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7A' 4.4 ' i, 0" r I l I ,B, ,!: . TII E CONSTITUTION; AND THff LA WSTHE; G U ARDI ANS OFrOUR LIBERT Y ' .y. 1 ; ; VoUXLYI.; , , , JIILLSBOROIIGH, N. C.,; JULY 25, 1866 "J ' . i Nol 2347. ;: i KM t; ; v THE TWO 'ANSWERS. i (flashed upon iiie that some boa had told" her No Charles; it cannot be. As a friend something to my disadvantage. I had ene i.h.n r..nrtml MiMKi vnnibutl ean. ms who envied me because I had ihhe oot be your wife. Have compassion on roe, ited tome wealth and I fancied enemies m . mm ..-: I taj Ha AfiaiAil ww a H . 1 s a t m mm mm Mi mm,n a til A and do not press me lurtner." . - v iu.vi v. ...... Marr Granville .'stood before mc as she L Another week passed and I became more . - ' -.1 I ..I .- J I L I spoke.' with her hands clasped and her head .bowed, trembling like att aspen, ami as I fancied there were tears in her eves. ' She. was a beautiful girt and1 1 had thought her as good snd pore at she was and more sad and lonesome. ' Mr business waa irksome to me, and ray books and pa pers afforded me no respite. In fact I could not read, lor my mind was never on tbe A .ft . t page uemre me. - Anotner aoDatn at beautiful, and, further, than this, Ihad be- church and I saw Mar; again. &he was Iwved that she had loved me. - paier wan oeioro, ami ner eyes iookpq is mourn me nau oeen weeping. " e succeeding wees i receirea my college chum lack Stanton, nr k-r -r!v life I knrw nothinir. aaveMh had just opened a law ofSce at JJerry- iti.t K kill hpn rdur&ttd And more A in iUe. After supper, aa we sat in our coiy cood society J and I had reason U believe P'lr smoking our cigars, I suggested that tbai mt tome time her earenta nau neeni wiac wui uviwawtH. She was anjorphin.and hsd been engag- though she ha ed during the past year in teaching one of During the cur village schools. ' ; 1 tistt fromsn, wealthy, but her father had tailed in busi ntis. and It had been told to me, that the sad reverse killed him. ' 1 had knows that , llarv was poorthat she was dependent on her daily labor for support, and the thought that 1 could offer her i comfortable heme, ahoak his head. : : f " Ne, Charley." ht aaid, we'Uleava the wine to those .who need it." , You used to drink, Jsck." ' Yes, but it never did me any tood." And do yon think that it ever did you with the advantaee of moderate wealth.! any narm t .;t ;. Ibitmi tm n? nrimrtiA km. I Ai to that I will net ssv. it never shall niaeta i I do me harm. 1 know ithas harmed others r " .. . . . nl i .k. ri..i: ISut'tnis anexpeciea answer oaancu n i mwujj t ui. ij mt w, vuuik, mv uri2ii nuea to in irBBnu. i i w''i'K nt . , MUo yoa meso. a cnea vcneneniiy,! " i u . tht too diamiis roe ? Am I cast off?" M Do you know her ?,f I canntt be vour wife," was the reply. 1 turned away my lace and pretended to Then." said I, with more warmth than have heard fcomething tt the wiodow. I mihtha?e b-trayed under other eircum- "I have aeen her." I replied, when I - . m i l i u..ir i cl - i .1. . stance a, I leave you to yourseil, anu nan comporu roTicn. - ane piay me or while 1 trv to haka off the loe that has ean in the church." bound roe to you, I will only hope that ere She and I were schoolmates," pursued you lead another into your net you will Stanton; "and apeaking of wine brings her conclude beforehand whether yon will keep to my mind. Do you know anything of her I air hi. " Him. - ' , I . She looked iato roy face with a painful I " Woihing,' I answered. mce, but I did not stop to "Poor liary! 1 never thmt of b er with frihteaed rlnce, heir hear her soeak lurlher. I turned and ot feeling my resolution of total abatin thehoate. . lencetrow stronger and stroocr. When I remarked that under other eircum- we were school children together her fath stances 1 might have been more cool and er was the wealthiest man in Berryville, collected in ray speech; and whst do you and the and her brother were among the auppoe, dear readers, the atteaaing cir nappieu oi ne wappr. csmitances were? "Mr. Granville waa in the habit of drink I'll tell you candidly. . ing wine, and the habit grew upon him un . I it a little, heited .with wine. Ihad til he could not go without his brendv. r drank just enough to warm mj blood and " He was if a social disposition, and in give y3rain.au tra impulse, and my time it came to pass that he was often words wero not chen, as I slieuld have groiaty intoxicated. Of course, onder such chosen them had the spirit of wine been circumstances, one of two things must hap. &Wnt. I pen the man matt reform oraink. Mr. At I walked towards mr home I aousht I Granville did not reform, and ere many to pcissade myself that I hsd fortunately years he died a drunkard'a death, leaving escaped the snare ol a coquette, ana that t ma uiuuj in poverty ana sunering. nitht be the better enabled thus to reason ' Thomas, the son four years olden than ' I nopped at the hotel, where 1 found a few Mary became dissipated, and at the age of my companions, and helped to dispose of eighteen was killed in a street fight in of half a doxeo bottles of wine. , New York. Mrs. Granville