The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-01-05
HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
CHAPTER XVI.
Continued

She was so far vain as TO fancy that
she could look, and speak, and move,
and have her being, after the fashion
which is approved for the Lady Peter
horoughs of the world. L. was not clear
TO her that nature had not expressly IN
tended her to be Lady Peterborough.
Whereas, as far as she could see, Nature
had not intended her to be Mrs. Hugh
Stanbury, with precariOus income of
perhaps ten guineaS week when jour
nalisln was doing well. So she moved
ON to another little eminence to think
of il there. 1t was clear toh her that If she
should accept Mr.. Glascock she would
sell herself, and not give herself away;
and she had told h ersclf scores of times
before this, that young woman should
give herself away, and not sell herself;
should either give herself away, or keep
herself to herself as circumstances
might 90. She had been quite sure
that she would never sell herself. But
this was a lesson which she had taught
herself when she was very young, be- |
fore she had come TO understand the |
world and its hard necessities. Moth |
ing, she now told herself, could be
worse than to hang like milestone
round the neck of poor man 1t
might be very good thing to give her.
self away for love,-but 1t would not
he a good thing to be the means ofruin- |
ing the man she loved, even if that man
were willing to be so ruined. And then
she thought that she could also love
that other man llttie,-cOuld love
him sufficiently for comfortable dOmes- |
tic purposes. And il would undOubted- |
ly be very pleasant to have all the trou- |
bles of her life settled for her. II she
were Mrs. GlascOck, known To the world
as the future Lady Peterborough, would
it not be within her power to bring her
sister and her sisters husband again to-
retherl The tribute of the MOnkhams
authority and influence to her sisters
side of the question would be most sal
utary. She tried to make herself be-
lieve that in this way she would be do |
ing a good deed. Upon the whole, she !
thought that if Mr.. GlaScock should !
give her another chance she would aC-
cept him. And he had distinctly prOmiS- |
ed that he would give her another
chance 1t might be that this untortu-
nate quarrel in the Trevelyan family !
would deter him. People do not wish |
TO ally themselves with family quarrels. |
Rut if the chance came in her way she |
would accept it. She had made up her
mind to that, when she turned round |
from off the last knoll on which she had |
stood, to return to her sister and Pris
ella Stanbury.
They two had sat still under the |
shade of a thorn bush, looking al Nora |
as she was wandering about, and talk |
inc together more freely than they had !
ever done before on the circumstances
that had brought them together. "HOw
nretty she looks Priscilla had said, as
Nora was standing with her figure
clearly marked by the light
Eyes; she is very pretty, and has been
much admired. This terrible affair of
mine is a cruel blow to her
"You mean that il is bad for her to
come and live here-without society
"Not exactly that,-thuugh of course |
il would be better for her to go out,
And don't know how girl is ever to I
oct settled in the world unless she goes |
ont. But it is always an injury TO be
connected in any way with woman
who is separated from her husband. 1t
must be bad for you
at won't hurt me-" said Priscilla .
Nothing of that kind can hurt me-"
81 mean that people say such ill-na-
tured things"
81 stand alone and take care of my
self" said Priscilla. 81 defy the evil
tongues of all the world to hurt me.
My personal cares are limited 10 an old
gown, and bread and cheese. / like a
pair OF gloves to go to church with, but
that Is only the remnant of a prejudice.
The world has so very little to give me,
that am pretty nearly sure that il will |
take nothing away"
"And you are cOntented!'
"Well, no; l can't say that am con.
tented. l hardly think that anybody
ought to be coutented. Should my
mother die and Dorothy remain with |
nv aunt or get married, should be Mt
terly alone in the wurld. Providence,
or whatever you call it, has made me
lady after fashion, so that | can't live
with the ploughmen's wives, and at the
same time has so used me in other re-
spocts that can't live with anybody
else"
"Why should not you get married, as
we'll as Dorothy ~
"Who would have met And if had
a husband should want a good ONE
n man with q head on his shoulders, and |
heart. Even if were young and