The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-11-24

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10 ihai f]arrsf, md luhri oui while sho
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Nhe VIVA % considerable hrIfss. and r.
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benuiy Ihis dnt Me- attained hef ma
larit md entered upon full md un
CONTROL II pWarsa uu II her fortune and
pruf#tiy Margaret mother bad died
~ ihe girls lifh Her father hai
inkrn no srrnnd wife. md she had lost
him when she was thirteen years old
She and he had boon alone III thr world.
- far ~ having AZ, near rlaion1 went
Mr. Pierce wns Margaret snwn cousin.
though mnuy Years older than herself
She had boom = Mis- tnthrnrt. poor no
pretty, aud shc hed NJ m rtrly age mar.
lied Robert Pierce. q rich manufacturer
n o great cts. whose money WIS album.
dant. Il bic family was doubtful 20
him Mr. llrrpe and biz wife. thr
guard nnship Of the Young be- russ had
been consigned. mot because thp late Mr.
harrington considered them thr most
desirable persons 10 bring up q young
girl not because be- krl their st,lp.
or their friends, az their mode Of Me-.
bot tralu.r laura Pierce was the onl,
relation his giri had, and l%ccausr. with
all her foihlr4. she was q kinl-hrarttd
woman, and because Mr. Pierce. II not
q gentleman. Ia Mr. Darlington 4 sense
oi The word. WI, also q kindly nnturrd
man, and away from MS bone, whore
hr Wa indulgcut 10 weakness, was q
Keen ihrewd man II business, md hon
eat wiihHl who would take care Of
Margaret = money ms il ii were bis own
Stringent provisions for the education
Of the young lady we're made in her
father VIII she had, to use Mrs.
Picrcc'- plainliyc expression, "cuiwycd
rr,rg Advantage which the best schools.
the first masters, the most accumpli. she'd
mistrcsscs, could give. She had passed
with honor examinations hri,lling with
difficulties; she had imb.bcd IA immense
amount oi condensed science, condensed
art. condensed theory Of music, general
facts, music and languages She had
never been allowed to 20 ont alone: she
had been taken 10 hear the most ccle.
brated singers and musicians. ~ le't.
uros, tn concerts, a. literary and scion.
tiic tournaments; she had been strictly
kept alonf from ANYTHING like womans
right, On the one hand, and n vulgar
filtration on the other. With the best
intentions in the world, her pastors and
masters had employed every energy To
mike her into q model Young lads "a
model In a social. a domestic. q bcncyo-
lent point ~ view. The Established
Church had seen after her morals aud
religious uv'irf, riv tod "lcarpt" M.
lticnl economy, because she would some
day have an estate 10 manage; many
uthcr thing, had been done 10 improve
aud make her what she ought To b..
And with what RESULT The result
TINT when. At nineteen years Of ngc. She
WIS committed into the hand. of her
guardian aud his wife ~ q finished
young la1y. Il was found that all her
trimming had not spoiled her; had not
been able 70 prevent her from deciding
for herself on many matters, had not
made her lc.. incnrrgihly natural and
~outspokrn. She lid not altogether be-.
licyc In the Church Of England. She
said she dbl not understand Wagner :
music. She said she thought there was
q great deal of truth in what the
woman's rights ladies said for them.
selves, She said she did not see any
harm IN u Irritation. She said she Il 4
not believe that her first duty was 10 be
SURF she married n man who would
look after her money and take care uf
her, She snid she VAS not going Ia
marry any one NJ MI until long after she
was iauuty-oue until she hal tried
whether she could not look after her
money for hrr.elt. She said many 9th.
or things IF a like nature. not loudly.
but with q very soft. delightful voice.
and with a smile nj once soft and bright.
Moreover, she sand she did not carr
! much about girls, and she thought Il
must lie because she had never know
anything bat girls. She had no special
friend 10 whom she wrutc daily half n
{, rcam Of paper. aud called u a letter.
She had struck up u great friendship
with Master Thomas ricrcc. the eldest
hope OF her guardian. aud Laura. his
d. wife. Thomas and his sisters adnrcl
her. She had early gained from Mr..
Pierce the soubripuct uf The lncor.
rigible,' and he had called her hy Il
: ever since.
Yet Margaret. as she stood IN the
! window, silently slipping her tea. and "a
allowing me time for this long dIgros%
! ion. did not look a very incorrigible
! person. OF \ very bad person in any
; way. Indeed, one was particular,
struck with the womanly %softne,. If MI
! her traits n sufincs, tempered hy = Ger.
! tain lire. but which never fora moment
! disappeared. She was indi.puinbl, A
beautiful creature; tall. and formed on
the lines of \ Juno rather than II 4
: llebe, none II her features. taken sepa.
raicly, could be- called handsome; hul
the ioni snScahle was charming. When
she smiled, a sunny. generous smile. on,
: quite forgot thai her face was mon
! broad than oval; onc parloncd the In.
! regular shape II her nose. because M
other nose would have been suited IL
tho mai III h.r face. al H..