Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-01-15

Oh'oni wen, now, nephew, ther
are great many chances that YOU will
never have her. Your father Is mucl
: iicher than she, and will never be will
ing to give her his SON.
Then, uncle, shall know what !,
: "'Yes, but take care; don't do any
thing foolish in any case. Listen TO m,
moment
"'Yes, uncle
VERY well; In the first place yor
can not marry at twenty
Why not, prayp'
'''Because | am not willing, and with.
out my consent this marriage can moi
take place at all.
"Oh! my good uncle
"'If the girl loves you she will prom
ise 70 wait for you three years.
Three years, uucle!"
III you complain, shall say four.
II she promises to wait three years for
you, You will go to your regiment, but
not at Clermont will get you into q
regiment few leagues from Paris, 50
that you can come home once in three
months, when you wish 10 do So
VERY well, uncle; how shall know
whether she loves mep'
'"'How shall you know2 Why, by
asking her.
"'Ah uncle. | should never dare to
do It. "
VERY well, then; pack your trunks
and obey your father'
But, uncle, you do not know what
girl she is. ! have tried hundred
times TO tell her that | loved her. I
have cursed myself for my timidity; |
have fortified myself in every way; |
have prepared speeches and learned
them by heart, but when the time came
to speak the first word choked me, and
| talked of something else. Her ex-
preston Is so gentle'and the same time
SO severe, il seems to me that she could
never love a man, and | talked OF some-
thing else
"'ln regard to letters it was much
worse. When tho moment came to
give them they seemed so stupid 10 mo
that | could not tear them Into small
enough pieces.
"But, my boy, ii time to make up
your mind at last, and there Is n reason
for II too Your father has not told YOU
all. He wishes TO send YOU to Clermont
because the Colonel of the regiment Is
friend OF his and has daughter; be-
cause this daughter is intended for YOU
and will make a rich and splendid
match. But-you need not speak-I
know that all that Is nothing when one
's in love. II is tremendous folly no
doubt, but II is a folly Of which should
be sorry not to have been guilty. None
but prigs are free from II. | know that
the old call 1t illusion, but who knows
that the illusions arc not their ownp
Tho glass that diminishes the size Of OBJ.
iects has no less real an existence than
the glass that magnifes them.
"'lf she loves you you ought to give |
up everything for her; 1t Is stupid |
thing to do, but II is right, and h must |
be done. But you must find out whether |
she loves you, and just now you have an |
excellent opportunity to do so. They |
want to marry her. You turn pale at |
rix:I n, ,ha S O,,,o.,,l m,aT YOU nau 5our oulous
Won sov nnJo w I ,Ten 'la. wnat
keep up o little of this line courage In
the presence Of your beautiful Naomi. |
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