Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-12-09

MI, ohO III " JfHS tiiouSu VI
won't see If. 'efs
\ saw uncle give. her. ont
sharp look, and then I suppos.
her palencss scared him
! "Nonsense, nonsense, Helen
4 what's done, is done, and / dom
y regret it. i wishnyou'd be 9
4 sensible woman, and understand
that when CeciIe set her pa
rents at defiance, aud threw her.
self away on that low born yag.
abond fortune-hunter, she chose
i between us. y She did it with
1 her eyes open. Do you think
= I'd give the scamp a chance te
, make ducks and brakes of my
money!" p 4As
"But / can't forget her, An
| drew aunt went on, with 60
5 much spirit that / declare / was
as much surprised as il my Pig
cons should Ibristle up for a
fight with a wolf. cali your
. orders can't drive her out Of my
heart, and break the tie between
lis. She's our child-the child
God gave us, and we foolishly
INDUCED every idle whim, until
she grew to believe, that it was
right for her TO have her own
way.
"Her fancy for that man was
a whim, and she was such. a
child, such q poor willful child,
and We had made her so, that
you have no, right0to cast her
off as You have done. The sin
of her conduct lies as much at
our. door as at hers.
"Andfewy betoreanotheryear
| expect to stand face TO. face
with my God and hear Him
ask, 'What hast thou done with
the immortal soul Of the ihno-
cent childI gave thees ~
Uncle got as. red as a-fnr-
key-cock and jumped up.
"For mercy's1 sake, Helen,"
he cried, "stop preaching at me.
| can't a6nn Van tstaiid III aud
then he marched out of the
room; but / could see by his
face that what aunt said hit him
hard, specially as iito was she
who said it.
She was SO quiet and meek
that he had trampled Ahero down
always, and she never gave a
sign before. Not that he didn't
love her, for lie did. But then
he was a born ) rant, and wan-
ted slaves.
oWcIl, the felix's cali came the
next day, "a Host Of them, and
we boys had aTfhle time skating
on the Opont,, and rowing up
and down the river to Duck
Swamp. ri We didn't, kih but one
duck, but VIC had lots of fun. |
At. night We, had music and
games sud candy y-pulling, for
we were determined to see the
old year out in the good old
fashion.
A5ew minutesI before mid |
night, a long procession formed.
two and-stwo, aunt and uncle
heading it, and marched down
stairs 5to5the9 9big hall door, It
was shut, and ] stood on one
side TO throw it open at the last
stroke of twelve.
'''Now, good folks, : cried un-
Gle, 'fInske your wishes, and
may iIlt entrance of the New
Year give each Off our hearts
Hnstro ~
Ne1 IL , -,
emnly that Everybody laughed
mc,,n,.
a,be, ,yraat claclx an ,ha sta;r-
cas.. s.emn,enced str;ls;ro' mn, and
~ ,he LAT sfrole of we've
th,,, : onsn fbe door and every
ho,ly called ont s.Ilannv New
Yna,s; and fhere was IS sucb q
bnbh,,h and k;ss;no. and CON
ORR, uIaa;ag. you tu1,lin't hear
yotir own ears. AT least, all the
au,lts and ssirl~couSins kissed us
bows. and we aidn't dare 10 rnn
away for fear oil uncle.
11ye,, u,I,,.n the f,,ss stobned
|, E.,,s We s'..s sa.aa,b;n,y s,en
,hro,,syb the onan door into the
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