survited her On the fallowing rooming I awoke with son but a few months absolute! dying, the headache, and when l called to mind me tiocior said, ol a Druken hesrt. the events of the nreeedins eveninf . I was " Poor Mary thus left fatherless and anything but hsppy. motherless, without brother or sister, at the 1 bean to mine how much I had loved age ol fifteen, was forced to earn the bread Mary Granville. There was an achinf abe ate and nobly has she done it. If you void ia inr heart, and 1 wept as Icontcro- know her, Charley, you know one of the plated my loss. It wa my first love, snd nobleat women thatjever,lived. Dut what's its influence had penetrated every fibre of the matter? Why bless me, you look as mj being. The beautiful girl had become paie as a gnost. inure dear to me than I could tell, and I I struggled hard with myself, and told groaned in bitter anguish when I thought Jack tnat 1 had awaiiowed a lot ol cigar that ahe was lost to me forever. smoke. 1 rose and opening one of the cie I resolved that I should feel very sngrv ments stepped?out on the balcony, where ana inmgaam, uui wnen tne sweet ucei " or rcnurcu . was'called on to mental view, audi feelinirsl At a late hour Jack departed for the h melted away, leaving me sad and desolate. I tel. and when I retired to my chamber I On the following Sabbath I attended paced to and fro until long after midnight church where I saw Mary onca more. She could no longer misunderstand the mo played the orgsn as she'had done the past tive which had actuated Mary in rejecting yrar, anu aanernngera swept over trie keys my nanu. cntnnw vuu inn iiioih- 1 fancied that 1 could detect a tremulous- bit tf using wine, and on that evening when ness, which I had nerer noticed before. met she must have discofered that I bad Was iMmsgioation, or was it realty a plain drank enough to bring a false flush to my tivenrss a sadness In exnreasion of hr cheek. music. "Oh my God!" I ejaculated, as I sank , To me it seemed at times as though the into a chair, " I wonder not that she refus organ moaned and wept. It was like the eJ to lace her future life in my keeping, wailing of the daughters of Zion by the ri- She had suffered enough from the sccursed Ters of Dabylon. - cup. The night of sorrow and desolation wnen the services were over, and wens neea long upon ner. &ne wouiu dc went out of the church. I saw Marv's face.l worse than mad to take a husband, whose Ii was pale and wan, as though she had! opening path in life led towards the pit - oeen sieit. w nat could it sf wssshe wnica trie isvea wes si omer uaya naa vuffertng si I had suffered ? The thought! 4lBut," I asked myself. why did she not tell me the whole trothi , .v ,,. i I found no difficult j in answerinar tlie question. . She had shrunk from wounding toy feelings. .Iiknew how sensitive she was, snd I knew she was afraid of offend log me. Perhaps she thought me proud nd headstrong enough to reaeot such li . - 1 . . on ner pan, ana pernaps soe iroagtn ed I might look upon her as the offering of ner hand in consideration of renouncing me wine cop and that I might spurn her offer. On Friday Jack Stanton left me, and on Saturday evening I called at Mary's board ing house. : Mary herself answered my summons. She started when she saw me, and I saw her right hand move quickly to words her heart. - . r " Mary," I said ; speaking.calmly.'for I had a might j strength of will to support me, N I have not come to distress you; 1 have come as a friend, and I humbly ask that you will give me an audience for a few moments." . i . : ; She went into the parlor, and I followed her, closing the door behind me ; and when we were alone, she set the lamp on the ta ble and motioned me to a seat. . : " No," said I, I will not sit down yet Oive roe your hand, Marj." 'Mechanically she put forth her bands, snd I took them in my own. -There was a wondering look in her eyes, and a slight flush came to her pale cheeks. . . Mary," I continued, speaking slowly and softly, and I know that moisture was gathering in my eyes, joo must answer me one question. Answer it as yon please, and take my solemn assurance that I ask it only tor your good. .Tell me do you love me ? No, no do not take your hands away yet. Answer me if you can. Fear not 6 fear oot ; for 1 had ratkef go isto endless night than do yon wrong, a Tell me Mary, do you lo-eme.!" .. 1 cannot speak falsely," she trembling whispered, for my own peace, perhsps I love you too well." - '.Listen tome for one moment, I added, drawing ber nearer to me ; ' when I have told you that which 1 have totell.you shall be the judge.' ' ' ."