Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-10
THE INTELLIGENCER.
THE N11sDEnDs OF Aura PLA1sTow.
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show that she liked him Thinking Tom very
cross and very stupid and feeling daily more and
more moped and SutlOcated indoors, She showed
that too; and soon it was patent TO al the world,
the ScandaliZed Jane included, that her nniy
pleasure was to set off with little George for a
mad Steeplc chase across country, or for q long
days ramble in the woods, mating, in whicn
expeditions the sisters never, and Tom but rare.
| ~, Joined them; but when by chance he did So
| he spoiled all her pleasure by such wet blanket
OF iil-humor and un-Mcrriduo.lit:c proprietics
that Aura wished him n hundred miles away
And once she plainly told him "tlai Il he dill
not enjoy himself, he need not come " an offence
4 that rankled in Toms well.formed breast for
some time. He began 10 be dctatoria zoo, and
to assume tone OF command as well as Offiult-
finding, to which she had not the sightes incli-
nation TO submit So She turned upoa him when
he sc0lded her with that provoking lofey air Of
| mis- his nose in the air and his hand IN his coat
/ pocket, calling her ''child" and 'little thing"
and speaking cOmpasSiOnately of her ignorance
and want of manner, etc Then Aura said thnt
he was cross aud affected, and wrote home to
her mother that "Tom aud she did moi pull well
| together now" adding that ''rom was so much
changed in character she did not know him
again, and certainly did moi like him so much as
she uscd-not half" Which confession made
Mrs. Plaistow eiacnlate, "hOw extraordinary
her sweet eyes full wonder and girli>h perpleN-
| ity, for she had loved Horace when she was bnt
sixteen, and had neyer changed from lat hour
TO this, excepting from the timid poetry of the
young girl TO the assured intensity of The wife
and mother; and 1t seemed 10 her hard and
strange that3one Of hr- children should love,
and change her love so soon!
What puzzled Aura the most to understand
was, that the very thing which Tom had admir-
ed so much nj Merridno, he now coudamued and
disliked. Her singing, which he had never
wcaried Of there, he now said was o, bad s,vc;
and the voice, which used 10 lac Ike nnets
- IL,
clared TO be harsh and vulgar. Her dcess, which
he had always praised for its good sense, ndap
liability, and perfect harmony was now D"',c;
hcr manner, which had once reminded Muster
Tom Of his classics, in that it like uic.dS
or nyuphs in Diana's train, was nov hoydrn-
i~h; her temper was provokingly obtusc in its
ridiculous good-nature; her laugh was amostan
imbecility; she neglected him; she derided him;
she CareleS ofhiS mothers peculiaritieS; she
liked George Grace great deal better than
any ore else in house. $50 do" interrupted
Miss ara ''ror he is the kindest and most good
natured to me-" In short she was everything
by turns, according 10 the hoe OF his shifting
mood; and to crown his iniquities he told her
ito take pattern his sisters "for Sec snid
Tom, concei.cdlv, what thorough bred girls
they are and lonk' 10 which Aura answered
with an explosion ol contempt, and I'D rather
he in my grave than be Iitc them OF any OF
you
When things have come to such crisis as
this between promised man and wic, thcy have
but one choice before them-to part. They can
get no good together Grom hcnccnrth. Nor in
deed can any connection, be il Hr love or simple
f icndship, which has ohcc been assaulted by
personal rccrimnatuu. There are some blows
which leave mark forever, some wounds which
never heal, and this is one OF tnein. On the day
when Tom placed Aura ut the feet OF his sisters,
her hand Tlided from his grasp; and While lit
ting ON the suit Of SackclOth he chose hrS Love
TO wear, the little gud flew through the windows
leaving behind him only his arrows tipped with
regrets aud winged with self accusations.
After this conversation with her lover, Anra
Dondered a full half hour then suddenly sciHing
a bloLted piece of torn foolscap, she wrote home
10 Merridno, and announced her return for the
| next day. "1om and she had quarreed, she
said, 'and she was entirely disguised with him
and the Hollies, aud every thing connected with
them; and she wanted to get away from house
where there always seemed 10 be an illness or Il
scolding going on. Tom no longer their
old Tom, he was changed man, changed to
most disagreeaolc and unkind person. She
never saw any one so gone oil in her whole life;
but his cousin, George Grace, said he was al
WAYS the same, and the change mast have been
when he was at Mcrridno, not now. lfSo, she,
Aura Plaistow, was very glad she had found
him out in timc" concluding VITA the "phoflSm,
"lIow decetful he has been"
! But poor Ton, with all his faults, WAS not
! that lie had only fallen in love with IN nncOn-
genial lie, and was WeaG ana easily SNHNco'
Without saying word to any one, Aura
packed up her trunk, if packing that could be
called, which was an undilional cramming to-
gether Of various articles in u given space; and
/ the next morning she appeared al the breakfast
table in her travelling dress, looking more lovely
than ever in the Weakening of her soul which pain
and emotion had caused
Tom was aghast, he turned so pale that Mar
garet thought lac was going to faint, but he raj
lied Just in time as much in fear of his mother MS
from any other cause. Handsome, cowardly
| Tom he did not like the consequence, uow that
it met him face TO face.
l 'What is the meaning of this, young lady =
asked Mrs. Delane, slowly drawing on her odious
black mittens.
~ am going home, said Aura, curtly.
SGaiogi" cried the sisters "why? wtren?'
"Going now, because know that noue OF you
like me; because Tom is changed and secs me
with quite different eyes TO what he nsed 70 do;
because am sulfocated and miserable, and want
to be with my mother again" And Aura began
to cry, for she was thoroughly worn out.
laura, you are surely hasty," hcaitatcd Tom,
going round to where She stood, sobbiug like
Child, and wiping her eyes with her fngers
"Ouite the contrary" SAID Mrs. Delane, ut IS
\ very sensible decision, young lady, aud the
lonly sensible thing have known yoa to do
"Vcry," echoed Mary. But Margaret, half
,-,;r,, wont nm ia her and kissed her OF her