The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-08-09

speak again, please, Liz, till l finish"
as the strange woman gave unmistaka-
BILE indications of inward rebellion. 1t
is the wish of my parents that ! write
to you, and say that it is their desire !
should accept you as my future husband.
don't love YOU one single bit, and am
sure 1 never shall; but If you want me
under those circumstances, l have moth
ing more to say, save that | utterly re-
fuse to receive any special attention
from you preceding our marriage.
"Well, now, l vow, Flory Avery,
should laugh if anybody in the mouse
was laying dead. Tell 4 man you We
made up your mind to marry hlm' anu
at the same time inform him tnaI al az
eOurting has got to be postponed untll
after the wedding. Do you suppose that
/ because a minister has mumbled over
] few words-nOthing in the least dlsre-
/ spectful to the minister intended-thaI
on this account kisses and counting VIII
be any the more welcome than now
sfNo. Liz. no The thought OF II
drives me wild; but there Is nothing
left for me TO do. Mother is crying up
stairs. now. and father has hardly spoken
a word for a whole week because Of my
wilfulness. have been reading the
Bible for an hour, Liz, DEAR and that Is
what has decided me. The command
is: Children, obey your parents. ana
there is no way | can dodge ii"
Just like the rest OF edikated iolhS'
YOU have choked yourself TO death with
The LETTER and thrown the spirit over
hoard Now. nv common sense tells
me that YOU don't understand the mean
inc of what you've heen reading. 1t IS:
wives obey YOUR husbands in the l4ordi
and il is: Children, obey your parents
in the Lord Now the Lord Is love,
Florv. dear, and he gave you these very
feelings of like and dislike, this liking
to be with person or hating to be with
n norson. TO guide YOU through life.
They are weapons that the poor carnal
flesh couldn't get along without. Now
If Won take the pistol that God puts into
your hands TO keep the wild animals
away, and lay it down side OF you, anu
let the critters come in ana deVour YOU
who's to blame, | wonder: You musn. I
think that your Father IN heaven dloI I
know wnat kind of timber he was put
/ ting into YOU when he got you up. As
/ far as I've observed-andI / haven't lived
/ 10 be thirty years old without learning
some things-there is nothing that
/ brings so much misery with it Is mar
riage without love. Don't you do IT,
Flory dear-don't you do it. y
"But, Liz, you know that ] shall
never love anybody. OH why did he
90 and get marriedw And again the
[ beautiful head was bowed upon the
4 faithful bosom of the servant and COM
panion.
"Why did you cut up so with him.
/ Flory ? Why did you grieve him by
flirting with fellow you could hardly
/ bear in your sight? How long do you
! suppose a man with ordinary sell Ere
spect is going to stand that sort of work
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind?
There is nothing truer than this be
tween the covers of the Bible. If he hai
married without love, he'll have th'
same kind Of CROP
'What shall l do with this letter
Liz?n
"Burn it upr'
r "What shall I do with father an
t mother p"
: "Let 'em quitn'
"What shall 1 do with my own ach
e ing heart ?"
''Put a rousing big poultice Of fait
4 and love on II, and then make yourse
If as useful as you can to other folk
n There's nothing like helping another
forget yourself You have made a mi'
take; that is, if there is any such thin
l. as mistakes-sOmetimes l amt quit
clear on that pint-but anyhow, it won
" help that Ia put your foot in il again, :
I! long as YOU know better, yousee. The
II can't be no real sin, ] suppose, until a
70 ter knowledge is born. Give me TIN
Is letterr
Flory, with wistful look in h
he brown eyes, passed over the documen
Is and in a moment more ii was q bla.
: under the boiler.
id 1t was very plain to the watchful /.
4 that a storm was brewing, which threa
ened TO bring things to crisis withO
], loss of time. Never was n "wOrk 8
= outr with such speed. The day pass
on, dinner and tea were over. Liz
n clothes had been brought in and nice
d folded down, when Flory ran hasti
l. into the kitchen, saying:
"I.iZ, father has sent for me in u
~ sitting-rOom, and / do wish you cou
lr come in some way. I'm so afraid ! sh;
n give in if you are not there to strength'
IN me-
re "Pu dodge in after awhile" said Ii
d. "Keep stiff upper lip and make gol
fight. No father and mother has NJ
k, right TO command a child to marry
'e, man she don't love. The Lord God \
ed might Is on your side, Flory Aver
Nt Now 60 along and behave yourself
a Ay, that was a stormy scene. Farm
Avery, who had firmly decided that 1
d. daughter should marry the man he n
We selected, was as hard and cold as stoT
NJ Bitter words fell from his lips-wor
ld that FlOry never supposed he could 1
he ter
ng ''Do YOU think" said he, "that / q
going 10 permit you TO go pulling arou
nd the house like sick kitten, because v
ut are wicked enough, mean enough, TO
he in love with a married man ?n
''HOw do you know he is a marri
- man ~ inquired Liz, with such stran
earnestness in her voice that Flo
)n caught her breath, and grew pale a
y, crimson by turns.
81 saw it in the newspaper with n
nj own eyes
he "Wal," said Liz, quantity, ~ saw
he the newspaper the other day that 'Squi
Bill Avery was worth $4,000, and
te heard that same Squire Avery swear
ne was the biggest lie That ever was told
al "That's neither here nor there" roar
the farmer. 1--WE made up my min
Is and Flory must make up hers. Ii
to Hiram Scoville or no home here al
more"
"No home here any more?" moan
poor Flory.
ID That's what / said. To-morro
W morning will be time enough to gi
m your decision"
L "And you, mother?" said the DO
child, dashing the tears fIom her eve
ave know what is for your be
good, FlOry. / quite agree with yo
"a fathern
Is Not a word was spoken.
r a few moments after Flory and /
met again in the kitchen.
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