The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-01-19
Fanny Chester's Destiny.

one, herself included, acknowledge,
that.
Her old guardi,n. judge $40 Xor'|
wat he'd her perfect reckless ,r>s "
conduct with an anxl'u, eye Haviu.
no children of his own he hal TAX,
tn little oIphsn, left to his care. int
his heart, 50 we'll as his home. Sh
had proved atfection,te, good, mi e..
erythiny to satisfy him save the hoIri
hle propensity of flirting. which sl
ilad evinced almost from her "bab,
days"
Every suecimcn Oi masculine human
ity that tel. in her way had TO bow t
her before she let him 90. and sh,
Ian. he'd maliriously at each newl,
wounded heart.
In vain the judge reno s'rated wit
her; his words had no effect whatever
"lf mn are 80 weak" she wonl
respond with wicked shake of III,
heal, ~ nm not responsible. They
must bear the consequences
The judge groanc'l al'ul. Will.
she was yOun h. had 'h' rislr.l hope,
that she would hcrnmr Il lIrlrnt whrr
ol,ier. Now she hal eunrr ed into hen
twrntits, and she Was decidedly more
dangerous than before.
"Do YOU ever intend to marry :" the
ju'g questioned her our day
She looked At him sravely for q mo.
mcn'.
NO. she responded frankly. IN,
intentions are 10 remain alwaya as
now. ! have wealth, b, an,y. ven J.,
and an siiecti,nate guardian; 81
more do want!"
SAT present, no!hin.,' he returned
"Bnl the day may come when all these
may he swept AWAY. Your wealth ma,
disappear, your beauty fade, ioaI
youth br hut a remembrance of tn,
past, and I. your guardian, lie mruid
ing in the dust. In that day wnat re
Isourc. would you have lctI'
! She smiled, and then laughed on,
right.
What . dolcful picture YOU hav,
conjued up she ~jaculsied. 'lfrvcl
such an extremity comes, I will teach
or sew. or do something TO sn pr
my"lf. Anything. guardir, woal' l..
preferable to marrying one of the cor
celte,l dandiss of the min, n,teenth cen
tury." s.4 ...
"You are too har'l." the jn,lye re-
joined quicslv. "TIrr" are some m"r
left. All are not drcaniny prpinj,y
For instance, look at John Wallace"
, The beauty curled her lis di d n
fully. John Wallace to lr mer'ion, d
to her! John Wallace, II In"r. friend
less orphan, that had entered her guar
,lian's office ~ al office boy, and ha'
studied and worked himself up until h
was admitted To the hsr. wss too much
beneath her in the social rank nf ~
cie'y Tor even biz name tn I've t"lrrat d
..Jnhn Wallace" she reiterated
..whv. gunrdie. I am surprised tn
ynu should refer to MAJ like him
One without blood or linrase; on
who knows not but even his s,rrg exist
erce NAV he nm inetiaceahlc dis race"
The Judge looked her fl ] in the f'c"
He, noticed that . dee er fu ii than b.
had ever seen ovrrsrread her hrow l".-
fore, rose vt The m nti0n IT he t'ie
less lawyers name. What d., i nc II
Could she he i..trrcsted in hun !? n"
he helie, ed not. He knes the prone
beauty merely gave . sli sht in'l nation
Of her hesi when they chance'i t',me t
Also she was proud Of the hloo'l in hrl
veins, and looked down upon thos,
who could not trace their past a. infe
ror to her.
"You have too aristocratic IDEAS ~
republican America he rrspon I'd
and then he lOn.ed 10 tell her some
thing Of her family. of which che bat
lived In hlissiul Ignorance.
PsOn Ihst time iov.h she seemed II
~ even noss desperately thsa l'efo''
u shs scckisntslly uet John WallaSe
xhen Ls csms +, tb- h"us, - o,nsa
The jalxs. .hs westrd 'i~ ~i!h s"psr
ril.oss r"utsnpt The ju!ys Ssshes
sRb shaasA