The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-04-06
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Not another word, Carolinel Kate
won't care after little; and 1t will
teach her to be more prudent too. !
think she is rather coquetiish, Il will
give her good lesson. ! wish l could
see her when she reads it,
"But, Ellen, We ought not to be SD
cruel; | should be heartily ashamed to
have her know had any thing to do
with II"
SWELL, we'll, no one will ever know
WIN did ", 90 now write away. i
will get Cousin Edmund to copy Il, so
II will go in gsntleman's hsodwri-
ting "a ~ MA -
ut will be just to crafty you then,
Ellen; but / am fearful'--
Snow give that self:conceited fop a
hit-goodl Now for the puissant,
mighty, Mr.. Allen, stroking his nous
tache as be smiles upon the fair
Kate"
"Let me see; here is the most obse-
quious Mr.. Browne paying his humble
devoir at the feet Of Miss Lester; it Is
delightful"
ELLEN. If the gentleman should
ever see this, what would they Think
How would they feel to know that
they were So ridiculedi' p b. .
/ do not care a straw; it will teach
them better than TO bestow all their
attentions and admiration on Kate
Lester. hope they will see it,
"Here goes the last one in the list.
Now read it, and then we will commit
It to,he flames; i, win be safe from
harm then"
"No, Caroline, not for the world; it
is too precious for such fate. But
look, here comes Mr.. Edsall, whose
likeness we first drew"
"Caricatured you would say; but
quick, put it out of sight, for he is
coming here" ..-.r .,--
Ellen placed the sheet in her satcb-
Ell, and was taking her leave just as
Mr.. Edsall entered the drawing.room
of Mr.. Bowen whose only daughter,
Miss Caroline, we have already intro
duced. She was beautiful girl of
eighteen, who never Intentionally
wronged any one, by word or deed, but
was too easily influenced by her gay,
unthinking friend, Miss Ellen Jack
In a few days the mischief began to
work. Kate Lester come to unbosom
her troubles to Caroline. knowing
that she would find sympathy in her
warm heart. She read the letter; il
was the same she and Ellen had joint
ly composed, and still not the same,
there was more malignity and sarcasm
expressed. -
"And now, Caroline. can you i'm
agins where the letter originated?
There can be no doubt, from the wri.
ting, that it was gentleman; and
how wounding and Notifying to be
the unsuspecting object of such libel
lous remarks!'
"Dear Kate. you take it too seri.
ously; there was, / dare say, no mis-
chief intended. No one would wish
to injure you, there is nothing against
you," but her heart sank within her
as she remembered that she assisted in
composing it.
"But there must have been malice
in il; no heart could have dictated
these cutting sarcams that was not
impregnated with evil thoughts. And
then the paragraph concerning DIR.
Allen, to have it appear as if ! made
improper advances; it is too bad!' and
the injured girl wept in very bitter
ness Of heart, and Caroline felt deeply
the injustice she had done, and re-
pentcd deeply, but it was of no avail
now. Oh! how she wished she had
not yielded TO Ellen's influence.
"Kate, dearest. do not ever show
the letter."
81 wish / had not; but | mentioned
it to one friend when | first received it,
and she told another, and now | can
not stop it; the contents have been
borne upon the wings Of the wind;
aud not one individual tina; was ridi.
culed and criticised but long before
this has heard of it. | wish, indeed
10, that had keptit to myself, then
no one else would have been wound
Cd"
Surmises were ah1at as 10 the au
thsnticiiy of the writers Of the anon
ymous episile. and us Caroline and
lillen were distinguished for superior
abilities, as well as wit and talent, il
was not unirequently limited that they
,aight be the original emenators, but
They always repealed the insiuuation,
and those who knew the kindness OF
Carolipes disposition could never for
moment harbor the belief that she
had dipped her pen SO deeply in the
gall Of bitterness ms 10 wound the feel
ings o. her friend.
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