The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-01-18
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The Judge grew crimson again, pulled ou
his pocket handkerchief and wiped lis lorohtad
lilo bad mover encountered any ono who mel
him in I.cclplv THAI nHuncr oyon on IA,
bench he Lad expected his very pro onco to
have oy,rvhclmol the audacious giri, and to be
troatcl IN that lofty way. az IT She wore not only
his tqu :, hu. as much beyond him as queen
on her thrunc throw thc Judges mind into a
very ohsot siate.
lie tad no precedent upon which to act and
his faculties were not Of that active order which
could suss tar'w ,puttc ufon tho instant --
lilo had arranged programme hefuro h,a arri-
val. Mics Auduuun Rendered IL u.tlrs, iuriu.
the irtt moment, but il was 20 firmly iuprcs',d
upon his memory, thn' ho oouli only cling
hoPclossly 70 its remnants growing more aud
more confused.
The quiet scurn IS, visible in her face irru-
tod him beyond b,li.'; he Wa, accustomed "a
respect from all mtu, and 10 have that girl
moet him after that imperial ,a,hiln, was IN
ahfott upon his dignity upp'riil lod la hs TO.
membrane, on The bcnc or IN society.
But he mus spcIk his errIut; passion NJ last
gavo him woid AMI h. said, almost rudoly.
"lou arc quite aware thai the acquaintance
betWcon yours II and my son W from the first
exceedingly unpleasantto myecli and the rost
OF his iaimlN.'
ITO Ihl ssh hN u I've ~ lfttel Nblllt response
but no might have r. manned there until the
sun ret and rose again before Clara woull have
opened hor lips.
ut has becn much talked of in the ncighh,r-
hood, dirartecnhly 90; We, that IL, and his si.-
ter5, wish ii stopped.
IL wonder thu. ou have aided this unples,.
ant gossip ly Tho remarks you ant your diugh-
ter, have 20 frool made Iesir nlg person
who has noCr Justly offended any OF YOU"
IL did 10, come here for advice 40 said,
choking down his wrath. 81 am not accus.
toned 70 receiving it, especially N tha' obiec-
tionALle tone.
Clara only smiled; it WAS not precisely the
smile most becoming to her face, although il
~as wonderfully expressive, as the ld,;e could
but feel.
~ have every reason to believe pursued
the Judge, warming to his work, "tlat the
associations my son has formed here, have
been in many ways detrimental to him. No
doubt that YOU have heard how wild Inc has
beon during tho past year, ascribc il TO the
fact that he is dsnleased with himself for keep
ing up an intimacy which he knows distastotul
TO me, although he has not exactly the. courage
TO break il on.
That VIA, u beautiful sentence and we'll de-
livered the Judge tel that it on ;ht 10 have its
due effect ho glanced toward Clara with
solemn foli-Compld. cncy. She had taken
up her sewing, her fingers were moving
rapidly dIny the hen, her head liglIlv ayerted,
30 that he could not 500 the EXPIRE .sloa of h, T
face. She seemed TO take the matter coolly
that was ono comfort Possibly sho was q more
sensible girl than his won lnkind believed, and
once crushed into her proper position, made
duly sensible Of the vast Distinction between
herself and his family, would ret lin her place
without further struggle.
At length without looking up or even max.
ing an instant's pause in her task she said in a
cold voice 30 unlike her usual one, that her own
mother had she heard would never have rocos-
nized the TOMS
what then Why d, you como & Inc with
such Language as this =
because II /, my Tight,' replied the Jud 20,
hauthtily; 'bocalse will not tit hv anil soc
my son inveigled into IN affair Of tho heart 20
deeply that be cannot cNtrica;5 himself with
honor.
Clara dropped her worl< her Gory temper
famed up at Cnce, the iudlmit bio mil. Of hnr
nature IevOt,d al the touo and words Of her
visitor. But oven I'm Ibis insanity OF her y la.ior
and tho WLiIl Of ou'.,-ld pride sho could, in a
measure, CO.. U.l loy.rI.
''You ar, 'rio % TO- M i9r Tho hn'tlrssnos, Of
trenches girl, ,Tr said, rcin NJ even thor
the bitter power T.! I,p ,rte' which uLlo one &.
hor gitat liu T., 'ths n0s-,EC Is ao'll apl
manly IS on. ji--r I.a' II liyoA cau iiuI ,Lo
heart
JINuE 49,
Tie lu. q, .uL.l az 4, ava 80 has ha hal oal,
been uphdli. a., t'u' of H. fml'; Do
h ad not meant 40 voVrl he, unlv to imprc.
the moral lacI ur,u hr. 'wl IN mplrison nitl
his race She Wl-,..y - o.. '".. '"' !, ~ f