Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-03-05
sELECTED STORY!
THE DRUGHTER-iN

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THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
Il revcr, never will forgive him." sale
old MIR. Remington, solemnly depositing hi
great gold spectacles in their green leather
case.
"Nor l. either" sobbed Mrs Remington
needless Of the unwonted disorder of hel
cap strings. 'sTo marry that bold, dashina
city girl without 50 much as waiting for my
permission" f4s@ l.4a.'.'' .,J:'ii'' "a. q .
'"But you know, my DEAR" suggested tlie
| old gentlemen, eve shouldn7 Have given il
to him if lie had waited half a century" '0
/ s'Cef4ainly we should not, said Mrs
Remington, emphatically; Ito think Of oul
only child treating us so lcavalicrly, Abel the
only one we have got in the world. ",a IT, 3
4 ..t.IIe has made his bed and 1hustlic omit, +
3ssaidl the iold man sternly. IL will never
preoeivet his gay eity-blide here, and SO I shall
|:write tohin immediately We are scarcely
fine enough for .a.Fifth avenoe, daughter in,
lhlaW.l, 81 ,,uls@ sidn!gois9,i; 10 ID !;;a d II
II As ehen spoke, the. old man picked up a
crumpledo letterJhathe: had: thrown on the
|<f1ooE'n the flrstjparoxysms OF his anger, and
ssmaotHed, out Ms folds withl:a mechanical
touch. 70 .f;goi q! 81 ~ -Taat 5ge3aos aa9
l. tsWhy, only think of it, Abel, !" said Mrs,
bennington, "M ahala buckley served for
SIX weeks. IN thls--this glrls cousins family
and shebsays 'EYelynrSayre could smoke a
little paper eigaNjusy like man, and used
TO 60 skating with her dress all tucked up to
/ the top other boots, and drove barouch,
with the groom sitting behind and
] "Bless my sou! = interrupted the old gen
tlenlan, bis breath b rearly taken away by the
catalogue Of en 'o mite Bless my sou,
you don say SO. And Charles is married
ito such an Amazon as this. 'g,,aa ny.
SO the couple sat IN the roomy porch Of the
capaclous Old farm house, with the Michigan
roses tossing little billet doux INTO their laps
IN scented showers, and the delicious odors
OF the fresh-nlown hay coming up from the
meadow Hats by the river, as miserable an
Old couple as you want to see
Meanwhile Mrs; Charles Remington, a
bride OF three weeks standlng, was making
herself supremacy happy at, Niagara, She
sat on log, among the delicious shades and
seeluslons o. Goat island, that bright ID une
day. with the lights and shadows chasing
each other across her lovely face, and turn
ing her -ong chesInut curls to COILS OF gold.
dressed alil m white, she was fastening
wreath OF wild flowers into a ribbon Of her
eoqnettlsil little nat ane singing some; Old
ballad softly to herself. .5t.s4 ERR in33gtigs
Evelyn remington was very handsome
neither blonde nor brunette, she oontryed
to unite the charms OF both IN her rose leaf
complexion; bright half, and misty brown
eyes, and the smile that dimpled her fresh
scarlet lips, were messengers straight from
the heart.
Presently she was joined by her husband
a tall, handsome youg fellow, in white lin
en- SUIT and graceful hat,
1.-TWO letters, Evelyn" he said lightly
'fand bad news in both"
bad news? Oh, Charley" and the TO-
ses faded suddenly away from the brides
cheek.
"Well, not SO very bad, and yet not pleas
ant: Read, ca'1ssama m'a !"
He tossed into her lap, a stif1y writer
letter, on one page Of blue paper, signed
"AbeI and Mary Remington, " keen ex-
preston Of their disapproyal Of the marriags
he had contracted, and an assertion Of then
determination never to receive his wife as {
daughter. ,s,<, s.{ .ssas;.5 ..e.;l 81
Evelyn looked. into her husbands face
with her bright eyes full OF tears. sgi "A.
ooh, Charley, | am sorry"
He laughed, and quoted to her the ole
Scripture phrase "a man shall leave his
Efather and mother ard clcave unto his wife :
a And now don't you want to sec the 9th
er letter; Evelyn & % hsi.s1.5 .s5s.,f O
It was summons from the mercantile iirn
with which Charles Remington was connect.
ed, an earnest entreaty that he would visl
i Central America, IN the" interests, lmrnedi
lately 20 sie d
,a2 Cool, isn't 1t, to requesta bridegroom te
walk on IN that sort OF way! Tor it's toe
rough voyage 10 ask you to share it.
! dearest: Z leave ga, 1t Tor you to declde-shal
60 or stay!f ','' 90 ,''
|. $50 by all means Should ask you te
llagef"py my .slde, when duty calls you
away; a poor vile ! should be-
tie kissed her flushed cheek with admir-
ing tenderness. = -
I z 90 A nd where shall | lea We y0u NV hon.