Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-12-01


~ do not know. have never spoken
70 him on the subject. He told MFs.
Fields, his stepsn0theT. told her - say /
n him from me that would never bear |
a word about her. In such matters i e
wise to be decided, and he hsd best I'm
derstand that we--that xviii never
countenance nor ccndone such match
If he marries Der he win have to keep 70
tho brewery"
.sYou are quite right, firmly replied
Mr.. Scott. "a prize 6ghterl ! never
heard OF such a.thing. faus sJ.s4g
'sOur sons marry with too much free
dom; and here Mr.. Fields took breath
and lighted his cigar. 1T is a matter OF
wide Importance who IL Is q man mar
ries, because his whole family Is Involved.
When a man brings woman into q
family, gives her his name-the family
nanne-and she becUxnes the mother OF
the new generation, the family should
have voice in the matter Not every
woman, not every other family should
be admitted Marriage is more thar
merely personal matter" o"et'l
eat does not matter SO much to the
man, but the woman-there the puzzle
But Regina and agree abo'lt everything,
| except that she wants to marry a Dusl-
ness man, and am sick OF business men,
I should like her to marry such man as
an English country gentleman. If we had
such class-a man with landed proper.
ty and human responsibilities; man OF
affairs. But Regina says that her
fathers trade Is the one for his daughter
and SO / am to go to Wall street and look
for husband for her. 4..@G Ia. af =.
II wish you would find one OF my boys
there, then; but you won't. oh. what a
fool d Young man can bel And Phil Is a
fastidious fellow, quiet and well behaved
mot at all the kind of boy you would
expect to like loud, unfeminine women
''She must DO pretty replied ms
friend, summing up tho matter.
That night Philip Fields was the sub
iect Of two midnight conversations, lis
father and his stepmother talked him
over and they decided to ask hun 20
come and spend q few days at OAK Lab
"A counter irritant," said Mrs. Fields,
who consortcd much with doctors, us
sometimes the best, the only remedy III
cases of this character. :"
Mr.. Scott told his wife and daughter
! tho story Of Mr.. Fields and his six sons
and he made tyso absurd that Mrs. Scott
was animated by a most lively curiosity
to sec them all. But Regina didn't thinl
the story funny. She said the FIeld'
bows were all stupid. She had met twt
of them, the divinity student and Phil
: Still she fingered in her mothers room
= and talked about them until it was ate
= / o'clock, and the next morning, whel
: Mr.. Fields managed TO secure her for
: few minutes, she listened with tnucl
I. pOliteness to all he said of his son, assur
ing him of her sympathy with him in tn
o trials he confided TO her.
!. s.She is a flirt, said Mrs. Fields; bu
4 Mr.. Fields did not agree with his wlfe
q He pronounced Regina quick and kin
. hearted. That she was SO pretty was
factor apart from her mental and spiritu;
q character @lU8
10 And so it came to pass that Mr.. Phil
q Fields came to Oak Hill, and met u
y household delegation at the station, an
- found his own committee, in the shaI
N of his father and stepnother, waitin
"a for him. And he was not stupid in h
= appearance. He was very good lool
60 ing Young man, tall, like his father, b.
IT better built and muscular. He was all
very easy person to become acquaintt
vv with, and he at once proved most ueSl
ablo acquisition to the young ladies, b
A. cause he proved to be so good tenn
: PLAYER that he was able to enter again
> Miss Scott, and thus the games BEGAN
more equal and spirited. Before he can
&c she had had it all her own way, and co
tn sequently the games were growing al
NO for her az for tho others.
Ie "You play better than you did 10
~ summer" she said to him one mornin
as they sat alone down by the creek.
:, II meant to, y he replied; ''and whel
have not been brewing or keeping bre'
II ers' books have studied tennis. 1t h
= kept up my nerve" f
a '.And how about your poetryT' 81
y, the young woman.
e. "Who told you wrote poetry?' ask
n he.
I, "Oh, I know. l know good d'
,o- about you, Mr.. Philip Fields, and II y
81 please. SHOULD like to have my racq'
- when You 70 back to town; the one
Id took last year, sir
10 ut is broken" he said. "You KIN
Lo YOU could never use it again.
nd Il want TO have it mended. 1t
/, 40 the best ever had. played the Iii
haven game with that one. y
- II know that" said Phil.
wv s'Then you will send it to NOR
lie mo, will not. You gave it to ma
49, But want it. really do.
ION Young ladies should not DO Ind
,an givcrs. =,
, -,,l " Young ladies may DO what Il
has please. .-...
mo, they may not.
i " You thinl. they may"
y "Indccd don't"
hor Now comc,' said she; 81 do
- know any ono who allows women
ber latitude you do"
49, At this Phil flushed up. IL do not
tbo how you can say such a thing.
= know ! dislike women who step oui
go what consider is womanly.
"That i3thc very point, urged EeG
o,. who seemed more in earnest than
o'nn necessary. Your definition of 'wonla
ia eo vitle. il takes in so much.