Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-01-14
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! ecvssnsss had chssxs 81 sisoss II Iss ob6sry
@ ny vita, ~ Mag ard n aitsf more
than aaualiy boistssess romp With their Pr
p, LEFT The room fbk I'D. III il really time
that properly qualified goscfness had
charge Of thoso iris. Susan May did very
we'll . ! nursery teacher, but they are nov
far beyond her control cannot attend 70
tisis edacatioa and - for you,.---
The seatsnes WINS concladed by shrug Of
he shoulders and toss Of the bead - elo- !
\ qsently expressive Of tbs degree ofestimation
IN which my governing powers were held 4
Time enough, surely, for that, exclsim-
Cd, ~ soon ~ had composed myself, fer I
was little ont Of breath isTshsy may, l
think, rub along with Susan another year
Or two Mary 10 but seven years of age
Eight years: il yon please Shewas eight
years old last Thursday, three weeks
Eight years. Then we must have been,
married almost nine Bless me how tie time
has flown; il seems scarcely 10 many weeksl's
Nonsense rejoined my wife with sharp
ness Of toneand rigidity offaciaI muscle which
considcring the handsome compliment | had
just paid her, argued, was afraid a foregone
conclusion. i on always hare recourse to
some folly Of that sort whenever ara desir-
GUS OF entering into aser;ous consultation on
family affairs 2
well, well 90 on z
Il say it il absolutely necessary that
! 6rst-rate goyerness should be at once ensag-
Cd Lady Maiden has been here to-day, and
+ She - .&
lob, ! thought It might be her new lady
ships suggestion. wish the fountain Of
honor was somewhat charter AZ its knights
and ladies, and then perhaps
ayVha& e.. n.
!. on about r interrupted the lady with peremp-
tory emphasize FOUNTAINS Of honor, for.
soothl One would suppose, TO hear You
talk in that wild, nnonsensieal way that you
were addressing a bench Of judges sitting in
6dnco instead OF q sensible person solieitous
Tor her and your children's welfare.
Bless the woman, thought / what an
exalted idea she appears to have OF forensic
eloqucncei Proceed my love" continued !;
"there Is difference certainly; andI am all
attention a
Lady Maldon knows a young lady--a dis
tant relative, Of hers--whoin she is anxious
70 serve -
AT our expense"
"How can you be so ungcnerous? Edith
Willoughby is the orphan daughter Of the
late Reverend Mr.. Willonghby, curate of
Heavy Tree in Warwickshire Ibelieve; and
specially educated for iirst-class governcss
and teacher She speaks French with the
true Partisan accent and her Italian, Lady
Maiden assures me is pure Tuscan"
"He-em!"
"She dances with grace and elegance
plays the harp and piano with skill and
taste; isa thorough artstc in drawing and
painting; and is. moreover very handsomc---
though beauty, admit, isan attribute which
in n goyerncss might be very well dispensed
with.
sTrue; unless, indeed, ii were catching
need not prolong this connubial dialogne.
1t is sufficient to state that Edith Willoughby
was duly installed in Office on the following
day; and that much to my surprise, found
that her qualifications for the charge she had
undertaken were scarcely over colored She
was we'll educated, elegant, and beautiful
girl, OF refined and fascinating manners, and
possessed of one of the sweetest, gentlestdis
positions, that ever charmed and graced the
family and social circle. She was, | often
thought, for her own chance ofhappiness, too
ductile, too readily yielding to the wishes hnd
fancics of others. In very short time
came TO regard her as daughter, and with
my wife and children she was speedily a
prodigious fayoritc Mary and Kate improy-
ehNSi liza ,DuutSiouo tultIOif, ttilu i
felt for once positively grateful to Lady Mall
den for her oiicious interference in my do
nestle arrangements
Edith Willoughby had been domiciled with
us about two years, when Mr. Harlowe,
gentleman OF good descent and fine property
had occasion to call several times at my pri-
waite residence on business relating to the
a purchase Of n house in South Andley Street,
the title to which exhibited by the vendors
was not OF the most satisfactory kind. On
one occasion he stayed to dine with us, and
noticed that he seemed much struck by the
appearance OF onr beautiful and accomplish
cd govcrness. His evident emotion startled
and panied me in much higher degree than
could have easily accounted for even to my
sell Mr. Harlowe was widower past his
first youth certainly. but scarcely more than
two or three-and-thirty years of age, wealthy,
not Unlocking, and, as far as knew, Of av-
erage standing in society Surely an excel |
lent match, lift should come to that. for an |
orphan girl rich only in fine talents and gem
tic affections. But could not think so. / |
disiiked the Enthusiastically disliked and |
distrusted him; for could assign no very |
positive motive for antipathy.
My ayersion--reasonable or otherwise as
It might be was not shared by Miss Willough-
ny and it was soon apparent that, fasinated
intoxicated by her extreme beauty (the man
was felt incapable of love in its high, gem
erons, spiritual sense, Mr. Harlowe had de-
termlned on offering his hand and fortune to
the unportioned orphan. He did so, and
was accepted. Ibid not conceal my dislike
OF her suitor from Edith; and my wife--who,
with feminine exaggeration of the hints |
throw out had set him down as kind of pol
ished human tiger--with tears intreated her
to avoid the gittering snare We of course
haa neither right nor power to push our OPP
position beyond friendly warning and nd
wee; and when we found, thanks to Lady
Maidon, who was vehemently in favor of the
match-to, in Edith's position, the dazzling
temptation of splendid establishment, and
to MIR. Harlowe's eloquent and impassioned $
pieadmgs the rich mans offer was ir.
revocably accepted, we of course -forebore I
from continuing useless and irritating re.
sistance II
might, however, reflected, be of service y
TO Miss Willoughby, by securing for her such ).
u marriage settlement as would place her be- q
You'd the reach Of ore possible consequence
OF carpiee and change. spoke to Mr.. Har
lowe on the subject; and he, under the in I
huence of headstrong, eager passion, gave
me, as expected, carte dlanche / awaited p
myself OF the license so readily afforded;
deed OF settlement was drawn up, signed,
sealed, and attested in duplicate the day be-
lore the wedding; and Edith Willoughby, as :
taras wealth and position in society were 7
had most undoubtedly made a :,
surprisingly good bargain. 4
It happened that Just as lady Maldon,
Edith Willoughby, and Mr. Harlowe were i
leaving my chambers after the execution of y
The deed, Mr.. Ferret, the attorney appeared y
IN the stairs, His hands were full Of papers, i !.
md he was, us usual, in hot haste; but he a i
topped abruptly as his eyes fell upon the de- u
PARTING visitors, looked with startledearnests u
aess at Miss Willoughby, WHOM he knew, :.
md then glanced at Mr. Harlowo with an Il
IMPRESSION angry surprise. That gentle = |,
nan, who did not appear to recognize the new q
'omer, returned his look with supereilious, $ $
'ontempsuous stare, and passed on. with !, \
sdith--who had courteously salntcd the In !.
attentive Mr. Ferret followed by Lady NAL = ::
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