The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-02


may: nou-and ms 5 povgTey, paous nov
erty% shs sid. With insxprssihis scor5 4,
asefaee Il haze poverty
The deer opased, AID instead q tha Yn.,
servant cf ether days, vel clad. wel br,sh.,5
and chsequicus, thEe stood before her an IN.
dressd girl Whose skirts, tncked IN On un.
Sids aad loose On the ether, tod u ,gvrk
hastily lefk 1r1 Barbara Tsmuie soted ~
red bare arm am the dirty finger uails. 81
lost x;ght Of nothing, and AL Shs saw turnec
into moral lesscn
7 Ike 20 live, she thought. -b1t better b.
ds1d than poor.
Asshe was going into the library Hhis
frda fhe kitchen tickled her nostrils. hut no,
gratfully.
.'Scnr. suppose,s she nnrmnred arain
We l have not 10 eat IL. 80 reed say noth-
ing
he rart she haa here szSise.esi ker-,f -,a,
none the easiass and slse felt sle rs..st 4,
discrsst and guard her lips Mr. Brent aa
vancea 70 meet her. and triea to put on hi
old cherry smile, but the conspicuous fsilur
made the sttempt more dismal than a plain
honest sigh Mis- Barbara cSaxersed viii
her ussef spirit snd gayety for few MINUTES
until tke question came naturally:
~Haxn you any news Of your sgnF-
Nos since the vessel was last heard az
he answered AT that time be was tolerahl,
well
4 Isea that young man. she said =
never Ietfed anything in my life mon sin
cerely an having to abandon the hone O
calIina ~ b relation
~Hs yonr daughter abandoned it, Mr.
Brent tsSsd, with faint 1nile.
~Ho& kind Of yUul- she thought: svo.
have said just the word l wanted
THAT question: she answered., is 81,
which | cannot reply 10 as readily as / shoul,
wish We know what Young people are
there Is always great deal Of sentimentalit'
about them 1t amounts TO nothing In tim
il wears of. While it lasts, however, it make
their management difficult or courss. voi
are of my opinion, that the keeping up q
this engagement, even in the remottst way
would be injurious both to your son and I
my daughter. No good can ever come Of il
and the sooner it IS finally settled the bette
for both Of them. Don't You think sol-
= Do, the poor clergy man replied.
He had no spirit lefs Never man Of in
dependent will, be was low reduced TO
mere aEinated machine. worked in matter
Of this sort from the outside.
s;fy daughter has Wild romantic astacl
ment TO your son. Mrs Temple continues
Nov You can help me To put an end to tn
affair. You only ean put an end to it, h'
you can do so.
4 can, can II he repliesl
YES; tell Sophia that YOU do not appro,
of it. and that you consider it likely to be il
jurious to Percival, which il surely will b
Say with perfect truth also-you can-ths
you are tolerably certain that even if she r
mained cnstant to him be would not RENAL
constant to her. Just fancy, Mr. Brent! .
young man at the most impulsive period q
| life, thousands of miles away. and with N,
hope of seeing her for years. Constant, in
deed. Why, in fairy tale it would be to
absurd to be trueI-
He sat before her. passive and receptive
agreeing to everything, promising every
thing. But, indeed, if the proud Sibyi, anS
the infexible Goldmore, and the intellectual
Caroline had bent to her will, little wunde
I il our poor rector bent, too. broken as hi
nerves and win were by tho one terrihl
storm Of fate. Whenever she asked him. ID
/ you think soiT he answered. Il think So
! Whenever she said, AWin you say so Z
! SophiaY- he replied, Il viii say so.r An
thus she faced him, energetic, full of plot an
viii, talking fast, and with frequent actiol
driving her meaning home. An onlooke
might have thought the scene private mes
meric experiment, and Mrs. Barbara Tempt
the strong and resistless operator, and poo
Mr.. Anthony Brent the helpless subjec
around whose volition and reason anothe
mind was coiling itself in swift and powerful
folls.
So said our little mother, when this tas
was done, 'you are to set before Sophia tn
| facts Of the case, and its probabilities Yo
are to tell Sophia that Percival ought not {,
marry her il he could, and that, in time, h
would not marry her even If he ought In
terest duty, affection, probability. Sophia
shall hem you in, and force you to yieldi'