Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-10-15

take y peW ia sous 9.ter esusch, ba,M Mt ssadys
refused. Ht SSH il Vas noi his plsco n 81 from
he iran Hh. bad injured hin. 81 -ohd perform
his deyoliOns with c1asylencc uutishurhod By
Mr. GansirH's presence, aud his visshouid nos
b. driven from the church in Which 'As had Sor@
shipUd from childhood. II Mr. Gmns5en was
Uncomfortable leJ bin leave. Bot Mr.. Gransdeu
had no such idea. HFiamhy rev was oRs Of the
outward symbols Of his FespeciabiIiry, and he-
occupied {, every Sunday tnofniug filed Nuh
"prd., vain-glory and hypocrisy without
twnge Of conscience relative 70 the sister whom
he bad 50 wrongcd; couienting himself with tum-
iug bis back 70 The part Of the church she ocUu.
pied, and forgetting het But year after year HE
feelings insensiby took deeper tone Of biuer.
ness towards her Tor il is a faiaI consequence with
the eyil.minded to hate those whom they have
most injured.
Towards his children, Mr. Granslon observed
himself as we'll as exaclcd from ell around him,
a profound silence regarding his sister, and ihey
grew up without knowing thar they had such
relative. Mr. and Mrs. Sandys did not follow
this example with their daughter. From her
earliest years she had known 10 that relation ths
occupants Of lhe neghboring pew STOOD to her,
and as she grew up, she became acquainted with
her mothers hs,oryi so that she had the idysn-
tsgs during the whole period Of Edgars sPccuin-
ions regarding ;hen--of knowing who be was
and all connected with bin.
The comparative poverty which Mrs. Sandys
fell into shortly ulter her marriage, soon had the
very common effect Of diminishing the number
, Of her friends. Some dropped hcr because shs
lived in m questionable parI of the town. Some
through the influence Of Mr.. Gransdcn, who re.
presented her as having thrown herself away in
IL fall.
, Others left her off, because Mrs. So-and-so no
longer visited her, rIl finally her acquaintance
, was diminished to a very small number of old
/ family friends, who still cung 10 her. These,
! however, dwudlCI, as year alter year went by,
: BY death and other changes, ill Mrs. Sandys be-
I came like stranger in her native city, for in
the retirement Of her life, and in the adversely
which she had been OBJ ged to struggle against,
/ she had no wish tO nuke new friends. Even
. when better days came. thar which had once been
= necessity now became her choice. Her happl-
4 ness was in the inner world Of her home, in the
componionship Of her beloved husband, and in
:, the training up and education Of her daughter.
n She mad no wishes bcvond IT, no feelings ofsym.
D.. paihy with a world which 10 her had been heart
q less one.
When Florence was litlc more than sixteen,
:. Mrs. Sandys was taken off BY violent disease.
Even then, in the stern hour Of death, the ties Of
n, blood were Uuacknowlcdgcd. Mrs. Sandys res
. ted not in the family vault; stranger hands asss.
r ted The bercaved husband 10 lay his wlies head
- in the grave, and Mr.. Gransden went on in the
D. daily round Of his hearic-7 pleasure, recognlz-
=. ing by no outward sign, that his iushers dauShIer
As had been gathered to the t0a.b.
.e All these circumstances known, il is not sur.
a Prising that Mr.. and Miss Sundys should have
II experienced great annoyance at the scrutiny
" which they constantly underwent from Edgar
i Gransden, when, after an interval Of some year.
d. he agoin made his appearance IN the family pew
VS. Nor is it astonishing that their reception Of his
v. advances was so cold and repulsve. In the b..
I'd ginning they concluded that Edgar was perfectly
or aware of the connection which existed between
Do their families and that his Conducl was speri.
e. men of bold and fashionable eiIrontery. Their
Ii. first interview, however, caused doubt on this
iii subject and further acquaintance confirmed the
IN impression, while at the same lime It Increased
sr the favorable opinion which they had already
conceived Of him, At first ,,lr. Sandys intended
to speak 10 Edgar on the sob jaci of their peculiar
ID position with regard to one another, but strong
as dslnclinaion to claim relationship with family
le which had so entirely disowned ,hGm-a feeling
TO sharpened by his scuse Of Mr.. Grausdens wealth
re and influence, and his own pOverly--aS well as
;, proud repugnance &c making The young man
re acquainted with circumstances which his own
is father had seen fit 10 conceal from him, made
him hesitate. Though determined 10 discourage
ID the acquaintance, Il closer knowledge Of Edgar
a disposed Mr.. Sandys TO alter his purpose. Ed
Us gars warm and faltcring overures Of friendship,
,e his prepossessng manners and cultivated mind,
Id had SO strongly influenced him in his favor, that
he found it difficult 10 reject his advances, and he
n. soon began 10 question, whether he was right Ill
as hIngng from him the spontaneous regard OF one
is who was innocent Of all unkndnCss towards them,
ye aud whose only fault in their eyes was, that he
20 was his fathers son. the secret bias Of his feel
10 ings leading him 10 the conclusion, that as Ed
ly gar was old enough to form his friendships with
or out dication, his fathers prejudices and cnmlcs
5. should have no weight and ne rather gave HIM
er self credit for the spirit Of forgiveness and charl
IL, ~, which had enabled him 10 forget The past, and
A receive the young man as he would have done
ID any other stranger Thus cheating himself, as
er We all do, into what he liked best
o. 1t was strange, did we not know that il is al
" ways so--that Mr. Sandys never should have
n thought Of the possible influence Of his daughter,
in calling forth this remarkable interest on the
1T part of Edgar But il was in fact the last idea
that entered his mind, for always thinking OF
e, Florence himself as u mere child, he took il for
n. granted that she was viewed in the same light by
as Others.
lis Edgar listened to this relation in breathlcss at
S. tenton. His sharp, searching questions, draw
e. ing forth every particular from Mr.. Foster. That
as his aunt had been treated with great injustice and
ad severity by his grandfather, he did not hesitate
or affirm, and non even the blindness of laI regard
rd could conceal, that his father had been hard
a, and unknd brother.
IL. "And we," said Edgar with emotion, as the
old gentleman paused, shave been rolling in
to wealth, while my poor aunt was suffering the
al hardships and prlvalons of povery--wealth too,
lie which in Justice she should have shared. How
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