? . She did not strive to free her hands, but looked up eagerly in mj face, and her eye beamed with a hopeful light You know Jack Stanton ?rt I said. Yes," she replied. , , j He waa my best friend when we were at college, and myjfiiendship hat)not grown less. lie came to see me, and told me the trials and Bufferings of one of the school mates of his earlier days." Oh, Mary, I know well why taj band was refused, and 1 blame ynu not. it ma; be that our paths will be different throug life, but yon shsll at least kaow, that he whom you have loved will so live, that be shall not be unworthy ol kindest rerocm brance. I know that I have hitherto wan dered into the path of danger, bat hence forth I am free from the dread snare. Un der the new light that has dawned upon me I hold the wine cup to be a fearful enemr. I will shun it as 1 would shsa a hamefal life and a clouded deathbed. For mv own sska will I do this, so that nj sainted mother, if she'ean look upon her boy, can smile approvingly on the course be has chosen. An 1 now, Mary, if at some future time you should reel that yon can trust your nap piness in my keeping, you will give me some token thereof, and" I will coma and ask "i or yourlhsnds and should it be my blessed lot receive it I wilt devote every energj in my being to make jour life a joyoua and peaceful one." 1 let go her hands, and bowed my head to wipe away a tear. I turned towards tVe door, really intending to depart and give her time for reflection, when she pronounc ed my name; I looked back and her hands were stretched out towards me. Not now," I whispered. "I will net ask your answer yet. Watch me prove me. Only give me to kosw that 1 have your love.' I stopped speaking, for Mary's head hsd been pillowed upon my bosom, and she wss weepiog like a child. ' Now J now ! she nttered as I wound my arms around her. "Oh Charles, I Dev er doubted your truth. J know yon cannot deceive me. God bless your noble resolu tion and let me help you to keep it Vf ; - I cannot tell how long I. stopped a that evening. I can only tell that I was v ery happy, and that my prospects of the com ing year were bright aad glorious. On the following day a Sabbath calm and pleasant the organ gave forth a new train. The daughters of Zion were no longer in a strange land. . They had taken their harps'.down , from the willows, and within the chambers of the new Temple more resplendent far than -the old, they sang the songs that aforetime made joyous the city of their God. All marked the grandeur of the, music, that sprang into life beneath the tooch of the fair organist on that beautiful Sabbath moraing; and . all seemed moved by inspiration. To me it was like the outpourings of a redeemed soul, and witn bowed bead and folded hands, I gsve myself op to tbe sublime in fluence. As Mary turned from the instru ment I caught her eye. Mine were dim .... wiui moisture, oat ners were Bright, gleam- -ing with sersphie light. : Kre many weeks had nssipd. amnther hand passed over tbe keys of the organ, for Mary was net in the choir. She knelt be fore the sltsr by my side, and ever as both the aged clergyman stretched his hands with prayer and blessing. And we went out of church together Mary and I out ia the new life bound heart to hesrt and hand to hand, to love, honor and cherish forevermore. THE VETO MESSAGE. As was to be expected, the second edi tion of the odious Freed raea'a Bureau bill has ' been returned to Congteas with the President's objections. The message re citing these objections is dear and con vincing to every unprejudiced mind. At the moment ot its presentation Congress was evidently in a particular bad humor towards the President. The proceedings of the conspirators' caucus, Saturday night, did not help to put them in good humor. They were greatly irritated against each other, but the Presidentjwas regarded as the common enemy, and so sooa as his veto message upon the Freed men's Bureau bill was presented, without waiting to consider any objection, they hurried it through by their two-thirds majority vote. It was of no consequence what arguments the mes sage coatained. Though the most conclu sive ever presented to reaseaing men, the results would have been the same. The majority in Congress had determined to oppose the President, and, right or wrong", they were bound to oppose him. There was bo necessity even tor reading the veto message. No one listened to it. Not one third of those who voted against it know at this moment what it contained. Ihey had made up their minds to oppose the President, and oppose him they did. The majority in Congress was utterly deaf to any reasoning upon any bill they were determined to pass. They had pro mised, if the President vetoed the bill, ihey would pass it so quick aa to make his hesd swim." They did pass it so quickly that tbe heads of many who voted for the ultimate passage of the bill thus in considerately will swim until they get back to their constituents, when they will sink forever out of sight snd out of mind of the political world, except as notable ex amples of perversity in sacrificing public interests to private pique. AW. Intel The President will soon issue a Proc clamatmn announcing the restoration of Texas, and declaring the abolition ol roar tial law in the South. Negroes vtre excluded from the Sol diers' and Sailors' Orphan Fair, at Wash Ington, whichwas exclusively under New England auspices. 4 Placsrds are posted up in all the streets of Hamburg, announcing that the King of Prussia has assumed the title of Protector, ef Germany
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