The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-10-11
AN ATLANTA ROMANCE.
How Her Parents Were Reconeilad
TO Daughter Who Had OF.
Tended BY Marrying.
Atlanta {Ga.) Letter. ]

Atlanta {Ga.l letter.
Once upon time, and not very Iopo
ago at that, aEyoung man of Atlanta feiI
| IN love with an Atlanta Girl. This han
pens every day, and, as also happens.
the girl fell IN love with The young man.
somehow or other the parents Of the
girl frowned upon the union of these
two hearts that beat as one, and they
continued to frown until the young peo-
pie, thrown upon their own resources.
eloped as young people will do, and the
parental frown alluded to, instead of
becoming smile and benediction in the
presence of the inevitable, widened and
deepened into bitter disapprobation.
The father and mother set great store bv
their daughter, and they were over
whelmed with grief when they discovered
that for the first time in her life she
had disobeyed them. They did not
seek her out for the purpose of bestow-
ing their forgiveness.
In the course of time little
boy was born to the yodng couple
"a marvelously beautiful child, |
We have been told-and it grew to
be as cunning as it was beautiful. !
One day recently lady acquainted |
with the facts and intimate with both |
families called upon the young mother, !
but found nobody at home but baby |
and nurse. An idea struck her, and |
she lost no time in carrying it out. She
seized the baby and bore it off in
triumph to its grandmother, When
she rang the door-bell at grandmother's
house the lady was in a tremor, but the
baby was rs cool and as unconeerned as
a cucumber. Perhaps we ought not to
say unconcerned, for when the grand
mother opened the door the baby
laughed and crowed in her face, and
was as pert and as saucy as YOU please.
And wouldn't the lady come in and
rest herself?Well the lady didn't know;
She was just passing, and she thought
she would just ring and see how all were
getting along; but in she went, and
presently grandmother was admiring
oaby as it sat perched, bright and bouy-
INT upon the lap Of the lady. At this
unctre the baby displayed the most
Exquisite diplomacy. 1t boldly held out :
IS dimpled little arms to its grand !
mother, and was soon eestling against {
Ter motherly bosom. 1t laughed and q
rowed, and cuddled, and when some I
'ody made pretense of taking it, it {
uddled the closer. What wonderful !
right eyes it had, to be sure What :,
unning little curl, half hidden behind
S little pink earl What tempting t
tile toes! What dainty little hands b
)h, a wonderful baby altogether, the h
randmother thought and said. o
At this critical moment the grand. -
tther made his appearance, and this 4
emarkable baby seemed to understand W
5 business thoroughly. 1t cooed and IL
,owed at the grandfather. found place &c
/ his strong arms, and hid his little as
ice in his coat collar. The grand a.
.ther was captivated. He tossed and -
lndled the baby, and fondled it ina way Of
together unusual. Then the lady was o
3ked whose baby it was. Her position H
as embarrassing. She had no idea Of W
le result, but she made bold to tell the na
80 old people that it was their daugh- on
RS child. With this the grandmother W %i
Il to weeping and clasped this wonder in
il baby to her breast, and the grand ne
ther walked nervously around wiping th
S eyes and wondering why he was so ST
olishIy happy. Nothing would do re
ese two old people but their daughter ol
ust be sent for, and such another re- VI
ZION and revival as was held over the III
by has never before been seen in At In
nta. That we'll say and stick to. Bi