Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-31

are other reasons, stronger if you choose.
You know l love you, Frank-nO brother
could be dearer. God raised you up TO
fill to me the place Of one in denying to me
that blessed tie, but you must not ask me to
assume 4 deaTeT relationship. l bear no
such love for you as would justify me in
it. Let me be to you sister, as Of old,
and seek one to be your wife who Will fill
the place more wOrthily than l could pos
sibly do
Frank urged his plea by every argument
he could command, but Clare was lnileXl-
bic. He begged that the matter might be
referred 60 her mother. She told him 1t
would be useless for him TO apply to her, as
she knew her own heart, and it would be
folly 70 give publicity to the affair; better
that IL should rest between themselves
and never be spoken Of again.
Then Frank returned to the old charge
that she loved Mr.. lie Nerrier, and that
was why he had been rejected.
Again and again she assured Frank that
no one could take his place in her heart,
for she had never borne for him any love
but such as one cousin might bear for an
other. They remained long together,
Frank unwilling 10 listen to her fire.
Queut petitions % return 10 the rest Of the
company until she had given him some
encouragement to hope. She did not hold
out any Whateyer-stil he hung a hone
N Y
engaged.
To the rest Of the party the day passed
OF pleasantly, and they remained SO long
together that the mOOnbeam's mellow
( light shOne on their h0meward route.
The next day the guests left for their
respective homes, except Mr.. HOughtOn,
who anticipated their departure with
pleasure, hoping that he would be able to
make a stronger impression upon Glare
nDn Har lot 20 hon
/ selves. lie had insisted upon impart-
ing his wishes to Mrs. HOntleur, and had
I besOught her intercessiOus on his behalf,
but sue frankly told him that she cOnsid-
+ cred their present relationship an impera-
/ tive bar 10 any nearer one; and that
4 besides she trusted her daughter
+ would never do violence to Der own
nature by marrying any man To whom she
could not give an undivided heart. She
. appealed % himself as 10 whether he
. would willingly accept her when she told
I him she did not love him.
He said he would win her love If she
/ would only give him an opportunity, that
/ he would so devote himself TO her that she
/ could not help but reciprocate his feel
ings.
/ Observation has taught me" said Mrs.
/ Honheur, shat that is dangerous ground
/ 90 form a connection upon. The sacred
T institution OF marriage, so beautiful
as it came from the hands Of
. the Divine Author, so prostituted
as we have seen it a thousand times,
. involves us in new duties. new cares and
/ s0rr0ws, rs well as new pleasures. Dis
+ cOrdant dispositions must be harmOaized.
/ This often proves to De no tTifiing affair,
! and needs. either on one side or the other,
and generally on both, au exercise of
/ patience and torbearauce, which can only
i he the fruit Of love. Then nothing else but
{ love can sustain the parties in the diff
culties and perpleEities which are con-
4 stautly arising in the internal manage
I ment OF domestic affairs, the training of a
/ family, the controlling Of the servants, and
T al. the complications which are brought
/ 90 bear upon the happiness Of the home.
1 Each must bear and fOrbear, and labor
/ and strive for the happiness of the other,
/ as none can do who are not thoroughly
I devoted TO each other. You think now,
! Frank, that all your hopes on earth are
/ involved in this matter; but, unless | am
4 mistaken, this viii prove but a child-l0ye
! yOu have been nursing, which VIII pale
/ before that mGster-passlOn which viii one
! day control you-WhCn the stronger emo
/ tiOns of manhood shall take possession Of
f. YOU
Frank remained another week. but the
+ charm Of his visit was over, and, restless
! and dissatisfied, he returned to the city to
make preparations for resuming his
. studies.
Clare had never mentioned the subject
I OF his proposals to jamie Thompson, but
she shrewdly suspected the state OF
things, and did not rest until she found
I out that he mad proposed and been reject
\ ed, which knowledge she acquired in a
I most disgracefUl manner.
/ Miss JAMES maid. Flora, was not pure
I ~ African, but what was called in the
I parlanCe of the country a QuadrOOn.
/ Having so large portion of white blood
| in her, she was as this class always are,
/ far superior TO her own race in intelli-
I gence. She was the cOntidant and friend
I Of her mistress, and always ready to act
I for her in any schemes or plans which she
( might desire to accomplish. jamie told
/ Flora. when she returned home from the
fishing party, that she thought Master
( Frank had proposed TO Glare, and she
I wished her to ind out whether he had or
not.
/ eYOu will not be able to find out any
I thing through the servants said jane,
I 'sfor Clare viii never let them know any
thing about il, and you must set your
wits TO work to gain the knowledge
I want"
Flora Immediately set about acting the
1 spy, as she had done on many a previous
/ occasion. and, in order to ascertain what
| was going on, concealed herself in the
I shrubbery at the end of the house on the
T following evening, and listened to the
/ conversation between Frank and Mrs.
I HOnfeur and Glare. She heard Frank
| urge his suit with Mrs. HonfeUr and her
Y reply, and became fully posted with re-
gard to their affairs. They sat until late
! hour that night. and she was kept in her
I uncomfortable position until they sepa-
rated. fearing TO move lest she should be
/ discovered, though she mad gained all the
7 knowledge she wanted early in the even
ing.
/ When she returned to her mistress, she
made full report. The friendship be-
l tween Clare and Miss jamie had some
I what cooled. Clare had seen so much of
| her while Frank was at Glenside. and so
much to disapprOye, her character having
opened before her as il had never done
| before. that she had lost her respect for
/ her i'm a great measure. Meantime Carrie
I COchrane had grown in her good gTaces,
Z appearing more and more lovely to her
4 the more she knew of her, and when she
/ wearied of her needle, her books and her
/ pen, her pencil, flowers and birds, and
I louged for cOmpaniOnship, she turned
! Oftener to Mrs. COchrane's house for il
l than TO Mrs. ThompsOn's.