Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-25
ELLEN CAMPBELL
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Written for the Yorkvie Enquirer by Mrs Mary
CHAPTER III.

From he large aggregate of little things;
ON these small cares f-daughter-wife-
The sImost IN oassSs sacred joys OF home depend"
NJ. MORE.
seventy-nine years ago, an old
fashioned, but substantial mansion
could be seen q few miles beyond the
present village Of Yorkville. situa-
ted on a considerable eminence, the
waving fields Of grain which could be
seen through the openings OF the
grove around 1t, spread like mossy
CARPET. untis hill or forest bounded the
vision. An avenue Of magnificent
oaks, several hundred yards In
length, stretched to the road side;
while nearer and Immediately around
the mansion, the trim hedges, the
graveled walks, the disposition OF
shrub and flower, bespoke a woman's
taste and care. The mansion house OF
Oaklawn was the residence OF Mr..
Willoughby, an English gentleman OF
the old school His parents were or
easy fortune and emigrated to this
country shortly after their sons birth.
On reaching years Of manhood, his
parents, anxious to give him every
opportunity Of mental culture, sent
their young Hubert to travel with a
tutor, as was customary In those days.
In England and on the continent. AZ
ter an absence Of two years he re-
turned, leaving his tutor in Germany.
The elder Mr.. Willoughby was much
disposed to think Mr.. Monckton rec
reant to his trust, inasmuch as he left
the young man to make the journey
home alone; but Hubert readily ex-
cused him, saying his preceptor's stu
dious habits led him to desire en-
trance into the universities there.
Shortly after Hubert returned, he met
Ellen Campbell. a lady Of birth and
fortune; and to these advantages,
adding a charm Of manner, rectitude
Of character, grace Of person, unri-
vailed. He became passionately en-
amored Of her, and backed by the en-
couragement of his parents, he wooed
and won her for his wife, in the short
space of three months. For a little
season all went on smoothly with the
happy pair: but Hubert, so madly in
toxicated with his dream of bliss,
suddenly sank into the most profound
melancholy Occasionally he would
be reused from these spells by receiv-
ing letters from his tutor, to whom he
seemed tenderly attached. and who
wrote at frequent and regular inter-
walls. These voluminous epistles were
always eagerly devoured, and for
little while he would be himself
again; but only to sink into deeper
melancholy, ere another could posi-
bly, reach him. The elder Mr.. Will
loughby frequently spoke of sending
for Mr.. Monckton, but Hubert met the
finally with such manifest anger, that
he was forced to desist. He argued
his tutors cheerful and enlivening let
ters were more calculated to restore
could possibly be. While in this alarming
condition-for his friends feared a mel
ancholy madness-news arrived Of
Mr. Monckton's death. At this intel
ligence, Hubert gave way to the wild
est grief. declaring he never should
have left him, and upbraiding him.
self with wanton cruelty. In the cir
cumstances, his remorse was so ex-
sternness characteristic Of her disposi-
ton, but never before exercised to-
wards him. This had the desired ef-
feet. He was enabled to subdue tho
violence Of his grief, and time. at
length, brought relief to his diseased
mind. Still. with the folly Of incipi-
ent madness, he would watch for
those letters at the regular intervals,
till, as year after year passed, his
mind recovered its wonted tone; and
though never regaining the vivacity OF
his youthful temper, nor conquerlng q
nervous timidity that was now habit
ual, he was yet enabled to enjoy the
gifts fortune had placed within his
reach, and to pass many happy years
with the devoted partner Of his life
The loss Of his wife was trying blow
to him, and had 1t not been for the
companionship Of the little Ellen, an
orphan daughter of the brother OF his
wifes, life would have been insupport-
able. His disposition, gentle and af-
fectionate to positive weakness, led
him to love this child with a doatins
fondness which might have proven
pernicious to a weaker character than
Ellen's. He was a man ruled by his
affections; associations, in his mind
being as powerful as principles in 9TH
ers of a sterner mould. The home OF
his fathers, the memories Of childhood
the buoyant hope Of manhood, the
happy recollections Of welded bliss
and domestic peace, the more earnest
pleasures of maturer years, ana the
graver ties Of age, all bound him, as
with cords, to the only home he had
ever known Thus 1t was, that though
a Whig In principle, he was a Tory
in policy; but owing to the war being
mostly confined to the lower and mid
die districts, he had escaped suspicior
by preserving a rigid neutrality. The
question had never been pressed upor
him, for the inhabitants of what Is now
York District, never were paroled a.
prisoners, nor did they take protec'
ton as subjects. A short time preVl'
Gus to the opening of our story M
had, In an unguarded moment OF pa
triotism, half pledged himself for the
equipment of a certain number o.
troopers. to join Major Davie In hi'
contemplated resistance against Fer
guson and his Tories, who were no"
scattering dismay among the haro!
mountaineers, who, hid In their fast
nesses knew little Of war but I'M
name The fear that his pledge be-
coming known, would compromise MI
position and destroy his security, haT
intimidated him to such a degree a.
to render him painfully nervous ant
fretful His habitual benevolence anC
kindness Of heart, were now almos
obscured In his dread Of the seQuestra