Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-04-06

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no compulsion in the case.
1t is scheme that vii. never |
realized said Frances; ''lor, OF a
things, should dislike a marriag
that has been planned in that wa.
The very idea of standing in such a
awkward relation TO man woul
make me hate him.
"That's why | think such scheme
better be let alone,'' returned Mr.:
Wentworth; "but as your father de
sires that / will put you in posses
sion Of his wishes before YOU go int
the world. | have no choice but to d
it,"
I 1T does not appear, however, tha
this Mr.. Elliott is very anxious abou
the matter, since he has never takel
the trouble of coming to see me-
Perhaps he does not know Of th
scheme?'
ooh, yes he does; but, in the frs
place, he is abroad with his regiment
and, in the second, he abstains upol
principle from seeking to MAKE
your acquaintance. So Sir Richard
told me, when m ct him last year a
Lady Grantley7s fete. lie said that
his sons heart was yet perfectly free
but that he did not think it right t
throw himself in your way, or en-
dcavor to engage your affections til
you had had an opportunity of see
ing something Of the world. Tbs
-old gentleman had a great desire t{
see you himself; and he would hav{
called, but he was only passing
through London on his way to somE
German baths, and he was to star
the next morning.
"And what sort of a person is thiF
Mr.. Elliott"
81 really don't know, except thaI
ibis father praised him to the skies
He S Major Elliott, now, and must bF
about eighty-and-twenty."
'And is he the eldest son?'
"He's the eldest son, and will bk
Sir Henry-I think that's his nam
by and by. But he's not rich
quite the contrary, he's very podl
for baronet; and | incline to thinE
that is one of the reasons that iP
fuenced your father. Being so folc
of the Elliotts, he wished to repair
in some degree, the dilapidation Of
their fortunes by J ours. >
80 that shall have the agreeable
consciousness of bsing married pure +
ly for my money. + am afraid po3l
dear papa's scheme will fail; aud
wish, aunt, you haa never told me b
arhat was not ! eft to my discT e.
ton; if it had been, should MOI
have told you Of it, l assure you"
well, | can only hope that
shall never see Maj. Elliott; and i
he ever proposes To come, aunt, pray
do me the favor I'd assure him, from
me that it will not be of the smallest
use"
"That would be FOOLS h till you've
seen him. You may like him."
Never; l could not like a mar
whom met under such circumstan
ces, if he were an angel
Thus, with heart steeled agains
Mai. Elliott and his attrac ctions, what
ever they might be, Fl rances Sey
our made her debut; and, howeve'
brilliant had been her anticipation
of success, she had the satisfaction
of finding them fully req dlized. Sht
was the belle of the season admired
courted, and enyied; and by the en(
Of it, she had refused at peast half
dozen proposals. As she was perfect
ly independent, she resd lived to en-
ioy longer lease of her liberty, be
fore she. put it in the power OF an,
man to control her inclinh nhtions.
Shortly after the teri Iniuation o
the season, some family affairs ca+fe'
Mr.. and Mrs. Wen niworth to st. Pc
tersburg; and as It was not conve
nient that Frances should acdompan,,
them, they arranged that she shoul'
spend the interval in Wis iting som
families of their own connection re
siding in the country, VII 70 PROMISE
to take due charge of her
The first of these, by name Dun
bar, were worthy people g nough, bu'
unfortunately for Frances, desperate
lily dull; and the few neighbors the
had, happened to be as d Pill as them
selves. There were neither balls nc
routs to keep up the spirits Of th
London belle; and tire some driy