The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-03
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hla hat Mortimer waa ta eaasa H.
yisits u . Aiiss EseIIa4 entirely. Or
kaye The lmtnlal homesitnd. with
the eufae N m indignant anil outraged
laihr resting On BIZ head. sim
Charming, ioo, though n Z quiet and
molher-like manner, had Jtsisifd that
Mortimer wmld mt mll again a.
Mf. Kzellt's. Whit miisl he du2
That was the question. IT, fell TINT
70 remain - near u Carrie and not
bo allowed 70 SEQ and converse with
her, was q moral impossibiliiy lie
mua aud mould sec her apain lie
placed Coincidence to parents" IN
one scale and his "irelings' IN an-
other. lie weighed them, Il may be-,
rather unjustly, and Che scale with
his love and Carrie went down. lie
decided to call and see hcr--not IN a
stealthy, clandestinc manner, but in
the broad light Of day. We will,
however, taking an authors privi-
lcgc, go back a h'tlc. Mortimer had
a married Aunt living in Mississippi,
This Aunt, for several years prcced-
ing the commencement Of our story,
had been a widow. She was likewise
childless. She had often written to
Mortimer, advising him as soon as
he graduated at school to come South
TO live with her, where he could pur-
sue the study of medicine under q
distinguished physician as well as he
could in Virginia. lie would
likewise have the benefit of com.
mencing life in a comparatively new
country, where there would be fewer
aspirants. At the time of his gradua-
tion at college, Mortimer had gained
his own consent to this move, and
Mr.. Claiming, with an eye to the
final disposition Of his sisters prop
orty, also favored the project, and the
move would certainly have been car
ried out, but for the opposition oI
Mrs. G., who, with tears, begged her
son not to leave her.
Thus il was that Mortimer was
vet in Virginia. Since the troubles
arising in consequence OF his love fol
Caroline had grew and thickened
around him, he had been repeatedly
of late debating the subject of hi.
removal to Mississippi, and his father
expressed more anxiety and eager
ness for his son to ego South f" than
he had ever manifested before. Nor
timer knew the cause, but said moth.
ing. He had formed a plan in hi,
own mind. II was only seventeen
miles to Eaton's ferry" across III,
Roanoke, and as revolving as tn,
step was to every feeling of his hear,
under ordinary circumstances, he yeI
felt It his duty to Carrie and himself
to propose that they should quietl,
drive mot in the runaway-maicl
stylel over to North Carolina, wher
the marriage should be consummAtet
according to law, and immediatel,
aftcrward Carrie and himself woult
commence their journey 70 the South
He had not yet spoken u Carrie OIL
this subject. He had frequently ex
pressed determination to laD Vir
ginia, to which Caroline rcadil,
: assented, but he preferred taking he
with him. She would then be sal,
from Colonel Sanford arf everyhpd,
else who might be matrimonislIy. IN
clined toward his Carrie. Accord
ingly, on a beautiful autumnal eve
he called on bis idol. In father ha,
reluctantly ranled him thisprivilegv
with the distinct aud smpbatiuNn
dcrstanding fiut Mortimer woil'
never annoy him with q sinila
request. To this his son pledge
himself, but he give no promise no
to visit at Mr.. Ezelle's without con
sulting his father; but he, on th
contrary, had determined to visi
Caroline as often as possible for th
, short time he expected to remain !
|, the country. He had decided o
| going to his Aunt's, in Mississippi
even II Carrie refused TO marry hin
thinking life would bcm tolerabl
away from the object of his low
than Il would be near her, IL dcnic
: the privilege Of seeing her. lie, |
!, timos, already found himself diciatin
! bis sfiectionate letters to Carrie. b.
!, he hoped there would he no necessit
for this. Carrie would 90 with hin
Z To urge this step, then, was the ol
Y jcct Of his visit on the evening alludC
: 10 above. When the proposition
{ going to North Carolina to be ma
. ried first greeted the cars Of Carolin
> she palcd, and horror-stricken, arc
2 from her seat but Mortimer, di
= abusing her mind in regard 70 h
wishes, told her he intended no su'
Z thing as a runaway" but that th'
e should quietly, In the day time,
'e married, and Immediately return
,s !, her futhss's, and with 40 little del
= as possible, commence their journ
V to The South. This plsa, though
H. virtually would he elassed under /
= head Of runaway Matches :
Ne when coupled with the intention
G, lmn1c<liafely starting TO Miszissip