The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-11-22
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 of your mar
ried life. And the idea of bride in
her honeymoon being weighed down
with an old grandmother and grand
father-in. law. My! who ever heard of
such thing?"
Nanny Eastlake was bright-haired,
azure'eyed girl of nineteen; a girl who
had been brought up at fashionable
boarding-schOol. She never had known
the peaceful influence of home, for
she lived with Mrs. Sykes Ponsonby, an
aunt who tloated 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.
"lt's such an elegant house," said
Nanny. "Finished in real wood, you
know; and furnished so beautifully
Turkey carpets, and furniture of ebony
and gold, and the tiniest little gem of
conservatory, filled with roses and ca
melias, and the sweetest carnations;
and my bOudoir is all pink and silver"
"Of course, it's all very fine" said
Hero Field, "but you'll never enjoy it
with those horrid misunderstanding old
antediluvians shifting and prOwling
around. Why not open an asylum for
INDECENT poor at once"
"But they are Donald's grand
parents" pleaded Nanny.
"Well, 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 were
you. A mother-in law would be bad
enough, but this is ten times worse!'
81 don't think he ought to expect it
of me-" said Nanny.
"Of course he oughtn't," said Hero.
So when Mr.. Aubrey came to make
his usual evening call that night, and
Aunt Ponsonby had discreetly made
some excuse for leaving the drawing
room, Mamie broached the subject at
once.
"Donald," said she, "l've been think
ing"
"Well, dearest"
"And I've come to the conclusion"-
rather abruptly-"that you ought not
TO ask me to make home for old MIR.
and Mrs. Vivian!"
"Is it not right and natural, Mamie,
that their home should be with me?"
he asked, his face clouding over lit
tie.
81 dare say it will be very nice for
them," said Nanny, with a toss of her
golden head; "but how about meH"
"Do you object to it9"
every 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.
al am very sorry" said the young
man, calmly. GAS | have decided to
ask them to remain permanently with
me, cannot, of course, permit my
Wife"
Nanny crimsoned angrlly.
"But | am not your wife yet, Mr..
Aubrey. And l will not be your wife
if"
"Nannyl For Gods sake stop!-
Think what you are sayingv
al mean i'll" said Nanny, hotly. 81
do not choose to marry into a nest of
re!ations-in-law, and so you must chose
between your grandparents and meV
"NannieW
She laughed naughty constrained
laugh.
'I am quite in earnest" said she. "If
you really care for me, you will give
up this unreasonable caprice of yours"
"Is 1t unreasonable to honor ones
aged parentsP" he asked, slowly, while
his dark, searching eyes seemed to read
the very secrets of her heart. "ls 1t a
caprice to retain some natural affection
for those who loved and cared for me
when | was yet helpless chlldp If
you think 1t is, Nanny, l have been
sorely mistaken in your character
every WE'LL" said Nanny, feeling