South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-11-14
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marry. and make fool OF yourself, why
not marry Colonel Powell?'
Because DO not like Col. Powell. and
because like some one else, Aunt
Ethel
Il never heard OF such thing. d.
You know what you are saying. migs2
Such talk tcan tell you. is highly im>
proper; and as for not liking Col Pow
ell, that Is all nonsense. Col Powell
has everything necessary to win any wo.
mans approbation-very old family very
Tine manners elegant residence, servants,
carriage. money. and member Of Com
gress besides. Don't you Know that
you would spend the winters in Wash
ington9'
Il declare, aunt, it does not tempt me
biz
'May ask who. then. is TO have the
honor OF becoming my nephew!' and
Miss Ethel sat stiflly down, and began
carefully to re-arrange the pink satin
bows on her white morning dress.
Eioise sat down opposite to her, and
fingered nervously the rosebuds and ivy
leaves that trimmed her garden hat
The two women were strangely alike.
only one face was forty years old, white
and proud: and tn other was only
twenty, flushing and paling, and answer
ing every feeling of the heart.
For some moments Eloise did not
speak, and Miss Ethel Bruce did MOI,
urge her. She sat patiently, looking in
her nicce's face, until that young adv.
finding courage in her desperation, said.
with bl; nd defiance. The gentleman
who is 10 have that honor, dear aunt, is
Mr.. Henry Torrens.'
Impossible! you would not do such
foolish thing%
oh. yes, | wonld'
Do you know who he is2'
'lIe is-flarry.'
Ridiculous Do you know who his
father is?'
No; don't want to know him par.
ticularly. DO you know him, Aunt
Ethel?'
No. dare say it would be very i'm
proper for me to know such person.
When we first met him last summer in
tho North. don't remember that he G.
yer named his family
Nor L.
That Looks very bad, E;oise. II a
man has respectable relations, OF course
he talks about them
Il don't see that it makes any great
difference to me. | do not intent 20
marry liarrJ 5 relations. | do not care
much about them anyway. Once he
told me that his mother was dead. and
said mine was too: and Of curse We
felt sorry for each other. and all that.
But | am afraid | am little Jealous a
bout Harry; | would just as lief be the
only person in the world who had any
right to love him as not
You make me feel hopeless about
you. Pray, what do you intend TO live
upon?'
Harry has two thousand dollars q
year
Two thousand dollars a year! What
magnificent income
Don't make fun of us. aunt; I cannot
allow that indeed can't. We love
each other, and shall be very happy.
Doubtless. May / ask where Mr Tor.
rens is employed?
In West d G. Gems law office.
Il thought he lived IN New York
What brought him here?'
How should kuow?' sail Eloise.
blushng and involuntarily dropping her
sweet voice.
Her aunt watched her curiously, and
shook her heal for answer
Where have you seen him for hope
you have not dared TO bring him within
tue precincts OF Bruce Place.
lie has never touched paling of it.
| met him at kczia's; and ain sure
she would have let cousin Lizzie marry
him very willingly. She thinks a great
deal OF Harry
Lizzie Bru"e is different. She has
five little sisters, and my brother Jake
always spends twenty out Of an income Of
nineteen. You have expectations-or at
least had. always intended. if YOU re
NAMED unmarried, TO leave you the
Bruce Place when | am gone
Dear aunt.thank you for tho intention !;
hut would rather have Harry. | have
a little bit Of money Of my own, have
notY
-Four thousand dollars; enough 20
buy your wedding things and marry Won
dccently. For though you are going to
make such n fool Of YOURSELF, I shall
not show the white feather about il. |
must pretend to be happy when am
wrctched, and receive congratulations
that will nearly choke me but such trials
are part and parcel Of woman's lot I
dare say | shall get creditably through
them
Miss Ethel rose with a proud air. bn,
a piIifully sal face, and ATTEMPTED TO
Cave tho room but Eloise. with gentle
force and many tender kisses, made her
sit down again.
'Auntie, she sal coaxinplv. Won
have asked me cool many questions.
and have answered them truly: now |
am going TO ask you some. and | know
YOU will he fair with me about them
First were you ever in love?
Half smiling and half signing, Miss
Ethel sat. ihiaking over the bold uues-
ton. At length she answered, slowly.
and with q great deal OF psthos in her
voice:
Yes, Elose I once loved az 10 not
think you have the power 70 love. II is
twenty-two years ago
VIII you tell me nbou. it?'