The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-13

oiic WOuN Nieit to YOUR WISHES anu
Judgment" said the doctor.
1.-The days are certainly passed
when a lady could be srormed and car
ried at the point of the bayoner." re-
piled the visitor: but IN immense a.
mount Of correction can le used. Of a
kind that no laws can protect u> from"
Then il seems to lite that YOUR own
firmne>s AMI resolution should supply
deficiency" said the doctor. You
are Of age. l presume."
YES" she replied, '.and wear be-
yond 1t. But my being legally entitled
to act for myself does No, IL, told YOU,
protect me from the peculiar kind of
coercion which | dread. Do YOU re-
member the ballad Of Aud Robin
Gray
My father urged me- sair, bu, NY
mither pidna speak;
Vet she loOkir i'm my face till my heart
was like To break.
''Can YOU saw there was NJ coercion
towards the heroine of that sal tale,
And it is precisely this kind Of infiu-
enee that fear: and ! fear nv own
strength To withstand it. On every
hand ! shall he hr>et with arguments.
anger, reproachc>. upbraidin.s. lee
lures, appeals IT, filial and sisterlv at
fection>. sobbing>. sighings, and hyster-
les. NV conduct will be aScribed to
every motive but the true one, because
they have seen no change in the gen
tlcman, and will not allow that | am
blessed with kecner sight. NJ one
moment | shall be told that l am IL
STAINLESS jill. and All arr;,nt coquet,e.
that | crave 81 inor,linately for noio-
riety ut any cost thar can coolly SIC
ri:ice the most sacred feeling of con-
iiling lover. in order to become nine
days talk. And in the next moment /
shall he informed that such conduct IL
mine can only be explained on the sup
position Of my having formed some AZ
tachmenr so excessively unworthy Of
my birth and connexions, that | am
ashamed to acknowledge il: and thi>
kind >urmise will come from NV aunt
Matilda, nv maiden aunt. who Is ST. be-
cause she was stopped when about to
run away with my grandfather's valet
i should in fact he assaulted by AN IL
mount Of talk against which il would
be impossible to stand
Then why not take the other alter
native i mentioned" said the doctor.
land throw yourself upon the honor
and generosity Of the .entleman,'
''Simpley because there Is nothing
Of the kind To throw myself upon she
replied. IF there were. should not
wish to be- freed from him. lie pos
sesses neither honor nor generosity:
hut in their place there are the most
groveling Difference, to the worlds
opinion. and an intense Selfshness.
The first of these paramount feelings
would prompt him To- compel me to
keep INV engagement. lest he should I've
jeered ut as u Tilted man: and the
second would not allow him to forego
his own Pecuniary expectations tor the
sake ut a mere wOman> wish.
Il retired u nv rest this evening
racked by anxious th"us hts Of how to
escape him, AMI ut one time the only
means ut escape seemed to he in run
ming away with some one el.e, and
really. 81 great wis my misery, that if
| could have guessed at anyone who
had Il predi'ection tor me. should
have gone t. him AMI asked him to
elope with me. Then another and
better idea came To nv aid. | had
once in play stolen Il latch-key from
my brothers. / took this kew. dis
gui>ed myself in u suit Of discarded,
mourning, went out into the street,
found cab. and told the driver to
take ME to a doctors. resolved tn state
my difficulties tn the gentleman to
whom Providence or chance might con-
duct me, AMI To br. his assistance in
furthering my plan
what is that plan ," demanded the
doctor. dryly.
mot toask him TO marry me-" she
answered quickly, with nod of the
head that seemed to imply that she de-
tected in him II suspicion of that ma
ture. Il want you to give me some
midicine will make me ILL.,
THAT dangerous experiment" said
doctor, obviously.
But one that am resolved to try"
replied the high-spirited girl. "What
is Il temporary physical discomfort
compared with the degradation Of be-
ing linked for life with man whom |
despise: know very well that there
are medicines that will bring all the
appearances Of disease; but I wish to
keep on the safe side as much rs possi-
bic, and therefore / come to consult
with you. Give me that which is the
safast to take, and tell me the proper
quantities otherwise, must have re-
course to more desperate means"
"Are YOU aware" said he. ''that
when the effect Of the medicine is over
won will be in exactly the same posi-
ton as mt present.
mot at ALL" she answered; 'the I
wedding-,lay will have passed without .
a wedding. and I shall take care not to
fix another. All that l want is time.
Enable me to obtain that and l am
safe"
1T is singular duty that you re-
quire Of me-, said the doctor; but,
under the circumstances, ] do not see
how ! can refuse YOU. | will fetch
YOU something.
mot Policeman" she cried, spring
ing between him and the dOOr--''for
mercy's sake don't fetch a policeman"
Nothing is further from my inten-
ton, he replied quite unable to repress
q laugh ut her hasty suspicion; Il am
going to fetch the medicine you wish
f.,r " ,