Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-04-10


!, oItwould be, had it been simply a Low,
cr's quarrel but remember, he was not on
ly discarded, but your marriage with an
other followed Has he right to infer
that you loved him when wedding another?
] If not what right has he to presume that
your love for him has revived since that
marriage? 1t would be doubling your
truth to suppose the first, and doing vio-
lence to probability to admit the latter.
You see, then, the difficulty he has to sur
mountin arriving at correct conclusion;
and surely, as the transgressor, it is but
simple justice that you should enlighten
him as to the state of your fesj;og gs.
| And suppose I were to enlighten him
Eonthat subject, and he should treat the in
formation with silent contempt, what must
be my feelings?Roa3 le
'iThose of one who is conscious Of hav-
sing discharged sacred duty. We must
learn to do right, because it is right, and
withoutrcgard to its effect upon our selfish
motives, or inordinate pride. Afull aex
fplanation is due'from You to him, and if he
fails to appreciate it, the faults his, not
yours Only reverse the case, and ask
yourself what You would expect of him,
and that makes your course clear
! 'But, Mr.. Jones' he is a mani am
woman.
But, Miss Fanny, justice is neither
masculine nor feminine"
"Trqel But public opinion has pref
i scribed rules in such cases which woman
can not violate with impunity
j @Oh, well, if you take shelterunder pub
lie opinion-that harborcr of vice and in
Ijustice-our argument is at end l have
hopes of success, as long as one relies upon
supposed reason for defence; but aban-
don the contest when he plesds that he is
the slave of public opinion.l
I 81 feel the force of your reasoning, sir,
and my own inability to refute it; yet,
what | have already done to set myself
i right with Mr.. Winters seems to be as
much as ought to do. And this, l think
you will concede when | present to you
another view, You must be aware, sir,
that q the widow of an imposter, and
most hardened criminal, have lost caste
with at least portion of the public-that
/ disgrace in. fact, is attached to my name.
Has Mr. Winters taken different view of
the subject? If he has not, shall only
sink myself lower, in his estimation, by
farther attempts to propitiate; but if he
has, then feel that he requires of me
nothing more than I have already donen
Before Jones could reply, Winters
joined them, apologized, very pleasantly,
for interrupting their conversation, and
then offered his arm to Fanny, asking the
favor of private interview. She trem-
bled as she placed her arm in his, and he
led her into the library. After they were
seated, he said; "a
81 beg pardon, Fanny. for making this
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she said, in q low, tremulous tone; "and I
know vour babits t,o we'll 70 ba snrnrised
! at YOUR CONVERTING this occasion into one ofI
business-NIov I learn what il is2p
,It is of rather noipful character bnt
| trust YOU will meet it braveIv and disnose
of If rromptlv. In tbe settlement Of q
certain estate which i Iikolv 70 become
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