The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-18
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ly 10 HdVe TAKEN yVu ny puipiISc HI
this cavalier fashion; but / was so
impatient to find myself once more
in q real English home, and | rather
wanted you to be umprepared for my
His ewes turned slightly toward
AdeIine as he spoke; but the next mo-
ment he had accepted a seat, and by
degrees the conversation became more
general. r. ra. III 9.re ,iar -rgq,1
I tYou will stay with us, of course,
Pendennis? Your room shall be ready
in half an hour-eh, Constance? and
the carriage
HCan 20 TO the innr interrupted the
gentleman. ''By the way, there are
riding horses there also. If your
daughter rides, Tremaine, one of them
is perfectly broken lady's horse, and
will be entirely at her Command
t'What a fairy godfather has drop
ned from the clouds, mammavi eX-
claimed Adeline, when her father AMI
his friend left the room to carry out
the arrangements. "I do not believe
Ire must have been in love with you
mamma or he would not be so thought
fol and kind.n r. .r.f Fs
"Nonsense, Adelinc he is younger
than your papa, and they were very
intimate hefore he wesst-s7.,,,ss'al s,., -, T.,
of course, ne il s-oIy utah pies'oe" "
see us again." -
"Well, he does look younger than
papa,n said the girl, thoughtfully.
srIhere seems more life and fire in his
face, and sasui l.,. D
"He has not had 50 many anxieties,
Lima. Remember your papa has had q
very limited income, and saHcy Slrl
like you to plague him. Mr.. Penden-
mis- is rich, and has no one to care
about except himself"
allow sad. He must be very lone
Iy and desoIate. You had better make
him stay with us along time, MANIA"
said Lima, meditatively. llfr
''Perhaps ne would prefer home oil
his own, Lima. He viii probably
marry.p A.. .. . r3H f,o,f
| "MarTy! Oh. mamma, what an
idea! He is to old to think of Slch =
thing ~ asL.-..-r.s -. ..,
"Nonsense, AdeIine, 1T is only
vour foolish childishness that makes
YOU think so. He is scarcely IN the
mime Of life, aud with fortune that
would command any girl he liked TO
ask.n
"He said | was childish, said the
Girl petulantly. "But, mamma, you
surely do not think woman had
ought to marry man because he Is
rich ~ .. ......H. .
az did not do So, certainly, Lima
lint wealth brings great attractions ;
and | do not suppose ". Pendennis
would be refused hy any one he llkeu
10 ask"
"And he could never know whether
they liked him. observed the girl,
"No, | could not endure that,
mamma"
"Your antecedents are not very
clear, Lima. Do you mean you should
not like to be married for your Tor
tune? for ifso you are perfectly safe.
/ am afraid your will be a very slender
dowry, if you have any at all, my
love"
And having thus, as she considered,
performed her duty rs a wife and
mother in a truly admirable manner,
Mrs. Tremaine left the room.
Cuthbert Pendennis found hImSeli
alone in the pretty spare room oil the
rectory, and for moment forgot thai
he was not once again the young and
ardent man who had, twenty years
before, loved and woed Constance Pen
fold. Leonard Trcmaine and he had
both been smitten by her beauty and
gentleness; they had agreed that Their
Symnathy in their love fhOuid not
hreak their friendship. Only when lac
left the presence of his beloved, re-
iected and heart-brokcn man, he had
vowed not to marry unless 1T was the
daughter of her whom nc deemed the
very pearl of her sex.
Now he had returned to redeem hIs
pledge. lie once again saw his carly
love. Did he feel a pang of Jealous
envy as he looked on the wife OF hls
| friend? Must it be confessed? lie
| felt insti:ctively that Constance had
chosen alright for his happiness, as
well as her own, and that the winning
| helpless gentleneSs of the girl had de-
veloped into the soft apathy OF the wo'
man, and that his own vigorous ener
Nv and quick perceptions would have
been baked and deadened by the ut
ter want of cOngeniality between theil
natures. But deep sigh escaped hin
when he thought Of the bright, cagel
| Adeline.
| "If / were but younger-if L couit
20 back ~ he sighed. But TO pur
chase such bright Jewels 1t not
sin, an cruel sin >"
| And Cuthbert Pendennis was Ions
ere he slept that night.
! 1t is too bad, Adeline. Ever SING
that detestable nabob came, you hav'
beenI-engaged by him, and hav,
scarcely been able to get II word witt
YOU. And you SO easily induced L
forget old days, and old friends-ol'
lovers ?n
"Hush-hush, Horace; you mus
not thus speak to me,n was the glrl'
trembling reply; "you know 1t
wrong
II know nothing Of TIE sort Lima
only know that always considers
YOU quite belonged to me, since W
were children, and until this old fcllO'
came you never avoided me, or MAD
excuses for refusing everything ash
/ ed. Now you neither walk with me
, nor sing with me, and when we al
: thrown together you seem as II yo
2 could dratheT talk to any one than me.
r had not by accident, or rather by PEI
! sistent watching managed to join yo
4 in this dear old summer-house,
should never have had the chance I
even asking you the reason OF all tn
i CAPRICE Adeline. But now ! am d,
+ termined to know the truth"
5 Cuthbert Pendennis had been an il
voluntary eave-drOpper to this lit
: scene. ane he listened breathlcssly f
n AdeIine's next reply.
8 "Horace, there is very little to Tel
2 but YOU ought to guess without giviI
: me the pain Of speaking it. We ha'
d been boy and girl hitherto, and bee
INDUCED III the liberty which child:
l. friendship warranted. Now, it is d
y ferent. Neither mamma nor Sir Rail-
> Dasent would be pleased if we were
C do lust aS-aS if"
IS HAs Il we were sometime. mo
{. dian friends, Adeline. Arc we not 50
g, You know-you must know-ho
dearly / love you, Lima. / alwa
= called you my little wife when | "
v boy, but it was not in jest. | mca
= it then, and / mean it now, Lin
p Shall it now lie so? VIII you ne
consent|'
ii "No; | can not, Horace. Please
70 not ask ii. Your father would ney
I consent to your marrying girl wit
m out fortune; and you would bc misel
m bic if YOU could not spend all y
II want.n
"Who told you this, Lima ~
III Mamma did, She said it would
necessary for you to make you hapI
e. and to help you to live as you ought
* do. And | have nothing. so y
1e must never think Of me, except as
IN dear old friend, Horace
I'd ooh, yes, I understand. 1ou ;
o. too wise or your mother teaches y
C. to be so, for such foolish thing