The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-15

aud they will come back engaged
Even the shore, the seaside, is equal,
perilOus. There are more marriage
settled on the sands and the beach thai
on any otb,r portion of terra firma
By all of wha ah moralizing desire on
ly to plead an excuse for the fact tina
l was head over ears in love with. .Luc,
Wilmot before we had met q half doz
en- times TN the parade at Gulstone
We were introduced by q very bolster
GUS zephyr, which blew her sun shad
over the cliff and gave me an opportu
nifty ofle eoing after it.
1t was Lucy who told me of George
flame. When I mentioned my nam
she knew me as his cousin and fellow
yacthman, and supposing, of course
that / was his confidant, spoke of hi
engagement to Miss Powsby, who's
companion and distant relative sh,
was. t.a
reproached George for having KEEP
q secret from me; whereupon he grew
very angry, and said with sneer tina
he supposed I wanted to tell our uncl'
and get him into disgrace. was net
tied and answered quite sharply, ant
we had words. In the heat of ou
quarrel I mentioned how came Il
hear of the attachment, and saw as
spoke q malicious gleam come int
Georges eye.
$50, hO!n said he, Master Good
child, the industrious apprentice
you have been falling in love tOo-ant
| with q penniless .governess. Hang i
all, if Uncle Godfrey is no fool he'll
gee that my choice is at any rate {
wiser one than yours I"
"He will have an early opportunity
of deciding" 1 replied, I" for as soon a.
1 return shall tell him of my attach
ment for"
"But I'll trouble you," interrupted
George, "not to say anything about
| mine! Do SO at your peril !"
"Don't threaten, said ], /" am nc
tale-bearer, and have no desire to speah
of what does not concern me. Only
would remind you that our uncle de
sires to be told Immediately of any Sc.
riOus attachments we may form. Fol
your own sake"
For your, you mean, f" said Georgt
angrily Il am Judge of my own act:
and interests. The old boy is getting
shaky and can't last long, and / DOM
see why l should bother him. shall
not marry until after his death, when
it won't matter what his views upor
matrimOny wereW
/ did not like to hear him speak ot
uncle's death 80 cold.heartedly, so ]
dropped the subject, and we parted. .
On our return to Gillandale ] tooh
an early opportunity of telling my IN
Gle the state of my feelings. He did
not seem surprised, and, although, as
had expected, he stated his approval o.
marriage-especcally with dowerless
girl-it was not SO strongly expressed
as had anticipated. 1t struck me a
odd at the time that he seemed to be
thoroughly acquainted with the whole
story before had got half through witt
with the narration of it.
He took occasion to banter me OF
the subject the very next time George
was present, and George laughed heart
lily, and even joined in deriding the ides
of portiOnless bride. But he wa
careful to cOnfine himself to that, an(
not to press his wit too sharply, prOba
bly, from fear that might be driven
beyond my patience and turn the tables
on him by telling what I knew abcu
Penelope Powsby.
My uncle, however, did not quit fh'
svbject without unconsciously putes.,t
George into far worse state of discOm
fort than me. He said to him, "Ah
George, how I wish Dick had you
prudence and GOODNESS. There's M
fear of you being entrapped into mat
rimony, / know! Heart whole, eh
George? ?" George nodded his head
and was seized wsth a violent fit o
coughing that made dim quite red il
the face. It was my turn to laugh
then, when uncle Geoffrey, with ,
chuckle, said: "LoOk there, Dick
the very idea of marrying sticks in his
throat! :"
After a while the subject seemed t.
be forgotten by both my uncle ant
George. AS for me, 1t was, of course
impossible that I should allow 80 vi
tally important a matter to slip from
my mind. ] was constantly porirl
over plans for the future, and striving
to arrive at some conclusion as t.
what should do to earn living will
the speediest prospect of marriage.
At last determined to ask my un
Gle to give me the means OF articlinl
myself to a solicitor, and getting up il
the world. But he refused me pOin
blank. "What on earth do you wan
to turn pettifogger for, when in a shor
time you will have enough to live OF
comfortably? Can't you wait a yea
or so till the old man dies :? / haven
got much longer lease of life; yOl
needn't grudge it me Dick" l fel
greatly hurt at his words, and protest
ed against the accusation.
Uncle Geoffrey got cross, aud l fire.
up too, and before either of US wer
aware, we had quarreled. 1t was bu
tiff, but it wound up with declara
ton on my part not to accept futher fa
vors of him, but to 60 to into tn
world and see what could do for my
self. But the storm soon blew over
Next day my uncle gave me a goo
tempered lecture, and telling me
was too young to think of marryip
yet, managed at last to persuade me {
promise him that would wait a cou
pIe of wears, and that then if I was G
the same mind he would do what
wished in regard TO my choice of pro
: fession.
When told George..of this arrange
ment he called me fool for my pains
Z" Did ] think any girl would promis
to wait for a man all that time, or eve
if she did promise, would be faithful
him? OF course not? Was not l sa(
: rificing her to the whims of an old ty
: rant? thought this a strange line
} take, considering his own situation
and said as much, but l only 90
t snubbed for doing so. "What an as
, YOU must be- he said, not to sc
> the difference. Miss Powsby is quit
| content to wait till the old boys deatt
l when shall get the estates. That
' waiting for a certainty-in your cas-
it IS only waiting for a remote chance
5 If I were you, would go and repudI
, | ate the arrangement at once. III
: what 1 can to help you if the old DO
? won't come down" .s-f ~
= Idecline his advance for several res
! sons. 1 was fond of Uncle Geoffrey
t and would rather suffer myself than
! put him to pain, which I should hav
! done by leaving him. Besides.
r knew that Georges promise to do whs
t he could to help me was q very pot
S reed to rely on. In our bOyish days
:, had always spent my pocket none
: before l got it, while George alway
!. contrived to lay by out of his. But b
e was not to be prevailed upon to len
e me any, even in my direst need. d
D always required it for some special pu
: pose, for some luxurious bit of eel
! qualification. Finally, l had q susE
l.. 4, r IL ocfo t,nt cd