Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-25

| There Is a wound within herds a wound
| When II that is around her seems to smile,
Within her heart of hearts a knell doth sound
| Isaac WttttdHs.
| "Mother! Oh, mother! it will break my
hearth walled Odalite, sinking at the Iady's
feet, and dropping her head into her hands,
fac downward to the carpet.
The lady gently raised her child, took her
in,her arms and tenderly caressed her, MUIR
murIng softly:
"No, my ownl hearts never break, or one
heart, L know, must have broken long ago.
Besides" che added, in frmer tone, "Ho1iOr
| must be saved, though hearts be sacrificed
"Honor,' mother, dear? l do not under
| stand. / do not see what honor has to do
| with it. Or if it has, 1 should think that
| honor would be better saved by my keeping
faith with LIE than by breaking with himl
| o., motherl motberl il will kill him i
moaned Odalite.
| "My child, my dear girl, hear mel listen
| TO reasonl Leopidas Force has no claim to be
remembered by you. You have never been
engaged to him. You were but little girl
of thirteen when he went to sea on his first
voy age, three years ago, and you have not
seen him since. What possible claim can
| he have upon you, since no betrothal exists
| between youT gently questioned the lady,
| tenderly running her fair fingers through the
dark tresses OF the young head that leaned
| upon 0eF BOSOM.
sob, motherp replied the girl, with a
heavy sigh. 81 know that there was no
| formal betrothal between Ls and myself-
but-we all knew, you and father and LIE
and I-aH knew-and .lways knew, that we
| two belonged to each other, and would aii0Gys
belong to each other all our lives. LIE and
1 never thought of any other fate"
'1dle, childish fancies, my poor little grill
too trivial to cause you these tears. Wipe
l al. IL al. IL
destiny more worthy of your birth and
beauty" murmured the lady, pressing her
ripe, red lips upon the pale brow of her
darling.
"Oh, mother, do not scant higher des-
tinyl l do not want any destiny apart from
LIE. And these are not childish fancies, and
not trivial TO mel Oh, think, mother, LIE
and were playmates as far back in my life
as / can remember. We loved each other
better than we loved any one else 10 the
whole world. You and father used to laugh
at Us and pretend to be jealous; but we sdW
that you were pleased all the time, for you
both intended us for each other, and we
knew it, too, for father used to say when he
saw how inse parable we two were: SO much
the better; l hope their hearts will not be
estranged when they grow upP Aud our
hearts have never become estranged from each
e.herp
L
some speculative talk when you were chill
dren OF uniting you and Leonidas, SO that the
name Of Force might not die out from Mon
dreer. But / never really approved of
marrying cousins, Odalite, merely TO keep
the family name on the family estate"
"But, mother, darling, LIE and L never
thought of the family name and estate; we
only thought Of one another. And besides,
we are such very, very dist ant coHsins-enly
fourth or fifth. think-that that objection
could never be raised. Oh, motheri dea,-
mother, do not compel me to break with Lei
l can not! / can noti Oh, indeed, cannot 70
she cried, burying her face IN the lady's
bosom.
Elfrida Force caressed her daughter in
silence.
Presently Odalile lifted her head and
pleaded:
He Is coming home go soon now, and so
full of hopel He expects 10 be here by
Christmas; and he expects-oh, yes, know
By his last letter that he expects Toto
to" The girls eyes fell under the COM
passionate yet scrutiuizing gee OF her
mother, and her voice faltered into silence.
TO marry you early in the new year, 1
suppose you mean, dear"
"Yes, mother"
"He did not say So"
"No, mother, dear, he did not say 90 in so
many words, but from the whole tone OF his
letter he evidently BseaHt 80. Father thought
he did, and even tried TO tease me about the
New Years weddlng-asking me how many
hundreds should need to buy my wedding
clothes"
"What was it he said in his letter that
] lads you TO suppose he has any such expec-
tations? l confess that / saw nothing Of
such an intention when 1 read the letter"
"Only this, mother, but it was very signI6-
cant. He wrote that now he had inherited
Greenbushes and all his Aunt Laura's money
he was rich enough TO resign from the navy,
and he need not go to sea any more nor ever
part with me again; but that he could stay
home, repair and reTurnish the house, i'm
prove the land and farm it on ali The new
principles, and make the place a paradise
for Us 10 live in. He wrote, mother, dear, as
of certain, fixed facts."
HE was very presumptuous, my dear
little girl, for there Is nothing certain in this
world OF changes" graveiy commented the
lady.
"But Les heart has not changed, nor has
mine"
"My poor darling" said EIfrida Force,
smoothing her daughters dark hair with a
gentle hand, "my precious child 1t grieyes
me 10 do 30, but 1 must prepare you for what
seems inevitable You must forget all tn is
youthful folly, and think of Leonidas Force
only as a cousin. You do not really love
him az a betrothed maiden should love her
sffianced husband. You only fancy thst
you do. In reality you know nothing Of such
love as that. lie was brought up in the
house with you. You have no brother. LIE
has no sister. You therefore love each other
az brother and sister. BY and by you both
may discover-but not for each other-the
higher, deeper, stronger love which unites
the husband and the wife in true marriage
such love "a could wish might crown my
darliDgs life with lasting joy-such love
as you might find in Union with Angus
Anelesea. II Won would but give him the OPP
portunity of winning your heart
aNadamep exclaimed the girl, starting to
her feet, and gathering her black bress over
black eyes that blszed with indignation, 81
hate Col. Angleseal hate him and L fear
himl And would rather dc this day and
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