Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-10-30
Bending Her Will.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.

Bending Her Will.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.
My DEAR said Hero Field, don't give
up. If you yield to his way it's all up
with you for the rest ofyour married life.
And the idea of bride in her honey
moon being weighed down with an old
grandfather and grandmother-in-law
My, who ever heard of such thing?'
Nanny Eastlake was a bright-haired,
azure-eyed girl of nineteen girl who
had been brought up at fashionable
boarding school She never had known
the peaceful influences of a home, for
she lived with Mrs. Sykes Ponsonby, an
aunt who feated on the very top wave
of fashion, and spent her nights in So
ciety, and her days in bed. And the
first real heart experience that had ever
happened to her, was Donald Aubrey's
love.
TITS such an elegant house, said Nan.
ME. Finished in real wood, you know,
and furnished so beautifully. Turkey
carpets, and furniture of ebony and gold,
and the tiniest little gem of a conserva-
tory, filled with roses and camelias, and
the sweetest carnations; and my bou-
doir all in pink and silver
of course, it's all very fine.' said Hero
Field; but you'll never enjoy it with
those horrid, misunderstanding old ante
diluvians shifting and prowling around.
Why not open an asylum for INDECENT
poor at once.
But they are Donald's grand parents
pleaded Mamie. ar
We'll, what then? Let him provide
for them, as other people do. His wife
has the first right and the only right in
his house, and SO I'd tell him if I were
you. A mother-in-law would be bad
enough, but this is ten times worseu
L don't think he ought to expect it of
me- said Mamie. ,...-,. b,
of course he oughtn't,' said Hero.
So when Mr.. Aubrey came to make
his usual evening call that night, and
Aunt Ponsonby had directly made some
excuse for leaving the drawing room
Mamie preached the subject at once.
Donald, said she, I've been think
well, dearest
And I've come to the conclusion
rather abruptly that you ought not to
ask me to make home for old Mr. and
Mrs. Vivian!'
is it not right and natural, Mamie,
asked, his face clouding over little.
L dare say it will be very nice for
them,' said Mamie, with toss of her
golden head but how about me?'
DO you object to it?'
Very decidedly, indeed answered
the pretty young bride. elect, fondly
imagining that she had but to lift her
slender finger to win any boon that she
asked of Donald Aubrey.
Il am very sorry said the young man,
calmly. AS have decided to ask them
to remain permanently with me, can.
not, Of course, permit my wife,
Mamie crimsoned angrily.
But am not your wife yet, Mr.. Au-
brey. And I will not be Jour wife if
'Nannie! For Gods sakestop! Think
what you are saying! ar,
Il mean it = said Mamie, holly. Il do
not choose to mary into a nest of rela-
tions-in-law, and so you must choose be.
tween your grandparents and me" r
She laughed naughty, constrained
laugh.
L am quite in earnest said she. If
you really care for me, you will give up
this unreasonable caprice of yours.'s
Is it unreasonable to honor ones aged
Parents?' he asked, slowly. while his
dark. searching eyes seemed to read the
very secrets of her heart. rs it caprice
to- retain some natural affection for those
who loved and cared for me when I was
vet helpless child? If you think it is,
Mamie, have been sorely mistaken in
your character!' au n45u
Very well, said Mamie, feeling her
cheeks burn and her lips culver, Z am
then to understand that your election il
nader -. .'.@... "A -, -. =
1T certainly is -l.ioia 81,
TO me?,
prefer my duty to anything in the
Il have the honor to wish you very
good evening, them said she regally.
And Mamie swept out of the room in
style which she meant should be over
whelming. EE4A,-' AlAE W
'Goody cried Hero Field, the next
day, when Mamie related to her the oc-
eurrences of the evening. He'll be on
his knees to you before three days are
passed, and you'll have your own way
for good and all, after this, a
But the three days passed, and three
more on top of that, and never a peni-
tent lover made his appearance to sue
for Mamie Eastlake's, pardon. And
she began, most reluctantly, to realize
that Donald Aubrey had been in earn
est; and that her own mad folly had
estranged her from one of the truest and
manifest hearts in the world!
Mamie had been brought up foolishly
and frivolously enough, but there was q
vein of genuine gold in her nature, for
al! that and she bitterly felt her own
mistake!ltr - "SfrS1-
ooh, Hero, what shall I do p she plead
ed, with wistful tears in her eyes.
Let him go, said Miss Field, who. to
tell the truth, had been little envious
that Mamie Eastlake had become en-
gagged before herself There's as good
fish in the sea as ever came out of it,,
Perhaps so.' said Mamie. But there
is only one Donald Aubrey in all the
world to me.'r
And she took counsel with herself.
and decided what she would do. Dr.
Donald Aubrey was sitting alone by
himself in the pretty blue and gold
drawing room that he had furnished ex-
pressly with regard to Mamie Eastlake's
taste. Mr.. and Mrs. Vivian, early risers
aud early retirers, had gone to bed, al
though it was hardly yet dusk. when
the little parlor-maid announced
Please, sir, lady to see you.'
And Donald found himself looking
into Mamie Eastlake's deep blue eyes.
Mamie y he calculated. = ~
Yes, Donald, it is I. Oh! Donald, I
We been SO wrong, so foolish. And l
have come to ask your pardonl!' hNs -. n
MY little Mamie, hush! Not word
morev -
But must speak, Donald! I must
tell you how earnestly I have repented
my temper and folly. If you will take
me back to your heart, Donald, Twill try
and be good wife to you, and dutiful
daughter to your grandparents
So little Mamie hauled down the flag
OF rebellion and remained true to her