Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-12
CHAPTER xxiifsr en,sir1suED.

VI lyIS4 es~orA Sz-z8S4ss
cHAPTER xxiif.r ens1IsuEp.
These last expeditions weres very
pleasant. Philip drove, and Grace and
Mabelle took it in tnrns to sit beside
him, while DR.. johnson shared the back
seat with whichever of the young ladies
occupied it. They were happy hours
which were passed in this manner,
while Philip, when hard pressed, would
relate some of his experience of the
1nconceivabte hardshfps'' which, he
Historical in his family and his sister
listened, and did the questioning with
that glance from her dark eyes which
spoke of q love like that which Clara
Van Arteyelde felt fol-, her Philip when
she said: '-2' 49,
Is I've loved him much. ahd quarreled with
And 81 osr love loves and, quanrrels psst are
E1lE no bind us caosers,g sells
And Mahelle listened, e too, the more.
perhaps. nsthat she said the less.
seGrace teaseds Philip ,on,his lnewly-dis-
covered geapacity aforplaziness. and he
said that man WAS cEfebrated for adapt
ing himself to all circumstances. . =
1sft..Eyen adverse ones suggested
Gwen adverse ones. my dear, such
as the present." he answered.
Sometimes Mabelle speculated upon
Philips rough analysis of his own
character, which he had given her that
day ON: the cliff. Nothing. he had said,
could make him otherwise than rough
and hard. Rough he was; perhaps, oc-
,casionally rough, that Is, lin express
sion. rough in the sense that in a very
refined circle his manners would have
been found wanting in polish. his bow
in elegance. and his Compliments
wanting altogether as rule. But hard
-Mabelle could discover no hardness
fora long time. She thought she had
never seen any man whose manner and
whole conduct toward mother and sister
was 90 good and so satisfactory IS that
OF Philip Massey.
&c be had certain old-fashioned ideas
-as u the sphere of ia, woman's useful
yness, and the desirabiiity of cultivating
ilheri culinary and household capacities,
lit was assuredly not because he mag
lned she could not worthily take her
sshare in other things-that was evident
from topics which he discussed with
Grace and her mother, and the weight
he gave to their opinion.
OASsfs W4kCxA q AoSAy Will tSIy suu.
yanced viewspon the,subject of woman's
sphere had had an argument with
Philip, and discovered what she con-
tsidercd his great and lamentable dark.
ness upon some important points, she
&suggested to Grace that mans wish fol
women to be accomplished cooks and
:. housemaids-s she expressed it-cov-
rered an abyss of selfishness not to be
measured by ordinary standards.
s.fndeedr' retorted the indignant
Grace. .sYou think Philip is fond OF
aeating; and would rather l could cook
well Tor him than any thing else / can
tell you that he would rather eat dry
bread than see his mother or me boil
him. a. potato, if we were tired, or if il
were inconvenient-andI have seen him
do it; and seen him make tea and toast
for me with his own hands, when was
ill at lrkford, because didn't like what
the servant of the house had made. II
that is an abyss of selfishness.' l like
-selfishness."
Assuredly, thought Mabelle, these
were not the traits of hard character.
Only, once, when his father was relat-
ing something concerning woman,
zone of his tenants, who had lost heI
child. partly through her own careless
ness anu ndu auueu. One married
her husband for his position; there was
"a young fellow whose heart she nearly
broke four years ago." Philip had said,
s.cynical laugh:
IS 1t is good thing the child did die.
Such women are not fit to be mothers -
She stole q glance at him, and saw in
his eyes what he meant by saving his
-ssfisaster had .'hardened'' him.
s dM4hen6was rather Sad that day, fol
In two days more she was to go back to
Irkfcrd.. Angela had written some very
pettish letters. in which she upbraided
GMabe1le for her selfshness, adding thai
If she did not come home soon, she,
Angela, would have to come to Foul
haven and take lodgings there. These
letters Mabelle showed to Grace, ane
the perfidious Grace had revealed theii
tenor to Philip, whose comment ha6
been:
.Good Lordi Does she think she car
keep Mabelle forever tied to her apron
sstringsa What will she do when the
child n,arries?''
..It will depend very much on achorn
the child narries,n his sister had grave
Nv answered, as she fixed her eyes upoI
him, but found he was not looking al
her When at last he did meet hel
ewes, sa4 Grace laughed, and Philip
laughed, too; upon which Miss Massey
called him goose, and went away look
inc very well satisfied with herself, anC
him. and the world in general
1.-THE day came on the morrow o.
which Mabelle was to go to Irkford
She and Philip and Grace had planned
aalast excursion with Or johnson in the
pony carriage, to some fine old woods
sfrom which they could descend to the
sshore, and picnic under some huge
.cliffsLan almost unknown, untrodder
region, which Mabelle had a yearnins
TO visit. - -
1t was September, yet the heat was
-great-almost sultry; there was dusky
maze over sea and sky when the three
-would-be excursionists met at break
fast. Their elders had finished long
ago. for I do not suppose any one will
attempt to dispute the fact that the
present generation, as whole, break.
fast later than the one Immediately pre-
.ceding them. Mr.. Massey had been of
in his fields by half past seven, and
Mrs Massey was at this moment in the
kitchen, not exactly ''eating bread and
honey" but experimenting her hand
maids in the preparation of something
which at the evening meal should far
.surpass in excellence any bread and
honey that ever passed mortal lips.
.Lettersr' said Philip, strolling in
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