The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-22
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Cousin Sophia sighed at this juno
ture. She had met with dlsap
pointment in her youth.
"Cousin Sophia, | cannot creditth
storyl My father always speaks Q
love as a Pigment of the brain.
set is often 50 with elderly mel
dear; but they know better all til
time. Pricilla Mott forgot he
maiden name-was nearly broken
hearted. Not that she died on th
spot-women seldom do, Eve; she
alive now, and her husband, too, 10
| she. hadn't the strength of nina !
remain single. She married a snltt
less. no-nOthing sort of man, an
your father feels as if he couldn q
too much for the family he has heipe
educate Adam" A.
9Th Sophia, thee cuts me to 81
heart To think that mYts broker
sonl of honor, sbn
s9ul ~ S-Haf do you know of these
hls Srs9 You should not have urged
/ me to tell the story. L don't know
what your father would say. Dom
breathe it to him for the worldlp
L made no reply. L was thinking 0.
Abraham and Isaac. When Abra,
ham was commanded to deliver up his
little son, did he finch? Gaus
My eyes were opened, now, and ]
saw which way the wind was blowing
Adam was half the time musing In
corner, with those handsome, Opaque
eyes fixed on me. But when at las.
the declaration came, / was not ex
actly prepared for it. For the quiet
Adam to speak in such an impas-
stoned manner, was a marvel. Ii
moved me; but whether my heart wal
touched, Icould not tell. He said hi
wouldtry to wait with patience for my
answer. 1t seemed to me he would
have to wait till doomsday.
/ sat in my loom half that after
noon thridding my fingers through my
hair, wondering how girls did make
up their minds? By comparison,
probably. For instance, did | like
Adam better than Solomon Potter
o., certainly, he knew a great deal
| more. Better than DIR. Hathaway
Why, DIR. Hathaway wasn'tto be taken
into the account; he was not,a suitor
like Solomon and Job. and though
an excellent man, must be at least
thirty-fvei years old. IF | lived in
that wide and dangerous place called
the world, " should L be likely to
meet people more agreeable than old
bachelors and preaching friends2'
But this question did not bear upoI
the subject. My lot was cast among
the Quakers. hsa mssi2
Miriam Grant came in that evening
aud | longed to open my heart to her
but she was not a girl to respect one'i
confidence, though such a pretty
winsome creature, that l loved Il
watch her. Adam seemed to fnt
her entertaining. She. was not over
awed by him as / was. Why hadn'
he fancied her instead of me, ant
saved me all this trouble of making
up my mind FErrTaua VHREr 81
Presently DIR. Hathaway,who board
ed at Friend Grants came to wall
home with Miriam. He talked t,
me, but / scarcely listened.
was thinking how | longed to asl
father if he really wished me t,
cancel his debt to the mother b,
marrying the son? Not that
should yer say as much to father: !
could not break through the reserv,
which had always existed between
us.
Il see thou art in p~erplexity," sale
DIR. Hathaway, falling into the plair
language" as he sometimes did witt
me when very much in earnest. u
there anything | can do for thee
Eve?"
Nothing. o no, Friend Edward
and | mustn't tell thee what it is.
stammered /. | am not perplexe,
at all; and if l am, thee mustn't no
tice it."
He looked at me, and then glance
across the room at Adam, wh3 seem
ed to be furtigely watching US. l
my simplicity, [ never imagined tina
the story was very easy to read.
MY dear child" said the doctor
in his kind way, :" [ would not II
trude on thy confidence for the worlC
but" rre e-sf.tU wfs4s
What he might have said i do nj
know; something to be remembers
afterward; something to give me
! little aid, / do not doubt; but ju,
then Cousin Sophia came ianguidl
along and desired thesdoctor to pre-
0OuuCc On Il uCW SymDbOLu, 4 W
vexed: / wished to talk longer wit
Friend Edward. Not that / woul
have told him anything, but | migl
, have asked a few leading questions,
, thought. without b~etrayiDg Adam
! While Miriam was putting on BIZ
things he found time to say:
D Be true to thyself. Eve. Let I
> one ,over-persuade thee to any ste
! thy heart does not sanction. Ne,
time we meet l have a long story
. tell thee. Good BY ww
/ Be true to ethyseI, Eve" The
words rang in my ears.
But / was not true to myself al
, more than was the great grandmoth
of us all. / did not know what ii
truth was. My mind was tossed l
, and down like the sea In a storm.
had no mother whose advice | cou
seek. Adam loved me so dearly
that was what / thought-aand faith
said to me with such a confident loo
' "I'm glad thee seems to be led.
the right path, Eve"
Cousin Sophia rallied me upon b
ing in love. John made broad jok
upon the subject. l supposed tn
y ali knew D0bI0T bud1 1QIu. Inc TAT
D seemed to push me along, just as t
adverse wind blew M that first d
e against Adams coat. | supposed
was led in the right path when / p
o my hand in Friend Motifs, and sal
sqf thee wants me / am thine
8 Thank the Lord ,~ejacuat
d Adam, "Iet us pray."oRe OTIS g
n Thee is a good daughter" So
:. father buoyantiy; "thee1l make
good wife," ssr99 ne m
! " IF thee chooses to be a fool,n 81
q brother John, doggedly, I've 4
thing to say. If thee would on
{ look straight before thy nose, thee
y see a man worth twenty Ada
/, Motifs" &A1 kG