The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-10-11
FRANCES HALLIDAY.

How Cupid managed to send Stephen
Barker after me | never could find out;
but that is between themselves and is
none of my business. A man good
enough for Elizabeth and Janet, and
all such ornaments to their sex, to lay
his heart at my foolish little feet! / own
that for day or two the honor almost
turned my heads 81 % an
Then began 10 consider. / had loved
Norman Strong ever since could re-
member, and Norman had been my
friend when no one else said a kind word
to me, The case stood thus: was an
orphan, left in the care of an uncle and
aunt remarkable for that kind of pro-
priety that wins our admiration and
awakens our hearty desire to get away
from it. had q fortune of $25, ,00O-
thai is, was to have It ifwE remained
unmarried until was thirty-five, or if
married previously with my uncle's
approval.
Now uncle did not approve of Nor
man-in fact uncle never approved Of
any one that liked. But with Stephen
Barker disapproval was out of the ques-
tion. Stephen was the great man and
the good man of our small town. To
have insinuated that Stephen was not
worthy OF a saint, a beauty and an heir
ess united, would have been q heresv
seriously affecting my uncle's social and
commercial standing. Stephen Bar
ker's offer was therefore accepted,
and the next Sunday we walked. to
church together. IL
After this public avowal of our in
tentions the marria@e ,vas oa,s;d,a1 III IA
inevitable bv aTerr ,eo,.a's putisluere9 ''t ~
must do n,yself az ,;i'StiS IL O's
never rearIea I'm ',', "S.lgS q s.ate Una, tliaI
Stepben serionslr. Y 49, -'nens ,r,.e MiV.i
Man ~" - soo,,'. ootso"sls IL was a part OF
And a. Stenbon ~ f,,ii,. Ia piness anu rigl1s
do NOT evIaot s" loniS ooiaclieu IN ~
else S'' 0'Ai'uio dioni any one one
I tbipl q Was u. ~.
nigbt affor - toAl .as ~ ~ iassr tnan tne trird
tbst ~ Sr.er Sra, 9tephen la had spoken to me
ongbt M - ao.u nm n Vha1 ~ tnohght
wby and nd y nai,1l aa5 nm. nc askeI me
Ste,,i,s,,' aru salu All my HE long,
unhappy girl,.f have boan, 1" Sr"sIet, os,oid ~
speak. or lanob or s;n@ eon and "i,'iu ,n W
but Norman Stronc. s,S, a,s,. i ",iI ~ nus
word to me until i;iVS ~, e',i eaer ss'iu Aino
s.And you low love NJ Nornaa's waane; 81, \ ~ ~,
bluntlv '''S iii'sli e. ne asAeu'
So / ans,yo,.aa ..v,. ,el
and he loyos M 49, - I lvNe MN,
position &c aasi.;.. ;sn' "iion ne go9 the
wanted ~ M ,1,',sa ,.se u, your panS ne
were naitha,. IS ", ny Dus ullei9 sssu we
s25 000 = - - y = ~ 70 ~ 'i''ssea ~ WIN my
"So -, - aa- ooao,, e5
y ,.Paps Ioft H''se ~, 9Lg, ai'' VoVF e ! h3r ~
Miles can Ioo,, I. 'n.ss .'s.i iiiuon put oncie
unless noa,ri = uiiVli .'I alh thlrty-IVe'
he is 60 sat;ssJoS ~ pies.se hl1i' OF uhiess
ne voluntarily gives it up to me. He
Stephen was silent 1on,. 49, ~,
then he said it'll sa5i0l atoug Slllle, ana
good Girl 10 he honest [ ~, -, o9 qs arc
uncle could be 49, ~ ~ s.,l l,ie' II your
little fortune IL aue re.. y gaVe up your
use it wiselyp,'' - } ou ',iinA you couio
II couldSv;fl, NJ. !,
Then we had W ias nian 70 ilelp me
which itis M ~, naaag long conversation,
peat II wilI ~ haeoessaly lor me 10 re-
follows Tbara unuers'o9u Dy What
parently. between mss ssa!lSs. no cnange' aaPT
behaved exactly ~ f,s,,i .sa'u ~ =, !. hle
and eharao,a" s s..,,s .as u lover OF MS age |
have. He sent amt ,,ro',l'l.S ~ l,Heiy 70 pe7
hot-houses and md 'luno H. ~ presents i from ms
pretty iewelry n ~ l..ue s,1os.i me presents q
at Uncle Ma, ne hie spent tpe' evenings /
we were left sIn,,, noase, ts's anu sometimes
times We wept,o,l, sioue t,s .oge'ner, ana some
came to Sec ''u ns 80 nonas; u walk norman
day night. and .e''siolailyi on y pun
really behaveSSs ~ isit, sunt s'ald % ne haa
than She expeetad = afaS,nl gbs pd thonl,Se sense