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VOLUME V.
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BUILDING ON THE SAND.
’Tis well to woo, ’tis well to wed,
Foi so the world hath done
Since myrtles grew and roses blew,
And morning brought the sun.
But have n care, yi young and fair.
Be sure you pledge in truth;
Be certain that your love will wear
Beyond the days of youth!
For if ye give not heart for heart,
As well as hand for hand.
You’ll find you’ve played the unwise part,
And “built upon the sand.”
’Tis well to save, ’tis well to have
A goodly store of gold, _
And hold enough of shining stuff, m 1
For charity Is cold.
But place not all your hopes and trust
In what the deep mine bring?;
We cannot live on yellow dust
Unmixed with purer things.
And he who piles up wealth alone.
Will often have to stand
Besides the coffer chest, and own
’Tis “built upou the sand.”
’Tis good to speak in friendly guise
And soothe where'er we can!
Fair speech should bind the human mind
And love link man toman
But atop not at the gentle words;
Let deeds with language dwell;
The one who pit las starving birds,
Should scatter crumbs as well.
The mercy that is warm and true
Must lend a helping hand,
For those that talk, yet fa.’ 1 to do.
But “build upon the sand.”
AT LAST.
Marion Thornton stood alone in the dull
ciay twilight of a November afternoon,
gazing out upon the snow flakes coming
down faster and faster, touching every
thing with fairy-like fingers, causing the
whole earth to appear a very miracle of
beauty.
A charming picture she made standing
there clad in her rich silk robes, with the
red glow of the fire falling upon her hair
and lighting it up until it shone with the
glory that old painters loved to represent.
That alone had been enough to have
beautified any woman, yet Marion ’I horn
ton’s hair was but one of the many gifts
with which Nature had been so prodigal
in her regard. The eyes were large and
dep, and of that peculiar bronze-brown
so often read of, yet so seldom seen. Just
now they were full of weary longing
which told of tears kept, back by strong
will.
So lost was she in thought that a cpiict
footfall never aroused her, anil she
started, turning from the window when
addressed.
"Marion, my time ol probation it at an
end. 1 ventured to come to you, feeling
sure that you would expect mo, even
though your heart has not learned to echo
the love that fills my own."
He was i-ot a hand-ome man, yet no
one would have questioned ’he fact of his
being the product of generations of afflu
ence and culture; then there wa~ a look of
power about him that people never
ignored. It told you that what John
Thorndyke ivilled to do he did, perhaps
not honorably, but, nevertheless, surely.
He was decidedly nn homme dti soeiete
—extravigant and morbi lly fastidious in
tas-e, and withal delightful to women,
because they were compelled to work
hard to obtain his apparent approval.
With men he followed the Scriptural in
junction, becoming ail things to them,
that he might gain them all.
Until six ini nths previous lie hud never
wielded to the gentle influence of any
woman. They had served to amuse and
while away some leisure hours. Having
done thiH, their mission was accomplished
so far as he was concerned. Perhaps it
had been decreed iri the annals of Fate
that his fall should he deferred in order
that it might prove more sure.
He had met Miss Thornton at the house
of a mutual friend, and from that hour
his doom had been sealed. She had in
vited him to call, having known his sister
during her schoolda.s, and feeling a sort
of interest in him through ihe bond of
association. He hud availed himself of
her courteous invitation in less than a
week; after that he sought her constantly.
There was anew and wonderful satis
faction in being iri her presence, in listen
ing to her bright cheering words, in
watching ter every movement. He had
all the world from which to choose, hut
this calm, self-possessed, beautiful woman
rested him, and her alone.
When the summer came he followed
her to Newport, and one evening when he
chanced to come upon her unexpectedly,
as she sat in the deep embrasure of a
window at the Ocean House, he told her
that old, yet ever new story, and then
awaited her answer.
In trutli he never questioned what that
answer would be —there was no doubt in
his mind. Was ho not John Thorndyke,
the man who had been fl ttered and
SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1878.
i schemed for, and without whom society
was desole.
Miss Thornton listened to his avowal
very quietly, so quietly, indeed, that it
boded no good to him; she may have be
come a trifle paler—hut she never had
much color—so who can say that there
was even a shadow of change?
At last she spoke, regretfully, almost
solemnly.
"Mr. Thorndyke you have paid me the
hishest compliment a man can offer a
woman. Relieve uie that I am not un
mindful of it, nor forgetful of tho many
pleasant hours we have passed together.
Still 1 know that I cannot make you
happy, and therefore must not become
your wife."
She rose to go, but he detained her
with:
“I will wait—l have been too abrupt.
Give me six month in which to hope,
then I will accept your final decision;
meanwhile grant me tho benefit of tho
doubt,”
Out of pity against her better judgment,
she had consented to his proposition.
