The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

Answer me that. OF course the same
rule holds good for women, too. So
now my dear let's drop the subject. /
haven't, shown you the second story
eyet. 1 hope you'll pride myself upon
il, and the young man started to lead
/ the way up stairs. a ffaH ..iis
7 +" It's no use to go any farther" said
Sallie, mournfully, yet firmly. 5.1l
'HWhat do you mean by that?" asked
David, pausing and looking back. q
."That L shall live where my parents
"Without me ?1 gsIE8f- ...i z
"Tliat's for you to decide" ia
And have decided. Of all the
women in the world / have chosen
you-but when marry you 1 do not
marry your family" i.5 44l2g -:
: every well, David" i7 rs
- :" How am to understand that ?"
ST. That you and Ipart company j
5iE Very well, it is then. But let me
tell you'll Pm not man to be tri-
fed with. o It's now or never with
me--"go1 laaEia lG-i. tEsll q 9di
~ Neyer!" said Sallie. aour lea
iBsAnd let me tell you further, that
! ftyou won't be mistress of this house
there are plenty that will. There's |
Jennie Burns, the 'handsomest girl in
the cohntry--I won't say that she to /
be had for the asking, butI have rea-
SON to know she thinks favorably of
of me.q Asito this freak of yoursSit'
InothingI more nor less than sheer OBJ |
stinacysunder the guiseo filial piety."
EBcf Hard words avail nothing, q but
will say, that whoeveriy you bring here
4 let it be Jennie Burns or another, i
scarcely think she can be to you what |
Icouldi have been-I who have loved
You so long and faithfully. And Da.
vid, when you shut me out of your
life and home because / refuse to-
break the fifth commandment, take !
care that you do not shut ont Gods
1 blessing at the SAME etime.1 ii 5di
hil ,SaHie had advanced to the outside |
door, and was standing on the thres-
hold ,Aandl the setting. sun, which
through the hazy atmosphere was red |
las Blood shOne full upon.her. Asshea
said the last words she raised her
hand to heaven, and, ibathed in that
Grim son light, she reminded David of
a martyr in the flames. He thought !
. that she had never looked so noble,
and that he had never loved her so
well, but he answered not a word.
He walked home with her in silence
and refused to enter the house. i
When the news of the broken en-
gagement spread through the village !
-asi it soon did, for David made no
secret of the affair-it was the occa-l
sion of much wonder and not little
fgessip. Sallie's course was applaud
ed by the few, and condemned by the
many--but the few were those whose
!. good opiuions were most to be de-
sired. i.raa ai' hja ajnU .a,.I
39u That she could Danish from her
heart a love of so long standing, with
out struggle, is not likely, but on
/ this subject rlips were silent. She
grew a little thinner and paler, but
went into society as usual, and neither |
seemed depressed, nor assumed an ar
tificial gaiety. On this account some
/ called her heartless. iit IT, sz1h ii3T1
go" Isn't it shameful to see her wear
them pink ribbons-for all the world |
as if she gloried in what she'd done 2"
said Mrs. Burdock, which remark was
duly reported to Sallie. -i i'l ii9hE
az didn't know they, expected me
to put on moNning," she said, smiling
a little bitterly. ~ '''' go - I'D
When Mr.. Dearing heard what had
happened, he said, Our Sallie was al
ways good girl," and then he seemed
to forget all about it. He had received
| a paFalytic stroke a few years before,
and his mind had never been quite the /
same since, 50 that nothing, made a
lasting impression upon him. Mrs.
DIearing, on the contrary, begged her
mot to sacrifice her happiness for them.
..i. My happiness will not be sacri-
feed mother said Sallie, quietly.
i Still it was not without pang that
she saw Devid riding by with Jennie
Burnside on the white-faced horse |
she knew SO well, and she on her pref |
ty pony. They saw her too, and nod,
ded and smiled two or three times,
and he looked back, still holding his
hat in his hand till they turned the
corner. '-''' "a ~ ,'i '-A ''t
Mr., Burch, besides being owner of
the mills, was an amateur farmer. He
took delight in drives and strange |
breeds of animals, and rare specimens
of plants. He seldom visited the
mills, leaving the care OF. the business
/ almost entirely to his foreman Be-
yond these facts. the town people knew |
little of him, for he lived in great se-
clusion at his place, Riverbank, which
was a mile Of two out Of the village.
| I, Having heard that his foreman was
! about to be married, he had offered
/ him the prettiest iAlderpey ,heifer on
his farm for q present. and invited
hin him to come and select it for himself.
David )alE thanked him very heartily at
the time, but had never availed him
self of the offer. Mr.. Burch supposed
this might be owing to diffidence, an d
one day rallied him on the subject
Ia,if' I'm not going to be married, sir-
at least not at present." said David,
looking glum. a'j ID Faisso92H
ar" Indeed!i I hope nothing serious
Il has Occyrred D said Mr. Rurch .ffi