The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-01-08
KATE woRTHINaToN.
A simple story,
ny 8. LOUISE sRAyEs.

"FOr Heavens sake. mother, what do yor
sxpect1 you know that / am neither rich moi
beautiful, and the, our position Ia society is
at best, a medium one" "a '.a..i ''l E'a' "a
Granted, my dear, but you win not deny
that we have given you every advantage IL
our power, to enable you to obtain not only
athOrough education, but 1.-The accomplish
ments OF, the day. -. - .a-.
"And ] aa.ter myself that have improV,
ed those advantages." Hggig 9gsd l1gahls
"Certsinly, Kate; no one can deny that;
IN Fact you have the reputation of being the
most accomplished young lady in NJ"
"No very enViable distinction, | am sure.'
"Perhsps not; but at all events we have
lavished too much care, patience and expense
upon your education, to think with any de.
gree Of resignation Of your marrying Albert
Mann" 'I ot* ,H"#d@ .g.b sa
"And is not Albert young man Of prin
eiple, integrity and good standing in society
and was not his father the best friend my
father ever hadl moreover, was not his
mother your most intimate companion In
girlhood!"
The young lady asked these questions
hurriedly and with emphasis; ind for mo.
ment her mother was completely nonplused
"All you have said, my dear, )" she at length
replied slowly and reluctantly, sis undoubt.
edly true. But l trust you have not forgot
ten the old adage--,hat slime works won.
ders." Mr. and Mrs. Mann are both number.
ed with the dead, and Albert is now no
more TO me than i: ! had never known his
parents" asst sls a,fao,-,l ~a asa r1a-
"Oh, mother how can you talk SO coldIy
and heOrtlestly, when l know that you are
really kind.heurted and generous - ,.,... ..
"It 10 for your interest, Kate, that use
language which is indeed, foreign to my
nature; bot il you will only dismiss the at
tentions of Albert Mann, and encourage
those Of Augustus Seymour, I will ever treat
the former with kndness and esteem and"
another !" cried the girl, in voice Of
wild entrca,y, "indeed you know not what
you ask. Why, ] would not become the
wife of the dissolute Seymour, rich as he
is, for the world % t@ rss3
"You talk like a foolish, love sick girl,
as you are," replied the mother, with tone
Of cutting irony in her voice. "And so you
would resign all the pleasures and luxuries
of wealth, and an enviable station in society,
by refusing Mr.. Seymour; and accept the
hurdships and prisations of poverty. the toll
und struggle for even decent subsistence,
by becoming the wife Of poor, begsarIy
blacksmith 20 ,.a,.,.-e.,.. s... ..o....
The mother paused, real or affected emo.
ton choking her utterance, and long pause
en.ued; for ka,e had nothing to urge in ex.
tenuatiop Of her choice, save her love for
Mann and her aversion to Seymour; and she
had too often plead thUse in vain to have
courage to allude 10 them then. Indignation,
however, was stamped upon her features,
and her lip was curled with, perhaps, unilisl
disdain. .t-. '.. s.~H4Er -7Nfss s..a
"Well, Kate" said the mother at length,
as she arose 70 leave the room, 81 see there
is no use in nrging the matter with you now;
but recollect, that hail never, xeuer give
my consent TO you marrying blacksmith,
and il you do so il will incur my eternal dis.
pleasure ~ st4E $40 yma 3a tJ4lt nblrtrai
The foregoing conversation occurred be.
tween Mrs. Worthington and her daughter
Kate, sensible, intelligent, ,high.spirited
girl Oftwenty, as the two sat by the glowing
crate on winter morning.
Mrs Worthington was oneof those wo-
men go often met with in society, possessing
almost every excellent quality Of head and
heart. and scarcely a foibIe. save that Of ex-
cessivo pride. For her only daughter, Kate,
she entertained the tenderest maternal af-
fection, and had bestowed upon her an un.
surpassable education, and every favor and
advantage which the most disiRterested love,
could prompts; only cxactiRg in return the
promise that one day she would become the
bride Of Augustus Seymour, who, though
several years the senior OF Kate, was i'm
mensely rich, and had long been ss warmly
attached to her as his depravcd nature would
admit Of his being. @"'@ '@ 's"" '"'''
Kate, however, had mind and q heart
Of her owa--perhaps, though, we say too
much, whenwe state that the latter was still
ia her possession, for it had long been given up
to one who was ever worthy of the sacred
trust. ,l,t..,, yaIsgr2 IN s,..sff.jT .YYi
Albert Mann, the reeiRient bof Kate's af-
fectiohs, was only poor blacksmith; out
the time had been when his parents were
The warmest friends OF Mr. and Mrs. ,Wor-
thiaRton, and himself the inseparable CON.
panion Of Kate;,ih fact, a tacit understand
ing had existed between the parents on
both sides, that their children should be
united az soon as,.hey arriveGata proper
age. I But the hand OF death had intervened,