Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
Do as You're Bid.


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 The words were uttered in a tone of splendid scorn but an unseen auditor round the corner of the piazza only sniled, and yet he was man.
 But. Doll, you'll have tomind your husband, " responded gentle, drawling, exasperating voice.
 Shall I?' returned the clear and spirited tone of the first speaker. He has not appeared on the stage yet, Grace. When he does it seems to me, wiu be time enough to contemplate sub mission. 2
 The gentleman on the piazza smiled again, but he rose quietly and walked away he did not like to be listener, however, involuntarily, for he was gen. tleman. He did not altogether escape that presence, however, by his own ab- sence. He carried with him vivid picture of the tall, slight figure, grace ful as deer; the dark, tender eyes, that couid be full of lightning; the proud, delicate, sensitive face; the abundant brown hair, shot with red rays like ripe chestnut skin. He had studied that potrait many days, for he had known Dorothea Schenck as 8 child; and though for years they had not met, this summer they were together at quiet little tavern in the hills of Yer mont, Mir. Horton for rest from a year of hard work in 8 city par;sa, Dora to be with her invalid mother, who could not bear the usual round of Newport and Saratoga.
 Dorothea Sehenck was spoiled child. The idea of obedience was as distasteful to her as a bit and bridle to wild horse. Her outbreak this morning was exsited by some careless gossip of Grace Hamil- ton's-a girl of her own age who had come with them to Addis, partly because Dora had cosxed her, partly because it was cheap; and Gree was not too rich.
 The subject of this discourse had been the suffsrings, publicly paraded, of certain little lady known to this party, who had been very-and, indeed, ab- surdly -extravagant, and brought her husband to the brink of failure so near that she had been compelled to accept 8 sudden and severe retrenchment Grace's aunt, who was also staying at the Salt ash House, had blamed Mrs. Blake severely, and Dora had not ol ected till Grace affirmed that she did not at all sympathize with Mrs. Blake, as her hus- band had been very open with her in regard to his business affairs, and had long since told her she must give up certain habits of lavish expense, or ex- pect him to fail-a fact which the natural levity and folly of the woman's nature led her to treat as threat and so the end came.
 And I'm not sorry for her she ought to have minded him p Grace said. "A A woman's natural duty is obe- dience; she ought to have known that it is our destiny to yield to our superiors, :" whined Miss Hamilton aud this, which seemed to Dora superlative cant, had brought out her sharp exclamation. She herself was utterly undisciplined a blind indulgence had set her adrift in life without an idea of duty, and she Lad yet to learn any law but her own will, or any restraint but her own caprices. Poor child life is the sternest of teach CTS, even with all the preparation that can be made for it's encounter, and a TueFoiIaaa 1,odo oorz,o %o kbo ~r;Iler1 o,5 ignorant. MT. Horton was bewitched with Dora against his judgment her fresh, piquant grace, her beauty, her very insurgent way of action and speech, captiyated him he knew with painful ciearness that she was as unfit for a minister's wife as woman could be, but he knew also that without her his life would lose it's savor, and become routine of the dullest order, perhaps misery, though conscience warned him not to be so weak as this, while his work remained yet to be done.
 The next day there was to be that re- sort of country boarders in lack of all other amusement, picnic to Glen Falls, B HA4u I1fAu0 III b10 uSHI6 Ol LQ0 0IllE through which rapid brook tore itf way, plunging from one precipice tc another, at no one spot to be seen ir full beauty, but reserving it's coy sur prises for those who had skill and strength to climb upward to it's source 'lear mountain pond that slept amid dark woods, fed by hidden springs. The day was warm, yet fresh with the won derful freshness of mountain air an6 when the long wagon of Saltash House arrived at the foot of the ravine, all the younger members of the party were unanimous in their resolve to climb tc clear pond, while the older ladies, anc one white-haired bachelor who cared little for scenery and much for his ease remained quietly on broad rock by th.