The Magnolia gazette., 1884-10-23

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Then he rose in his wrath and spoke
his mind freely, and showed her at
once that john Gordon hai not dwelt
much on bis mind. He had babe her not
to speak of him. and then be had been
contented q i8ok upon him as ore
whom he would not he compelled 10
trouble himself with ans further =
think, Mary. that you are making too
+ little of me- and oi yourself, TO talk to
me, or even 70 consider, in such mat
ter what q servant sgys tg yoQ. As yOn
have given me YOur ale :tion YOU
should nOw allow nothing that anv one
Z can say n yoa 10 make son even think
Of changing your purpose. How
l grossly must he be mistaken, when be
cDnld imagine she had given him her
4 heart. Had she not expressly told him
/ that her love had been set upon anoth-
er. :" lo me yon are everything
have been thinking 81 ! walked up and
down the path, u Ill that / could do TO
make sou happy and / was s9 VA uY
myself 10 feeling that I had your haupi-
ness 70 look after How should I not
lel THE wind blow TOO c1ldiY gn you2
How should ! % watchfui to see thar
nothing should ruiie your spiaitss
1 What duties, what pleasures what soci.
cty should | provide lar vou How
should ] chang my habits 81 a. 70
make INV advanced wears III for vour
younger liies Aud ! was teaching my-
self e hope that was not yet 100 old
70 mase tkis altogether impossible
Then you come 70 me and tell me that
you must destroy all my dreams. dash
q 4 niy hope to the ground, because an
OH woman has shown her temper and
her jealousy
Ihis was true, according to Tie light
in which he saw her position. Had
there heen nothing between these two
but mutual desire to be married, the
reason given by her tgr changing il All
would ne absurd A. be bad continued
70 speak. sluWiy adding one argimeat
. another, with 8 certain anlo8nt 81
trne elo4uence. she felt that snless she
cguii N 5aeh ~ john Gordon size
must yield Bit il was very hard
Tor her 70 20 back 70 john Gordon. la
the first place, she must insist on her
love for man VINO BAD never spoken
70 her ri love it wa 81 hard that She
could not ~ it openly HAS thogrht
30 little Of the value could he to you.
Your value to me f. infinite. think.
Mary, that there has come up3n yol
certain melancholv which is depres ,iny
sou Your regard q me Is worth now
more than any other possession 9r gift
that the world can bestow And ! had
taken pride . myself in saying that il
had been given. Yes her regard
she could not contradict him a 10 that.
And have you Thought " your own DO
sitons After all tnat has passed be-
tween us, you can hardly 70 on living
here as you haze done
II know that.
Then what would become Of Won If
sou were 10 break away from me5'
M thought you would get a place for
me as goyerness. ora companion tg some
lady.
Would that satisfy your ambition
! have place FOR you but Il Is here
Not rs q companion 70 lady are Won
required 70 fulfil your duties here on
earth il Is fuller task Of work that
you must do. | trust-l trust that II
may not be more tedious. She looked
at him again, and he did not now ap
pear 80 old. There was power Of
speech about the man, and dignity
which made her feel Chat she co1fI II
truth have loved hiIn-had il NOT been
ior John Gordon. unfortunately, I'll
am older than you, very much older
But to you there may be this advantage
that you can listen to what / may say
With something Of confidence IN nv
knowledge of the world. As my vile
you win fill q position more bonGrable
and more suitable to your gifts. than
could belong TO you as a goyerness or a
companion. You will have much more
to Do, and viii be able 10 % nightly "a
your rest with consciousness t6af Won
have done more as the mistress IF our
house than Won could have dona - tbat
tanner capacity. You will b,vo caro- ond
even those viii cnnoble the world 10
you. and you to the world. That other
life is poor shrunkcn death rather
than life. II is a way Of passing her
days which must fall 10 the lot Of many
a female who does not achieve the 9th