The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-10-08

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her than you would be-"
"Why should not be good to herp"
"There is an old saying OF young
mans slave and an old mans darling
She would at any rate have been my
darling. 1t might be that she would
have been your slave"
"My fellow-workman in all things"
"You think so now; but tho man al
ways becomes the master. II you
groveled in the earth for diamonds, she
would have to look for them among the
mud and slime
II have never dreamed of taking her
to the diamond fields"
at would have been so in all other
pursuits
"She would have had none that she
had not chosen" said John Gordon.
''How am to know thatp How am
to rest assured that the world would
be smooth TO her II she were your Great
ureP I am not assured--I do not
know"
"Who can tell, as you sayp Can |
promise her sue ession of joys II she
be my wifeP She is not one who will be
likely to look for such life as that.
She will know that she must take the
rough and smooth together"
"There would have been no rough
with me-" said Mr.. Whittlestaff
81 do not believe in such life," said
John Gordon. "a woman should not
wear stuff gown always; but the silk
finery and the stuff gown should follow
each other. To my taste, the more
there may be of the stuff gown and the
less OF the iinery, the more it will be to
my wishes"
II apl not speaking of her gown. II
is not Of such things as those that / am
thinking" Here Mr.. WhittlestaG got
up from the bench, and began walking
rapidly backward and forward under
the imperfect shade on the path. "You
will beat her."
II think not"
"Beat her in the spirit. You will
domineer over hor, and desire to have
your own way. When she is toiling for
you, you will frown at her. Because
you have business on hand, or perhaps
pleasure, you will leave her in solitude.
There may time come when the dia-
monds shall have all gone"
''If she is to be mine, that time will
have come already. The diamonds will
be sold. Did you ever see diamond in
my possessionp Why do you twit me
with diamondsP II 1 had been coal
owner, should | have been expected Ia
keep my coalsp' .. r.otiv ,o't0y
These things stick to the very soul
OF q man. They are a poison Of which
ho can not rid himself. They are like
gambling. They make everything
cheap that should be dear, and every.
thing dear that should be cheap. ]
trust them not at all and / do moi
trust ycu, because you deal in them.
81 tell you that / shall not deal in
them. But, Mr.. Whittlestaf, mus
tell you that you are unreasonable"
mo doubt. am poor, miserable
man who does not know the world. ]
have never been to the diamond-felds.
OF course l understand nothing OF the
charms of speculation. A quiet Life
with my book is all that l care for
with Just one other thing, one Other
thing. You hegrudge me that"
"Mr. Whittlestaff, it does not signify
straw what l begrudge you" Mr.
Whittlestaff had now come close to him
and was listening to him. "Nor, as
take it. what you begrudge me. Befor,
left England she and had learned tC
love each other. II is so still. For tn,
sake Of her happiness, do you mean tc
let me have herp"
al do"
"You dop"
"0f course lido. You have known 4
all along. OF course do. Do you
think l would make her miserablei
Would 1t be in Ihy bosom TO mako hel
come and live with stupid, silly ole
man, to potter on from day TO day
without any excitement? Would
force her into groove in which hel
days would be wretched TO herp HaC
she come TO me and wanted bread. anC
have seen before her all the misery o
poverty, the stone-coldness Of gov
erness' life; had she been left to earl
her bread without any one to love her
it might then have been different. Sh,
would Lave looked out into anothe
world, and have seen another prospect
A comfortable home, with kindness
and her needs supplied, would hav
suiiiced, See would then have though
herself happy in becoming my wife
There would then have been no cruelty
Bat she had seen you. and though
was but dream, she thought that sh
could endure TO wait Better that tina
surrender all the delight Of loving. s
she told me that she would think @
you. Poor dear! 1 can understan
now the struggle which she intended b
make. Then In the very nick Of time
in the absolute moment of the days
that you might have everything and
nothing-you came. You came, an,
were allowed TO see her, and told her a
your story. You filled her heart ful
with joy, but only TO be crushed whe
she thought that the fatal promise ha
been given to me. saw It all, kney
1t. thought TO myself for few hour
that it might be so. But 1t can not b
So" r9', le3l. lH cltI
"0h, Mr.. Whittlestaffr' '
,lt can not be so,n he said, with
firm, determined voice, as though q,
serting fact which admitted no douD
rMr. Whittlestag, what am TO 50
TO youp'lYT iV .1rt.. e7as
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