The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-04
MY MOTHERS OBJECTIONS.
now I ovERrAME AND vANQUIsuEp
THEM.
sllerpers' MBgaaina.l

''rhete Ia no ,,se In talking: nothing ot,
earth viii ever induce me TO give my con.
sent"
II was my mother who spoke. and sal
ment which should induce her tn change her
mind, unlesa che did 80 the case, | knew,
was hopeless; for Helen. proud. beautiful
darling that she was, would never marry a
man whose family refused to sanction the
match, My mother was the best woman In
the world. too good for the world, | some
Hmea thought-tuu good, at least, for the
werld Ia which j lived, and TO which ! had
recently transplanted her from the quiet ,New
England village IN which Hhe had lived all
her married iIe.. u you know anything Of
The rigid spirit which prevails In those quiet
HpotR OF New England where stern puri-
tanism rides roughshod over all natural
lHtea anti ihstihrts, you can perhaps appte-
ciate the fierce Of my mothers objections to
my bctrutheu. Helen Leighton, otherwise
you tnuet take my word for their cpgehcy,
She dances, ehe CANDLES: she laughs In
These were the grounds on which my
mothers objections were based had ar
Kued them with her, point by point. many
Time. driving her nom them one by one,
torcing her TO acknowledge their untenabli-
ty, so Tar go good but IA bit of whalehone
springs back when tho pressure upon II Ia re-
Taxed, just 80 surely did her mind spring
back to the original point!
.,,, nshs Famblee; abe danees; she laughs in
Danced2 or course she danced like wave
Of the sea or bubble Of the air. ThankH Ia
nay .puritatieal II timing, had had no oppor.
tunity Of learning the art until my MUSCLES
lees, II was my delight to watch her graceful
figure and to catch the bright glances which
from time to time abe sent me ia she iloated
past,
uambley She played cards. as everybody
does, which hardly constitutes gambling:
but this wac n distinction which my mother
would by no means allow.
'Cafyts are caris. was her line of are,J-
naent. ~ maybe shade worse 30 play for
moneysbut IN either case the principle ia the
Az for her laughing in church, who would
not nave laughed, under the circumstances /
should like to know You see, her brother
larry h na was gifted With natorasts
and larve. and all hdeous flying and creep
ing things, were to him types OF beauty In its
dtvinest essence. Now, on that soft August
afternoon, az Helen and Harry were crossing
one OF our city parks on their way to church
his eye fell upon specimen of the rare Dor
COS bfects, which, by some miraculous means
had stfayed thither, How was it possible for
him to resist capturing such prlze1 Az he
supply Of boxes, murderpus drugs, entomo-
logical pins. and such like, an empty EN-
velope served to conine It. and he had thrust
IL into his pocket. Unluclsily. the envelope
was not scaled; the beetle by no means
pleased with its incarceration. made It's eva
cape, and being of an Investigating
turn Of mind. proceeded to hurrow under
Harry's garments. IL is in vain to endeavor
to preserve q calm and decorous demeanor,
with mysterious claws hurying themselves in
your skin In Inaccessible places When to this
is added the fear of inluring a rare and valuable
specimen In your frantic attempts ut recap
tnre, and also the dread Of attracting the
Clergyman and congregation, Harry Leigh
.Af h,st p,n Pa,
Helen, at FIRST she gaHed upon her brothers
wild contortons and grimaces with mild
wonder and alarm. The alarm was relieved
by his whispered explanation of the true state
OF the case. proiusely illustrated by frantic
but cautious grabs at the cause of his woes
Now. i ask. could any mortal maiden resist
this. especially in place where to laugh was
to feel herself forever dissraoedp Tho very
her own untimely levity only FASTENED the
explosion A little half smothered rivulet of
laughter trichled out; shame and fright only
made matters worse: the laughter became
uncontrollable, historical, until the welcome
sound of Let us prayr' enabled her TO hide
her blushing agonized face.
Now had again and again explained the
circumstances to my mother, but 1t was all
In vain.
.'If she had had proper sense of the
solemnity of the place, she never would have
been tempted to laugh, " was all that she would
say, adding as her ultimatum, III ever you
find me gambling. dancing and laughing in
church, ! will give. my consent; but, Unit!
then, 1t is quite useless to ask me-
And so saying, nay mother terminated the
argument by sweeping from the ROOM leav-
ing me to chew the cud Of sweet and bitter
were to be answered, confess that could
not see; that she would ever change on her
own accord knew her too well to Imagine
Gould l inveigle her into faro bank
under, under preteSt Of prayer meeting,
her name, petsuading her afterward that the
sfct was the effect of her own volition Hard
~ feasible; and, even if practicable, how were
The other miracles to be accomplished My
mother dancing my mother laughing in
churth! Unless she Joined the Shakers. II
could not see how the first was to be effected, !
AS Tor the last, monkeys might perch on
sounding boards and angle for clergymen's |
wigs stray dogs might run a muck up
and down the aisles. with sexton and Sunday |
school children in full cry after them. bats |
might flap and clergymen bunder, but was !
quite sure that never muscle of my mothers
face would move.
With a sigh gave up the problem at last |
and salEed forth, all unconscious that fate was /
working for me in case where l was utterly !
helpless.
1t had rsined for week-a driving easteylv |
storm, with occasional interludes of heavy, |
foggy weather, low gray skies and damp, raw
air. Ny mothers chest being weak, she was
debarred from all outdoor exercise daring its |
continuance, and, sooth to say, the time
began to hang very heavily upon her hands.
Reading is all very well for time, but when
you have all your life been busting, notable
finding your highest pleasure in
new and reconcile recipes, in scrupulous and
EreqHent eleansings and purifying of your
aomiciie from cellar to garnet, your literary
tastes are apt TO rust In city boarding
house there is little outlet for energy in any
lousewifely direction. Therefore it was no
wonder that my mother soon began to stray
,bout the parlors with a f0rlorn and hopeless
expression, wistfuily watching the various
sancho Pedro, or such like unWh0lesome di-
lersion; for cards just then happened TO be
mania with all of us.
Suddenly. as watched her on that especial .
vpnin9. T saw her whole face Light up as she
aneed beside . group ef Jour who we're col