Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-02

able sllings s,sspis snigbs ssy Of her, was
in b)issfsil ignorance o. inestDry going the
YounsIs If the nsab6nrh0so. and beng
very literally discussed therein. There
wss, Of course, every shade OF opInitsn
uppn the subject Some fine ladies, who
hsd themselves been servsnts IN then
piYlhood, were utterly mortified 70 think
fnas a man OF Mr. MonffoTd's wealth
and family should stoop 10 marry one OF
k1 servants.
Al the opposite extreme were
c<hers vino said that " 1t wEs shame
fuI thst fresh, fair, young girl should
sen herself to that old imbecile they
used incorporate language, az people who
tske sides usnAlly Do for q fine house
and p<ry pie Of money"
These last, perhaps. it Is fair 70 expiAiI.
were mostly made up Of very young girls
and upsophisticated young men, who, in
The simplicity Of their hearts, believed the
old, absurd itgend Of love in q cottage"
which ridiculous humbug our modern
eulfure" hss iczS since exploded, that Is,
snong the upper classes" and IL 10 rap.
iaIy permeating the lower strata.
Between there two were the great body
Of conservatives who were disposed 70
look upon II ~, upon the whole, good
thing for both parties" quoting that To-
vorite argument, ths. NJ. Aoutford would
soon be getting cid, and would need Q
wife 10 take care Of him after his caugh-
ters married. OF course, any woman,
however young or fair, should consider II
. gresa and inestimabie privilege 70 take
care OF some man in his " sere and yellow
lesfn devoting herself 10 al the whims
and caprices Of his second childhood for
she great consideration Of board and cloth
m8. Any properly regulated female mind
VIII RE this al glance, and need not
waste further argument On the subject.
The story-or the gossip, raiher-con.
frOnted Ralph Anderson, turn which way
he would. He heard II % much that one
would have supposed he would have be-
cone 20 accustomed 70 II ~ not TO notice
Il But it had precisely the contrary
eject The more he heard It. the more
angry and excited he grew upon the sub
jec1. He denounced Il az utterly shame
full" and got seriously angry with Blanche
Tor ~fsvoriDg IT," ~ he called IL. A. II
ne could have hindered it II she would
or would II she could! / think that at
this time no one but Blanche Arnold, not
even excepting Ralph himself, had any
suspicion OF the real nature, or cause,
rather, Of his great indignation at the RI.
Dored marriage.
II had been nearly two weeks since the
snow storm, and Ralph had never seen
Stella but once and then only at distance.
The snow hsd long since disappeared, and
December had come In with the mildDess
- early s.ssa.s. II was nne ~ RalDh's !
ptculisIilies TO take long walks half , |
DOZEN miles or more, just for the sake Of |
waking. He Was returning from one OF |
shosr, one afternoon, and about half |
mile out o; Rockford, when be discovered
very suddenly that young lady was
about two RODS In advance Of him, and
that that yoapg lady was no other than
Stella Blake A few swift strides brought |
him 10 her side.
"Good afternoon, Miss Blake" he ssid,
suddenly. She started, and uttered |
quick cry. Evidently che had been 30
absorbed In thoCgit as not 10 have motto |
cd his approach Bat she recovered her.
Nlf almost insantiy, and returned his |
sslulation. A little PAUSE succeeded, |
which WIS broken by Ralph's saying,
abruptly:
II wonder at your walking mile TO |
Town, Miss Blake surely, uncer the cir. |
cumstapces, the Montiord carriage IL ut |
your disposal"
~ do not understand your meaning,
Mr.. Anderson. she replied. "Under Dhat
circumstances
Ynn certainty cannot be ignorant Of
my meaning. Mise Biai.~ .~1y p~efendt
r hate r.vatxuen ~
.Will you be 80 kind ~ to explain this
singular language, sir." she asked,
turning and facing him.
VI cannot see as IT needs much expla- |
nation, but since you ask II will give 1t.
The very universal report that you are
soon TO marry Mr.. Gilbert Montford led
ne 10 suppose that you were already In
anticipation Of some OF the honors and
privileges such Gerry desirable alliance
might BIZ supposed TO confer"
A hery, crimson food swept up TO her
kmples
"Who has told such storyi" she asked,
'A.IlH |, Would ak. m. half . day 70 tel, al
Who have told II. first and last ! heard
y frat from my cousin, Miss Blanche
Arnold"
~You can tell Miss Blanche Arnold"
me cried, facing him with flashing eyes
snd quivering postrils, "that whoever !
nay choose 70 marry, ! will not descend
70 such petty arts and coquetEies - she
has. TO Win her l0verr'
You forget the Lady ID my cousin" no
nd, his face flushing.
aEO, / do not nor that you are the
lover she has won, either. Mr.. Anderson.
II You do not wish TO hear the truth about
yc7r elegant and accomplished lady. love,
iher refrain from telling me what she
ays Of me"
TO BIZ CONTINUED.
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