The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-10-03


rebellious thoughts against his most
gracious ma jesty King George the Third,
and swear to be his most faithful sub
ject but 60 too fast-I will begin
again-now,-' renounce from this night
forth, he paused, glancing at Doro
thy with smiling invitation.
Dorothy heard again her father, say
ing, "Don't let these king loving folk
make you disloyal to the cause of liberty
and justice"
"Come, Dorothy, here is chance for
you to for-swear the company of the com
mon herd-the thinkers and trades folk.
and take your place where you belong
broke in Judith Myles
At these words, thinkers and trals
!ulk,' Dorothy recalled what her father
had said one day Of these thinkers and
trades folk, how high minded and sell
sacrificing and intelligent they were, and
the difficulty with which they had met
this rcdoublcd taxation, and fed and
clothed their families. Were these roush
or booriSh or 9rasping men?
The WAX lights Of the great calaleabra
sent thousand shimmering rays upon
the satin waistcoats and glitterins knee
buckles and ,jewel-d seals before her.
&c ,mc, Dorothy, Master Irnnfer is
waiting" said Judith.
"Come, Mistress Dorothy" Mast +
Jenni'er began again, 81 renonnce from
this night forth"
She looked up into the kind, admiring
eyes that were bent upon her, and around
the splendid room at the faces that were
now full of pleasant looks for her, but
she must not delay longer; she must take
her place where she belonged, as Judith
had said. With her color deepening, her
voice faltering, she repeated, Il re-
nounce from this night forth. -
All seditious and rcbellious
thoughts, -
All seditious and rebellious
thong hts'-
against his most gracious majesty
King George the Third, -
"Against-Doroth paused, msit
p lssed before her eyes, a shudder of hor
ror thrilled her, then with Il Sudden up
lifting of her heart sudden aud new
emphasis to her voice, she cried.-
"A gainst, not his most gracious ma
JEST King George the Third, but his
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are weighed down with the burden of his
unjust taxes"
dorothy, Dorothy, how dare YOU I'M
der Master Jennifer's loyal root. Are
you not ashamed" cried out Judith.
Carroll Jennifrr looked from one to
another with an awakening sense of the
true situation.
"Mistress ,rothy," he presently ex
claimed, ''have these rebels and malcon-
tents frightened you into this?'
"No-no, have only been frightened
by my own spirit just now, into disloy-
atty to the cause of liberty and Justice
sic replied,
There is bnt one cause, and that is
the crowns, and but one diSloyalty, and
that is to the king cried ,Iervis Lang
ton.
The clamor of voices arose on every
hand 1t was a storm of Tory talk; We
hement protest and assertion and decla-
ration. in the centre of it stood Dorothy.
She had ceased turning red and white.
With her head slightly bont, her arms
dropping. and her hands cl.sped togeth, T.,
she looked like wind blown lilv, bruised
and beaten, but not overthrown.
Listening to the storm of words, she
no more felt ashamed of the Cause she
had thus publicly espouscd; she was II"
more bewildered and tempted by the
grace and splcndor of these ing-loving
folk. But she did not attempt to speak
again, to answer these vehement asser-
tinns or offer protest for protest She
had made some atnnement, she iclt, for
her first traitnrous feeling Of Shame, ard
nov She had nothing 20 do but wait f +
the storm to Subside.
4 II at once Carroll Jennifer seemed to
realize Dorothy's dcicncelcss p' sition
| lie could not defend her avowed princi
pies, but she was his CUES, and he was
a gentleman; so he put up his hand, with
"a, "Come, come, we have had enough Of
this discussion tonight"
nod tn tha SipiopS and tla Str
of the harp and violin broke in upon tie
elamor of tongues.
At another signal, door was flung
open, and beyond, could be seen bount-
fully spread super-table, gay with lights,
and the shine of silver and glass. Young
Mr.. Jenpifer bowed low, as was the
fashion of tho time, before Dorothy. He
was not going to tr. at his gnest with any
thing but his finest manners, SO bowling,
he said with airy grace
"Wil my enemy consent to let wick
ed Tory serve her?'
Dorothy was not SO grown up out of
her childhood as she looked, and the
thought that she must sit at table with
those whose clamor of speech had just
sailed her, was unbearable, and lie shrank
back with so dismayed face that both
Carroll and his sister Cynthia felt touch
ed with pity.
eve have been making too much of
this, said Cynthia in an undertone to
her brother. 'She is a child, after all,
who has been showing off Il little, and
does not know the full meaning of what
she has said You see she is sorry enough
Cor it now
Low as this was spoken, it reached
Dorothy's ears.
Perhaps if she had been older, she
would have been content to let it pass,
satisfied that she had defined her position
sufficiently, but her sensitive conscience
still STING her for her momentary wayer-
ing, and her fathers words haunted her.
She must be true to the very last, or
her truth was worth nothing, she rea-
soned. and lifting up her head. began to
speak again. Oh, how hard it was. how
much harder than at first. before she
knew how sharp tongues that had SO Late
been friendly. could be.
mo, no, she cried clearly and dis
tinctly--for they must all hear-"I did
not say what did, to show off. spoke
because wanted to be true and honest.
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