The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-05-25

ing schOoi, ne IN coilcEc, unu slncc nIs
graduation, travliug in foreign lsDds,
that they have, thus far escaped any
such folly. Aod it Is to proven, the
possibility ofsucb calamity, which
could only cause needless sorrow, and
can oasily be avoided, that wish to
keep our Two young people separated
until Julius shall have married."
Victoria De Lislc, there is no dearct
wish of my heart than to see Martha
become the wife OF our julius. | have
never mentioned ii before, for do not
believe iu controlling young people too
much in such matters but julius
could never Gnd more worthy wife
than Mar,ho, were he to search the
world over. ] am confident that he
will be tho better able to appreciate
her lovliness after having seen the
beauties of other lands
"Mr. De Lislc, you utterly astonish
me }! You would be willing for cur
son TO marry the child Of bcggar--
to marry agirl whose very existence
is, perhaps, proof Of jishouor For
shame ! What low aspiration and
you De Lislc 20
Victoria, | know not, care not
what was Martha's parentage. She,
herself, is good and beautiful. No
shame eau attach itself to h., from the
possible sins Of those whom she has
never known"
Martha is good enough, to be sure ;
but my son shall never marry one
whose origin is involved in obscuri,y
perhaps in shame; girl, too whose
mother died insane
"Tbe insanity might not have been
hereditary. Adversely, or suffering
might have induced it,
Mr.. DE Lisle, it is useless to waste
words with you, only propose to at.
My part was decided upon before
| spoke to you | shall send Martha
at once to Sister Brande, in Oakdalc,
and shall tell her, too, to make her
useful Martha is no heir OF ours,
aud the sooner she comes to UNDER
stand that she must make her own way
in the world, the easier it will be for
her TO do it,"
Victoria, | always intended to
give Martha at least third Of my
property, provided she aud julius did
not fancy each other
IL never had the remotest idea that
you would do anything Of the kind
Martha is poor, aud she must be
made to realize it. She must live now
upon what she can earn. | shall
send her away tomorrow morn ng.'
You are hard-hearted, Victoria.
But generally have to yield to you.
Il am not in the least hard-hcarted.
| am only governed by good common
sense. Martha must go-it Is ne
cessary mcasure-a kindness to the
girl and julius well, have 4 plan
for him; but, no matter; that will de.
velop 10 time"
Here, wife, is lot,er from Oak
dale. Now I suppose we shall hear
from our poor little Martha again
Possibly. The letter is from sis
ter Brande. She may mention Mar
tha incidentally, aud she may not.
Her servant girls are Of very little
consequence to her. l apprehcud, any
further than as they perform their
duties well or i'll.
Servant girls ! Martha Is not de-
graded TO tie condition Of servant in
Cornelius Braude's family. You have
no idea that they treat poor little Mar
tha as any other than an equal. II l
had thought they would, you should
not have sent her."
A" Shouldn't |, indeed g.
my poor, good little daughter
To have n meniafs place 4! aud that
too. amoug car relatives. Oh, Vic
toria how could you DO so cruel p
Nonsense, DE Lisle. What is Mar
tha mo,o than any other poor girl :
She is no moro to Cornelius Brande's
family than aoy of their mill help,
They may have put her in the mill be-
fore this, for ough, koow Perhsps,
alter all il would b. the best thing
they could do tor hcr. They say girls
can earn moro mooey in the mill than
they can teaching But | DO not know
what course they have taken with Mar
tha. my heart aud mind have been So
engrossed in matters pertaining 10 Ju-
lius. Now that ho Is parfied to my
heart $ desire, mas! look after Mat
tio's comfort a little. We might have