The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-16

eyes opened widely, her color came
and went. She stared at the speaker
as if not able to believe the words Just
uttered, and then, rushing from the
room, found her own apartment, and
flung herself down in an agony OF
grief and self-rerroach. 10 whom
could she turn for sympathy or pity
when the one she had learned to re
gard as her natural protector spurned
her and willfully misunderstood her
What had she done that WAS so griev-
Gus? Had she not battlcd against her
own feelings, and conscientiously done
what she thought to be right?
Meanwhile Mrs. Geraldine Gansc-
WORT, having spent her anger and in
dignation, rang the bell and ordered
her coupe.
She had to drive alone. Sibyl and
Gladys, her delicate daughters, had
gone to a reception. Frank, her son,
a young physician, was never able to
60 with her, coffee hours" preventing
Her thoughts were far from pleasant
1t disturbed her circulation to be thus
excited. Teresa, in the plain terms
she used to herself, was a fool, and
why should she allow 4 fool so to
annoy her? But the girl should be
punished. The idea of a portionless
orphan refusing such an offer as that
of Leroy Jones "a millionaire. a
fellow whose horses and yachts were
the envy of all his comrades. And
why, forsooth? Because she chose to
think him unsteady, weak because his
little foibles to this fresh, young, I'M
sophisticated girl seemed to be vices.
Oh. it was to vexatious the more so
as she felt that all her good. sound,
worldly-wise advice and training had
been wasted As for Sibyl and GLADYS
oh if they could have had such
chance, poor dear delicate darlings
Frank Ganaevoort was hardWork-
ing young physician. His mother dc
plored the fact that he was not $50
ciety man. and Sibyl and Gladys
mourned over the diSaffection of their
renegade brother as if work were vice
and idleness a virtue but Frank kept
steadily on, and even went so far as to
distigure the front of the house with d
sign To be sure, it was a nice, neat
little silver plate, with only II. Ganse
WORT, NJ. D. on it, but it drew too
many poor people.
On this particular afternoon DR..
Gansevoort had occasion to hunt up Il
book on the library shelves 1t was an
old one, and had been tucked out of
sight. As he searched for it a strange
sound met his ears-a sound as Of
some one sobbing. Now Frank knew
very we'll whose little room opened on
the library, and if he had a tender spot
in his heart at all, it was for the pretty
young cousin who inhabited that room ;
so, without finding his musty old tome.
he descended from the library steps
and knocked at Tcresa's door. There
was no answer till he had repeated his
knock, and then there was :; muttied
response which was not satisfactory.
At last he said, IF You don't come to
the door, Tessic. | shall have to break
in"
This brought very detected look
ing damsel to the threshold, who find
ing Frank alone, Immediately fell on
his shoulder in a fresh burst of tears.
This was all very nice. to be sure. and
Frank had no sort of objection to sup
porting weeping damsel. who. despite
her tears, looked as pretty as a picture
But the grief was real, and that panied
Frank. SO, placing her very gently in
one of the library chairs, he managed
by dint of coaXing and questioning to
find out what was the matter. "a
quarrel with mother and break with
Leroy Jones-I wonder which is the
worse" mused Frank. "'Tell me,
Tessie, did YOU care much for Leroy ,"
he asked.
Il did like him, Frank always
used to care for him when he was nice.
But he isn't nice any more. He's
horribly fast, and | will not marry him
just for his money, as aunt wants ne
to do. and I've told him so. md-and
THE handkerchief went up again.
Eyes, | see how it is. You are sure
you don't regret it,"
"Of course l am sure. DO YOU
think | would have made all this
trouble if | had not been sure?" She
stopped crying, and drew herself up
very proudly, continuing: Aunt Ger
aldine has cast me off. She has told
me that this is no longer my home. |
am going away this very evening. |
will not stay another day in her house."
Don't be hasty, Tessie. Mother is
disappointed she will get over it.
But l shall not am going, | tell
you, Frank"
ooh no, not yet, Tessic. Why,
where will YOU go?"
Il don't know yet-perhaps to Mrs.
Russell-nor do | know what l shall
do. | have no money, and l am SO
ignorant. Oh if had only studied
as l ought to have done, | might then
teach but | will find some way Of
getting along ;" and she held her head