The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-05

avail myself of yours. hope you don't think
me proud to the point of Stiffness"
"Confound it,. cried Goldmore, II wish you
were my son"
And the great man marched away down
the street as like the Tower of Babel as ever,
only in silk hat and other human fittings.
But Goldmore is on the right side of things,
for all his pomp and seeming hardness
Little Mrs. Barbara Temple showed singu-
lar mixture of astuteness and good feeling in
her management of the affair from this time
until Percivals departure. She took care to
impress ON the lover the fact that all engage
ment, understanding, hope, and whatever
else could bind himself and Sophia together,
was utterly at an end. She repeated several
times that her duty as Sophia's mother was
to see that her future was not embarrassed
by foolish obligations hastily taken up, and
perhaps retained from a sense of honor when
inclination would cast them off She told
Brent that in all human probability Sophia
would marry some one else in twelve months.
Thus she put herself in the position of being
able, with perfect honesty, to assure Sophia
at any future day that Percival Brent neither
did nor could expect her to wait for him
And having thus made her position good,
with rare moderation, or rather farsighted-
ness, she did not prevent the young couple
meeting occasionally during the few weeks
that interviewed between the breaking of the
engagement and Brents departure for Aus
tralia.
Mrs. Barharba Temple went vet further in
the way of good-natured concession. On the
day when Brent came to take his final leave
she continued to be out of the way, sending
an apology by Sophia for her absence 1t
was courageous act, but worldly wise, |
presume, like all she did believe to the
day of her mothers death Sophia never for
got this particular concession. 1t showed
such trust in her daughter, such kind desire
not to deprive her of any secret comfort
which the parting might give. In fact, it
was an act of womanly generosity and cour-
age of which few mothers would have teeI
capable, But have not said already that
our little mother was us truly queen Of
| women us Agamemnon was king of mens
Sophia tried TO be cheerful that dull May
afternoon; for she saw that her poor fellows
heart was breaking. Indeed, he could hardly
speak one word. She had to tell him of a
magnificent present which she had made to
him in secret and which was now waiting for
him in London. This was set of foreign
travelling boxes, furnished with ever th.GT
| the good little creature could think of as be
ing possibly of use to her dear when he was
| far away. | wish | could give a catalogue
of the articles in leather, glass, steel, silver;
how she had slipped into one part Bible and
prayer book the little medicine chest, with a
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ie'' Suu''ei, "a any u's,aso' "o"n " iieeoes
ana 'nfedu- STOUT thread ior buttons
her account OF 1t read Ike shopman cata-
| logue She grew so interested in her clever
ness and forethought that she half forgot the
impending nartinq Bless the heart of
woman how If lives in the nrasent and will
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no' ieaiNe .he iu'uie, We ever 50 ne''i
linen pi'ishlrg, she Told nun OF one partlcn-
lar little pocket IN one particular little leather
| case, which he was never to open unless he
bannened 70 want money very badly He
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rs t''it 10y "
| 10 Eet "'ch 10 fhslaI" III 'hao es'se iet MN
open that pocket ne might De very Ill., ana
have nothing to pay the doctor. In that case
| let him open the pocket In any capital and
| inextricable difficulty let him omen that
| nocket Poor Sonhiat tho SavinoS of thrifty
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| ior l. uoii Know 11 no" many more Inioi'Sagei
10 Gar ana Slbyp mad gone INTO those boxes
and That pocket
All this time, while she chatted on, irving
desperately to I've cheerful. he had said little
or noth;ng Al last he tnot ont his watch
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ness enabled him In do he Kent Silence Rut
not n ,yord could he uttar
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