, 1881-10-30

i gave her good mother much causo Tor concer
| BY falling la love with curate named Duckit
| i'll general way. She rather liked them il
their proper plsces-pulpits and tea- tabes-an
pleasant voice und dangerously Aolt eyes
hut D,lckie was not rich III this worlds goods
lie bud to sec more closofy after his wash
Ing bills than WIS compatible with ths wcarinl
OF tine linen. and rs 10 e.ltnptuous fare. why ht
looked. said ths andady, ''as ii he would like
to 80 down on his Bonded knees and thank his
OF Of tho s,tu.l:,y jont." of courss, such invita-
40 oof IT. extended t 3a sai
Duckie 1Ras kept ut IL distance. Being hum
h!e-rninded, ho did nor remonstrate against
ans osea Miss ss' cs.E9 sF9sd with Ba"'sfS
/ ganccs when he saw her In church, all OF which
| n,da Miss carry's blood boil with sympathy. fet
would have clipped with MIR. Duckie and mar
| ried him In private. So far frum nnding any
! body disguised to offer her Two pins for suoh a
| purpose. she was much harassed py the super
vision OF her tnUthar. brothers, aud murriea sis-
| tiers, WHO would scarcely allow her 70 walk out
! OF tholr sight. So ut length Carry Loo re-
| helicd, and talked boisterousy about the
rights OF dunsoIs in free country She threat
cned to retire into tho Protestant nunucry of
may an,nug her relatives by this r.t menace, she
tollnwed It up by the aecond, of turning Paplst-
sir. buckle seemed to have loaded her up 70 the
muzz.e With militant thaology.
The good la1dlndy of the Grown and Sceptrc
felt sore'y troubled. Hers WAS a Protestant
establishment: noue but orthodox LIQUORS we're
void there If her daughter turned papst her
customers woaid be quite likely to say thut
the 1es,1ts paid her to poison her beer:
on the other hand. she 80 strongly objected
to see her pretty daughter marry poor
curatc thAt reelection ouly hardened her the
more against STR. buckle. Gnd:r these per.
ier .rlan oi business. Mr.. Bill. amt long headed
Scotcnn,nn na,1ed Mr. Null, who supplied her
with her whiskics. Now, Bill and Mu were
was awesl-fuvored young traveller in the whs-
ky trade. Slull Ind hetrd thAt Carry Loo had
u % fly ..,,t!e hnndred pounds q her owu: and
er,s death. Such money would not have
1usted long in rho hands OF au i1nprovl-
dent curs.te: but it would make a nice little
like johnnie. Null betbouGht him tuAt his
,ulght do worse than marry Curry Loo, and he
communicated his 1dta tu Mr.. b H. who agreed
Mrs. Luo WIS then sounded, and declared that
the arrangement wns the incest one imHgnu-
Bic. She ha'i often seen Johnn'e Null: and
tho uEht him q coMc1y. respectable 1ud. He WIS
nul only sarcwd rcckoner, tn1t WIS vi Il pious
turn. and had composed some psalm tunes to
he played on the bngpipes-yery suitable tunes
fur nertortu.ncr on lar.n IN oors, where there
WAS nobody within ear3hot-
Of course. Garry Loo guessed why Johunte
Il, the Crown and Sccptre. Her mother wanted
her to marry this acute and good lad, and she
dsliked him At first sight. But for all that s5e
did mt intend to refuse him. Carry's voca tion
for Il closirai nte WIS much less strong than
she ha.l Imagined; celibacy, indeed. wn1n cosc-
y examined. WAS Fepnsnant to her nature:
Carry WIS also di4ptcAseu Ut the pusila nmity of
Mr.. Ducsfe. II that ecctCsiastic had raped
at her chamber window in the dead Of nighs and
had proposed that she should descend inGdcr u1ld
hie with him Ly the ? IL. I'll. train to GreIna !
Green. she woslid have consented snd would |
have Thought h!m bold divine. worshy of |
girls love. Hut young iAdins Eetnut or patience
with young clersymcn wno snlvcl and NOPE t
overn,ucn. Besides Carry WAS willing 10 marry |
in order to be free nnd she felt the moro dis !
D19rf TN .1rhn0in Mn}j ftfnt |
tuHn w:,s by no means forward in making any !
Tic often rubbed his red poll with a |
through tue cnralers OF hts eyes, snd he seemed |
% be coming over all the Scotch proverbs
which Suggest caution in matriu,ony.
