Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-08-12


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| CHAPTER v.
Up to this moment, the words of Mr..
Whicher had not entered my mind.
When they did, my first impulse was to
reject his insinuation with disdain, and
regard the beautiful creature in my pres
ence as paragon of purity; but | was
unable to reconcile her present humble
position with her uncle's vast wealth up
on any other supposition than that init
mated, and her subsequent Informal
ton.
But this was a painful thought, and
was glad to exchange it for a suspicion
which had more than once entered my
mind to the prejudice of her uncle; and
felt at that moment as if she had been
wronged, as if she needed protector,
and as if | had been spared for that pur-
pose.
Under the influence of this impression,
requested her to detail to me the inn
portant events OF her life; and she com
piled with so much readiness, and filed
up the whole period ofmy absence with
such apparent truthfulness, that | was
confirmed in my suspicion.
"Miss Pembroke" I inquired, edo
you teach from choice ?" ~l
Not altogether' she replied with
slight embarrassment.
Why did you leave your uncle's house
in which you were reared and educated
when he is so well able to support you
IN ease, and you so well fitted to adorn
his sumptuous mansion?'
Sallie dropped her eyes to the floor,
blushed as | had never seen woman
blush, and slightly shuddered; then the
color receded from her face, which re-
manned for Il time ashy as death; but
not a word escaped her lips, nor did she
make an effort to speak. :.
In an instant, hope gave way to dis
ppointment, and every favorable though
vanished us vapor in the morning sun.
But after little reflection, | concluded
that her present position, so highly re-
spectacle, would not justify hasty con
demnation. aaDh 'o 2i-ta,
"The reason is one which you do not
wish to communicated continued.
Yes SIR she answered, blushing
more deeply than before, and then be-
coming paler, if such a thing were pos
sible, which SO increased my disappoint-
ment that nothing less than the frater-
nal feeling had cherished for twenty
years could have induced me to prolong|
the interview.
|Sallie,' I said, with a pathos that.
touched her heart, you may regard me
as your best friend--as d father or an
elder brother .o 5sar u.rfs Il
IS on are very kind she murmured,
raising her eyes to mine thankfully. /
4 saw your uncle some months ago,
/ continued. :, May ! repeat what he
You may she replied, dropping her
eyes again. .f n.;.I aa.r-a.7r
! then described my interview with
Mr.. WhicheT, as ! hay already done in
these sheets; and Sallie listened with at
tention, but with so little emotion that
was unable to anticipate eventhe tenor
of her reply. NOS IS aag
i when my father died. she said, with
a composure that. surprised me, Mr.
w hicher brought me to New York,
adopted me into his family, and educa-1
ted me as his daughted. When reach
ed womanhood he proposed to wed me
to his eldest son, and on my refusal
turned me into the street. / sought en-
ployment as a teaches, obtained it with
out difficulty, and for five years have
devoted the best part of my time to the
instruction Of little children, of which
the one by your side is my especial IA
vorite.' NAE a. n..s ,o... 9
To say that | believed her simple sto-
ry, and, at the same time, that her uncle
was conspmmate hypocrite, and the
usurper of her property, is, l imagine,
unnecessary. l may remark, however,
that subsequent investigation justified
my conclusion y9er9om55 8d1 84.iHa
For time Sallie regarded me with
the Difference due parent. As we be-
came better acquainted she grew more
familiar, and treated me in all respects
asa brother. A few months later she
was easily pursuaded to become my wife
and | may say with. truth, that better
never cheered the heart Of a lonely old
bachelor. Little Fanny, whom we love
with parents fondness, is our adopted
daughter; and our residence, thoughwe
hadto travel through all the courts to
get there, is the Whicher mansion.