The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-19
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OR THE
FORTUNES OF JULIET CLAYBURN.
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FORTUNES OF JULIET CLAYBURN.
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'.Do you think so, really, mother?
Will 1t it not sound odd to hear your
little birdling' called Mrs. Won Open
helm? 1 never will get accustomed to
tim sure never will. Karl will have
speak to his wife. How oddl I cannot
think Of myself as anybody but Juliet
Clayburn. And, mother. how shall I
everlearn to write my name Juliet Won
Oppenheim?" -,
.'How many hundred times have you
already written it sop asked Mrs. Clay
burn, laughing. ~ r9 IT,.
issNot q hundred times," said Juliet,
joining in the laugh, and hiding her
face. "Only few times, mother, I
declare-just to see how it would look,
you know"
'Well, it looks and sounds we'll
enough, answered Mrs. Clayburn. cit
is q poor criterion to marry a man ac-
cording to the mere sound or the looks
OF his name--leaving all other considera-
tions ont of the question. Some may do
so, perhaps, but they generally find there
Is either something more or something
less than they bargained for-if not in
the name itself, at all events, in the per-
sonal consequences resulting to them, in
their connection with the name. If
Juliet Won Oppenheim may not be con-
sidered by some as pretty q name as
Juliet Clayburn, I sincerely pray you
may ever be as richly blessed-as hap
py-nay, happier-as the former, than
you have always been as the latter"
'"Thank you, dear mother. And do
fafh H.
gained?"
eyes," replied the mother. ''Some
time may elapse first; but, in the end,
no matter how great his opposition may
be, the pressure of outward circum-
stances will force him to succumb. He
cannot be. 80 barbarous as to force you
to marry Frank, when you love another" F"
Mrs. Clayburn was secretly congratu-
iatins herself On the expertness with
which she had changed the tenor of her
daughters thoughts, when she noticed,
from outward demonstrations, that Ju-
LETS mind was recurring to the subject
OF her misfortune. After nervously in
specting the ring, turning it about in
the light and Watching its rapid scintilla-
tions, the same troubled look came into
her face, and she said:
Mother, do you think it looks exactly
the same? Does it sparkle as brightly as
it did before-before-it fell from my
fnger?"
.''What a sweet little simpleton it is!'
exclaimed Mrs. Olayburn, fondly. "Have
1 not convinced you of the folly of such
superstition? Why, my child, take the
case of your father and myself, for
example. Look how many years we
have dwelt together in welded love.
Well, when We were engaged, used to
take off my ring half dozen times in
one day-as often, in fact, as washed
my hands. For I can tell you thought
it much too fine to be dabbling the pre-
cious thing in water"
"Is it possible, mother? Half dozen
times in one day. did you say? Are you
sure?'
'Of course I am, said Mrs. Clayburr,
not be apt to forget such thing, even
after the lapse of years. Why, my dear,
very few people think anything of re-
moving their engagement ring. It is
simply ridiculous your placing so much
importance on the matter. But if you
are stubbornly determined to make
yourself unhappy about trife, must
say you're an ungrateful girl, and will
not trouble myself with you any longer. u
And Mrs Clayburn, apparently seriously
hurt, showed an inclination to arise and
resume her easy chair.
Juliet drew her back.
mo, no, mother; am not ungrateful
for your kindness; and, as far as I am
myself concerned, feel perfectly con.
vinced what you say is true. But I am
thinking of Karl-he would be so grieved
if he knew what had happened.
"Then do not tell him." said Mrs
Clayburn, "unless he asks you about it.
There is no use in annoying him use
lessly concerning what would only give
him pain. If he asks you, tell him the
truth, of course; but no need 10 &c
writing him whole pack of nonsense on
the subject, making it of undue impor
tance, and causing him unnecessary
doubt and fears. Anyhow, you cannot
possibly continue to wear the ring
Your father has already signified hi.
disapproval of your glove system, so yor
must discard them without delay-other
wise, some faint suspicion of the truth
might be excited in his mind. If you
continue to wear the ring afterward. de
lection would be inevitable. I tremblt
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