The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-11-01

| unclei Il give neT Specimen OI w eSL
ern manners In earnest, but as it's, III
see the affair out, now Ehays commenc,
ed.'r;a,.s bstsff, foifa ssoft Ia bsya.
/ 1t was a late hour the next morn
jing when Margaret was aroused from
| her slumbers by the breakfast bell, and
after making the needful preparations,
proceeded down stairs to- the sitting
room, where all the family were as
sembled, with the exception of Mr.,
Lawrence, who had taken an early
breakfast and gone to his store some
time previous To say that Margaret
Icreated sensation as she entered the
! room, would be but~the simple truth,
| for neither Mrs, Lawrmcesnof hereldesi
daughters were prepared for any such
vision Of beauty as greeted their eyes.
Margsret's cashmere mofning-robe was
as elegant as Maude's while in beauty
of features, and easy grace of manners,
she was not in the least gher inferior.
She gave Carrie pleasant morning
lgreeting, but not Mrs. Lawrence herself
could have been more freezingly polite
Ithan was she, as Carrie introduced heE
to her aunt and cousins. Besides being
a little vexed at their conduct, as was
natural, she was determined, as she af-
terwards told her mother, to give them
4 a lesson on the treatfnentof their friends
ifrom the, Rural Districts, that they
Iwould not soon forget, Mrs. Lawrence
WAS actually surprised into an attempt
to make an apology for her conduct,
and Maude and Nellie strove, By pro-
fuse attentions on their part, ito make
her forget what had passed. f siiy
l. When the hourfor morning calls had
! arrived, Henry Langdon and his sister
were announced. Maude had just sime
to be iconseiousof a fear that her hand
some cousin would find too much favor
in his eyes, before they entered, when
her surprise may be=imagined as she
saw Effie .Lsugdens advances coward
Margaret, with 9 out-stretched hands
greeting her WITH MY dear Margaret! !!
l am SO glad 10 see your and accom-
panying her words With such a. kisszas
only two intimate female friends can
give. sWbereupons saMr. Henry Lang
don, adyanceds and heartily, shaking,
Margaret's hand, exclaimed, initiating
his sisters manner, NV dear Margaret!
! am glad to see y6a y at tHe same
time booking as if it wouldrbe extreme
ly agreeablelto, him 10 follow Effie's en-
ample still further. e., .s..sr, ,.ito
Il was not aware that you were ac-
quainted with Miss Carlton, said Maude
to Efie.i ri 1nihrg'nm"1 80 7oia .nsr
oh, yessl,replied she, Henry and I
spent7a part, Of the last summer attheri
fathers, but did not know that she
was your cousin until a short time
since.i '.dR 'isf'sGS 4tv-f uiH '''''.''
An animated conversation followed,
which showed Margaret,andC the Lang
dons to be intimate friends, dif nothing
more; and when they left. it was with
an urgent invitation for her to spend a
good portion Of her time, while in the
city, with them. -e'
On the first opportunity, Mr., Law
renee was Overwhelmed with a shower
of questions and reproaches for Keeping
them in ignorance of Margaret's social
standing, mia cdr fs4l ..,= iirts
why, father said Maude, you
must have known that your brother
was wealthy. Why didn't you tell US,
and keepu from making fools Of our
selvesP nisls sa. 7sdI naidr ~ emi
Il am not certain that it weutd have
had that effect replied her father, drily.
But you said they lived in log
house, father said Nellie. " . si'' 20 70
so theydid, twenty years ago. an
swered her father.sq But what if her
father did not possess quite so many
dollars am sorry that; daughters Of
mine should value money before mind
' But his words did not make much |
impression Nellie turned away with
some indistinct words about her father
being so odd, and he sighed to think
what erroneous ideas Of life his
Margaf1t lid not n6s0e s0ecaHbBy aHbBy 'RRsfiialta RRssi iaaltio
chamber another night, and Mrs. Law
renee spologized for the blunderofsthe
seryantin. putting her there which exs
PLANTATION Margaret took the liberty TO
disbelieye. 1t was not long before the
Lawfenees made a party il her honor,
ON whichr occasion Mr.. Lawrence offered
his sympathy to Iwifeaad daughters
for their want Of success in keeping
Margaret in the background 81 ba,|
IMargaret's father had gone to the
West when young, and in the course
of years had seen thriving city grow
up on and, around his farm yiwbeh, Of
course, made him, the master of inn
.mense wealth Himself a man of in
,tellect though in q measure self-edu-
Gated, bis family Of sons ana daughters
received. every advantage tbati money
could bestow. Twes years before this,
Henry LangdoD, w bens s6i4 a,lmssIernl
tour, bad been introduced to the, soci1
ETY. of the city where Mr.. Carlton re,
sided, and Of which, of course, his own
family wese Prominent members. Being
by dIargsFstsgbeaaty and jacl
comphshmepts, he had fellawed up the
acquaintance thus begun, and had-fn7I
ally won from her promise to become
his Wife on SOME future day. COMMIT
nieatiohs between her family and the |
Lawrences ihad4beeh few of late years
and Margaret. hadsneyen chanesd to1
mention them to Henry ,wben he was
with her, and when she wrote to him
of her intention Of visiting New York.
She asked him not t6fiention Her to |
them, as She had a little peiHlof rel
maneeHiH sherdisposition, apdJwished
to take them by surprise, n cd, vi b41
. She had no further reason totcom |
plain of her relatives neglect, for Maud |
was proud 70 Introduce her as her cous |
in, everywhere, sIlE AID when, a, few
montdsolatersa Margaret sbeEinei(Nirs.
Langdon,g no one, could quess the epiH7rI
ions Of another with more assidgity !
than lid Maude Of t'ny cousin, Mrs.
Henry LAugdon." "oqSRe hia leafned I
one lesson, at least, aAthatesven those
who had oncer been sheltereds6eneatlli
the roof Of q log cabin ip theNest, might |
possess qualities worthy Of the notice
of the Inhabitants Of All eastern me |