The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-02-05
TasE TYRANNEIAL EATaaER

"Jrnnie," said Mr. Stacy, one evening,
to his daughter N ward Wright call, d
at my store to-day. | suppose you know
what tnr?"
How should | know what for papa?'
returned Jennie, with a look ofuncouS clouS
ness that wa> belicd by the vivid crimson
that rose from th,. checks to the ttmpleS
Il suppose 1t was to see about an order tor
sane goods or Something.
".Nnt exact ly.' replied her father. smll>
ing III came t" sae M about you; III
short, TO ask my permission to address
YIN
J nn,e re1,lened again; but the sudden
flash that gleam d out from beneath the
brown la~hes spoke more of scorn than sat
isfactinn.
"Of course. gave my consent, - cnntlr>
u.d Mr.. Stacy, after waiting for his daugh
ter to r'ply.
1T yon hadn't, | suppose that you'd
have been the last of it, 50 far as he was
concerned" retorted Jennie, with a sarcaS
tic touch that was quite lost upon her mat
ter of iaci iatter.
''M eli. my DEAR | don't know as there is
any II. e. OF rai.ing that question: could
havr hoVrasonabie OH c,i,n - well prII
Wrish'; and WHO is, witual, doing an exceI~
lent business. Sn it now r,niainS tor you
to say whether you will be Mrs. Edward
Wrigh. -
Jennie pursed up her rosy lips with an
air Of great dignity.
Il havrn't he, asked yet
mo, | suppose not, But shouldn t
wnirr if he was here tonight tol that ex>
pr SH purpose. =,
Then. "a IA gmmer of the truth enter, d
his mind, Mr.. Stacey added:
Il trust that you are mo- so foolish, my
daughter, as to take oifen>e because he
>poF e to me about it first. In so dong he
acted honoraE,ly, and as every man should,
aid it ought to raise. rather than lower hiHl
in your esteem Indeed, | fanci,t, from
what he SAID, that he was quite sur" of tn,
nature ot yo feelings for him, else ne had
not Sp"k II TO me.
Jennir's Indignation nov reached its cll>
max She elevated her naturally rather
as,i,ing no ., until it stood at ri hit angles.
Quite sur, Was hr2 don't know why
he should be. then, never. gave him any
reason TO ierl so confident.
Mr.. s acey looked rather gravely at his
daualt r.
II don know what you've said to him,
hut | know that he ben here good deal,
and you We always seemed glad to see him
| hope Won hlvn't be n tritling with the
young man. Jrnnie. Am to understand
that you don't Intend to marry him?'
Jennie round and rosy face assumed as
lofty an expression as could be- exp, tted to
wear. not formed exactly from the heroic
mould
MIR. Wright is an excellent young man.
papa. I've nothing to say against him.
| But | would sooner perish than unite my
tate with one whose feelings are so antag'
osis,ic to the huliest sympathirs Of NY na
tue
The concluding sent'nce was quotation
| from her tavorite novel "Astrea; or The
stony. hearted Father" and was p,onounc
ed with no little vehrmence OF look anC
tone.
Mr.. Stacey stared az his daughter for q
moment without speaking.
Il really do not zee, my dear" he said
diyiy, ''any u,'c ssity for sn much display o
energs; if you don't like Mr.. Wright wei
enough to marry him, oil that you have got
to do is to tell him So.
H. re was ''comc down to Jtnnic'
soaring iBapinaion. ll'r father absolutely
refused to play the role of the Stony hrat
ed Fab r, iu,hIesSly destroying tie st CT,
hure thai had risen in her hear. that s"in,
romantic incident, Tor which she had 50 OF
ten lnnged. was about to hr'ak the same
ness OF her dull and prosy lite
And. TO increase her di satisfaction, Ed
ward Wright, whom she ready lked, anc
whom she had IN, sted with many OF IT,,
virtues and glaces that adorned her favor
te heroes, instead of throwing himself a
her feet aid dcc'a.ing that no power oi
earth should take her from him, had ac. ual
" condcscend 10 the common sense ant
conventional method Of asking her fatntr'
permission before speaking tn her! Moth
ing nnre Was nee ary to her that he wa
not, to USE ter own language, 1.-THE chosri
} arbter ot her destiny
After tea Jennie slipped out Of the bacl
way and IAN yer to neigibnrs for tn,
two,iod purp sc f avoiding what she va
pleased 10 tenn tie prosecutions OF tn
aforesaid Mr.. Edward Wright, ard pou
her troubles.--Or rather her want of any
into the sympa,bizing bosom of her dea
friend, ArabelIa Eugene Angelina Stubbs
Jennie being firmly convinced that ''th,
course Of true love never did run smooth,
and az in the event Of her becoming Mrs
Edward Wright there would be nothinJ
left for her to do but to order her wedding
fiuery, and 20 through with the requisite
ceremony, she either avoided the poor fel