The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-15

'''''AN i'i NtN'N ~ SNSSSSNiObs aAo oiSAS
of holp that fell to the ground. 1t wa:
like lighting feather bed to try to rouse
Mrs. Lamson to an active Improvement,
and rebuiied there, Essie could only help
Mark by words of sympathy that were
like wine of life to his love.
An hour with Essie sent him back to
his uphill work full of new hope, every
energy stimulated, every hope bright.
ened. He had not dared to set before
MIN IN plain words the hope of one day
winning her heart to his own, for there
was all the humility OF true passion In
that young, ardent heart, but he real
lied new force, Il new spur to am.
bit:on.
Essie never sneercd ut him rs the
nciyhbors had become accustomed to
doing; EsSie never threw cold water
over his plans for improving the land :;
Essic was never sarcastic over the clash
ing OF his povery and his ambitions. As
he saw her more frequently, he ventured
to tell her of wider, wilder hopes, of
some day escaping from the drud"cry
before him, and making his way to a
city, where his education miuht give
hlnastart in more congenial occupation.
FEATHER and mother seem to need me,
now,' he told Essic, one day; ''they are
old, aud they have no other child. l
think it is my plain duty to stay"
81 think it is" was the q quick reply !;
''yorr mother could scarcely bear scpa.
ration"
"And while am here, must do tho
work that lies under my hand" he said,
''hard rs it is! But Essic," aud his face
frightened, "do you know that already
have made the farm pay double what
it has ever done. Next spring [ can
hire help out of money saved from the
sale Of last years crops!'
Essic, all eager interest, entered into
discussion of the capabilities of such
lot for turnips, such Il patch for wheat.
the possibilities OF Il dairy, the best cul-
turc for fowls, rs if she hui never
studied music or filled her head with
French and German verbs.
But the horror and wrath OF Judge Len
noX, when, after two years of mild court
ship, Mark took his fate in his hands and
asked permission to marry Essic, cannot
be described.
"a Lamson!' he cried, when hav-
ing dismissed Mark he returned to the
oosom o. his family. "a Lamson for
Essic's husband! The fellow wants
my money to spend after all his father
and his grandfather have squludered.
"Do you really and truly think Mark
is n spcnithrilt, papa" Essic asked
quietly. "Docs he ever lounge about
the stores or taverns, rs Harry Carter
and James Rayburn do!
I-Well, no, never saw him." was
thc reluctant admission.
"Did you ever hear that he drank or
glmblcd, or oven smokcu!'
"N-o-I never did"
els he not regular ut church,"
HGc.es."
"But, oh, Essie!" struck in Mrs, Len
nox. "Whlt shabby, half-wlshcd
SHIRTS he wears, aud his fingers all out
Of his gloves, aud half The buttons Of his
coat gonc!'
"Poor Mark" said Essie, gently. "Hc
needs wife"
"Wcll, he need not look here for
one growIcd the Judge.
81 heard Mr.. Thompson say, last
"SSN, S'''' i-po'N' tuClC ID
not better farm in Greene County than
LlmsOn's.' -
"Such palace of house, the
Judge snccr1l.
"Mark is hoping to pat new house
oil the place, next year. lie has hal
builders over from il -, but they say
the OH house is beyond repair, aud it
would cost less t. have new one"
"And where is the money TO come
from?'
"Whcrc tie improved farm came
from" said E:sie; "irom Marks indus
try, perseverance, anl energy, in the face
Of the har lest diicDurlycmcnts ever 4
young mau had 10 fight"
"Hh" sail the Judge. "What?
What"
'.Scc what lac has DONE said Essic,
still in an even, Iulct toac that carried
conviction far more thau an excited one.
Eight years ago, whch H. was but Il
boy, he put his shDLli2r to the wheel
N took his playtimc between school
nour5 to wccl aId clear away stones.
Npbo iy helpo him. He was rjiiculci,
snc@rcd at, discouraged on al silGS. He
't' INC poO'cSJ I'll.u IL titc IlIiSc, anu
he has made 1t one of thI best. lie
has put every spare dollar into
books on agriculture. improved ma
"hInc', COOL stock. He has nov four
mca at work for him, good horses, good
cattle, good poatry, AMI he will have
good house. Papa, do you not think it
will be Il pity tp have the new house in
the care OF Mrs. Lamson, to ruin rs she
has the old one2 Outdoors the manage
mcnt is all left TO Mrrh, and SC; what he
has done. But man cannot make
home comfortable alone; he needs q
wife,
"WclI,' said the Judge, "let him have
one, but not my child.'
'Still lac loves me- said Essie, "aud
love him!"
"Pshaw!' said the Judge, aud marched
out OF the house.
Bat prompt rs he We, he was just,
and he loved E,sic. lie hal let prcju-
dice influence him against Mark al his
life; now he took pains to linl out how
much Of his dislike was well founded
GrudGingly cnough was thc verdict given
IN Marks favor. Maysvillc did not will