The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-08-26

near home, and come back quite often.
But 90 l must, papa, so please give your
consent.
"But my dear little daughter, YOU
don't know what it is to work for wages.
to 90 outside the shelter of home, to
fetch and carry at another's bidding. I"
at can't be worse, papa, than to see
what l see here every day, and can't set
right"
..What would Will say, RosalieP"
She flushed to her curling hair.
He will be very angry, papa
His notions of values and of rirht
and wrong are entirely artificial.
Probably he will break our engagement.
But if he does, 1 ought to be glad that
two people so hopelessly different in their
estimate of things did not commit the
awful blunder of trying to live together.
l have thought of all that"
"And your motheI'?"
"She will be Mortified, chiefly on &C.
count of the Hayeses.' If they count
themselves out of the question, she will
soon be reconciled. You must 90
a-wooing over again, dear papa, and
persuade her that this yes is as vital to
your happiness as that long ago one.
Will you, Aged PIP"
The doctor thought and thought He
knew how Rosalies imagination had
overleaped the obstacles in her way-the
hOmesickness, the WEAKNESS, the monot-
ony, the longing for her lost lover for
he felt sure that Will Hayes would not
marry " working girl" He showed
her, carefully and tenderly, the seahy
side of the web which her zeal and con-
science had woven. But in his heart he
knew she was right Here, by his 'wn
hearth, sprung from his own loins, was
the large-hearted, clear-headed, irm-
willed woman he had dreamed of, eady
to give up ease, comfort, love tself,
when duty babe her. And whn he
gave his consent he said, softly, 81
thank God for this dear daughter
The news being carefully and gradu-
ally broken to Mrs. Myrick, she said at
first that she never did! Then she de-
clared, mournfully, that she ould not
have believed she could havea strong
minded daughter who wanted to go out
of her sphere. Then she announced that
she knew that the Hayesej would not
bear it for a moment. And finally, her
husband and daughter having explained
with untiring gentleness and patience
that Rose wished to live hr own life,
and count for one in the worlds column
of significant figures, she dived again
into the abysm of her mental processes,
and came to the surface with the rehec-
ton that telegraphy must be very sci
entific, and there was Mrs Somerville,
or was it Mrs. Stowe? or might have
been George Sand; at am rate, some
woman was very distinguished in science,
and had great deal of attention, and
was in the best society, AMI she had no
doubt Rose would be distinguished too,
and invited everywhere, az soon as it was
known. SO that battle was more easily
won than the victors had feared. But
there still remained the encounter with
the Hayeses in the person of the impe-
rious VIII.
Rose had said, calmly enough, that
her lover would probably break the en-
gagement. But in her secret heart she
believed in his largeness, and gloritied
his loyalty as to what was best in herself.
He heard her plea with a quietness that
surprised her, and answered no word.
You know, viii, it is only for a few
years, and we are so very young we can
well wait. | want to send Helena to
school, and to give Alice drawing les
sons Cher talent is really wonderfully,
and then they can both be earning, and
can afford to stop. Say that you think
| am right, WILL"
''Rose, as a joke, you must pardon me
if | say that this performance is very
silly. As a purpose, you must know it is
''Why?"
"Why? Because do not choose that
you should do it. Because the Haveses
do not 60 to shops and factories for their
husbands and wives. They are accus-
toned to mate with ladies and gentle
men. They care something for refined
habits, and the protection of home. The
men look up for their wives and the
mothers of their children, not do,Un and
the race shall not begin to deterorate
through me. Rose, if your father really
needs money, | will lend him whatever
sum he names, and without interest.
Better still, we will be married at once,
and his son can claim the same right to
help him that his daughter demands.
But 1T IS not fit that my future wife
should crowd elbows with some common
girl from tenement-house learning a
vulgar trade. Give it all up, Rosie, and
say that you will marry me, next week,
tomorrow, when you will, and never
talk nonsense again about earning your
living"
eff | am capable" answered Rose,
trembling with anger and wounded pride
IF | am capable of suggestion
which dishonors your house, l am proved
unit to mate with it. | would never
have consented that you should marry
my whole family, and they would repu-
date such a scheme with Indignation.
But now | will not consent that YOU
should marry me. We do not agree on
so simple a thing as the definition of
honesty and duty. What folly, what
madness. to suppose we should not ruin
one aaother's lives! / have adored nv
father ever since 1 knew his dear face
and he is nobleness all through. He
could not think mean thought, or set a
shame above reality. l have loved Won
for year, and you have hurt me with
your mean thoughts and your reverence
Tor shams again and again. 1t is the
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