Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-04-11

her fine features as with sudden etfor
she said firmly g Even at the risk OF Ia
sing what prize sojdearly, can assig
no other reason than the one already Civ
en-that our marriage, If persisted ii
would be source of misery TO both Of us
Pray believe that this is not grounded up
on mere caprice; deep searching into IN,
own heart. and clear knowlcdge OF Nal
ter's feelings, have alone led me to de
eide thus. Only let me ask this favor
dearest father" and the. beautiful cir
clasped the Old gentleman around hi
neck, and bent fondly over him tha
you will not al;er your pecuniary arrange
ments with Walter in eonsequnce of thi:
change in my views. Let him be as mucI
your heir as he would have been had be
married your only daughter"
"And what becomes of my dau sIlter ?
# she is satisfied to be a portlonIes<
beauty for her cousins sake. might moi
her future husband reasonably regard this
preference OF favored lover with some
thing nearly akin to jealousy 2"
Dear father, do not pain me by
speaking thus. In giving up Walter,
give up all thought of marriage. My
dear mothers fortune is an ample one fol
a spinster itnot sir. May, you al
mos promised not to visit the sin Of my
tickleness. as you term it, upon Walter
so make me happy now by ratlfying that
promise %
Mildred's voice faltered perceptibly, in
spite of her effort to appear calm and
when Mr.. Vernon raised his .head, and
looked up into her face, he saw that she
had been weeping.
Come, my Mildred, no tears. We
will say no more about your marriage.
my sweet child, an i as to this other mat
ter, it shall be arranged nearly us you
would have il only my Mildred must be
mistress Of this OLD house that cannot
be Walters now
: * x
Mr.. Vernon kept his word AMI when,
year after the events Just related. his
nephew followed him to the grave, he re-
prlnccly fortune ne believed 10 have for
reted by his Inconsistency.
Some months l,llcr Walter led his gcn.
tie Alice to handsome home in the city,
where his happiness. might have been
completed bat ior the painful knowledge
th1t his happiness was built upon tue
S!i chrcd hupr> "f her 10 whom he owed
am, pro>yat;tv
in Hrc"rInncr wIlh hyr fathers wish
and tn" provisions ot his will, Mildred
Vernon still kept up her establishment at
Battersca, living !; life OF quiet usefulness
and benevolence until all traces OF her
sorrow seemed TO have been chased away
Mildred sehulousIy avoided meeting
her c"LSin after The death of her father
aud she had not seen AIic. since the
fatal scene which opened her ewes to her
lovers real feeling towards herself The
sudden news Of the entire failure of one
OF Walters business spccu!a,ions rOus-
cd her to more active efforts. De-
tcrmlned ut any sacrifice To secure
the comforts uf her beloved cousin,
Mildred decided upon mortgageing her
estate to lis full value, anu thus, IN
some measure, relieving him Of his
cmhNrrA>smcnls. THIS generous idea
was ~ sooner conceived than executed
nnI y second time in his lite Walter found
himself suvrl from comparative ruin by
tho woman he had So cruelty wronged.
Years rolled on the mortgage upon
the old mansion was at length closed. and
1t p sScd into The hands Ot Il stranger,
while Its once happy miNtre, retired to the
c0Ltag" Of old Roger Lee, which with IL
large portion OF garden. she hal nanny,
cd to retain, and here, with one laithIul
attendant. her days Heeted by as peace
fully as when she was surrounded by the
luXnries Of fortune.
Not until Alice sorrowed over Tie life
less form of her husbnn !, dlI Mildred
c"nqner her fruings SuEiic ontly toviit her
SA. r@i laeA tJryeC aul conquer tuem;
and Il her eaulest sympathy and active
diligence, lrrt tha widow gt Walter Yer
non. and aer daughter Mildred, were IN
IebleA TO Her for more comfortable
maintainance than the embarrassed state
oF the merchants affairs would allow.
Mildred lives to see this orphaned name
sake the wife OF a rich and worthy citizen.
and to find her own reward in the peace
of Il good conscience and the affection
au.I reverence Of the grand children of hcl
-arly and OILY loyc-Water Vernon.
Such was Aunt Ruth's story OF her
own chcQuered lille; lur my readers will
have long since guessed that she was the
beautiful and generous Mildred Vernon OF
my tale. It's a tale, however. that is
not fiction. Romantic as /, the loye-de
votion of oar heroine. and unnatural as
is the facilities with which the father
yields to her wishes. there are many who
will be able To strip the narrative Of It's
thin diSg guScs. and detect in it an episod,
OF real life.
LANE AND LAZY A FABLE. E.-Two beg
gars, Lame and L.izy were in want Q
bread. One leaned on his crutch, th,
other reclined nn his couch.
Lame called on Charity and humbly
asked for acracker. Instead of crack