The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-08-17

An ambitious
"What's the use now, mother" be cried
rising on his elbow, ''in going on this way:
l am not ambitious. l don't wish for any
rise in life. I'm content as things are;
they're better than they ever were. before.
What want is an allowance from the old
man; enough to let me marry Rhoda Chaun-
cy and live comfortably. If you'll help me,
all right. If you won't help me all right
I'll help myself"
'Have you ever asked herr" asked Mrs.
Havers, an anxious spot settling on each
cheek, for never befnre had she quite dared
to pat this question.
That's not worth while till can see nv
way clear. She knows what feel though
l shall tell her plainly what she may ex-
pect If she accepts you. Your fathea and
discard yon on that day."
'.Oh, pshaw. what dashed NONSENSE"
''Dashed nonsense or not, you will find to
your cost if you try We have reached our
positions by bitter effort. We can not give
our consent to being pulled down from the
height we have struggled SO to gain for the
mere whlm of a ove>sick boy. If must
have a rival with my son. cried Mrs Ha>
vers, the fire of anger drying her spark
ling tears before they fell, '.let it be some
body that will bring some sort OF compensa
ton with b er. khoda Chauncy; beauty
maybe; never saw any beauty in her; but
beggar, certainly. No. You shall have
the money to go abroad and forget her, but
you can not have it to marry her. Your
father and are of one mind there You
have parts. You can do better, you fool %
This is the way in which Mrs Havers
talked to her son Allen on occasion, when
chance and courage served, and that was the
meaning of the more stilted way in which
she talked to Mrs. King at the dinner given
by the hitter to this young Governor Arms
listed, OF whom Mrs. Havers had spoken to
her son as the two ladies stood side by side
at the fire few moments. after they had
left the table, while nhoda sang and young
Havers turned the music, and general
hum OF low voices filed the air of the lovely
room at any pause. ''You know, my dear
Mrs. King she said, the color burning on
her cheek as the fire light burned upon the
purple lustre OF her velvet robe. '.that
young man has a height to ascend and must
not overweight himself 1t is not what his
father has made lin but what he makes
himself that counts. If he has ambition he
Is foolish to marry at all till he can, as
dealers say, command the market: if he does
marry he must marry to help, not to hinder
10 start out on a race handicapped, said
Mrs. Havers, assuring herself with her
white hand that her splendid diamond
stones were still in their nest of lace on her
breast, 'that explains the failure Of so many
careers that looked SO brilliant at the on
set
We should scarcely agree with you here, -
sad Mrs. King smiling; we think that u
good wife is the best start in life that
} Dung man can have"
But Mrs. Havers was already listening to
the remark of some other joining the group
1t was Il few moments later that she beckon>
ed the passing Rhoda to her side on the
deep lounge, where she had ensconced her
self luxurlously. Never was anybody more
aptly named than this sweet girl, for she
was always blushing like rose But of
course .lrs Havers could only think it the
guilty one who had entraped her son, and
could not look his mother in the eye. She
was not the person to appreciate the lovely,
lofty, innocence of that snowy brow, that
violet eye, that dewy lip. Rhoda came
obedicntly and sat by Mrs. Havers, doing
her best, as any member Of family does,
to entertain a guest, and they talked of one
indifferent thing and another, till, in a mo-
ment of comparative quiet, Aliens laugh
was heard ring ing from another part Of the
drawing room.
'.poor boy.'' said Mrs. Havers, loo ing
in his directon-poor boy You can hard
ly tell how {. mother feels, Miss Rhoda," and
she paused with emotion, when hear my
boy laugh SO gayly," she said. ''and think
OF the sad way lying before every aspiring
youth, and Allen Is so ambitious :"
"Sad, Mrs. Havers? ,"
.-Ah, yes; sad indeed, when az a rule, he
must surrender either his amition or his
happinesss-that is, surrender what he calls
happiness now. l suppose Allen would re-
gard it, as all men do happiness now. to
marry penniless girl, if be should think
that he loved her. Twenty years from now
he would find it the misfortune Of his life, of
his whole life, aud the one thing that had
ruined his career. Do you understand me,
my dear Miss Chauncy."
NO, at ALL answered Rhoda, calmly. az
think if he loved girl, however penniless,
ne would be better to marry her. aud have
her comfort on his way"
Mrs. Haver's face grew white. and then
gre" Win SUPPRESSED
ton. ''But it would be an outrage" she
exclaimed. unablesto keep silence wholly.
lit would be his death blow. his ruin in
more ways than one, for lift were my son.
would never forgive him Ny doors should
be shut upon him. Dou you hear, Miss
Ch.uachs"
Miss Chauncy did no; reply. The young
Governor was stopping to speak with her
just then, aud taking his arm. she rather
ABRUPTLY left Mrs. Hsvers. and Mrs. Hayers
presently rather abrutly le., the house.
1t was on The next morning that Mrs Ha-
vers appeared at Mrs. Kings door, and on
meeting the lady Of the house. declared tina;
she must excuse her for her early intrusion.
but she was really ID great DISTRESS. for she
had lost last nigh, the central diamond
from her brooch. aud she begged tbs. the
rooms might be examined to see If any
chance it had been dropped there.
OF course the household was instantly in
csmmotioa. Everybody remembered that
diamond-you were not likely TO forge il.
once having seen it: especia.ely on Mrs.
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