The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-17
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OR THE
FORTUNES OF JULIET OLAYBURN
CONTINUED.

the piazza, prohenading up and down,
apparently in deep study about some
thing. '.,t.,
1--WE have done great injustioe to Cor
nelia, " said Juliet, in reply to Rudolph's
last remark; ''for myself, I feel sundry
compunotions Of Coincidence, and am
now trying to make amends for the past.
I was really glad when che accepted the
invitation to visit me. Father likes her
Immensely, and has written TO DR..
Thurlow to allow her to pass the winter
with u.s.. L hope it will be pleasant for
her: in fact. know it viii, for Cornelia
society and we will have plenty, of That
sort Of thing in Charleston"
'And amid it all and the numerous
beaux," said Rudolph, show many
thoughts will you devote to poor Uncle
Karl?''
Rudolph certainly expected some re-
sponse to this inquiry, but scarcely the
one which came. Throwing her arms
around his neck, Juliet exclaimed:
''Oh, Rudolph Rudolph you were the
very image Of Karl when you spok.
those words; I Icould-I could kiss you"
and to prove that she could, Juliet did
kiss him. Rudolph laughed.
"And now yon are laughing Karls
laugh" declared Juliet, repeating the
ceremony.
'I wish I was like him ali the time"
said Rudolph.
Well, so you are, moro or less"
''Then, why don't you tell me so
oftener, in the same way?"
Because too much confectionery will
not do" said Juliet, smiling cit soon
surfeits." ,T
"No danger in my case, I can tell
you," said this promising scion. "I've
been reared on the stuff, and can swallow
a lump as big as mountain. AS for
Uncle rl-oh!-ah!-whewl Why,
Julie, I declare if he knew what was
going on, he would willingly murder me
in cold blood to occupy my place"
Mrs. Thurlow was going through the
third perusal of her letters, and locked
over her spectacles, across the room, to
inquire the cause of 80 much laughter.
'I'm only telling Juliet amusing Incl
dents of travel" said Rudolph, with o
mischievous smile, which made Juliet
whisper:
"You've caught all his ways"
'T am cheerfully prepared to catch all
his kisses,-too returned Rudolph.
But his companion proclaimed her
firm determination to hoard them up
until the rightful owner came along to
claim his property.
Cornelia passed one of the windows
'Don't you think she has changed o
good dealf" questioned Juliet.
"Who-Cornelia?" and Rudolph fol
lowed the direction of Juliet's eyes. "I
don't know. don't think could ever
like her, Notwithstanding she is SO
clever, and was gracious enough to let
me touch her cheek this afternoon. If
she had the mind of Solomon, couldn't
like her."
''Karl has prejudiced you," said Ju-
liet. "I know how much he dislikes
her, but she has improved very much
about some things. She is not SO bitter
and sarcastic in her remarks as she usod
to be, and believe that was Karls
principal objection to her. He told mo
once, he never sow an angry wasp, but
he thought of Cornelia Thurlow and her
stinging remarks. But you may depend
scolded him severely for such deroga-
tory speech about lady, and he never
trespassed again. Karl js very peculiar
in his notions about women. So fastidi-
Gus! 1 cannot imagine how he ever
fancied me. The only time I ever made
sarcastic remark in his presence-for
you know, Rudolph, I'm not brilliant
IKE COfnella, anu cannot say smart
things as she does-he requested me not
to cultivate the habit. He couldn't
tolerate it. I told him I believed he
admired real stupidity in woman, and
regarded utter vacuity as the highest
attribute of the sex. But he disclaimed
this energetically. can see and hear
Karl now-'Why should I, Julie? You
can advance no reason for such an
opinion, unless you mean to intimate
that consider mental power and cult
vation in woman as an infringement on
the high sphere which some of the
stronger sex, par excellence, have asserted
as belonging exclusively to man. sup
port no such doctrine. Brains are
brains, whether found enclosed in the
Uranium of man or woman-only, of
course, the brains are different in kind
and quality, as q mans face is different
face from worhan's. Some women
have better brains, of better material and
finer texture, than some men-and the
converse. Anything in the shape of bril-
hancy, wit, cultivation and sparkling
repartee in woman, adore; but every
thing like gall or bitterness is unbecom-
ing and unprepossessing Sarcasm,
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