Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-28

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[ ne to call forth the pity Nftwo such sor-.
I rowing looking damselsy One would
think be was % be Set. in the stocks or
some other furnishing place. 10 see your
faces"
Don't, John" said Sophia. II will
tell you. Charles. has got mistaken in
his wife. He married her TOR her pref
ty looks, you know, and he finds now
| that she has no other merit"
Now you are unjust, SOPHIA said
Helen warmly. Kate Armstrong has
good and noble qualities, only that no
occasion has yet drawn them out
Charles has spoiled her with pe.ting and
Hattering her beauty, and now he ex-
poets her to be a perfect woman. l
have not much sympathy for him."
"Bravo. Helen! that is generous, at
least, when we consider that Charlie
left you for Kate Ward"
Nonsense 70 cried Helen: but the
quick blush that overspread her cheek
told that there had been some romance
as well as nonsense.
"yeiI, well, will not tease you, be-
cause l see YOU are sewing for me.
That is pretty little gold thimble you
ha.e there. Will you tell me who gave
you that, don't believe that father
gives you pin-money enough TO indulg ge
in such articles, unless he is more gem
'erous to you than he is to me. But
never mind, see you don't want to
! tell me. So now tell me more about
Charley"
well, to begin at the beginning"
"No, Sophia, let Helen tell me her.
self. I consider her the more reliable
of the two. You are apt to exaggerate,
you know"
II was not true-s0r his sister was not
angry. Sophia had always been re-
markable for her straight forward, con-
scientious way of speaking; especially
when the sub ject was the faults of 9TH
er>; but John preferred to hear what
Helen would say.
"Well then, Kate has disappointed
his hopes in every possible way. He
is not rich, as you know, and he wishes
her to be economical. She, on the con-
trary, spends large sums for trides that
she could do without. He wants her
TO give up going TO balls and parties, ex-
cept an occasional one. She wants to
go TO all, and, Of course, must have nu-
Of such amu>ements she is i'll and unfit
to perform the duties O: her family; "
/ ing whole DAYS in bed or on the couch;
and when Charles comes home the
house is one scene of uproar and coniu-
. sion with the children and their nurse.
| | don't know as | can tell any thing
more definite" she continued. relap-
sing into her thoughtful mood, "but
this. every one knows-that Cousin
Charles is disappointed and unhappy
man."
John whistled " I'm over Young to
marry vet And I'm very glad that |
am. No wife for this child till he sees her
in all her moods. You need not laugh,
girls; shall go to board with the fam
lily before propose" -. -
Helen was right. Charley was un-
happy. In years gone bS.@ when she
was scarce more than n child, Charles
Armstrong had shown great affection
/ for his cousin Helen, for hich she W as
perpetually jcsted at BY the family, who
all conslde ed il childish affair, not
knowing how deep was the impression
on both. Sensitive and shy, Helen
avoided hlm while she dearly loved
! him, and he, in fit Of boyish indigna-
ton, engaged himself to Kate Ward
who, as the sister. had said, was only
remarkable for her pretty face. lie
found her in ball room, it is true, but,
a Sophia remarked, he did not want to
see her there always. They had mar
ried young, had now two children, and
Charles means were getting low from
the large drain which Kate made upon
them for show and style, which, con-
side ring that she brought him no por-
ton, was scarcely to be expected.
John West, after hearing his sisters
discuss the subject, went Immediately
TO Charles. He found him extremely
dull and wearing an anxious look,
which John noticed, and spoke kinsisy
to h,m respecting 1t. Although his
cousin was much younger than himself,
still Charles had always thought very
highly OF his judgment, and he did not
hesitate to confide in him now.
I'm going TO Australia, John. lean
not stand this way OF lite any longer. |
am shockinglv in debt, and nv credi-
/ tors know that am living far bevond
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