The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-03-09
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FORTUNES s0F JULIET C1AYBURA.
CONTINUED.

"Husband-dear husband" entreated
the gentle invalid; "Don't be SO harsh to
your child, you will kill her. Treat her
more kindly. If she has done wrong.
She kuowsi it-she is sorry for it. Be
kind to her."
"Yes. Iought." sneered Mr.. Clayburn;
81 ought to be kind to her. It is nv
duty. SheihRs been 30 kind to me. So,
You love that foreign adventurer, Juliet
Clayburn. and prefer him to Frank, for
O husband?'
CHE is NO foreign adventurer, father" "
said Juliet, aroused to the defence of her
lover; .'t.you know the term is unjust,
when you use it. The Won Oppenheime
are people OF high. eennection and un-
doubted respectability. Not to mention
Karl-ProfessoF Won Oppenheim-has,
through his own exertions, made name
and position for himself in America. His
brother married Eugenia Thurlow, your
own sisters child, who has as good blood
in her veins as myself, and if the family
is respectable enough for her, it is for
me, also"
"Respectable-bahl Respectable, in
deed! consider Professor Won Open
helm as Lord Chesterfield considered DIR.
Johnson-a respectable ,Hottentot, and
nothing more. But this is not the ques.
ton. Let the family be respectable or
not, do not choose for You to marry
into it-and you shall not, Juliet. I will
express my sentiment on this subject in
a few words. You are my only child,
the last of many now sleeping in their
graves; but I tell you, and listen we'll to
the words, before I would see you that
vii that foESigner's wife, would inf
nitely prefer to lay you beside your
brothers and sisters under the sod. If
you persist in marrying him, 7 will dis
inherit you, without the slightest hesita-
tion, and make Frank my heir. You
must break off this engagement, imme-
diately." ~
scarcely able to speak, for her tears, "to
promise man to marry him, and then
retract your word?"
''Right? Of course, it's not right
an engagement is solemn obligation,
which should be fulfilled. But I 90 a
step further back, Juliet, and ask you,
if girl under age, has right to give
that promise to man, without the con-
sent of her lawful guardian? You would
be pardonable in breaking your promise
in this instance, for my opposition is q
legitimate excuse to do 3d."
"But, father" and Juliet's voice fall
tered more than ever; "the promise I
gave, was to marry him, in spite of your
opposition"
This was harder blow than any to
the old man. She had promised, then,
to desert her father, her own blood, and
go in preference with this stranger?
"The dishonorable, rascally foreigner, "
rs he called him, with an oath.
A long-long pause. Mrs. Clayburn
and Juliet were silently weeping, and
Mr.. Clayburn was resting his head on
the table, between his folded arms.
When he arose, which he did, when tue
hall clock tolled out ten, his face was
haggard and white, but frmness and de-
termination marked its lineaments.
at is useless" said Mr.. Clayburn, "to
prolong this discussion. You may choose
between the alternatives, Juliet. You
are to give me your solemn promise to
break off all connection with that infer
nal Won Oppenheim, or you will leave
my house at daylight, never again to
cross it's Threshold" &D
ooh! father, father, knAssl to you
pray to youi Do not makS me give up
Karl. I cannot break my word to him.
l love him, father, and could never be
happy with any one else. And you would
like him, too, If you knew his high
worth"
"Nis conduct has given evidence OF