The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-28
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~ 4 daughter name,
(xS and she looked up
ga SO at the judge with
~ A>zNY an expectant air.
49, -ErM pauline is now
M III "a eighteen years
ny M go old" the latter
NJ sss,y.,;..... -, observed. "As
~ >sss fsfe-zszS look back, it
-. IN "A. seems impossible,
~ but so it is. | re-
member her as an infant lying in your
arms; and it does not seem TO me that ]
have changed much since then. And yet
Pauline is q woman, and has moro char
actcr and substance, too, than many a
woman of twice her age. What miracles
time works.
"She is the best girl in the world" said
the mother tenderly.
Il am much inclined TO agree with
You. responded the judge
"She is so strong, so clear sighted, so
faithful and upright" pursued Mrs
Nolcn And yet there is nothing cold
on unsympathetic about her When her
emotions arc touched, she seems all fire
and spirit. am sure no sistoreyer loved
her brother, nor any daughter her moth
az. as Pauline loves Percy and me. -
If can well believe it. And have You
ever seen fgns in her Of another sort Of
lovc-not that Of the daughter OF the Sis
ter"
ooh. am afraid 20 think of that! re-
turned Mrs. Nolcn, pressing her white
hands norvously together. 1T so easy
Tor girl 10 make a mistake; and for her
a mistake would be fatall'
81 think she has good sense enough
not TO fail into any serious error" said
the Judge, though l am 40 less per
suaded that, if she loved a man who in
himself was worthy of her, she would
allow no considerations of merely selfish
prudence TO prevent her union with him.
But / was going 10 ask YOU" lac added,
with % certain subdued anxiety in his
deep toned voice, whether il has come
To- your neutrality-suspicious. You have
any reason to think that she has already
met ANY one who-whom she would DC
likely 10 prefer 10 any one else:'
Il have not thought of tit has not
occurred 10 me" said Mrs. Nolen, with
an accent Of apprehension, looking at tho
judge with wide open eyes.
1t is hardly too soon to take such 9
possibility into consideration, he re
turned Pauline is mature for her age
and il is not too much to say that she Is
one of the most beautiful young women
81 New York. You take her good deal
into society; she can hardly fail to meet
with admiration.
"Ncs, yes, YOU are right" said the
mother Now that YOU speak OF 1t, ]
see that such a thing may happen. But
she has spoken to me Of no one, and
am sure She would have spoken If
do not trust too much 10 that, he
ntcrposed a young girl, with a mind
as healthy and pure as hers, does mol
readily ask herself if she be in love; she
NAV become 50 before she is aware OF IT,
and only the avowal Of her lover viii
open her eyes. Til then you cannot ex
pcct her to speak Of it toyou. And then
+ il she have made up her mind, 1t would
I be too late 10 speak.
But would YOU advise me to question
her, Might it not suggest 10 her some
thing which she otherwise would not
have thought of"
That is not improbable. But why not
approach the matter from the other side
Is there 10 one among the young mel
who know her who have shown signs Of
any particular interest in herr
They all seem to admire her, sale
Mrs. Nolcn. "But can think of no one
in particular-unless it be Percy friend
Mr.. Martin"
valentine Martin-the young Eng
lishman"
YES. Percy sometimes brings hin
here. But his being friend Of Perc,
makes a difference between him and the
others.
How so;"
In the fact Of his being here oftener
mean, II it were not for that / shout,
think his visits had some further signifi
canoe"
II am not altogether convinced tina
his being friend Of Percy would de
prive his visits of significance said thu
Judge. at ia conceivable, at any rate
that he might have made a friend o
porcv in order 10 facilitate his access 4
Pauline
lie seemed frank, straightforward
Young man, not one You would suspec
Of doing anything underhand.
Tho Judge laughed; very low, pleas
ant laugh he had, which made those wh'
heard it disposed at once 10 like him
you are moro like a nun, in your I'm
su-piciousness and unworldliness, thar
like married woman who goes IN New
York society" said he. let me assur
YOU. my dear. that a man in love Is no
10 bo held "A criminal, or even hypo
critic. If he uses some strategy 10 get nea
the object Of his affection. i should for
give Mr.. Martin even If he went 80 IA
rs 10 pretend a cordialty Tor Percy tina
he did not really feel, if so no might in
duce Percy to admit him tothe intimac.
of your household. No, If we are 4
take exceptions 10 him, it must be from
another standpoint. What do you know
about his personal history and his socia
standing in his own country"
II suppose it must be good, said Mrs
Nolen. IL think he said that his famil
owned large estate in Cumberland"
lis he the eldest SOM"
"The next to the eldest. believe"
"And what is his business in Amer
icas'
II don't know. But a great many En-
glish people come here nowadays. yo