The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-24


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Mortimer. taught r. nalvnys regard
the wishes and will II his father ~
ihe very letter found II no easy ia.l In
\ yiold ~ ibis instance, the Gr.t where
The entire feelings Of BIZ heart, and
the pfompiinRs of his Judgment met
IN direct ISSUE the expressed will Of
his father Ills mother. ~ he sub.c.
quently asccriaincd, by consulting
with her on the subject, shared, to a
great extent, The prcjudiccs ol her
husband, and hard indeed was Il 10
find that he need expect nothing but
opposition from either Of his parents.
Mortimer from his youth, his child
hood, had been a strict observer of
the ordinances of religion, was a
member Of the church, and for the
past two or three years, had been
studying the question in his mind
whether II wus not cnioined upon
him TO become an ambassador of
the cross," and point to others the
way in which 10 10 himself had walked
so far; and now, with thcssee thoughts,
these emotions filling his heart AM
mind, no wonder he found il no casy
task to act in direct and open rebel
lion against the wishes of an ailcc-
tionate father and doting mother. He
therefore availed himself of the first
opportunity, and sought to reason, in
a calm and respectful manner, with
his parents on the question in which
he was so vitality interested. lie
pointed out to them in clear and i'm
pressive language that his cousin
Carrie had nought to do with, nor
was she to blame for, the icud which
had 50 long existed between the two
families; that she was accomplished
in erery respect and thoroughly quail
fed in every way to fill the position
of wife; that her mother, though
an unknown Northern lady who had
come South, and who was engaged in
teaching a select school at the time OF
her marriage to Mr.. Ezelle, was yet
. lady, for all that and therefore, in
point of family blood, nothing could
reasonably be urged against his cousin
: in that respect; but it all did nc
good; the fiat had gone forth, the
law laid down, and to disregard that
law was to bring upon his devoted
head the everlasting displcasure Of
his father and the condemnation o
his mother. Mortimer debated tn,
question over and over again in hi,
mind, but look az it as he might
there were no bright sides-nothing
to hope for, nothing to do but to suf
fer, to endure, to be patient, and tc
! wait.
Caroline and Mortimer had becom,
, fondly, devotedly attached to eacl
other, and when he first proposed sh'
! should become his wife she expresse,
, no surprise, manifested no such aston
! ishment as many Others would hav
+ done, but readily consented, witt
every vibration of her loving heart
: throbbing in unison with his, to be
= come the sharer of his Joys and sor
4 rows through life. Twas thus tn
9 engagement was brought about, Meth
y or expecting the least opposition iron
r any source. Mortimer did not wis
Y that the marriage should immediatel
5 lake place. lie was quite youth i
|, years-only nineteen-and was anx
n ious to graduate in his profession, O
S ut least, establish himself in practie
c before the fondest hope of his Iii
d should be realized. To this Carolin
IS readily consented. She had no feal
d on the subject, but rather the mo-
r. unbounded and implicit faith in th
n man whom she had selected for h,
,e husband. Others had requested h'
i hand in marriage. Shortly after h'
r return from school, distinguishc
:. son Of the Old Dominion sought h
i hand in marriage, but his avOwal
d love awakening no responsive thrc
m in her own bosom, she politely d
y clined the honor Of such an allianc
10 content 10 wait till she could find u
2. right one. Alasl how many Of Il
=, beautiful daughters Of Eve, throue
ID the fear Of never marrying at a
q acceed to the first proposal mad
+ regardless Of the "tender passion
ne and thereby embitter the remand
,is of their lives.
/" Great was the astonishment, .
Ir. modification Of the lovers when th
ng ascertained for the first time the fe'
,r- ings Of Mr.. and Mrs. Channin
'ut They had never dreamed for m
ed ment Of such n thing. After the Fl
ir. interview with his father, Mortim
proceeded at once to acquaint
'ed cousin with the result She express
RS, surprise, regret, but that was all.
I'd tears were shed; no scene occurr'
he Calmly, quietly, dispassionately /.
vet received the sad intelligence. I