How many women have done the same,
thus investing in a treasury of sorrow
with an ever increasing amount of capital.
The days and weeks of John Thorn
dyke’s time of waiting had written them
selves out, and ho had come, as he lmd
said, for the wc rd which was to hind them
by an indissoluble tie, or separate their
lives forever.
Marion had talked much with her own
heart; she had viewed the matter from
every possible stand point. There was no
one she eared for, and she felt tho need
of a strong, honest lovo to rest upon. At
five and-twonty life does not seem the
same as at sixteen. So slio had dee’ led
to give herself to this man’s faith, a .and to
meet his wants witli trutli and constancy
—more she could not promise.
Now that the moment had arrived in
which she must act, the whole strength
of her nature rose up in rebellion, yet
she was a brave woman, and she did not
swerve from her resolve.
He stood before her, waiting this time
not sure but patient. Nearer and nearer
she came, until she felt his breath upon
her check; then lifting her head and
holding out both hands to him, site
said:
"Mr. Thorndyke, I cannot give ail that
you have asked. Ido not 1< ve you as I
once imagined I must love tho man that
l should marry; hut it is a pleasure for
me to he with you, we have much iri
common, ami if you can he satisfied with
such regard as I give, thougli it is not all
that you deserve, why, I will be your
wife.”
A shadow, so faint, so swift in passing
as to lie almost imperceptible, darkened
the listener's face; hut lie clasped the
hands closely in his own, then drew the
beautiful head down until it rested on his
shoulder, saying:
“Marion, I will take the hand now, and
wait for the heart.”
A month later, they were married very
quietly, without display or a flourish of
trumpets. Alter the ceremony, a few
friends of the bridal pair accompanied
them to the steamer where Marion was
caressed and cried over, and finally hid
adieu.
They were in Europe a year, wandering
from one sunny land to another, and
thou they turned their faces home
ward.
A year can do and undo so many things,
“can effect such changes, that familiar
scenes become strange to us, and old
friends pass .ut of remembrance. For
them it had done something, since tho
gossips had forgotten to look wise and
si ake thi ir heads over a match which did
not meet with general approval.
On the return of the Thorndykes, one
of tlie handsomest houses on Fifth Avenue
was opened, and Mrs. Thorndyxo was “at
home’’ for friends and congratulations
alike.
Ilutner soon told strange stories of
her not being happy, but she was
never known to complain, arid it was
certainly unreasonable for any woman
with such a home and husband not to
gather some enjoyment of life.
One evening, late in December, Mr.
Thorndyke entered and sought his wife,
with an anxious disturbed look on his
face.
"Marion. I shall have to go to Washing
ton to-night, and as it is essential for me
to be back here befor the Vew Year, it
don’t seem worth while to take you. Still,
it is not pileasant to leave you alone, and
our guests will not be here this week.
Now, what do you say?"
“I’ll remain here, Mr. Thorndyke.”
She had never called her husband by his
first mime, or hy any endearing appella
tion —he had almost become accustomed
to this mode of address from his wife and
looked for no other. "Grace wrote that
she would he here to-morrow with tho
children, and l have several engagements
to fulfill, so you will have to go without
me."
Had this man and woman been dis
appointed in each other? In the beginning
they had both been very honest, knowing
that one was giving and the other re
ceiving. Their lives were not spoiled,
simply because there was nn indefinable
something wanting to complete a perfect
harmony.
John Thorndyke had learned what it
was to suffer during the past year. He
had found that he loved his wife more—
far uioro than he loved himself, and all
his petty interests and selfishness had
fallen from him, leaving the man’s noble
nature like the diamond in rough. It
was a difficult work, hut he began the
polishing with his own hand. He no
longer hoped; hut he carried his sorrow
in his heart, not in his sleeve. Men envied
him, thinking that they would be blessed,
indeed, if they might lay claim to such
rare household gods.
He csuld not condemn his wife; he
could not even find fault, with her. Was
she not always kind and womanly? Shu
presided at his table, receive ! his guests
and honored him. Why should he ask
more? Only a week before tho fashionable
world had boon startled by learning of
the flight of one of its fairest denizens
with a penniless adventurer. He had
shudden and, remembering that the woman
professed to love her husband.
To night a matter of pressing necessity
demanded his attention in the eapitol,
and ho was speeding fast away from home
on the Air Line Express.
Two days of hard brain work followed
on his arrival—the review of an important
lawsuit'then pending—a glanoe at the
House and Sena’e Chamber, an 1 he was
on the homeward journey.
So many tilings passed through his
mini during tho next few hours! His
ea'ly life, that had been ruled only by his
own will and arrant selfishness; his am
bition and determination to win every
thing lie undertook. Then came tho
remembrance of the mooting with Marion
Thornton, his cool assurance and subse
quent disappointment, the fiual success
which had become, worse than failure,
and, last of all, tlie home without lovo.
