Wichita eagle., 1888-01-13
A DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE


spoke OF "The Triangle" they alluded 'to
Elizabeth, Isabelle and Lizette Brown. These
girls were not related, but they were INSOFAR
able friends, and had vowed a lasting friend
ship The similarity of their names had at
first attracted them 20 each other, and then a
common resolution had ceynented the ALI
ance. They had discovered that each one had
promised herself a noble and individual ca
reer, and that each had for herself decided
upon the conditions necessary il the career
was to he a success. And their decisions had
been the same
All three before coming to the college had
determined never to marry.
Marriage does not Interfere with 3 mans
devotion to a pursuit. because he can drive
as it were, tandem, and put his wife behind.
but q woman finds herself in double harness
al the best. SO Isabelle illustrated the posi-
ton, and the others agreed with her But
just here came their one disagreement Eliza
beth was the daughter of FourieIite father.
and of a mother who was q dcvout church
woman All through her childhood Eliza
beth heard discussions upon the right Of men
to the best conditions OF life: ard Utopia
where all would labor and none slave, where
ell should sow and ali. reap, was ever pic
tories and the plans Of communities as other
children know fairyiand. Alongside of this
humanitarian education her mother led her
through the church Sunday after Sunday,
season after season.
When she came into young womanhood
her heart was filed with pity Tor the suffer
ing and her head busy with plans of succor
for them. She fancied that philanthropic
Erhn1,91s faifC. -,-s,,
n burning emotion which, would conquer in
diviriuai seifishness and unite the people in
one purpose. This emotion, she felt, could
only he That Of religion She dreamed of
being Mother Ann, and leading her band
of thepoor and the oppressed into the fertile
lands of the west, where they would found a
home, Here people were TO be as allstere as
The PuritqnS, as brave as the cavaliers, and
life was ia bo beauty, health and high self
denial, and it was to prosper
IN order to train herself in habits of 0bedi-
once and 10 study the system Of command.
she meant when she left college to enter a
slSterhood for four years, apd then to begin
TO prepare for her Igfe work in detail.
Isabelle was an enthusiast in another direc-
ton. She had ! passion for music. and she
intended to prove that women could be great
composers, and not merely interpreters She
was already skilled On several Instruments.
and had studied composition and very many
Of the great scores. Her parents. however,
We're opposed to her plan Of beginning her
musical career in an orchestra, but they had /
consented TO allow her to study in Germany
If she would first go through an American
college; and 50 she was at SSappho.
l4izette expected to be an artist and was |
going 10 Europe after she graduated
Their disagreement turned on the means |
necessary to take if they would escape the /
saarcS and tolls of love, and being won by /
IL into slavery. Elizabeth said that if ones
heart were thoroughly and sincerely dedi-
Gated, the head would have. no difficulty in
governing it. Il shall solcmnly promise my
self that / win neither love nor marry" she
said; and after | shall VOW this, my will
Is strong, and ! shall keep my VOW
MY will,n Isabelle declared, ''will be
ranged on the side Of my work I shall love
my art, and have 10 place for any other
passion. Ii vii! III my life
LlEette, who was pretty and had had
cousins, was afraid ot her heart at is
potent power, size affirmed. "aud / shall kill
mime. After that there VIII be no danger,
and | shall be safe
When the others laughed at her, and asked
how the murder was to be done, she said she
did not know, but safety lay through fire.
and through fire she would go, for she meant
to be free Then only could she dedicate her
life completely
Well, Elizabeth did enter the sisterhocd
for four years; she arose early, and went to
rest late, aud ate the bread OF piefv and in
lustry; and then, as the first step toward her
enterprise, she married missionary bishop.
But she did not count herself a renegade 20
Ter cause. On the contrary she asserted
hat she had strengthened her hands, end
Dut herself in n position where she had iuflu-
,nca aud good help.
But il saddened LizetGe, who had been ]
lfiaid OF love from the first and she felt the |
more doubtful Of the fortitude ,cf women be
'luse Isabelle too had married, and That only
TX months after she had graduated This {
'ounC woman had sailed for Europe in good }
lGart, bravery determined 10 accomplish The
work III which women lave failed On The 1
-oyage the steamer broke its shaft, they met I
great storm, and for three days the pas 7
engers were fastened down under the hatch 4
Ways. Her music and her ambitions were [
ittie comfort TO her then. but q young naval !
fficer going ont to join his ship in the Ned b
terranean was oyeryt thing to her lie took 1
are OF her, he amused her, he almost nursed Y
or. He even forgot that they were il h
anger, so anxious was he 30 make her com o
ortab!e, and had the ship sprung leak and
one down, he would have seen that she
esceuded with pillow under her head and L
blanket over her feet. When they reached
liverpool he sat down in her little sitting u
oom and argued the situation.
Il, he said, have but one course before
he. go TO join nay ship. You have the a
hoice of three. You can go on to Lepsic L
nd study; bat what VIII it avail you? You
lay be = composer; but You viii some dav
e my wife. That you have promised, and
ne whole drift of your lie viii be toward y
10 port so which you ere due Or you can }
eturn home, and wait for me three years, Il
hen my sea service VIII be UP, and l can
ONE and claim you. WIN that be good to
o! And thirdly, Won can marry me this
loment. and so with me to Italy That is 81
ne real land Of song and music. Think OF Is
-aly and happiness together, aud ask your
III if there is a better Illustration" I'll
These were the days when the wives of L
avail officers could follow by land. and when ?:
man was ordered To the Chinese sess his a.
,mily could live near Chinese port. and
nus sometimes see him. But the navy de- G
4rtment now issues orders to the wife rs I'll
ell as the husband, and If she wants to 20 70 al
nina she must be sure ne is in Maine, or as VI
II eff. k
"Our squadron viii be in the Mediterranean di
Y three years, perhaps. and | shall often OF
@ you. We VIII see the same lands, and til
hen we are old ard l am on the retired list, SIS
e win have these days 10 talk over r.
AT las. he persuaded her to 50 with him, Il
ID as long as sile listened to him she was ST