The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-02

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and teudhla. with clusters Of fpsC and
ivory bloom and wide blue blossoms
looking Just Gt ~ pick there we're eur.
taiDs " white, soft WOODEN stuff lOOped
80 IN creamy folds ny on enameled fern
leaf on either side; and everything ese
carried out IN the same floral fashion,
even to the lily Of pearl she'll which held
her rings on the toilet table, but more
curious than all was the child's wardrobe,
which she displayed and ! admit after
the frank custom Of ten-ycar-Old-gi girls.
There was q rose dress, the softest cash
mere, with scolloped bands everything
each other on the skirt in deepening
tints TO the waist, and the sleeves were
Just edged with deep green velvet, which
also bound the throat and waist. II was
like a fancy-ball costume but POsy was
like a fairy, and the exquisite tints did
not look %fanciful on her unreal beauty.
Then there was a pansy dress, purple
velvet, with a gold buckle at its belt,
and the skirt fallen in rich pleats that
seemed to form a rounded outline below
like the edge of a flower. There was a
thumbergia costume, the skirt and
sleeves Of the delicate buff which that
flower monopolizes, and a bodice of dark
thrown velvet like the blossoms throat. y
"Nhat folly!" exclaimed Sue.
eyes; but very pretty IDLY. And |
have not told you the half. There was a
lily dress, of China Grape a violet, OF
purple silk, soft and glOssless and act
ually a cardinal-aower, of vivid scarlet
cloth, that | thought then too splendid
to be born; but it was only for a skating
dress, Posy said.
"She grew up very delicate, exquisite
and fragile, but more and more lovely.
And then Tom saw her and fell in love.
1t was strange to see Mrs Schuyler. She
took Toms state of mind with great
calm, as if it were only natural and to be
expected. Posy had never been in So
ciety she was very young yet but Mrs.
Schuyler would have expected, if not de-
manded, the same homage from every
one who saw her idol. But when she
discovered that Posy loved Tom and
wanted to mary him, she was heart
smitten. She could not entertain the
idea. She carried Posy awaydireetly for
a round of summer travel; but the girl
pinned 80 visibly, grew so sad, pale,
iauguid, that her mother was terrified,
and brought her back to the hills di-
rectly, and sent for IL to make a visit
there, So that affair was concluded, and
Mrs. Schuyler gave her treasure into
other hands to save it, grudging all the
while a days absence, an hours preoccu-
patton, devoured with jealous pangs, yet
trying to stille them that Posy might be
utterly happy. But when they really
settled into everyday life she insisted or
their living with her at the hills, and so
secured her own misery. Tom was a
good fellow and a loving husband, but
he was a man and a man of business, and
he had his affairs to attend to, his own
anxieties and troubles, and, like the best
of mortal men, he was now and then in
considerable and snappish. Posy loved
him with all her soul, and would have
condoned his offenses and' forgotten his
slips of tongue if her mother had not
made 50 much of them. She was like a
tigress if anything seemed to approach
her Young to harm them, and she flew at
Tom, as he impslitely expressed it, like
a mad cat, il he ever spoke impatien%aly
to his wife or forgot one attention due to
her. He bore it awhile very patiently
for Posy's sake but human nature Is
not all enduring, and by and by he used
great plainness of speech, to say tie least
with Mrs. Schuyler. Then Posy became
very unhappy. She was consumptiye
like her father, and he. life always trem'
bled on as delicate a stem as a harebel
/. flower. She might have lived on fol
wears in peace and sunshine, but the
stormy atmosphere of home gave her ne
rest. Her mother still interfered witt
all she did, even when she saw he
dropping day by day. If Tom took he
away for a journey, the mother insisted
on going too, and Posy could not have
the heart to refuse. But travelling wa
no rest to either mother or child, and /
was torment to Tom, who began to com
prehend the situation. Poor little Posy
She faded before their eyes like a wear.
baby, falling asleep one day in Tom
arms, and wearing after death so radlan
a look of rest and peace that | hav,
neveIforgotten it. Mr,iSchuyler followed
her quickly, worn out by grief an'
remorse for Tom, in the first agony o
his loss, told her what DIR. Evarts said
that peace and quiet might have save'
their darling. Tom hated her name t.
his dying day, and never married again
) because he said one mother-in law wa
enough for a lifetime"
"But, mamma, that was an extrem
case"
Certainly but all the more a warn
, ing. | have rever forgotten Posy, an
it is to her my sons-in-law W m.
unnatural forbearance," said Mrs. ID
= Groet, with a smile.
"Weil, dear, if Harry's mother is aw
full I'll try to be good to her" sighe'
Sue. But then came a ring at the door
and Sue heard a voice. 1t was he
mothers turn now To sigh, as her girl RAJ
down stairs, her heart in her beautiful
eyes, to meet Harry.
D SO time went on, and by and by Su
was married. Mrs. Tempest came to tn
r wedding, and proved to be a little lad,
I with cheeks like roses, and starry-eyes
: even amidst the fine lines of age and ur
e der the shadow of silver white curl'
Keen but kindly those eyes shone o
e susan and took her measure, and Mrs
\ De Groot congratulated herself on tn
prospect for her daughter, and said
Y kshe is s lady, Sue" her highest formul
v of approbation.