But Johnnie Null was nut allowed to manage
Ills affairs according to his own apprehens'oas
md nnt.ruthies. for he had 10 reckon with old
aull and witn Mr: B'il, The business man ~ 10th
Tot ASHAMED ut himself for hMng1l2 back 'ltke !
great xAwE." when hc might have the prettlcst
M 'e great thing for bin, 10 marry tae aaushtor
'owned hetsi - the crown and sceptre,
t'e; n great % demand? johnsuie jtHsi admitted tnas
would, and his natural truthfulncsS made him !
wtt that larry Loo was nice girl enough when
he locked pleased. and tlk;ind to him with Ap-
arent interest at'out the hnrdships and emo
ions Of II commercial travellers life. So, ouo
weller mood tban usual. johnnie puckcd up
ourwge, and said. with blush On his rosy
hetlS: |
fh. moo, will we twa get narriel?" +
I" Eth, moo, why not:' she answered With q /
ugh; and so married they were SIX weeks uft-
rwartls Mt the Windsor church. with all the
There arc Two ways OF looking Mt marriage:
nj Johnnie aud his wife soo1i placed theut-
Gives on "pposit Standpoints for vtewing. that
johnnie wAuted nwife who could keep |
onsc tor him and etltsr actively into his bust- |
eSs plans; Carry had mnrrittl to get her liberty.
nd her tavorit occupation lay in cncourngiag I
q - %tI
etved u good educauon. could sing and
ant adatau cows an, and , trees ~, q little, and
US great, aud she had some SOM notions es''oi of
fgh nrr in con,iectton with tca-cups and hair
lcssins. She desgised Old Null. and the entire
.iatives called upon Ter she stioklcd Tor tho OBJ
:rvarlce Of ctiquet until those uutort,inntcs | ,
rlthed on their chairs as II they were sea1ed ,,
3rn person IN her sight, AMI she failed not ut
ines to remind him &C his hui bic origin. When | {
rtns VII, VITA our;teS n md othsr idle young men:
were domestic. whose hustnessit Wis tosup-
:; her with the uxurcs OF life u1td to mold his
nxue until he WAS SDOkcn to. !
One day johnnie Mul received q very good
lsiness offer. lie was invited to 20 and ac1 As
anaser to Il prosperous hosel in America. Sal
c dnaEntcr OF ho,cl prorrictors, .luhn:tin :
ought this would he j,lst the thing for her. !
nd Garry did conicsec..d to cross the Atlantic. l.
the idea thut he had b.com;. her equal be- {
use he was ::ol1g to lord 1t over hotel. 1t ! E
IS one thing tn have hntel Of ol,c's own | .
ID quite another thing to marriage other peo- !
e's property. tohnn'c, who had grown to be | !
~ much afraid of his wife, acknowledged tue ! 5
stscc 1f this axiom, and felt proud when he !
ID at last got his wife board tue Atlantic | !
ea:ner. carry. at course, h,ld II iirs,-cn5s v
bin, white Johnnie, from economical lits,tiyos =
aSe!ed as stc1raEe passenger. He used to :
tenn her with rugs and books When che took | :
r ;l1riuEs IN. deck. aud 1t was gcneeHly slip- Il
=el that he was her servant. So he WIS, aud -
r. obedicnt. u
Tho Grand Confederation lfotct. which .Jt!ln- {
NuH went to mhi.AEe. was a much lnlser 4
use than t&te Crown auti Sceptrc- of Windsor =
t, OF course, i'll point of antiquity and pres | G
=. It could not compare with the latter house; y
q Carry MuIl, onco Installed In her f,li,cuons y
landlady. lost no tirnc in letting hercustoners IL
low that she camc from q grcur land, Il great Il
tel. and Il great fi,nls, and would not suffer
rself to be 1ceutsd with familiarity. It Is
I. the custom OF Americans to treat
lies with dettcisut respect, hut mitch
the gentlemen vito resottcd to tnc | g
ntederatlou Hotel enieAvored to pleuse the |
gtish iandEady, she WAS diSsusted with tEer
timers, and plainly showed 1t. She thought |
Q Americans iifSufcr.hiy vtiiE1r. and their |
men still worse She iiad naughty way ot
:eiving the laIy customers OF the huuse, ~
ough she cid theIrt a ,creNt honor i'll p0esef,uv
cir money and she ulatsc great inHny ycxa tt
Us little rulc5 abuut aif,:: <1ne's boots oti the
Or mat, dining ut table d'hOte in black co:ts
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