The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-17
HE KNEW HE ASRIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLoPE.
CHAPTER LVI.
1Continued.1

Between YOU and us, Mr.. Glascock,
the spark of sympathy does not pass
with a strong FASH" said a voice in his
car. Az he turned round rapidly To face
his foe, he was quite sure, for the mo-
ment, that under no possible circum
stances would he ever take an American
woman to his bosom as his wife.
NO" said he,-"no, no. rather
think that agree with you" -,
"The antipathy is one" continued
Miss Petrie, (which has been common
on the face of the earth since the clown
first trod upon tho courtlerS heels. III
is the instinct of fallen man to hate
equality, TO desire ascendency, TO crush,
70 Cypress, to tyrannize, to enslave.
Then when the slave Is at last Tree, aud
in his freedom misunderstanding, man
is not great enough To take his enfran-
chised brother to his BOSOM"
"You mean negroes" said Mr. Glas'
cock, looking round aud planning for
himself mode of escape.
"Not negroes ouly,-not the enslaVed
blacks, who are now enslaved no more,
but The rising nations of white men
wherever they are to be seen. You
English have no sympathy with peo-
ple who claim to be at least your equals
The clown has trOd upon the couTtlers
heels till the clown is clown no longer
and the courtier has hardly court II
which he may dangle his swordknot''
IF so the clown might as well spare
the courtier," not meaning the rvbuke
which his words implied.
"Ah-h,-but the ClOwH will not
spare the courtier, Mr.. GlascOck. un
dsrstand the gibe, and | tell yOu thai
the courtier shall be spared no longer
because he is useless. He shall be cut
down together with the withered grasses
and thrown into the oven, and there
shall be an end of him." Then she
turned round TO appeal TO an Americau
gentleman who had joined them, ant
Mr.. Glascock made his escape. IL hold
il to he the holiest duty which owe to
my country never to spare one Of them
when / meet him"
"They are all very well in their way, y
said the American gentleman. down
with them, down with them ~ eXclaim.
ed the poetess, with beautiful enthu-
siasm. In the mean time Mr.. GlascOCk
had made up his mind that no could not
dare to ask Caroline Spalding to be his
wife. There were certain forms of the
American female SO dreadful that no
wise man would wilfully come in con
tact with them. Miss Petre'S ferocity
was distressing to him, but her clio.
Quence aud enthusiasm were WORST
even than her feroclty. The personal
incivility of which she had been guilty
in Gaining him withered grass was dis
tasteful to him, as being opposed to hi
ideas of the customs of society; but
what would be his fate if his wife,
chosen friend should be forever dinninl
her denunciation of withered grasse
into his ear y
He was still thinking of all this wher
he was accosted by Mrs. Spslding
Are You going to dear Lady Baubury
tomorrow I" Lady Bdubury was tn
wife Of the English minister.
81 suppose | shall be there in TIT
course of the evening
"How very nice she is; is she not :
do like Lady Baubury,-so soft, anC
gentle, and kind"
Zone of the pleasantest old ladies
know" said Mr. GlascOck.
at does not strike you so much as /;
does me-" said Mrs. Spalding. with one
of her sweetest smiles.
THE truth is, we all value what We
have not got. There are no Lady Bau.
burys in our country, and therefore we
think the more of them when we meet
them here. She is talking of going to
Rome for the carnival, aud has asked
Caroline to gowish her. am so pleased
TO find that my dear girl is such favor
ite."
Mr. Glascock Immediately told him.
self that he saw the hook. If he wer,
10 be fished for by this American aunt
as be had been fshed for by English
mothers, all his pleasure in the societ!
of Caroline Spalding would be at once
over. 1t would be tro much, indeed, i
in this American household he were I,
find the old vices of an aristocrac,
super-added to young republican sins
Nevertheless, Lady Baubury was, as b
knew well, = person whose opinion
about young people was supposed TO b
very good. She noticed those only VIII
were worthy of notice; and To have 6eeI
taken by the hand by Lady ABanbur.
was Acknowledged TO be a passport int
60 d society. If Caroline SpRlding wa
in truth going TO Rome with Lady Ban
bury, that fact was in itselfa great con
frma ion of Mr.. Glascock's good opinion
of her Mrs. SpaldiDg had perhaps un
derstoOd this, but had not understood
that having Just hinted that it was so
she should have abstained from saying
werd more about her dear girl. Clev
er aud well-practiSed mus, indeed, b,
the hand OF the hsherwOman in matri
monlal waters who is able TO throw he
fly without showing any rhmnss nj the
hook 10 the fish tor whom She anglas
Poor Mrs, Spalding, though with kiSdI,
instincts towards her niece She ala nr
this occasion make some slight atram,,
Mt angling, Was innocent of any con
certed plan. II seemed TO her to be :,
natural 10 say good word in praise q
her niece to the man whom she believe,
10 DO in love with her niece.
Caroline and Mr. GlaScOCk did NJ
meet each other again till late in th
evening, and Just us he was about :
take his leave. As hey came tOgetht
each of them iuvoluutarily locke
round to see whether Miss Petrie wa
near. Had she been there, nothin
would have been said beyond the shert
est farewell greeting. But Miss Petri
was afar on, electritying some Ealia
By the Vehemence of her sentiment