Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-12-11
behaved remarkably we'll, I am

. 1s ot some consequence, Whateve
you may think to the cnntrary
And | sIlall mike it a point witt
You that YOU abstain from all inter
course with himr
And So saying, the old gentleman
went out OF the room, banging th
door after him in q manner tina
quite frightened Fannie, who hat
never knuwn her father to be 81
excited bei,re.
! 1t SO happened that Charles call
ed that very afternoon.
4 can't imagine what papa cal
see out Of tie way in him. though1
Fannie, as she looked upon hi;
handsome, animated couutenancc
He has a b autt.l sm le, and is Sc
very gentlemanly i'll his manner
beside.'
Perhaps something Of this was
visible in Fannie's countenance.-
At any rate, there was something
in its expression which e'nboldened
him to take seat BY her sid (which
he had not ventured to do for some
time.
lie lad hardly dune so, however,
when the d'or opened, and Judge
Clifton walked in.
His brow grew dark, as bis eye
fell on Mr.. Ray.
'I1"w is this, Fannie,' he said
steruly +; 4 thought that | had pre-
v:ously instructed you in regard t"
your intercourse with this gentle
man. And as for you,' he added,
turning to Charles, L be- leave to
inform you, that you are colning
here for what You wont z with
my consent. | have other views
for my daughter, and desire that
You will, for the future, keep away
from the house.
This trade so shocked and as
tonished Fannie that she burst into
tears. Upon which, her father de-
sired her, i'll no very gentle tone, to
leave the room, which she lost no
time in obeying.
After indulgingin a long, hearty
cry, Fannie wiped her eyes, and
went over to her sisters, to pour all
her grievances into her sympa-
thiz;ng b.jsum.
Mary consoled her as we'll as she
could, but ended in advising her to
soften her 'ather's feelings by avoid
ing Mr.. Ray as mt1cI, as p,ssib!e.
To which the young lady very in
liguantly responded, that she would
die first. That she would show papa
that she was not a child, to be con.
truled in that way, not she
Fannie staid to tea and in the
evening who should come in but
Charles Ray.
The meeting was rather embar-
RAISING to both /; but Fannie anxious
to atone for her fathers rndeness t"
him in the morning, was more than
usually gracious and conciliating,
and this soon wore away.
Charles remained all the evening.
and at its close accompanied Fan
ME to her fathers door, thn,lg|l he
did not consider it advisable to 20
further.
sHow we'll Mr.. Ray locked to-
night said Fannie to herself, as
she entered her room. 4 never
knew him to be SO agreeable.'
After this Fannie met him tre
queutly at her si*ter's, and every
succeeding interview deepened the
favorable impression she received
that evening Until at last the it,
tie lady's heart was fairly caught:
was brought to terms and obliged
to surrender, and to tina tame,
; piritless man, Charles Ray -.
When Fannie began to realize
the state of her feelings, the strong
aversion that her father had SO sud
denly conceived for her lover began
to trouble her. But in spite "f all
she con|d say, she was unable t"
persuade him to renew bis former
progositiou to the Judge, or make
tIe,leAsr attempt To conc late him.
Weeks passed. As there appear
ed to he no hope Of obtaining Judge
Clifton's consent. Charles at last
proposed a clandestine marriage,
and after severe struggle in Fan