The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-02-03
INTERESTING STORY.
BREAKING HER VOW.
won't !" said Olive Montana.
You shall ~ said her mother.


Hold your tongue!" chimed In her
maiden aunt, bristling up like a setting
hen.
How dare you set up your will in oppo-
sition to ours, miss ?" shrilly demanded her
eldest sister.
4 dom care y said Olive, COMPRISING
her rosy lips, until they looked like the
nerest line Of scarlet, while her Dyes shone
dangerously underneath their curtain of
nut-brown lashes. " You may say what you
hke--you may scold as long as you please
but I will not goi It's nothing on earth
bat Misunderstanding THAT'S what it Is ~
Mrs. Montana and the maiden aunt brid-
led and tossed their heads Miss Esmeralda
uttered long, shuddering breath of hor-
ror.
never heard anything SO indelicate in
all my life % said she. Who has said any
thing Enthusiastically cannot bring
my mind to pronounce such disgusting
word !"
Nobody has said anything" declared
Olive, but you all mean it You are send
ing me to make visit at mothers cousins
house just in order that his son may fall in
love with me, or take pity upon me, or
think 1t his duty to marry me. But I'll be
party to no such conspiracy. I'll go out
house cleaning, or pll be shop girl, or I'll
even become an old maid like Aunt Matilda
there, before I'll descend to such depth AZ
that So now You all know my decision |"
Olive sailed out of the room like an en-
bryo duchess, leaving the other three women
breathless with anger and disappointment.
Aunt Matilda was the first 10 recover the
use of her tongue.
Did ever anybody kear such insolence
as that?" she cried, with eyes rolled sky
ward.
Very vel, !" said Esmeralds. al shall
interfere no longer. II she wants her own
way, let her have 1t, and see where it viii
bring her out
never was so astonished in my life,r
plaintively uttered Mrs. Montana. 81 de.
clare don't know whether to fhut her up
in her own room on broad and water, OF
send her to the nearest educational bureau
to get place as teacher"
"And with her good looks, too :" groansd
Aunt Matilda. For she is pretty! I"
''She might suit some tastes, perhaps, Z"
observed Esmeralda, with sidelong glance
II mirror which reflected quite different
style from poor Olives. "But opinions
differ"
ssWait little" said Mrs. Montana.
Let her understand that this thing has
got to be. It's either that or the drudgsry
Of working for living. When she realizes
what it means, she'll come TO our ideas fast
enough, see IL she don't. For the girl has
some sense"
You've spoiled her, that's what you've
done !" said Aunt Matilda, with severity.
ct always told mamma that she was let
ing Olive have her own way too much"
mid EsmeralJa. not without spice of ex-
ASPIRATION. And now see how she sets
a. all at defiance r.
Meanwhile, Olive, retreating tsto her own
room, relieved her overcharged feelings BY
= At Of crying.
They may say what they like" she re-
teratsd to herself; but never, mover
will DO coaxed into going! It's all very
we'll for them to show me the letter inviting
me to come and spend the winter there !;
but know 1t never would have been writ
ten il mamma hadn't been at the bottom Of
the plot. And do they think didn't no.
tice that it was dated six months ago? Do
they suppose don't comprehend that they
have been keeping II back until they were
quite sure that had refused Mr.. Goldstein
and his money bags7 Oh, Ican see through
Ihem az plainly as il they were made Of
glassl Young Mr.. Magnus isn't as rich AZ
Mr.. Goldstein, but he's the second best
match, and mamma IL determined that I
hall be married out of Esme's way, Of all
hazards. But have some womanly modes
~ and delicacy left, and 20 they shall fnd
out"
Poor little Olive Montana II vas sorry
life that shs led after that Snubbed by
her mother, looked upon with coldness by
her sister, treated BY Aunt Matilda - If she
had been guilty Of some capital crime, shs
found herself in most uncongenial Atmos-
phere; and many were the tears that she
shed in private, although she was too proud
to svince any symptoms Of annoyance be-
fore her tormentorp