Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-04-03
LOVE AGAINST GOLD.

SOnI0lRu SuII Ol TOOnS db lu0 SOD
side hotel, listening with a curiosity
of attention to Aunt Chessom
leigh remarks, but courtesy thai
was mingled with pretty little all
! of half defiance and half depreca-
ton.
"Fo,tune? Why. Edna, is it pos.
sible you do not comprehend you
are the most fortunate girl? Only
think, child, you havn't been with
me a month yet---not a month
away from the quiet little country
house, and here you've bad an of
fer from Clarence Cumberland, the
most eligible party in society
rich, handsome and aristocratic.'
Oh! Aunt Jessie, please give
me chance to speak. l told you
Mr.. Cum DerlaDd bad asked me tc
marry him, but l refused him,
Aunt, because
Mrs. Chessomleigh actually
started up in her chair.
Upon my word, Edna, what can
you expec: in the shape of hus-
band if Mr. Cumberland does not
suit yuu-rich, good looking ard
desperately in love-
Then Edna brown eyes flashed
and she drew her slender, graceful
figure, all curves and dimples, and
as wiIlcwy as flower stem.
I will tell you what | want,
auntie somebody who [ am sure
will be all The world to me and to
whom | will be all in ali Some
body love, aunt, dearly, beyond
the possibility of doubt
Her face flushed little as she
spoke, but it colored mote wildly
as a slow, sarcastic smile, full of
meaning gathered around Mrs.
Chessomlelgh's cold lips.
oh, | begin tp understand. Per-
haps you ale becoming interested
In that Young scapeg.ace of a fel.
low who is Mr.. CumberlaD3' sec
ond or thiId cousin, or something
like-that young Glen norris.'
Edna stood her ground brayely.
Yes, aunt, Hugh is
Hugh You call him, Hugh ex
claimed her aunt.
Edna laughed in spite of herself
at the genuine horror depicted on
Mrs. Chessomleigh's face.
why should [ not? You have
not allowed me to tell you why /
call him Hugh it is the same rea-
son why I refused Mr.. Cumber-
land because | an engaged to
marry Mr.. Glenmorris.'
Mrs Che-somlelgh actually
gasped with horror
Edna EaIe, it canuot be posi-,
BILE you are engaged to Hugh Glen,
morris Why he hasn't shilling
in the world above his salary, and
[ know-mind, | positively know
Mr.. Cumberland will never leave
him n penny
AS if | Want Hugh to have Mr..
Cumberland's money l love Hugh
for himself. auntie, and you will see
how happy we will be and then you
will admit that | knew best after
all. You're not going to be angry,
aurt?'
Mr.. Chessomleigh had arisen in
great dignity that was almost
wrath, bu a sight of the girls
sweet. coaxiDg face interrupted the
naughty departure she contempla
ted.
You are certainly old enough to
have your way Edna, she said
coIdIy. stif1y. but am not willing
to be responsible for your future
shall write the particulars to your
parents and request them to send
for you. | cannot look my fricnd
Cumberland in the face and EnoW
that ar inmate of my house, :
member of my family, had been SC
absurdly absurd. L Cannot find d
better word
BIT Edna was not to he persua-
ded, or scolded, or reasoned into
recoDsidering her decision. She
simply said she loved Hugh Glen
morris and was engaged to him
and that nothing any one could say
would change it.
/ Nor did she retreat from he
stand when tncre came {; long let
ter from home, wherein her Inothel
expostulated and coaxed and CAV,
lots of good advice, wherein he
father was almost harsh to her be
cause she had lei such rare oppol
turity pass by5 wherein Sue an
Minnie, her older and Younger sis
tiers, frankly expressed their aston
ishment and ehvy. Il .l .-9Il
1t was somewhat of a curiou
) ) complication, as affairs stood jt:s
E then.
Mrs Chessomleigh was in. one {
;. her distinctly digniied moods, an
politely hut positively insisted tn;
since Edna had thrown. off her yok
: of authority she. should return
$ her home, while .Edna's paren
were equally determined that Edr
should stay where che vas and gi,