Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-11-08
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: ha Tyranuicsl Father.

- atiia, s,j- ". stacy, ena evening
- II, daH. .h.ts, "Yt-.rd Wright called
Al ily .aIg % d.. ! sup.o.t you know
NL.t 'at,
".t.e saoad knew What for. papa p
returned Jennie, nllh Il luus oi nscon-
.l;gsfi,. !i.at N..at.Icd hy the vivid eElM-
sou ti4.t Hose i,pAl the checks to the tom
! ,!c, - supi,p,rzia H.s 20 ses a5oat All
',fdcF I'm sa..c so3i., ~ somrthing.'
'Set=e.ae:ly, replied her f4ther smll :
Ifa.. -! c.i..e 70 80 IA. about you Ia
,.u.t 10 u.i my pVraii..ioa TO address
"a
jennie ra'a,ng4 again but tie sndlen
ilas.l that 4,rsncd cut from hehea'i tie
ufo;n l,sl,4 spoke more Of scorn tlta sat
isiausion.
.uf coarse gave my consen!,a coneln-
ned Nj Stacy, alter waiting vainiy sG LIS
L.uahter 10 reply.
ii >ua llaInt saPsose, that would
have ircA ,lr last Of II, - lar ~ he va.
cnneeras d. rr,otsrl Jennie. with = sar'
cns,c t0Ucl !h,t Was quito lost upon her
,uat... ai fat, father
~ eli, u,y dear. don't know lie there
is any need oi raising thus 4nestion.
raa.t, 14yp nn reasonable CiJesti0li to IL
we'll H,IuefplcL. intelligent rOung man Ike
MIR. NH.lIt; aud whn Is wiIhsl. doing IN
excellent business 50 il now remains tor
vrg to say whether or ne you viii he Mrs.
Edward Wright"
Jennie pugscd up her rosy lips with an
mir great dignity.
~ liuyu't been asked vet
Ne, suppose not. Hnt | shouldn't
wonder il nc was here to-mishttor that Ga
press purpose.
Thcn as a gli;umer Of tae truth entered
iis mind, Alr. Stacy added:
Il trust that y.,'i are hGt 70 lo8lish my
daughter. Us to take oilence beca'lse he
smoke 10 rae about i. first. In 50 DONG he
acted hunosably, aud d. every H!an should
a!N. It ua.ht 10 raise, rather than lower nan
IN your ,stcca. Indeed, | tunc,ed, from
v!.at Ies.iL, that he Was quite sure oil the
nature Of Your feelings for AIm' else he
hal not spoken to nle.'
.Iennie's Indignation now reached Its
climax. She elevated her naturally ratl
er aspiging nose, ua;.t it stood at right
angles.
"Quite sure was he! lontknow why he
should be, then, never gave hin any
reason to feel 50 cnniident. -.
MIR. STACY Looked rather gravc,y at his
daughter
II don know what you've said to han,
hut lluW that he's been here good dea'
and you've a.wavs seemed glad to see hun
hape vnu haven't been trl.lins with the
yuuua man, ,Jrnnie. Am to understand
that You don't intend 10 marry hlsn =
Jennie i round and rosy lace assumed
as lofty an expression as features coniI DC
cXpecied to wear, not iormed exactly iFoih
the heroic mould.
"Mr. Wright is an excellent young man
papa. Ive nothing To say asaliisL d N.
brl would sooner perish than uaite my
lutc vita one whose fellings are 50 an
l. gonistie to TIE holiest sympatlles ct m!
II tine"
Nh. concluding sentence was a quota
linn from her flvurite novel. "Astrca or
Thr SONY hearted FatLcr.' and was pro-
noupced with no little vehcmence OF look
and ,.z g.
mooent wrhou; speaking.
Il really do not STE, my dear. he said
drylr. ANY necessity iof 50 much display
Of energy ii you don't Like MI, Wright
we'll enough 10 maF,y him, all mat yoe
nave eot to do is to tell him So
uaP,.-vas IA "ooma down" 70 jennie S
sonrine imagination. Her lQ.aer qpso-
in,,I- r,.fnstl to play the roie OF the Sto-
lly-heartcd Father, fathlessly destfoying
tie secret hope that had risen III hef near hearl
that aogne rolnsntic inc!drht lor Mhlph sue
hna often louged, was about to break the
saneness OF her dull and pfosy l'ie'