These memories mapped themselves out
so distinctly before his mental vision, that
the things of yesterday became realities
in the new light of to day.
Out of his niusings he was suddenly
aroused by a crash, followed by a confused
noise of shrieks and cries; then silence
settled over him, and he remembered
nothing more.
#***♦
Mrs. Thorndyke sat alone at her
sumptuous break fast-table. Tlie cousin
had not arrived, and she felt a longing for
her husband that was altogether now to
her. This was the first separation sir.ee
their marriage, and in looking over tlie
year they had passed together, she found
that she had not done all within her
power to make their home a happy one.
"When lie returned, th'ngs should he
different;” it must riot he said of her that
she had been found wanting.
A servant entered, bringing the morn
ing mail; she took it from the salver and
listlessly ran over the letters addressed to
her; then, taking up the morning Herald,
she glanced at the headings.
What was it that caused tlie fair face to
grow pallid in the morning sunlight?
What terrible calamity had swept the
peaceful look from the eyes? Only this,
found in the columns of that pitiless
new-i a per:
“Awful disaster on the Philadelphia,
Washington & Baltimore railroad. Cars
thrown from the track. Fifteen killed:
mrny mortally wouriuod.”
Then followed a list of names, promi
nent among which was that of "Hon.
John Thorndyke.”
She was young, and her burden was
very heavy, because she believed she must
bear it without hope of atonement.
For one moment only did Marion
Thorndyke remain where her grief had
met her, hut. in that moment she held
every nerve in her body under a control
that must last until the end.
Ringing a hell, she ordered her car
riage, gave a few hurried directions to her
servants, then hastened to her bedroom.
Ten minutes later she returned, carrying
a small traveling-hag in her hand, arid got
into her carriage, directing the coachman
to drive to tlie Philadelphia depot.
"Drive rapidly,” she said. "I must
catch tho 10:30 train.”
Just as she stepped on hoard the train,
a telegram was handed her. She opened
it in the same mechanical manner in
which she had done everything since the
news of her trouble had couie, and road:
"John is alive. Come to our house.
A. W. C.”
“Oh, God, he merciful! Let roe get
there in time!” she prayed.
As the train moved out of the depot,
she heard persons speaking of the acci
dent. She heard her husband's name,
hut she only drew her veil closer over her
I face, and looked out of the window.
“My dear Marion, there is yet hope.”
Mrs. Churchill said, as she stepped from
thecarriage. "How terribly you look—”
"Ta.e mo to him, Agnes,” Mrs.
Thorndyke interrupted. "It is my place
to be with him now. ”
Was this John Thorndyke, lying on that
bed, so white and still, the forehead
covered with banJages, and the hair cut
entirely on one side of the head?"
‘‘Oh, my darling!" she sobbed, kneel
ing beside him, “you must not die. 1 can
not live without you!”
For one moment the eyes opened, and a
glad light came into them, hut no word
was spoken; and tho doctor coming in,
told Mrs. Thorndyke that tho least ex
citement might produce a fatal result.
Through three long weeks Marion
nursed her husband. She would have no
one else near, and the kind-hearted
physician did not forbid it, believing that
otherwise he would have two patients in
stead of one. She had become almost
hopeless in the long, sad watching, but
she grew strong in love and patience,
and asked of God not to leave her
desolate.
One evening, as she sat beside him,
knowing that life and death were strug
gling together, she saw a change come over
tlie wan face. Going nearer, she said,
| softly:
“John, my husband, what can I do for
1 you?"
“Mine at last!” he said. “It was
worth while to he under the jaws of death
to find tuy Marion.”
| "Hushl you must not talk, dear;” and
she stopped his words with kisses.
Slowly but surely .John Thorndyke crept
back to life—not the old life, hut anew
and butter one, in which existed a perfect
love that was never to know change or
decay.
So they came into joy unutterable with
tlie story ended arid with the story just
begun.
| We are told that "tlie introduction of a
third party in the political arena lias not
helped tlie Democracy.” This,doubtless,
is very true, t obody expected it would.
But has it not, queries the St. Louis
Times, played the deuce with the Repub
lican party? The third party is a soft
money party. Tho Democracy is also called
a soft money party, and to a certain extent
rightfully so called. 'The Nationals, by
this time certainly, have found out that,
as a party, they are powerless. To be
effective in any degree they must seek
alliance with some other party. The Re
publicans, as a party, arc a liar J money
party. Therefore no alliance can be had
with them hy the Nationals. IVhatthen?
'There remains for them only one alterna
tive, ami that is to unite with the De
mocracy in order to approximate the end
at which they aim. ami “if a half loaf is
better than no bread,” witli tlie Democ
racy they mast go, or secure no bread at
all. It is easy to determine, therefore,
where those who hunger and thirst after
financial reform in tho future will he
found. The third party has not helped
the Democracy. But it is illogical to con
clude from 'his that it will not in 1880. —
Savannah News.
