The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-11-27
A LEGEND OF LYNN.

lie turned ana roughly SAID:
"Catherine, don't leave the house TO-
night
Ifyou would not come to harm,
For I shall surely make you feel
The weight ofthis strong arm"
Then she replied: ooh, father, dear,
You know the promise I've given,
And should break it cannot meet
The mother love in heaven.
Don't you remember the words she said
When she lay 30 still and white?
Katie. take care Of your father, child,
And bring him safe home at night
So never have forgotten once
TO stand at the door and wait,
Then follow your footsteps through the
street
Until safe within the gate.
Now, father. tonight please stay with
me,
There are now.clouds overhead;
lis bitter, Pm lonely and sad
And want to 80 to bed"
lie stood ono moment, and in his mind
There ragged a terrible strife:
a voice whispered, "Pray do not co."
And he knew twas his angel wife.
But friends were beckoning all around
And saying, "Why stay you here,
'Tis dark and cold; at the Jolly Inn
There's warmth and the best OF cheer"
So, closing the door with heavy bang,
Catherine heard the sound
OF his step, until it died away
Or the now hard frozen ground.
She could not eose her burdened heart
Il. II
BY flood Of tears, but her thin face,
More pinched and pallid grew,
And from her lips came a deep drawn
sigh,
AS, wrapping her tiny form
In threadbare shawl, she vainly tried
Now her small brown hands to warm
Ger the dying Goals, as she heard the
sound:
Ofthe Icy, bowling blast,
And knew that the storm had come,
The snow was already falling fast.
She felt forsaken and sick at heart
As she sat there all alone;
Then she thought Of her Father In hea-
yen,
And knelt on the cold hearthstone,
And prayed He would give her strength
togo
Out in the terrible storm.
And through the darkness would keep
once more
A poor little child from harm.
When the clock struck ten she closed the
door
fastening on her way,
And bravely faced the wintry blast
Nor did ono moment stay,
Until she reached the Jolly Inn,
Where windows blazed with light,
And she heard the drunka-d's song
again
Break forth upon the night.
Then crouching low on the hard stone
step,
Half hidden by post,
Benumbed with cold In heavy sleep,
Her troubles soon were lost.
She dreamed an ang, with shining tace,
Robed In heecy white,
Said, "Come, my child, you have faithful
proved,
Your task will end to. night"
And she thought abe heard low, glad
song
Falling on her enraptured ear
AS q sweet lullaby.
and then she slept that blissful sleep,
To Gods beloved given,
Her epirit fled to Him who said,
Ofsuch the Kingdom of Heaven.
Hours passed on and all had gono
Save her father, who stayed within,
Till showed ut last by cruel hands
From the door OF the jolly Inn;
The old man fell to the street below,
And there. on that dreadful night,
Wrapped in winding sheet ofsnow,
He died ere the morning light.
Tis said when the host came smiling
forth
And opened the door next day,
What he beheld made his blood run
Chill,
And his hair turn suddenly gray.
Stark and stiff the poor drunkard lay,
For the battle Of life was done,
II think the fiends rejoiced that day
For another victory wonj,
While by his side was his little child,
Her angelic face so bright.
That round her brow there seemed to
glow
A halo Of golden light.
Now on that spot where, In days gone by,
Men bartered their souls for gin,
A lofty church spire points to the sky
ST. Catherine, the glory Of Lynn;
And the aged sexton Gays at night,
When the storm king is abroad,
A grand TIE Deum is sang within
To the glory Of the Lord;
And midst the loud roaring Of the wind,
When the storm is raging wild,
He often hears IN that spirit choir
The voice of little child.
To the Public.
Allow me to say few words in
praise of Chamberlain Cough Rene
dy. I had very severe cough and
cold aud feared would get pneumon-
10, but after taking the second dose of
this medicine felt better, three bot