Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-16

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too, Sophia will lose the best chance in life
she ever can have can do nothing
without your assistsncs, dear"
81 shall do all in my power mamma.
Caroline replied; "but you must tell me
what you wish"
at was on my tongue, dear girl You
must have q conversation with Sophia
let it seem accidental-Rnd say you have
heard about Prendergsst. Praise him q
little; but that is not your particular point
Set before Sophia my delight at the idea OF
the marriage; the happiness it will give me;
how miserable shsl be ifit goes off So
phia is an afectionste girl, and / believe
would do great deal simply to show her
love to me. Now, you must pat before her
strongly my feelings and hopes for, indeed,
dear, if Prendergsst does not marry her l
shall die of vexation. Now go over and
over this matter with Sophia. You know
Car, she is not like you--clear.hesd OF
sound Judgment, seeing what is right at
glance, and firm to carry out her ideas,
She ia soft, yielding, tender-hearted., II l
were You | should coax her q little kiss
her, be tender with her; all that will tell
with Sophia. Now know, my love, / have
given you difficult task to perform, and
nothing but my knowledge of your tact
would have encouraged me to ask you to
undertake it. But you will doit, and do 1t
we'll. Sophia will marry Prepdergast. and
the praise of the affair will be yours.
The little mother had not said one sylls'
L i Il ,,l,nk mt
uumerited; but however sstute that young
lady might be she was like an osier wand
in the skilled hands Of her mother. With
wonderful enthusiasm Car took up the
scheme; and not less wonderful was the
simple obedience with which che resolved
to follow out the directions that were given
her. Independent and inventive as she
was in herself, she yet learned, her moth
ers words BY heart as faithfully as II che
had deem getting up a scene in o play:
She did not insert word of Der own; aud
the more she showed her readiness 10 fol-
low her mother instructions implicitly. the
more did that unrivaled student OF human
nature laud her quickness, her resource,
her capacity for msnever and benevolent
sttatsgem
Presently Egerton looked in from the
conservatory gigghng and blushing.
Il have heard all you have been saying
to Carry" he said. "Twasn't istning,
hope. Couldn't help it if it was, the other
door being locked. 0, Mrs. Temple, do
+you know I really think you must be a
clever woman; really think you must be.
You seem to know everything and to man
age everybody, Iquite agree with you a.
bout instilling things into Sophis's mind.
Impress upon her"-here Egerton teapot'
ted himself and with outstrctched hand be-
gan to spout fuently-"impress upon her
the tremendous Importance of marriage.
Tell her that marriage is the sort OF thing
that must be done, you know. You can
assure her from me that it is tremendous
important. And you can tell her that my
experience is that it isn't so much matter
whom you marry as the thing itself Do
that, and the rest will follow. OF course
was not speaking of myself quite you know,
not altogether: for Garry is such tremen'
dously nice girl that don't hardly know
that | could have found another wife who
would have made nae 20 happy at least,
not without great deal of trouble, you
know. But mean you are to impress on
Sophia that, in a general way, it does not
matter much whom you marry. And then,
if che don't see it-well, | scarcely know
what to advise" The stream now became
intermittent, and Egerton began to show
symptoms Of wandering in his mind. Il
was reading some book lately about a girl
that would not marry somebody; and what
her parents did was, they shut her up In
some tower somewhere, and kept her on
bread and water. But you see you have
no tower at the Beeches Still, you might
try the bread aud water. 1t is wonderful
what diet does"
OFF few our elderly little Venus once
more, chsrioted hither and thither on the
errands and the mischief Of love. She knit
ted her brows, she m ade her little gloved
finger tips meet, she set reflective mouth,
and thus she conned over the state OF her
plans.
"Sibyl is to place before her the comforts
and the advantages of wealth; Sibyl will do
il well Archibald Goldmore is to press
duty upon her, and take her on the ground
of the fifth commandment. can see him
now blow, solemn, psrsonic. o, if | had
time to laugh over it, ! should. And Car
oline will work on her feelings; that will
come best from Car who has not much feel
ing of her owp, because Sophia will reason:
We'll, if Car thinks so, there must he some.
thing in it, Interest, obedience, affection.
Yet il is not bad. And there is more to
come. Sophia, Sophia. shall marry you.
without a tower, or bread or water, either
Simply BY tact, dearly tact"