The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-11-24

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nv way without stumbling "':u you
excuse me for the merest moment, Mr..
st. Ivesp"
Now, it was not really necessary for
Drusilla to be led about inahou5o whore
she was perfectly familiar, but she wished
to influence Fred, and knew of 10 way
more certain.
How her soft, magnetic hand thrilled
him. Why, her lightest touch was lliieN
| caress. She talked very earnestly t.
him about his growing tondngss Tor cares
and wine, SAID she had heard such
rlmors, but would not believe them.
Would he promise that the gossip should
be without foundation? He would prom
ise anything. He would reform
Re-entering the parlor, she remarked
! to Maxwell: "My college boys are So
much to me like brothers, ! can rcprove
md admonish them III truly orthodox
style without their rescntlng it, They
need some one to scold them Il little
sometimes"
| Maxwell said, in his abrupt, argu-
mentatiye way: Z" Fred Devine does not
consider himself merely boy friend
/ he thinks himself II man and comes
wOOinG."
The color crcpt into Drusilla's pale
face "Hush, Maxwell St. Ives, | will
not believe it. My own regard for this
| lad is SO different want him to re.
gard me as u friend 1; want him to look
up to Inc, and come to Inc for counsel
and sympathy; 1 want his esteem;
/ in short, | want earnest, respectful,
beautiful friendship, instead Of tickle,
passionate, fatal love y
She was much excited. All the con-
troll she had shown when l4u taunted
her was swept away. She had suffered
SO much through love that she could
bear no mention Of what had durkened
her whole life.
Whenever and wherever ] try to cs-
tablish friendship, it is shortly trans
formed into reckless and despairing
love-"
All that she said was received i'll utter
silence. Surely he was not man but
marble. All this was such deep grief to
her, and he did not care. Any othcrman
would have expressed some sympathy;
ho' ~ 'lliS Lt"s'',lg AVA ~ ~ VIZ,
cSlllcai ana pi''er' '',ou8i'S IL 1t lHo wy
of acting. He had been drawn toward
her at FIRST, but an anonymous letter had
told him to "bewmo Of Drusilla Stnr-
ling" that she was an actress by birth,
and by education, and utterly without
heart. From that time he had been on
his guard.
t''luoH n'H ei'i"','T' T'u "'''' ,iDa ''-,' =
hloHen' l"09'' 'u'''ii 'iie ''''o II
60 on 10 say more oA my ScIt' ,,
/ want you 10 My" /, ''t'tu ,,l,,. 40 ",'3
T~n,e,rs nrnsomt sbaniJ ha SO mil df nos,i'9 end
pa,n rVn'I'' Ynn haye hsInrr now orc,ryaI me-
nf boiro q con,,,tt,i Trm,n my. honor
do NOT mean ~ hn Wbnr 10 7 ronuot
L.In n i. - lsn,onI s,G f,f,lify Trt
ma tell van th. ttrr,, nf r,,. lniI thut
Won mov i,lgn rr ytp,s,lr 'b.r, r.,an
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"u,, r,tnnr ,,..',.,.,. .l,,,,I..n .,r,,st and
,oaric. S l',,yI w',,,,I W." Who % IG2la Ga living
,,', "n,i o,J J,",;y rl .l, ,1gIfrr.
a. ,r,s 90 I,".itrnl ~. A.. ,.u. IpauG-
hI Nv ola rmso Jpan.tlo qa- rfou
. to'd me how mother would .as to Hnr:
The EngIsImm Is ao o.f'. L,j b.,
him she would say: You rto aumd
like the gods. She Won t.m, u1. oN-
"nnse She loved INN, bH1 ..@fe ne
was supposed to b." "H,li'N- '' "''"
her with hi, in@gwdl"- r't.r .A'n
with his lcmt. i!o Wa7 N," r0.r. pill
bic to hcaGty and rac"iu!a.'- o'd 'gl" ',g,.l
yer Ec,c nt ,t r 10 ,, ,,i,'.'m.i',. III nnt nn
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vent 'u',. low .,,' ',, 5 ,'' c,tI,,orI
W"a "u' 'lIco Tf' oI'' I1,a"i ''i-'' ,'i'''l ''''
Jeanette or'oS'l' I'o 10 LnS ,,'"' ,.,,,,,
'"From my tenth year ! nave nave, D,5 Doyh S,I con-
s'1oGs OF possessing my m2,'loi > i, ,",'I
fault of fascination. There IS h"t',lhf !
50 much dcpI0rr, lor nave my l.l','T
honest English hG3rt' ann Wo"lI NV Wii IN i.,a .k
only whore | could return It, untll ] the
last FEW months ! nave never .,t .;pI hHPwn ";