The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-01-31

l9EA.- ~ ny. .yUFs5y45 lllstit loose from them
uli, and rnslied to tho hsuse. A cry Of
horror followed him as be disappeare 1
from sight through the flaming door
way. Tho eye OF man never beheld
him again.
Tho flames swept swiftly through the
house, and burst out at the roof. With
q great crash it fell, sending up vol
ume of sparks. The ruins were fierce
1y consumed, and ero morning nothing
but tho foundation stones, the stones
of the cellar, and pile of gray ashes
were left of the oil Bryson house.
In time the spot itself was lost to
mems knowledge. The stones were
we II after year crops covered the place;
the peoples Ic election Of the old
house grew dim; and now, almost sixty
years after, the exact location of the
place has passed from the memory of
the few aged survivors of the events
which we have been recording.
But over and over again has the
truth OF tho saying been proved, "Mur-
der will out" In what way the secrets
OF the old house were brought to light,
! is yet to be related.
CHAPiElXXIL
HOPES AND IE,Rs
The efforts of the few women who
had come to the scene of the con nagra-
tion to revive Jessica met with but lit
tie success ut the time. The cool
breeze blowing across her face after
she was borne from the burning build
ing and wrapped in shawls. gave her a
little consciousness, so that she was
aDle to understand the meaning of
what was passing before her eyes. AS
she reclined upon the grass, she saw
the flames leaning through the roof,
nnd kissing like serpents. And she
aAgg 1in5 aa9 81 ths SSs!anasss sex te an
wsen she knows that her poor father
was burned up alive?"> The uncon-
seriousness that followed lasted for
days.
Randall Belmont revived sufficiently
should be conveyed to Mrs Van Wyc IS.
1t was done the same evening.
There was week Of severe suffer
ing before him ere he was able to leave
his bod, and not in all his after life did
he lose the scars of tho burns upon
his arms. When he was released from
the doctors care. and was able to leave
his bed and walk about the house, he
found himself weak and thin with his
| sickness; but he thought the sacrifice
cheap one, if by it he had preser1 1ed
| Jessica.
1t was long doubtful whether his
| heroic efforts and sut1erings had saved
| her.
He begged the doctors TO be allowed
to see her. He met with a peremptory
! refusal.
- will not speak," he urged. "I
' only want 80 look at her face"
"No," was the firm reply. "We dare
not allow it,, Her condition is most
, critical. The least excitement might
/ kill her. Should she happen to see
! your face, know not what effect might
be produced. While her poor brain is
in its present condition, no one but her
! physicians and Mrs, Van Wyck must
see her."
"Rut she'll live, won't she?" the
lover asked, with white face and trem-
bling vO.ce. Doctor, save her, and
! you may ask me for anything"
| she is in the hands of God" was
the solemn reply. "All that our skill
and experience can accomplish shall be
done; and Mrs. Van Wyck, besides
being devoted to Miss Bryson, is the
best nurse anywhere about here. Yet,
l must tell you candidly. no one but
this poor girls Max can predict the
| issue"
Belmont had protected Jessics from
the contactxof the flames, receiving in
this way BIS own injuries; but the
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