The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-01-18
ANCSER Ill., SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 1851


III the house was arranged with cousuu,.
mate TASTE, and that Mrs. Chcsterton was
WeII-bred woman, Of the gay, worldly,
party-gIvlng kind; Of tue wcIl-httnr ,ick
gown and family lace cap kind; OF the
kind that delights in wells; anil r.ycl, H.
founccs, and wears numerous ends uf rib
bon floating in ali directions; uf iash-
ionablc, talkatlve, and clcar-hGadp,l kind {:
very different variety of English gcn,c-
woman TO tue grave NATION who c,rn.
ftom her county sea- like some old cl,a,
elaine OF romance, and WHO looked on
the modern world with her deeply sci
grey "ycs-grave with the wisdom of nat
ture-as sage might watch II chld's
game beneath the trees. She was struck
with Evelrnes cNtrerIc beauty. Yet tive
shallow nature, vain, artificial, and unIuv
ING, WAS evident us well. A dark shadow
spread out before her when she saw stand
ing before her eyes the future wife of her
beloved son. Long times of pain and dis
appointment were woven in with every
breath and gesture of The girl. A smaIi
hight, childish thjn%, with large blue eyes,
and long bright hair; figure pcrlcct in
It's proportions and y compcNion drzllinc
III It's waXen bloom; n d,mscl with Ialse
far words, and with caressing ways. She
knew what the future must bring; she
saw the wreck beating against the lreach
erons sands, and watched the precon,
freight ot love and trust scattered to the
waves OF despair. She knew that Eveline
would only bring anguish to her home.
and s. set herself to cnlcavor to avert il.
Bat remOnstranccs were useless. Charles
was bcwitchcd, and his mothers warn
ings only iritated him. Hc asked her
c"Idly, "what fault she found with Mis-,
Chcsterton, that she should thus cndcavor
to make him forget his pIightci honor!'
\ want of stability OF character" be
gan Mrs. Fitzgerald.
"llow proved, mother"
Too evident to require any pro1f II
Is proved by every word and look"
y" r"u find 1t, perhaps, in her beauty z"
continued Charles. docs this evident ~
stability of character, which you have
seen at glance in your first short inter
view, he in her eyes, because they are blue
aud bright; or in her hair, because It is
fine and glossy! Is it in her small hands
or i'll her tiny feot 2 for don't think v,m
know her well enough yet to Judge by
anything but externals. You have net
Probed her mind very deeply"
The young mans tone was hard and
TRY. Ills manner defiant, and his eve,
angry and liked. Mrs. Fitzgerald had ue-
yer neard such all accent from her son be-
fore. She was shocked and wounded {:
but her tears fell on desert sanl.
She applied herself TO Evc!ine. She
spoks Of her sons virtues, but she spoke
also OF his weakness aud asked the girl
" if she had weighed well the consequent
ces of her choicc-if she had reelected on
her life with Il nervous anh irritable man ::
sch-wlIled and unable to accept argument
or persuasion = Evcline tossed her head
and said, it was very odd, that Mrs. FitZ-
gerald, his mother, should be the only one
to speak iii Of dear Charles; that, indeed,
he was not weaker than other people; and
as for being irritable, nothing could he
more amiablc than he was to her. She
thought that If people only knew how To
manage him, and cared 10 give way 10
his little peculiarities-and we all have
peculiarilics-he would be quite lamb
to live with !" She also added, that
she saw through the motive of Mrs. Fitz-
geraids advice, which WAS TO get rich
wife for her son."
The attempt was hopeless. Between
folly and knavery the sterling worth and
honesty Of the mother fell dead, anil all
that she had done was simply to embroil
herself with both her son and her dauyh-
Ter. Things went on without her consent
pretty much as they would have done with
it, and of all the party she was the only
one who Suffered. The wedding-day came
amidst smiles and laughter from all but
her. Even Eveline merged her personal
dlstastc for Charles in her gratifel ambi-
til n, and Mrs. Chesterton was ruore pseu
do French, and dre~sy than ever. Eve
line looked undeniably lovely. The church
was crowded with the Chestcrton's friends,
all saying among themselves. How beau
tIful she is y few, such as Horace Gra-
ham of the Guards, adding, sand what
fool she is marrying" or, "by Jove, what
a life she will lead that muili"
After the honeymoon-tbat prescribed
season oflegal bliss--Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Fitzgerald came back to London, She,
radiant with smiles and happiness. at es-
Gaping from the tedium Of her country
life; wh.re she had been bored to death
where she had yawned all day, and where
she had slept when she wn. not yawninr.
He saddened to think that his green lanes
must be abandoned, his evening walks in
the moonlight in the wood fcregone, and
his Young dream Of quiet happiness ex-
changed Co. :he turmoil called pleasure.
Yet, when in town, he found another pleas
ure IN the happiness of Eyeline. For he
had been obliged to confess 70 himself
that she was often sad and melancholy
in the country; and now II was such n
pleasure to see her dimpling smiles and
hear her merry laugh again. lie said
she bad got tired Of Ormsby Green, be-
cause she was away from her mother
she wanted TO see her mother: daar chill