The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-09-10

pure, lovely and sincere! She was roall,
- rare and most precious creature, count
ing her humanity more valuable than
her social class. The most determined
contemncr Of the people must have con-,
fessed that she was supreme ~ ker Owl
way; hut 10 the Armstrong family she
was as hateful MS II she had been Cali.
bans twin sister, and Hecate's favo,its
daughter. And her name--Detbs Scam
bier! What matterel her beautiful soft
halr, like ripe rHts i'll the sunshine-hel
large hmpid hazel eyes-her cheeks will
thee peach-like blooni-her lips will
their "Cupid's bow" for outline, thei,
flesh M soft and smooth and red as cher.
ries; what mattered her sweet voice M q
her nymph-like form, when she VAS only
u gamekeeper's daughter, and was called
Debby ScamblerS Her very name war
Il disgrace, ns her birth and parentage
were social bins-made NJ by the fact
That Jnlinn Armstrong of Holme Wusl
Was III love with her and meant to make
her his wife. Hadhe been IN hove with her
without meaning ~ make her his wife,
even then the shnme would hayc been
sufficient; hut rs things were his love
fof the girl WIS the last drop i'll the cup
of bitterness and the parents refused t.
swallow it.
There was no gloSslng over an TN.
pleasant truth. ur diplomaticaly bidin q
his time with Julian. What he had IL
say he said mt once, going straiaht to til {
| point, without circumiucutlon or con-
| ccalmcnt. As 1'oa as he had made il
clear ~ himself and Debby that he loved
hcr md had heard that she loved him in
return, he made it clear also to his father
and mother. In less than half an hour
after he had taken his first kiss, and
given his own faith, he revealed this
notable secret to his parents; and he re.
vealed II with IN much enthusiasm, and
pride and delight, rs il he had gained
the love OF n princess. and was to call Il
king his fathcr-in-law. Instead of which
he had only Won the love of Debby
Scramhler; and his future father-in- law
was the head game-keeper on his own
ancestral estate. But it vas the right
kind Of thing altogether. he said, tossing
back his long black locks. This fusion
OF the classes was to be the true saliva.
ton of EnglRnd-this leveling up the
only righteous revolution. He was not
; only glad because he loved Debby and
she loved him, but because il was such
IN admirable occasion for carrying out
his notwithstanding the strength of his
ideas. He was happy as a man, u lover,
an expcrimtntalist, II philosopher; and
he invited his father Ia congratulate him
on Iris choice and his mother to he glad
even as he was glad.
"You are mad or worse" cried Mr..
Armstrong, furiously. " If you marry
that girl You will break your mothers
heart!"
"No, my mother will learn to love
herr" said Julian with the heroism of in.
fNtuation. "She will live to thank me
for such daughter"
I" Is this folly or insolence? ?" asked
his father, looking at him culiously.
Neither" Julian answered, meeting
that searching look with one us candid
rs child's. alt is truth and love-"
Hugh Armstrong turned away with M
| impatient exclamation. He had loved
his wifc-no man better, but julia was
his fit helpmate. She was his equal in
birth, fortune, education, condition.
There We're no loose timbcrs in the
matrimonialship to threaten laundering
or to creak unpleasantly. But this affair
of Julian's WIS II very different kind oil
thing. This was unsound throughout
not timber that did not creak, not Il
square inch that didnot portcnd founder.
ing.
"Truth and love!-rubbish!" said
Hugh contemptuously. Understand
me-" he then continued, turning back
and speaking to his son with hardness,
anger, decision and impotence all in
one. eff you marry that girl You may
live rs you will or as you can. ] can.
not prevent your coming into the estate
! hut while | am alive. not one sixpenct
shall find its way from my pocket into
YOURS"
"That will be 50 much to the good OF
my moral nature" was the answer OF
the incorrigiblc. 81 shall learn mans
! duties before me, and assume a hus.
! bands responsibilities.
Julian! how can You he so insane
50 wickedp" cried his mother. If any.
thing, she was even more disglsted than
his father, and took the disgrace and
shame Of the whole thing to heart.
~ am not insane, and / am not
.
Julian, sacrificing so much of the genius
of the moment as to give his beloved'i
| whole souOrous name. "She is noble
she is magnificent; and human worth is .
! higher thing than more castle and fash,
ion"
Hugh! he must he madr repeated
his mother, looking ut her sou with Il
compassionate kind of suspicion break.
lug through her indignation.
"Mad or not, il this thing goes ON he
must he banished from home" said his
father very stcrnly. 49,
81 shall he grieved, returned Julian;
'but must wait in hope, and possess
my soul in patience. You will do me
and her Justice In the end"
"Leave the room, SIR" thupdered his
/ father. "Your insolencc, your pedant-
| ry are intolcrable. Leave this room now
i give you till tomorrow morning to
know whether you will have to leave the
house as well"
Father, you will he sorry for YOU
hardness You do not know what m
angel Of goodness you are rejecting,
said Julian, gently; but he obeyed the
command and Withdrew, leaving his two
handsome and unhappy parents in do
spair at this untoward event, and without
much hope that their wrong-headed sol
would see the error of his ways-and
seeing, would amend them.
IL they were outraged, what was Clar
ence? His Indignation against hi
nephew went rs far beyond theirs as Iii
love fell short; and had there not beer
the gallows in the distance he would
have put pistol to that disturbed ant
disturbing head with no more compunc
ton than he would have killed wease
in the hen roost, ora canker- worm ut tho
root of a sappling oak.
, ale is insane, and he must be put i'll
to II lunatic asylum" said Clarence
"You owe it TO yourselves, to our fam
/ lily, and our past, not to allow such {
disgrace ns thisto stultify our whole his
! tory. He must he confined close-wt
7 nave case enough for II certificate.
! But the father and mother, though
they did not reject, did not quite indorst
the suggestion. A badly-married soI
was an awful infliction to their famil,
pride, truly; but mad son was almos
worse. Between the two what comfor
was left tlIemP And there was nc chanc,
Of Julian's submission.
The next day found him as finn ana
fixed rs he had been the day before. Fl,
loved Debby Scambler and he meant tC
marry her ut MI costs; and neither tears
nor reproaches, neither prayers moi
! threats moved him from his resolution
So that nothing was left 10 Hugh Arm,
strong and his wife Julia, save the carry
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