Joseph Head, a well known stock dealer
near Hannibal, Missouri, attempted to
drown his wife in a pond, but desisted on
tlie appeal mice of his son with a shot-gun.
Releasing his hold upon his wife, he drew
a knife from his pocket and plunged it into
his own neck, seveiing tho jungular vein.
His wife had recently instituted proceed
ings for a divorce on account ol his abusive
conduct. — Ex.
“Did you say that I never missed a
drink, sir?” asked a man of a neighbor,
in an angry and threatening manner. "I
may have done so,” replied the neighbor.
‘‘But you know I never drink, and detest
tlie very smell of liquor,” said tlie other.
“Well, then ’’ returned the neighbor,
"you never miss a drink, do you?” That
put the matter in a different light and
they took a—sniqjce together.
NUMBER 50.
OEOBUIA N KW'S,
Thirty gin houses have been burned in
Goorgia this season.
Col. John D. Gray, of Catoosa county,
died on the 17th ult.
Mrs. Hendiieks, of Marion county, is
eighty-seven years old.
The North & Soutii railroad is to ho
pushed through immediately.
Rurko county is happy in having more
than thirty candidates for county offices.
Tramps are said to he thick along the
lino ol the Georgia railroad.
The Soutii Goorgia M, E. Conference
meets in Thomasvillc to-day.
The hunters of Wilkes county arc
having a fine time among the wild
turkeys.
The Savannah News says: “A perfect
matrimonial tido seems to be sweeping
over the State.”
Married, Nov. 20th, W. A. Marable, of
Atlanta, and Miss Rottio Griffin, of La-
Fayette Ala.
Married, Nov. 27th, John T. Palmer,
of Macon, and Miss Laura Scaly, of
Cuthbert.
Married November 27th, R. J. Cuth
hertson, of Mobile, Ala., and Miss Jennie
Johnston, of Palmetto, Ga.
In Meriiwetlier county colored laborers
are demanding an advauce in wages for
next year.
Two yams and two niggerheads growing
on tlie same sweet potato vine excite tho
wonder of the Jesup Sentinel.
Married November 28th, Cecil Gab
bett, president of the Western Railroad
Company, of Alabama, and Miss Mary
Epping, of Columbus.
Someone in Cuthbert lately oovered a
dog witli kerosene, and set it on fire. lie
tried to crawl under several houses, hut
failed. How cruel!
The Sandorsville Herald speaks of a
hog 2J yoaj# old which weighed 614
pounds net; and another, 18 months old.
which weighed 232 pounds.
When thanksgiving day arrived, Judge
11. V. Johnson, instead of adjourning the
Superior court of Scriven county, had
court opened with religious exercses, and
then proceeded with business.
The Southern general ticket agents’
association, tho Western & Atlantic rail
road company, the Southern railroad and
steamship association, the Green lino
convention, and the American pharma
ceutical association, all met in Atlanta
week before last.
Dempsey Strickland, of Tatnall county,
lately took his gun to shoot a hawk. The
hawk flew just before he was ready to
shoot, and lie started to the house without
uncocking his gun. As he climbed a
fence, tne gun was discharged, wounding
him, probably fatally.
Henry VVomhle, gambling with Dock
Moody near Barne.sville recently, staked
his coat and lost it. In a few days ho
stole the coat. Moody pursued him, and
demanded the coat, which VVomhle re
fused to give up. Moody then shot him
in the breast, wounding him seriously.
The eitizons of Augusta showed their
gratification at tho election of Claiborne
Snead to tlie office of judge, by a banquet
on the 25 th ult. The better classes of the
population of Augusta and the surround
ing country were largely represented, and
the guests seemed to enjoy themselves
hugely.
Two negroes ofOuthbert, Luther Jones
and wife, are in jail charged with having
killed her six-year-old son by a former
husband, and put the body on the fire to
avoid detection. They say that they
locked him in the house while they went
to church at night, and that while they
were gone he fell into the fire and was
burned to death.
A writer from Bainbridgeto tlie Savan
nah News says: “I witnessed Marteen
Louanda lift a barrel of water, 36 gallons,
weighing over 500 pounds, with his teeth,
and while the barrel was elevated at ail
angle of 45 degrees, two men weighing
360 pounds, straddled tlie barrel, and lie
held tho whole weight of nearly 000
pounds for about ten seconds.”
Mrs. Eldridge, spiritualist, isattracting
considerable attention in Atlanta. The
visitor writes his questions on a strip of
paper, riot letting the medium see them,
and the answers are written on a slate
placed under a small table. Some say
that she has answered correotly evoiy
question which they have put to her,
while others claim that she has failed
completely to give correct answers to their
q ucstions.