The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-11-14
BENDING HER WILL.
BY A r..


give up. If you yield to his way, ips all
up with you tor the rest of your married
| life. Aud the idea OF o bride in her
honeymoon being weighted down with
an old grandfather and grandmother-in-
law. My! who ever heard OF such a
thingW
Mamie Eastlake was a bright-eyed
| girl of nineteen; girl who had been
brought up at a fashionable boarding
school.
She never had known the peaceful in
| fluences of home, tor she lived with
Mrs. Sykes Ponsonby, an aunt who
! floated on the very top wave of fashion,
and spent her nights in society and her
days in bed.
And the first real heart experience
that had ever happened 10 her was
| Donald Aubrey's love.
''It is such an elegant house." said
Mamie. "Finished in real wood, you
know, and furnished so beautifully.
Turkey carpets and furniture Of ebony
and gold, and the tiniest little gem of a
conservatory filled with roses and ca
melias, and the sweetest carnations,
and my boudor all In pink and silver"
"Of course it's all very fne," said
Hero Field, "but you'll never ENJOY IL
with those horrid, misunderstanding old
antediluyians shifting and proving
around. Why not open an asylum Tor
| INDECENT poor at onceW
"But they are Donald's grand.
parents" pleaded Mamie.
"W ell, what theni Let him provide
for them, as other people do. His wife
has the first right and the only right in
his mouse, and SO I'd tell him if l were
| you. A mother-in-law would he bad
enough, but this is ten times worse"
81 don't think he ought to expect it OF
me-" said Mamie.
"Of course he oughtn't," said Hero.
So when Mr.. Aubrey came to make
his usual evening call that night, and
Aunt PonsonDy mad discreetly made
some excuse for leaving the drawing
room, Nannle broacned the subject at
once.
"Donald," said she, "Pve been think
| ing"
"Well. dearest"
Sand Pye come to the concluson"-
rather abruptly-"that you ought not to
ask me tO make home Tor old Mr.. and
Mrs. ViVianl'
"Is it not right and natural, Mamie.
that their home should be with M ?"
he asked, his face clouding over lit
| tie.
81 dare say it will be very nice for
them," SAID Mamie, with a toss OF her
golden head; "Dut how about mew
"Do you object TO it?"
"Nery decidedly, indeed" answered
tie pretty young bride-elect, fondly i'm
ag nlng that she had but to lift her slen
der finger to win any boon that she
asked Of Donald Aubrey.
| ~ am very sorry," said the young man,
calmly. GAS l have decided to ask them
to remain permanently with me, can
not, oil course, permit my WIFE,
Mamie crimsoned angrily.
But l am not your wife yet, Mr..
Aubrey. And l will not be your wife
Iif1
"Nanniel For Heavens sake, stopl
Think what you are saying"
Il mean il!' said Mamie, hotly. 81
do not choose to marry into nest of re.
lations-at-law, and SO you must choose
between your grandparents and mep
"Nanniew
She laughed naughty, constrained
laugh.
Il am quite in earnest" said she.
| 'sIf you really care for me, you will give
up this unrea enable caprice Of yours"
sis it unreasonable to honor ones aged
parents2" he asked slowly, while his
dark, searching eyes seemed to read the
very secrets of her heart. SIS it a
caprice to retain some natural affection
for those who loved and cared Tor me
when l was yet helpless child? Ityou
think it is, Mamie, l have been sorely
mista in your eharacterW
"Yery WE'LL" said Mamie, feeling her
cheeks burn and her lips CULVER; VI am,
then, to understand that your election
is nader
sit certainly is"
Sand Unn prnfnr Mr. ond NIra U;u;o,,
to meW
II prefer my duty to anything in the
world, Nannie."
II have the honor to wish you a very
good evening then," said she, regally.
And Mamie swept out Of the room in
la manner which she meant should be
overwhelming.
"Goodv' cried Hero Field the next
day, when Mamie related TO her the oc-
currences of the evening. "He'il be on
his knees to you before three days are
passed, and you'll have your own way
| for good and all after this"
But the three days passed, and three
more on top OF that, and never a peni-
tent lover made his appearance to sue
Tor Mamie Eastlake's pardon.
And she began, most reluctantly, to
realize that Donald Aubrey had been
in earnest; and that her own mad folly
| had estranged from her one of the truest
and manifest hearts in all the world.
Mamie had been brought up foolishly
and trivolously enough, but there was a
vein OF genuine gold IN her nature, for
all that, and she bitterly felt her own
mistake.
"Oh, Hero, what shall l dow she
pleaded, with wisttul tears in her eyes.
''Let him co." said Miss Field, who, to
tell the truth, had been a little envious
that Mamie Eastlake had become en-
gagged before herself. "There's as good
fish in the sea as ever came out OF it.'
"Perhaps so," said Mamie. "But
there is only one Donald Aubrey in all
the world to me-"
And she took counsel with herself and
decided what she should do.
Donald Aubrey was sitting alone by
himself in the pretty blue and gold draw
ing-room that he had furnished express
ly with regard to Mamie Eastlake's
taste. Mr.. and Mrs. Vivian, early ris-
ers and early retirers, had gone to bed,
although it was hardly yet dusk, when
the little parlor maid announced;
"Please sir, a lady to see you."
And Donald found himself looking in
to Mamie Eastlake's deep blue eyes.