Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-08
BY JULIA SCHAYER.

VI ,ss'7'7f.t YEy 1'.s S 3 2 y: 'sI' '', :
1t was at the cornerNof Blan'- street
and Broadway. An old woman was
S1r standing on the curb lIopking uncer
tainly about her now at the, endless
chain of street cars, now into the
!, Sfaces ofthe4 passers-by, She, was a
plain, yet with such goodness in her
face, such Simplicity sueRS all en-
bracing humau;kindness, as to mako
ltsit2 for, eyes that, really see. o lovely to
sT3 book hponc SasmAQ ,na s,iin-d2 =,
HEYas hotsfspmmer 5flpGm ne afternoon,y and
she Wa5 too warmly clad IN dark,
,homely garments. Near her feet on
~ the, curbstone was i large enamel!
u stone satchel, with a robust cotton
;. umbrella strapped ,o.ieh nn her. left
arm hung good-sized basket filled
with growing plaqts-old-fashicned
things seldom seenEoutsile of farm
house gardens. :. With her right hand
incased in gray cotton glove, she
was tanning her. heated face with. a
corner efHet black shawl Her pleas
,ant'eray eyes -,andered from face to
face of+he 'hufrying thEeng, as if seek
iing symr athy,i but few gave her even,
ID casual glance; and of those few only
] inoIwi apdAthen. one gave her second
., Iook liBHP with momentary curiosity
i. toriaun1sement. ( ThsSeoman was so
= obyyiicously>> ont o. piaceAas much so
as an apple tree or a cla,npo of cinnamon
rosea wonld have baeT1
The. ,guilelesss~wisffulness of her
bright old, ewes pierced the hard crust
-, OF. Morldlipess, and; conveutionality
and crept into their hearts, and more
than one was moved to ask the ,straug-
er if.she needed help .or. informas
" but the little creyiceN, closed quickly;
q and fhey passed On 'OnE the look
. irema;ned iir{pTTiiSso5nsd {r TTi Sso5nsd in their bosoms
4. and thew recalled tsa5dax lthinps shes
IS had not tbougbt Of for many wear
The.woman had arrived on a noon
frain. sexpsesctiineSIsr nepliew. William
Henry Earn "a Ell. ao meet har at the Sta-
ssion, She had waited a long time for.
i Him: then think "a herf itttter l,atl
m1:issicarriea: sIis decided to 90 TO his
!. housesup-town y,-She1rhad been thee
.before ahdsknswhow-so reashit, bit
lshe Masi timid abaus doing alone.
William Henry was her only
brothers child and had crown upon
farm. He was n suaatttE Ebbnoyl and lad
grown u into1a saaft man. :, ,He was
prosperous provision : dealer in New
York row, married to hiceigirl from
his own township. and living comfort
,q- ably in hisl own house, out Harlem
- way. Whenever there arose domes-
utie emergency in his iamily-and they.
arose with astonishing frequency
Aunt Abby came on to, i, nurse William
Henryfs wife. For that smatter. they
would; have liked to keep, her with
Them all the time, lbntS Aunt Abby
would not leave her home-the home,
of her humble farming ancestors for
several generations. She was essen
italy of the soil, a country woman in
li,every fiber.ofis her being. 1.-The city
x was,to; her a monster; ;hsplendib but
20 full Of terror, whose glittering scales
8 pained her eyes, whdseQ incessant
roar hurt her ears, accustomed to the
quiet fields and woods. u Not for
worlds would she lige in the, city. !,
But eshe dearly lovedi.Walian1;
Henry and Lucllla and the children,
,"tand w was glad to come apd stay ST. With
i them ~ emergencies Ike the 9npe' p.e
pending. Lucilla was asclHt county 81 eglrl, r1,F
too, and loved the old place, and when
Aunt Abbyscape n Slle qlways, brought
with hersoinethfng from her oifhone.
ms time me IT Was Hs 20 some plants for Lq-
elias ylna22Wiigarden nom the 2. place
where William Henry's folks used to
live. She had left good. deal of Soil
about the roots, and that made the
al basket very haaNysy Hept tarmi, aehed,
sorely, but "she Gwonld. Z poS ;set the
basket down ior iear some one mlght
Ireaa on II OF yeat y Whea sne was itos
i0okin8, ana sne nePI 'l.!a. snarp eys
y also on tne oiack'sascnei. n, 'TlahI Aony
reau Nam vne Ve,. papeaS anu nef OPP, G0n 0
Ne" sho ~ 49, ia,o 10 ,oa1 "I' 80 nys tII Saa
1 she ), oegan 11e!,1 10 - 1eel very e'red, ana
%isneu !" iiiia"i nel'y nau hJ1 nissee
her' ana Wonaefeq now she (haRpenedi
TO leave her palm ieat ian on the tram.
I'm I'm gettln AL 'netup!, ,'she said,to'
herseh' ~eariiy {
She had thought that she knew
just which kind of.a cal; to take to get,
to her nephew's house, ibutthey came
along SO, fast and looked SO much
alike that she was getting doubtful.
She was morally certain that, once on
the Il, wrong earrher aoom'#as sea sealed, ssi:,
: .-inere. .Was-no oAnowineso,~hat'dSeadI
~, ,1ol Den s9e mlght De lured droDnea ana
1smqraefga' ana: no lehe #o9ld ever
know %nat became OF her' ohe haa