The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-20

religious belief; she had learnt po-
| litical ecomBmy, because she would some
1 day have an estate to manage; many
other things had been done to improve
and make her what she ought to be.
And with what result? The result
that when, at nineteen years of age. she
was committed into the hands of her
| guardian and his wife as finished
young lady, it was found that all her
| training had not spoiled her; had not
been able to prevent her from deciding
! for herself on many matters; had not
made her less incorrigibly natural and
Outspoken. She did not altogether be-
lieve in the Church of England She
said she did not understand Wagner's
music. She said she thought there was
great deal of truth in what the
woman's rights ladies said for them
! selves. She said she did not see any
harm in Irritation. She said she did
not believe that her first duty was to be
sure she married man, who would
| look after her money and take care of
her. She said she was not going to
marry any one at all until long after she
was twenty-one-unt,l she had tried
whether she could not look after her
money for herself She said many 9TH
er things of like nature, not loudly,
butwith very soft, delightful voice,
and with smile at once scotland bright.
Moreover, she SAID she did not care
much about girls, and she Thought it
must be Because she had never Known
anything but girls. She had no special
friend to whom she wrote daily half
ream of paper, and called it a letter.
f l.,A 1T.
with Master Thomas Pierce, the eldest
hope of her guardian, and Laura, his
wife. Thomas and his sisters adored
her. She had early gained from Mr..
Pierce the soubriquet of The Incor-
rigible," and he had called her by it
ever since. lg ~ sd .iI, l
Yet Margaret, as she stood in the
window, silently slipping her tea, and so
allowing me time for this long digress-
ion, did not look a very incorrigible
person, or very bad person in any
way. Indeed, one was particularly
struck with the womanly softness of all
her traits-a softness tempered by a GER
tain fire, but which never for moment
disappeared She was indisputably q
beautiful creature; tall, and formed on
the lines of Juno rather than of a
/ Hebe, none of her features, taken sepa-
Iately, cobld be called handsome; but
the tout ea1samble was charming. When
she smiled, asunny, generous smile, one
quite forgot that her face was more
broad than oval; one pardoned the ir-
regular shape of her nose, BECAUSE no
other nose would have been suited to
the rest of her face; and there was no
possibility of disputing the beauty of
her red-gold hair, of the true Titan
esque hue, or of the curious, luminous,
golden-brown eyes, which were enthu-
siastic, but neither dreamy nor short
sighted. She was taller, more amply
formed, more richly colored, than most
English girls of her age, and with this
southern Mxuriance of life and vitality
there was mingled also some Southern
haste and impetuousness. She had
never made herself anything but agree
able and amiable in her guardian s
household, but both Mr.. and Mrs.
Pierce considered that Margaret had
many "odd'' ideas; they were both
somewhat apprehensive as to the use
she might make OF her fortune and her
liberty. She never treated them to any
, wild schemes but they had an intuitive
suspicion that her views as to the use of
money differed from theirs-and would
be more likely, for instance, to take the
shape of founding, a scholarship than of
giving a ball. AS to her real and serious
views about life--if she had any, which
they doubted-they knew nothing.
lyon ought to feel yourself very
happy girl, to-dayl" observed Mrs.
Pierce, presently.
."Why, Iwonder?,.' .....
"Most women (and men, too would
tell you the same thing. You know per-
fectly well, why" rJfi lg4 D
"If / We're a young man, dare say
should feel very happy, l should have
a career before me then-at least /
would make one"
"You have much pleasGnter career
before you as it is ----" .a-tl.-...
- wonder whatP,5 Wish y.u. ~.
"That of happy wife and mother"
sometimes That i & Stupid ii me, /
know. 1t simply shows that we don't
agree. / am not going to marry at
present.; and if l Were, it, does not fol-
low that ] should be a happy. ,wlfe. and
mother. might never be a mother at
all, and if were, my children might be
bad Ten to one. my husband would be
bad ~l-o' ii1oN bHl r4'irWlaiuJ b
"Not if you were guided in your
d choice by the wishes of your friends ~
Margaret shrugged her shoulders,
again smiling with, q dubious expires.
/ sion. VIZ "
q lyon are already admired, - pul.-
sued Mrs. Pierce; 'Imight almost say,
: beloved.pD 3lIa9 u99d -aa pde o'qsdi
You might almost say many curious
things" lin EI. I.,a,,n,.a ,I LII,