Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-03-07

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cipline in daily life, and to accept it without
struggling. Much of her old worldliness had
melted away, and in the striving after better
things the nobler qualities of her nature were
beginning to develop themselves. She found
it very irksome at first to sit for hours at q
time, in her sisters chamber, which was kept,
for the most part, uncomfortably warm and
close, for Minna's lungs we're delicate, and it
was considered necessary to take extreme pre-
caution with regard to her catching fresh cold.
She was not dangerously sick, by any means,
but Just sick enough to be prohibited going
about, and we'll enough to be full Of funrcason-
able fancies and caprices, which sometimes
tried her sisters forbearance to considerable
extent.
Her mother, too, worried her. Mrs. Ran
some had never overcome the shock OF the
broken engagement, which had so completely
disconnected all her plans for her daughters
settlement in life, and found it rather hard
that no other brilliant match should present
itself, and her way of talking about it tannoyed
Clare exceedingly, though she generally man.
aged not to make any reply. To make mat
tiers worse, Grace, the second girl, chose to en-
gage herself to an almost penniless young
physician, who had just graduated, and had
nothing but his profession to depend upon.
"I am doomed to be disappointed by my
children's conduct" the poor lady bitterly
complained. 81 always thought that Grace
had too much dignity and good sense to place
herself in such position. The idea of en-
tering upon an engagement which may last
ten, fifteen or twenty years"
Scarcely so long as that. mamma" Clare
answered. "Henry Bostwick is considered
very clever and energetic, and graduated with
great distinction. I have no doubt he will
rise rapidly in his profession.
eff he does, do you suppose hewill be able,
under several years, to supports wife decent
ly? Grace has been accustomed to every
comfort and luxury, and I never should con-
sent to her leaving her home to enter upon
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"If she loves DR.. Bostwick, I have no doubt
she would willingly give up these comforts
and luxuries for his sake" said Glare, quietly,
"though 1 do not think she will be called
upon to make the sacrifice. l dare say he
will be able before long to provide her with a
pleasant home"
every pleasant, no doubt; with scanty
purse to keep house with, and marketing bills
always looming up before her. But 1 forget,
such petty details as these are not to be
thought of where love is concerned. l sup
pose love will sit in the kitchen and see that
the fire burns properly and the meat is cooked,
if, indeed, such vulgar thing as appetite is
not quite destroyed by so much sentiment.
With which biting sarcasm, suggested posi-
bly, by vague recollection of the ancient dit
ty which asks if "the fame that you're so rich
in will light fire in the kitchen, or the little
god of love turn the spit, spit, spit," Mrs.
Ransome, finding in Clare an unsympathetic
listener, wound up her discourse.
Grace took it all very quietly. She was of
a tranquil but resolute temperament, and had
made up her mind that whenever Henry Bost-
wick should tell her that home was ready
for her, she would be ready to enter it, let the
opposition at home be ever so strong.
The next thing was, Mr.. Ransome had an
attack of rheumatism in his knee 1t was his
first experience of the ailment, and being
quite unused to suffering of the mildest des-
cription, he was proportionately cross and i'm
patient, and most difficult subjectto manage.
He discovered that Glare had knack ofrub-
bing his afflicted member more easily than
other people; Grace bore down on it too hard
and his wife rubbed in little uncomfortable
jerks, whereas Clare's touch was light, smooth
and steady, and her hand as soft as velvet
The consequence was, whenever he had a
twinge Clare must leave whatever she might
be doing and fly to his succor; and as this
took her away from Minna oftener than was
agreeable, the latter began to grumble. "It
was very hard mamma couldn't rub pappa's
leg to suit him; it seemed to her he must be
very fussy. They might leave Clare to her !;
she needed her the most of the two"
Minna was gradually improving, however,
and Glare heard with thankfulness the doc
tors opinion that when spring fairly set in
she would be able to leave her room.
One day Mrs. Ransome came to her hus.
band with face full of Importance.
my DEAR" she announced, "isn't it fortu-
nate the house opposite to us has been taken
by Mr.. Francis Arnold, that rich old bache-
lor Mrs. Ellis was telling me about the other
day."
"Well, what's so fortunate about that?"
responded her better half in not the most ami
able tone, for his enemy was worrying him
more persistently than usual that day.
"Why, didn't tell you that his fortune
was immense?'
"And what of that; he won't give ME any
oft, do you suppose so?
"Mr. Ransome, you have house full Of
girls" said his wife solemnly. 81 cannot sup
pose you can be entirely insensble to the ad-
vantage of having such a-such desirable
neighbor, one whom we can become sociable
with, and to whom it will be proper to extend
our hospitality"
"Oh that's where the land lies, is it I
should think, my dear, you had enough of
making such plans by this time. Your last
scheme didn't turn ont we'll as Won NAV re-
collect"
"lty last scheme! really, Mr.. Ransome l