Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-07-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
SOPHY,S LOVERS.

&OPIlH CLARE was = velvet eyed bru,
~ nette, with . rich, soft complexion, black
eyebrows that were arches Of let, and the
sweetest and most kissabIe Of mouths. No,
at all the sort of girl that is cut out for an old
maid. SOphy Glare mover felt that she had
any Emission" which rendered il advisable
that she should remain single She had al
ways had soft, maidenly dreams Of husband
of her own, and 3 home which she should
make beautiful for him. Aud so, when Burrh
RichmODd finally proposed to her, her heart
gave great answering jump and she said
les" as heartily As il il were the one word
she loved best in the world.
Burgh looked down upon her, from the
towering attitude of his six feet odd inches.
with a sort Of loving pride.
81 know of pretty little gem of brown
stone house, that l can lease at q bargain, !"
said Mr.. Richmond. There is a bay win
dow in front and the hall floors are tesss>
lated marble! !"
''Oh, how splendid !" said Sophy.
alt isn't large, but then we don't want
barn of house y'
"No. to be sure" said Sophy,
''Thcre's only you and me, you see, and
my Aunt j JeffrrRcrs.-h- has been goou enough
to say she will live with Us until you get
little into the grooves OF houseEe ping"
"And papa, and mamma and Cousin Kate, !"
timid!y added Sophy.
Mr., Richmond opened his eyes and mouth
simultaneously.
''Eh p quOth he.
mamma" pleaded Sophy. lifting up the great
liquid eyes that were so eloquent in their
sparkle. Papa has been out Of business
ever since his eyesight failed, and they are
both dependent on me. And Cousin Kate is
lame, aud can't support herself"
Burgh Richmond drew back ever go
slightly; but to Sophy Glare it made deep,
deep gulf between them that might never be
over passed.
"Aud you expect mo tn adopt all this
family into our new household z" said he al.
most roughly.
"Burgh!' ~
"HaIs lamc and blind !" he added, with
forced laugh. "No, NO, Sophy; don'I be un-
reasonable. l marry you, NOT the whole fam.
lily. No man could consent 10 such an ar
rancement."
Sophy rose up, quiet but firm.
"Aud what sort of a wife would she make,
BurEh, who would calmly and heartlessly
abandon the parents who have brought her
up, to be happy in the splendors of . homo
they were not privileged to share ?"
Every woman does is"
mot every one is situated as Gm, Burgh |!
But pray, don't suppose that hold you to Q
promise given under a misaPprehsusiou.-
You are tree-as free as ever you Were."
''Sophy," pleaded Burgh Richmond, ''don'I
be foolish. Just thiuk what you are giving
up, aud all for q nero whim"
''Do yOu call it . whim, Burgh Then,
indeed, our natures are wider apart than
dreamed of, and. perhaps upon the whole il is
best that We should part"
Now, look here, Sophy, don't be uureason-
able. l Wouldn't mind making the old peo-
pie moderate allowance to board ont some.
where; but as for the lame cousin"
Sophy's eyes darted dusk, lighting her
cheeks crimson.
''StOp just where you are, Burgh !" cried
she. My father aud mother are not TO be
treated like worn out paupers, to be farued
out, at so much a week, and may God even
so do unto me if prove false TO the trust H Q
has committed to me, in the person Of poor
Kate Parker"
Nov, SoPhy, you had"
81 think it is quite useless to discuss the
matter further, Burgh. We shall always be
friends. hOpe-buI never anything more
need keep Jou DO longer"
And she dismissed bim as imperislly as If
she had been = queen, instead Of a poor little
teacher in the public school At six hundred =
year
Nevertheless. she cried very heartily a
fortnight or 80 afterwards, when she heard be
was engaged TO He,ty wI.dveII. vhs L.d q
plump, meaningless face ike = Chissse doll,
and who had "eIpsetstions" from vinegar
tempered aust.
"DOu't fret about him. sOphy." said Hugh
Morrison. the xreat gOOdbumorsd fellow uho
had always followed Al her heels like little
dog. and Who had just entered a. partoer. 10
a rising firm in Na-seau street. "He's not
WSr'h 1.-THE jackInIpes! should like 10
punch his head ~
''It isn't altogether about him." filtered
Sophy. "but-but one doesn'I like to have
ones illusions destroyed"
IAN the better for you, If they we're false
ones. AID If you look so sober about il, l
never sbsll dare to ask the question thst was
ou my lips"