The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-10-11

addicted TO the follies of fashionable ,o
ciety, and particularly indifferent IN ths
welfare Of their younger sisters. PRO,
vlding they were not Troublesome they
were left entirely alone. and left -
arnuse themselves in their OWE vav 90
It will be seen, that Jessie and Fanny
Lambert were In great danper of bscon' s
ing rpde hoydens and shoofinpsv ;ii.hrci
aahs ,nisse5. they were sent to the besl
schoois, but somehow the innuenee o!
Scno1i never reached home. Colonel
Lambert was nearly distracted. Re
I9 toph9 ms desks rapsacked, his papers
sal9,E1r aoout his !nE upset his pens
spoiied and fantastic figures drawn on
MS deede and !16rtgages. Hio booka
Were missing, and his pet newspapers were
very often appropriated to The making OF
kites. When he wanted bis hat, IL was
as often as any way, on thS head Of Miss
fanny, who protested that it was mis-.
take, With such saucy grace, and suffo.
Gated him with so many kisses, that he
YVES fain to be Modified, and leave her
without the reprimaud ahe so richly de.
served. But this could not always last
The mischief-makers would take their
places In society anon. Would society
tolerate such uncouthness and inele.
ganciesf No; society p:lss be humored,
The idea of goyerness had been per-
colatlng through the head of our friend
for several days. It seemed the onIy
,!Goop-hole Of escape from his domes"ic
trials; 50 the idea was put into exec
ton. he wrote an advertisement acting
forth his wants, and sat down 10 wait the
result.
Meanwhile the Colonel's thoughts took
another turn. He was likely TO have
trouble with his son. He had set his
heart on the boys marrying the ONLY
daughter of an old and much esteemed
friend, who seconded his views in so far
that he wished the event to take place.
provided the young people were quite
satisfied, "But thee knows, frier,. John. y
wrote Mr. Gordon, "that am !. adyo-
cate for made matches. If my girl likes
thy boy, and thy boy likes my girl, let
them marry :. otherwise they are bettsr
apart, Ann is coming home soon; let
the boy come and see her. I can assure
thee he will be welcome"
The Colonel could find no fault with
this logic; it was highly practical and
aensible, and worthy of James Gordon.
But Frederick, though he usually de-
fsrred to his fathers judgment and Wishes,
did not, in this case, view the natter
through the same spectacles. It etmed
to him an unromantic and under d stra-
tive way of getting wife. Nol.y eye
glances (; no beautiful blushes; NJ rect.
though stolen kisses; no poetry NJ pas.
sion; no music by moonlight no heart
futterings; no jealousy no letters run
ming over with love, and forgive me,
reader) its synonym, nonsense; no coax
ing for the wedding-day; nothing of the
old burden of hopes and fears; but, in
stead. tame and prosy, and, to Fred's
apprehension, very indelicate way of
procuring <.-asoakiEzs h.=h.a.Ed C: 6
plain, unatiractivo girl. f....e..-
1t cannot be denied that Frederick
lambert, at this point of his mental So
}iloquy, was selfconceited.
"And a Quakeress, forsooth Shouldn't
we make handsome couple, and my
Ann Pr Fred. Strengthened himself UP
before pier-glass. Aswehaye described
hesperson hesaw reflected there, Wssha ali
leave him tosrhake tnew. comparisons 10
his own favor. and finish the catalogue
Of reasons why he could not marry q
Quakeress.