The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-11-29


"His name mayn't be three Ms
Morley Magnusf' inquired MIR
I Jones in vague way.
"Aye, that l know it is" said Will
Aand many's a good laugh we've haC
over it in the town"
"Why, motherp' cried Mary, wht
had turned quite pale.
Gay, lass, l know what you'd say
said her mother. AS sure as your,
born that's the uncle you've hearC
me speak ofso often. Will Cobbold
that Mounsey yonder in his fine parl
is my brother. There can't be an
other such name in the world; for fs
ther called him Moreley Magnus, sf
ter his two godfathers, the chemist
and the draper OF Herket. He was
as clever as you please, but alwaya
q close gripe; and if you'll believe
lme, he has never once wrote home
since he heard that poor father died
and mother and me was in trouble
and he was asked to help With a few
pounds, and he rolling in riches, as
one may say"
"Well, MOTHER" said Will, "sup-
pose we give Them all q start at the
old place, and travel there unexpect-
fed2 1 reckon one fine gentleman
won't be quite so down on father
when his own neice has got his son,
hey, Mary?'
"Not much of a get" said Mary
saucily.
But Will gave her one for her i'm
pertinenee, and they cried quits over
the punishment
The preparations for Letty's mar
riage with the rich possessor of
Mounsey Park were still going on in
a languid intermittent sort of way;
the girl protesting, the mother insist
ing, the man persevering, and ex-
pressing himself confident as to the
future. Meanwhile, George Ratclif
came back to Market Hill; and his
presence, while it conferred Lefty,
served to make all things more con
fused. His firm refusal to be dis
missed on anything short of her ex-
pressed desire, and Mrs. Dormer's
as firm refusal to allow Of his pre-
tentions, made a kind of tumult in
the place, which set every one talk
ing. But no one knew the exact
rights of the case. All that was GER
tain was, that there was q hitch some
where; that Lefty looked miserably
i'll, and George Rstclife miserably
unhappy; and that Of the whole
quartette concerned, Mr.. Mounsey Of
Mounsey Park, was the only one
who kept any appearance Of content
or seemed, as the doctor said, as if
he could est e mutton chop without
choking. He never spoke to any one
in confidence. He was not that kind
Of man to give his confidence. But
he often said, as a matter of course,
to his neighbors, "When / am mar
ried, 1 viii do SO and so; that must
wait till we have come back from our
tour; when l have my wife at Noun
sey Park, this and that viii be better
arranged" all said in the quietest
and most positive tone imaginable,
the tone of a man, who, as he him
self said, "rode to win"
One day Lefty was sitting in the
little morning room, to which latterly
she had retreatsd as q place of ref
uge, her mother having the fine Ia.
Idy's natural disinclination to sit in
anything but the drawing room.
Here she was hiding in sad mood
enough, thinking over her position,
and wondering how she should get
'outof the net that was being daily
drawn more closely around her,
when her mother came in.
''Letty," she said, abruptly; "things
hare come to a crises, and now you
must decide our future"
mama! l have decidedp answer
ed Lefty, with her weary air. "Why
will you torture me 30 cruelly?'
"The cruelty has not been on my
side" said her mother. 81 said so
once before, and 1 say so now again. .
at would be hard to make me be-
lieve that" said Lefty.
$50! then 1 must tell you the
whole truth. Listen, Lefty; if you
had been obedient, and done as you
ought, you need never have known
it. I owe Mr.. Mounsey several
thousand pounds; and if you do not
marry him, he will proceed against
me. That is all. It is simple
question Of our utter ruin-yours and
mine together, Letty-or your con
senting to be his wife. Now, I leave
my fate in your hands,"
"You mean in fact, mamma, that
you have sold me to this man." said
Lefty, with a strained, unnatural
calmness; ''and that 1 must pay the
price-by myselfi'
"You may call 1t what you like,
Lefty; but why choose such unpleas-
and termsP The fact is the only
thing to be dealt with; unfortunate
ly for US both."
"Unfortunatly-yes, indeed P'sigh-
ed Lefty, still with the same strained
look. "But 1 must speak to George.
l can do nothing, say nothing, with.
out him."
81 don't see much use in going to
him for advice" ," said her mother, ir-
ritably. at is your affair, not his"
'tMammaP' demonstrated Lefty.
"Well, my dear, so it is. The
question is one alone which you can
answer. Will you marry NJ. Noun
sey, or must I be ruined and render
ed penniless the remainder of my
life? That you have no love for me,
know"
Here Lefty raised her large gray
eyes with a plaintive look, saying in
4 deprecatory manneS Mamma, 4
DO love you! Yon knoR that 1 dol"
'But, continued Mrs. Dormer, in
! martyr spirit,sWeetly self-forgetful,
IF you have no love for me, you
surely have some family pride; you
would scarcely like your fathe's
name (you loved him) to be dragged
through the mire, as it must be-"
"Oh, mamma, mammal cried poor
Lefty, breaking down in sobs and
iears. 'Do not mention poor papa's
name in the business; there is saeri-
.ege enough in it without thatp
''You are-hard on me, Lefty" said
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