The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-08-04
examined Arabe,la,

Izs1e hp$(tially examined Arabella's
rhcf8idfwas much stronger than any that
Camilla could put forward to the hand
-. Gibson.
N"You must not 60 there again, Cam
lila" the mother said.
81 shall 60 whenever please" replied
the fury.
snow, Camilla, we may as we'll under
stand each other. will not have it
done. If l am provoked, l will send to
your uncle at Gloucester" Now the
uncle at Gloucester was timber mer-
chant, man with protuberant eyes and
great square chin--known to be very
stern man indeed, and not at all AFRAID
Of young women.
what do / care for my uncie' my
uncle would take my part"
"No, he would not. The truth 70,
Camilla, you interfered with Bella hrst.
mamma, how dare you say ser
"You did, my dear. And these are inc
"And you mean to say that she is to be
Mrs. Gibson DIT Al
81 saw nothing about that. But L do
not "a, wby they shouldn't be married
if their hearts are inclined 10 each
other"
81 will die first" -,
"Ysur dying has nothing to do with
it, Camilla
Sand will kill herw
"If you speak to me again in that
way I will write to your uncle Clouces-
ter. have done the best could for
YOU both, and will not bear such treat
ment."
"And how am treatedp
"You should not have interfered with
your sister," -
"You are all in conspiracy together"
shouted Camilla, "you are! There never
was anybody so badly treated-never-
never-never! What will everybody
say of me 7"
"They will pity you, if you will be
quiet"
81 don't want to be pitied-I won't be
pitied. ] wish could die-and l will
die! Anybody else would, at any rate,
have had their mother and sister with
themW Then she burst into flood OF
real, true womanly tears.
After this there was . lull at Heavi-
tree for few days. Camilla did not
speak to her sister, but she condescend-
ed to hold some intercourse with her
mother, and to take her meals at the
family table. She-did not 60 out of the
house, but she employed herself In her
own room, doing no one knew what,
with all that new clothing and house.
hold gear which was to have been trans
ferred in her train to Mr.. Gibson's
house. Mrs. French was somewhat I'M
easy about the clothing and household
gear, feeling that, in the event of Bella's
marriage, at least considerable portion
of it must be transferred TO the new
bride. But it was impossible at the
present moment to open such a subject
to Camilla-it would have been as a
proposition to lioness respecting the
taking away of her whelps. Neverthe-
less, the day must soon come in which
something must be said about the cloth
ing and household gear. All the pro-
perty that had been sent into the house
at Camilla's orders could not be allowed
to remain as Camilla's perquisites, now
that Camilla was not to be married.
"Do you know what she is doing, my
dear !" said Mrs. French to her elder
daughter.
Perhaps she is picking out the
Marks" said Bella. d
81 don't think she would do that as
yet" said Mrs. French.
"She might just as well leave it alone"
said Bella, feeling that one of the two
letters would do for her. But neither
of them dared to speak to her of her
occupation in these first days of her de-
spair.
ITO be Continued.