The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-06-17
ra~ WING HESTER, TENN, JUNE H., 1869

face, I wish we had never gone t
lWardley Place." sa ,,.
"My dear boy" said his mother, "yo1
surely cannot be in earnestP"
."Mother said he quietly, 81 am 81
deeply aud entirely in earnest that
shall ask you, within a few days, tt
welcome Ruth Murray as, your som
wife,, inn.. t.- q.u.2 .,.
5"Charles'' gasped the mother, Gar
you insane p ...
"Willyou. receive her as a sccon'
daughter mother ?"
"Ncver" ... ...,.
| "And / never will recognize her a
one of the family. exclaimed Maria
actually pale with, anger "Charle!
how dare you degrade usS'
at is all honor" returned her broth
er calmly. Ruth is ajewel Of the frs
water, more the pity that you are blin(
to its sparkle" "
'.But Charles, my son." pleaded tn
mother, "we have so depended on you
making wealthy alliance"
another am so sick of this schem
| ing and manouvering," passionately
spoke out the young man. "Depene
upon it, shall never become the hang
er-on to rich wife. I have too much
respect for myself ever to be bought
and sold in the matrimonial market. ]
love Ruth and shall marry her"
And from this position no storm Of
tears, rerroaches or upbraidings could
induce him to swerve one hairs breadth
1t was not pleasant to be seen, this
domestic whirlwind; but was not Ruth
Murray worth it alp
4 X
'And when will you be my wife Ruth
"Only wait until February, Charley
pleaded the blue.eyed damsel 81 be.
ieyc but one relative in the world --
nv uncle-and he is coming home
from a broad. should like him to
be present at my Wedding
So Charles Treyor waited, much
against his will.
Maria come into the drawing room
one evening, full charged with the fash
ionable on dit of the day
""Mama everybody is talking about
this Sir William Murray, who has just
arrived from India. Mr.. Larcey says
that he was commandment chief there I;
and is immensely rich; moreover that
he is b achelor, and his niece is to be
his sole heiress Couldn't we contrive
to make her acquaintance? Oh, If
Charles wasn't such an infatuated mad.
man about this dressmaking girl"
at is the same name," unused Mrs.
Trevor: "surely they cannot be con-
nected
Maria laughed contemptuously.
general Murray connected with a
dressmaker! That looks likely don't
lt?"
And Mrs. Trevor owned to herself
that the idea had been q vague and Wis
sionary one. .
The wedding was to be quiet; Ruth
had insisted upon this and as she walk
ed to the church dressed in a neat, gay
travelling guise leaning confidently on
the arm of her future husband, a sud
den memory flashed across Charles
Trevor's brain.
81 thought you expected an uncle,
RUTH"
"He will meet us at the church Char
ley"
"And you've never even told me his
name Ruth" ~
"His name is General Sir William
Murray"
"What! Not the General Sir Will
liam Murrayl"
81 think there is but one General
Sir William Murray" said Ruth, smil-
ing at her lovers establishment.
'Iallo!" calculated Charles, stop
ping short and staring down into the
blue eyes; "and are you the heiress
that half the world is gossipping about
II believe so Charles"
Charles Trevor never spoke another
word until the marriage ceremony re-
CURED his voice, and hardly knew
whether he was awake or dreaming
when his wife introduced introduced
him to q tall, white haired old gentle.
man who had given her away, as "lln-
Gle William"
"Young man." said the General,
"my niece tells me that she married
you under false pretensions do you re-
greet the transaction'T .
"Nota bit Of IT," said Charles hearti.
ly, 81 don't care whether she 10 dress.
maker or heiress; 90 long rs she is my
own little Ruth"
ut was her own caprice said the vet
Gran, laughing. 1.-THE fact is Ruth