % do thisri said Mrs.
Harmon, looking into IsabeFs glad eyes
with surprise
mot OIL, ssias but willing, auntic, . and
she repea 81 hcr corycrsaiion with Mr.
Falesner before stestlhg, and named the
large snn 10 had SVEN her.
ISABEL. child, ought not to take it, in
deco 0orEt not, cried the widow with
crIoiicns ..your generosity forces me TO tell
yoa 4 secret, which l have never thought
best TO divulge until now.s'
"A secrcti' snid Isabel, surprised in her
turn.
ayes, a secret ought not to take your
money, dear child. for really you are not re-
lated TO me, and have no claim on you for
such liberality,'
Not related to your echoed Isabel
"Auntie Harmon, what d, ycu mcani''
'Just what sar, Isabel replied Mrs.
Harmon II have nevert told you the story
Of your pareniage, fearing it would make
You uneasy and dissatisfied with your hum
bic home, and the hard humiliating work
which saw no way to prevent your doing:
but now that you have a husband and a po-
sition to sustain in society it is fitting that
you should know who you are, and that not
drppof my humble blood runs in your
VEINS
"You are good and kind, and have been
true mother to me; you shall not under
rate yourself said Isabel, warmly: but.
OH co tell Eie OF this strange thing-
ave were just married, John and /.
Isabel, child, pardon me if continue to
name you as 4 relative"
.,Anntier' interrupted Isabel, deprecat-
ing.y.
.-You can not realize, perhaps. that John
was kiad husband, and that was one Of
the llappiest Of wives. We lived In large.
handsome cnttagc then. and were quite v>l
10 do Al the time You were born THE frst
shot mad been fired at Fort Snntfr the
previous january, and young Soutnefn
gentleman came here with his Young wife.
who was an invalid, and he had br,8gai her
North not only 10 escapc the figrca heat 81 I
a Southern sumner has 10 AVOID tbs cx-
citement OF the tleubied flEts rf.ch she,
IN her wrais state. va ~ ea.e to be>r
He was * . RE Al tar family. IS
he cozid not h, - 1ne lines. -. -
hat casly ssae1 q &c National tr6ubses.
and - ~ but fte devoted lore he cher
: lrard IS s-ffa sreala - feps hiia
- the fessy.
lney mere nc a1Spanied, of course. " an
& h.ack nurse Noun chisc. who had
Irsed and waite % roar I-5ther since her
infancy; but in 70 Of the tender care
which she and the ieader young husband
had lavishcd upon 'her, The Young wife con-
tinued 10 fade, and he stopped here on their
way to the South, and decided TO remain
Zero until after you were horn, hoping that
she would then be better able to travel. and
70 face the exeit mcnt Of the war times at
home
searching fer 4 quiet boarding place, for
he ho:el Was far from being a pleasant
lorne for IN invalid, he happened upon us,
mi at his earnest solicitation consented
o furnish tncm rooms and board for few
nonths, and in nine weeks from the time
hey came you were born
=. Then am Of Southern birth. 2, said Isa-
'el- who was listening to the story with
earnest eagerness-
8 Yes, and your name was Isabel Caring (.
on Your father was an ardent sympa-
hizer with tho South, as it was natural he :
hould be. and VIC kept our lips tight closed !
o repress the words of patriotism which ,
'urncd TO come out. out OF Difference to our
nests II was no. for long, however, for
our poor mother. ptsr Young thing, was !
ot sirong enough to rally after your birth, !
nd in oar intense Anxiety for her all sec
lonai diheren>ss we're forgotten for the
lme, and we watlhk1 over her a. il there 7
rcre no interests sttside her sick cham
er- She only lived : few weeks, and the =
Tar was fully under " ", and though your p
athcr was almost dhtracted with grief
his loss and the necessity OF lcav- J
lg her here, he saw no better way 6
han 70 bury her in Noitheru soil, until b
nch time as he conAl como back J
nd remove her to his home. which l think p
rs on aplkntation near Richmond. They s.
erc wealthy, knew, from their converse
on, though they did not show Il by assur- p
g superior airs, as 50 many people do, 81
nd came to love your dear young mamma L
cry much After shc died your father
as more than ever anxious TO throw him a
- Into the war, but, OF course, 1t was not Il
be thought OF taking tender babe like T
"a with him. even IL he could have passed Al
e lines with yen in safety. So. with a
theirs natural feelings NJ parting with n
N, he left you in old Chloo's and my joint n
ne. leaving with me an ample sum Of o,
oney to caro- for yon both. expecting with m
Q sanguine folly 80 many were guilty Of n
At the war would soon b over. aud that n,
would rotprn and take you South poor "
Chloe p|ned and incurred for her Young / n
istrcss, and grioved over her home until 80
. was amere shadow Of herself and an