Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-17
BRAVELY WON.

DINA ELL WIN.
+ Mrs. Sylvester and her daughter
Maud lived in a pretty semi-detached
villa in the neighborhood of the pref
ty English village of Chaplain. The
good old lady was what most people
would consider comfortably off; but
she, who had once known all theluX-
uries that wealth can bestow, regarded
herself as one of the unfortunates who
merited as much pity as the wretched
pauper who crawls into the wOrkhOuSe
for nights shelter.
Poor Maud. Sylvester life was rem
dered q perfect misery to her. Lord
Waistrill's son almost lived at the
quiet little villa, and worst of all, Mrs.
Sylvester encouraged him.
Lord Waistrill had told falsehoodS
sufficient about his precious ne'er-dt
well to raise Mrs. Sylvester's hopes of
social ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for herself and
her daughter to the skies, and Mrs.
Sylvester had sufficiently exaggerated
her daughter IS prospects to insure my
lords persistence in his sons behalf.
But his son needed no urging on.
BE was madly in love with Maud.
The more she showed her dislike the
more affectionate he was. In vain she
assured him she could not care for
him.
To make matters worse, her mother
entirely changed in her demeanor
toward her. With all her vanity,
selfishness and absurdities, Mrs.
Sylvester had hitherto been affec-
tionate toward her daughter.
But now change had taken place
in her demeanor. She threatened that
she would leave her penniless when
she died, and let her make her own
living as best she could, if she did
not consent to the marriage.
It grieved Maud deeply to see her
mother stoop to falsehood in her
wild desire to bring about this mar
riage.
Now Arthur Chambers and Maud
Sylvester had so far kept their en-
gagement secret from every one
excepting her friend Lucy.
Of course poor Maud took every op-
portunity to visit her friends in Bays
water as frequently as she could, and
to her confidant Lucy she revealed
her troubles. .o a
q" on must come us often as you
can to Chaplain, and save me from
the prosecutions OF that Objectionable
creature to whom mamma would have
me sacrifice myself. :
OF course Lucy did come as often
as she could; but ere long her visits
were put to a stop by the positive
rudeness of Mrs. Sylvester, who, for
the sake of her own wishes, desired
to sever Maud,s connections with her
Bayswater friends.
Lucy, dearly as she loved Maud,
could not continue to visit at house
where she was openly snubbed and in
suited.
Not satisfied with having driven
her daughters dearest friend from
her doors, Mrs. Sylvester at last OBJ
iected to Maud's going to BaySwater.
Maud rebelled Indignantly against
this.
Why, : she justly asked, s'was she
to give up her dearest friend? What
had she, Lucy, or any member
of her family ever done to merit any
such unheard-of treatment 20
"Never mind what they have DONE"
answered Mrs. Sylvester; that has
nothing to do with the matter. 1t is
my desire that you should not visit
them, for the present at least. and
you must submit to my orders
81 am sorry" answered Maud Il
cannot in this instance obey YOU
ssBut you must and shall" cried her
mother, furiously. atg
Maud did not answer her.
"Do you hear me?" cried Mrs. Syl-
vester.
81 hear YOU" answered Maud.
"And you must obey, Or
s'Or whatr' questionedtMaud
!. ssOr I will turn you out of the
house, cried Mrs. Sylvester.
"You need not do that answered
Maud, with considerable emotion IT
can go very easily. without being
turned out.'' s
She rose as she concluded speaking.
Mrs. Sylvester looked up at her.
Hardened though she. had of late be-
come. with this one hideous nightmare
Of social aggrandizement engrossing
her whole consideration, she still had
spark Of better feeling when the pa
thetic tone of her daughters voice
reached her ears.
"Of course" she said, pettishly,
IS I don't mean that exactly; but it's
your duty to obey me, Maud, in all
things. 90 @
"In all reasonable things" ans
wered Maud. =
"You go against me in everything, y
cried Mrs. Sylvester. "What other
daughter in the world would hest
tate to marry as you now have the
opportunity of marrying9 You can
restore our family to it's proper place
in society; you can s
Mother cried Maud, .sfor
mercy's sake do not approach that
hateful topic again. Irepeat now what
have told you dozens Of times be-
fore; Twill never consent to become
the wife of Lord Waistrill's dissipated
son." fIe
ssDissipated!" shrieked Mrs. Syl-
yester.
"Yes-dissipated; you. know it as
uo1l acT mothpr nisainafiOn ia writ.