The farmers' vindicator., 1876-05-05

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''BIess you for that, darlingi And
now let us consider. As / told you,
know this Sinclair very well. He is
q modest man, and rather timid. A
proposition for your hand is to come
from him RI
Eyes. Papa said, if he asked for
my hand, he should have it,"
Then he must not ask for it. You
must frighten him.
"Il-frighten him?"
"Yes; and | think you can do it
very easily. IF you could only recite
to him some portions of Macbeth as
you read them to me few days ago,
you would reduce him to terror. You
must make him think you are crazy.
Have you the courage to make the at
tempt?"
20, Raphael |"
"Ifyou can be rid of Sinclair, / am
sure | can win your fathers consent to
our union. / can bring to him a re
cord Of my whole life, and record of
my family, to which he cannot object.
Will you not make the trial ?"
"Yes, yes, love, oh, yes"
"Then let us rehearse bit. Now
we will suppose / am Sinclair. Your
father has left us alone. Now your
insane fit comes upon you. You will
stand there. Think of Lady Macbeth.
So. That is the position. Now for
the wild rolling Of the eyes 0, if you
can give Sinclair that look it will pull
verize him."
And the rehearsal went on.
On the evening of that day Mr..
Pulsifer came to Jennie's reading and
sewing room, and informed her that
Mr.. Sinclair had arrived.
"He is in the parlor, and / wish you
to come and see him. And, my child,
| trust 70 will make yourself agree,
able"
Papa she said brushing her hand
across her brow, II am not feeling
very well, but | will do the best /
can.
"If you do your best, lean certainly
ask no more"
Jennie followed her father, and was
introduced to Mr.. Sinclair, whom she
found in the parlor. He bowed to
the young lady little awkwardly,
and if he was struck by her beauty,
he did not betray it.
Dufng the evening Jennie said
very little. She sat most of the time
with her hand pressed upon her brow,
and more than once she made an.
swer to questions in manner very
strange and vacant of meaning.
At an early hour Sinclair arose to
take his leave. He had only called,
he said, to introduce himself
He should give himself the pleasure
of coming again on the morrow.
And on the morrow he came
and took dinner. Jennie declared she
could not eat, and begged her father
to excuse her from the table.
81 will do il" said the old man, "if
you will give to Sinclair an hour, of
your time this afternoon"
She promised that she would do SO.
and she was excused. Towards tie
middle of the afternoon she found Mr..
alone in the parlor. She en-.
tered, and carefully closed the door
behind her then she stood few mo.
ments and listen, with her hand to her
ear. Then she turned towards
the visitor, approaching him upon
siptoe, with her finger upon her lip.
Her eyes were wild and staring, = and
ler whole makeup like that Of person
stricken by great horror. Sinclair rose
rom his seat and moved back. II
"Fie, my lord, fel A soldier. and
lfraid? What need we fear who
Knows it, when none can call our pow [
n to account2 Yet who would have
hought the old man to have had so
much blood in himl" j
This was delivered exactly as she
lad witnessed Charlotte Cushman de. {
iver it on the stage, and by the time {
he had reached this point, poor Sim
lair was back up against the wall. /
"Ha she shrieked, glaring upon
he luckless listener, and then gazing
pom her two hands. "Will these a
ands ne'er be clean? Here's the smell il
f blood still All the perfumes of t
lraby will not sweeten this little hand.
III! oh ] oh ! Ha! Wash your hands I y
ut on your nightgownl look not so g
ale | tell you yet again, Banquo's
uried. He cannot come out of his il
rave
With this Jennie glided forward and ''
i'd her hand upon Sinclair's arm. sc
he was male and tramhl;nc, onJ -.