The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-10


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The telUnel was silent anpshsi
With surprise aad anaef 4 direct
md open Insult thrown In hIs teeth
W., hawrvf, swallowed hh wrath
and fsplied with a bad gtaes fou
je.i. Mis Cnfio. I ean endure more
and feel younger than ohr half
oi lhese boz hoase stfippllngs grow
Ing up now.a.days"
~ know men wefc faistd dlnof
cnlIy In thc oldcu time, Colonel I've
heard ~ my grandfather srtak oi The
manner IN which the youths Of your
and hIs day we're brought 40. No
wonder All the old men "now.a.
days. as you say, are, 10 use pop
ulaf phrase, " rough customers" The
Colonel could stand no more. H.
pridcd himself on his youthful ap-
pcamacc, and now TO be elassed In
years with q revolutionary soldier
and called a trough customer" was
too bad. II was moro than human
nature, aud particularly the nature Of
Colonel Sanford, could endure. lie
was on the point Of rctortng some-
what angrily Judging from bis APP
pcaancc) when Mr.. Ezcllc entered,
and the conversation turned upon
something else.
II was now that Carolinc's troubles
rcclly commenced. The Colonel did
not call as often as formerly, nor was
he altogether as lavish, with his at
tcntions, but still he had not yielded
the prize. His manner still evinccd
a decided partiality for Caroline, but,
"misery of miserics," Mr.. Ezelle's
"advice" +" and counsel" heretofore
given in the manner of q kind and
ailcctionate parent, now amounted to
commands" or threats. Caroline
must and should do $50 and So" Ig-
norant of the engagement between
Mortimer and his daughter, or At
least only suspicioning such thing,
he could assign no reasonable cause
for Carolinc's stubbornness In rcfus-
ing the hand Of Colonel Sanford.
The poor girl really felt as Il herheart
would break, or her spirit be crushed
by these continual prosecutions. A
letter from her betrothed would, for
time, dispel the gloom, but soon
the offers Of the Colonel would be
renewed, and her father would then
give her another Of those disagree.
able lectures about listening to the
advice Of ripper minds and Older
heads" and all that sort Of thing
Truly was she to be pitied. Her sit
uation was entirely helpless one
She had no friend "near and dear &c
her" with whom she could advise
She did consult the preacher who 81
often made her fathers house hi,
home, but, to her grief and morti6ca'
tion, found that the walchman on
! the walls" had lent himself 10 ia,
} foul purpose of assisting in accom-,
= plishing her unhappiness. Pcrhap'
. had he known Of her partialiiy fol
/ another, he would not have advisct
. as he did. As it was, he cxprcsset
{. his surprise that she should so bitter
ly oppose a marriage with Colone
: Sanford. lie could sc no reason fol
D her opposition. lie regarded Il moth
: ing more than a caprice, or whim
= which time and respectful pleading
}, would yet overcome.
!, From some unaccountable cause
4 Colonel Sanford exercised myste
2 rious aud powerful control over III,
o actions Of her father. lie scenes
c only to be the tool which the Colone
I used in working his own purposes
e Caroline ever remained ignorant o
p the causes Of this strange contro
y over the will and actions Of he
n father. She could only assign as
= reason the long and firm ffiendshi
e that had ever existed between then
e This state Of affairs continued an
IS grew worse up to the time Of Mort
IS mer's graduation in theology. Fo
b two years and more had she endure
Ic those troubles, prosecutions. NJ
Ie Ezclle was angry and positive IN hi
Ie views and conduc, towardsbis daSgh
h ter. Colonel Sanford was urgent !
Ie pressing bis claims to the hand {
1t Caroline. Il was a beautiful sprin
le morning in April, 1851. Mr.. Erell
d had pledged Colonel Sanford ihs
d before the first dayof june he shoul
rr lead Caroline 10 the altar.
s. The main pot-road through thI
is portion Of the State passed by NJ
N Eznlle's. The pos,-stFicp was no,