Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-03-07

BY MRS. CHARLOTTE M. STANLEY NC
KKNEA.

| hENNAs
You'll never marry him with III
consent, Nance" said farmer Watson
Nancy tossed her glossy dark hest
And her eyes spsrkisd defantly.
"l'll marry him without 1t, then,
said she, resolutely.
The farmers color rose and his eye
flashed fire; they were wonderfully alik,
this father and daughter, with thei
high tempers and handsome looks.
you'll never see the color Of m
money, then" said he. ~ Away
meant you for your Cousin WILL"
81 hate Cousin VIM" she cried
passionately. "I'll marry Joe White
or go single to my grave"
You'd better, than marry him,
said her father. The hour that show
me you Joe Winters wife shows M
l have no child p
That hour came soon. HOt-temperet
and self.willed, oppCsi Ion only mad
Nancy more resolute TO have her way
One morning, without word TO any
one, she left the farm, and In the neigh
boring town she married Joe Winter.
A handsome, careless, ne'er-do- weel
no was fond Of the farmers handsome
girl in his own selfish fashion; but the
utmost affection that his nature could
feel would never have recOnciled him
to poverty.
The old manll come around,
he argued. "Give him time enough
And II he doesn't, she's his only child
and he'll leave her bis money when ht
dies"
But it's Ill work, waiting for dead
mems Shoes"
They came back to the village.
TITS we'll to keep her in his sight
Joe argued and jos made great pre-
tense Of working hard. But though the
passed their cottage nearly
every day, and though they met him
face to face at church, he
always looked another way, and his
stern. hard, handsome old face gave nc
sign that he either saw or knew his
Woman.like, Nancy began to weaken
irst.
cts hard to meet my own father
ike stranger" she said, one day
when they passed each other, and when
he got hOms began to cry about 1t.
Joe was thoroughly selfish fellow,
M ~, uattn Tears.
want 10 woman "himpering
"o, no salu. !.
.Is" wol@' Joy ior mo WAN IL ~
vi you' ~ slgnt. us enough 70
,ave al iuie woman Oh my hahos "
uPPoIt, withou. having crying one.
,et and he conla tall IN bar thus Tho
lashing anoer In har su.s did ~, ,ho
ears W '
"Are Won sorrv vou marr,ed me q"
he demanded hotlv
And then her tam ner .roused b;s n.
ooked At her with an uuIv scowl
eyes I am ~ he said rough,v "I,m
ot tba man IN I've tied down n a life If
oil. I thmgbt I was marrying old
Watson,s bs;rass bu, hall f,rn s ha
as Jan.htnr nou nn,;i ha nn,n.s 90
ia and Odds ~ bs rsmsm hsrS !, srs ~.
hsn "' "' " "' 'e ''' ~ ''o"
And be auro out ~ tho ,,,,.,. don,
v;,bont wa;ting for har ~ .nsaI vhich
,oniJ indeed have been i'm nossibla tn
or In, than fnr o,;af ana poss,;on,,o
nasr s slmost chotas boz anu p'''''""e
III ON nnm;shoI :" sIa o,,.a =. Inn.
hen words wopid come 1Fatier
10, a.. - o n,,sa oo
nn;sbsd" sorslv nnnisbsd fnr ~ q s,n 7"
And that was tts haa;nnina ~ auiI
,yas Ion, af,or ,,;Sn;nh+ -, no.
n sha,J OF lar cana hnma aud ha wes
rmnI " ' ''''' ''''' """ ' van
an, i
~ wante1 only that 70 MI her cup OF
Misery iuli. she mao peen warned OF
lis-her Cousin Will had warned her
40 hsd nauntea MN WIN angry words
answer 10 MS Kihd ones, the kind
nes mat WIRE peing proved 100 true.
FOOT WIZ she tnought, IN Durst
sell'reproach ana penitence. 80
ood, ana kind' and patient with me
nd said !! hated him and he heard
10 wOrds-l,s saw him In the doorway.
n, 1t wasn't true: Who could hate
'ill? why G,d father urge me TO
larry him? That did the harm-lI
light have loved him if
her eyes fell on the drunken, sodden
'rm, sleeping heavily upon the bed
10 burst into tears.
GOD forgive me This Is my nus
and 1t Is too late for regret my hus-
and, and soon to be the father OF my
hid
Very soon, before the first year of her
arriage was quite over baby boy was
eeping on her bosom. Before that
by boy was one year old, the husband
ID father had deserted wife and chi d.
The sufferings and misery of that
var Poverty, hunger, neglect, the
ame Of debt, had crushed the proud
irit of Nancy Winter. She toiled at
" needle to support life. When Joe
'andoned her his absence seemed a re-
If after the first shock of outraged
cling was over. il
" | shall have peace" she thought.
No more of insult and abuse. If we
arve, we shall starve peacefully"
That was the craving of her soul.
appiness had fed forever. Ii
" But, oh, pitiful Heaven, give me
ace."
The news of her abandonment flew ,
rough the village 1t was carried to