The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-01
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was net single cause or impediment, Il,
me sight OF God or man why we should
not marry. Which God forgive hers
more than I can say Of John Bowerbank's
mrs. Smiles looked so shocked, so fright.
eneds that too candid Mrs. Knowle couid
almost have cut her tongue out for the
rooiish speech she had made. She knew
s1as nirs. Smiles was terrible gossip, but
sne also knew that certain dim sense ot
a9sy and pride, which exists In many great
over.a secret whioh she. had ferreted ont ~
guessed at, IL honestly trusted, by no means
@ @Snirustyorthy. With o sudden decision =
e1tsexp6oK lhlzy turned to Her f.ondon
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and depend updn your never teilin1 Il
again, though it was nothing disoreditabie,
my dear, do assure you. Indeed, as re-.
CARDS character, not word could ever be
breathed against Emily Kendall, or her
father. either. They bear a perfectly nm.
blemlshed name. And perhaps what nop-
pened was nothing more than happened To
almost every girl in her teens-they fall in
love and out OF love dozen times before
they marry-but never thought Emily was
that sort Of girl, either"
And was she In love, or engaged? Do
tell me. Who was it? Anybody 1 known"
said Mrs. Smiles, eagerly.
Mrs. knowle wished herself at the bot
tom Of the sea before she had let her feel :
fngs carry her away into making such a
cruel mistake, such fatal admission: but
still the only safe wny to remedy it was to
tell the wReie truth, and then trust to her
friends Sense Of honor. After all, it was
not oEery terrible truth. As she had we'll
ss!d, the thing happens dozens Of times to
hozens of girls.
"Ill tell you the whole story. Mrs.
Smiles, if you will promise not to speak of
Il. Not that 1T was anything bad; poor
% aass were 50 young, 1t MSs HJss sBBahe
caused us-my husband and me-a great
deal Of trouble at the time, for it happened
In our house."
"This love AFFAIR.""
Yes, q real love affair-not a bit like
poor John Bowerbank's sober courtship, but
an old-fashioned love affair; heart-warm-
30 warm that Edward said it put him in
mind of our own young days. And the
people were
II can guess, for I was with you two
and think l can see as far into O mill
stone as most people. 1t was young STEM
house2"
Mrs. Knowle nodded, with q sad look in
her kindly eyes. Just SO! Poor fellow,
have scarcely spoken his name, even to my
husband-ever since he sailed to India, a
year and a half ago. We were so sorry TO
lose him. He was a clorls in our firm, You
know-entered the Office as a boy of fifteen
and that was how he came so much to
our house while she was visiting us. And
he was fine young fellow, quite the gem
tlemnn; and she was lass in her teens,
and bonny lass she was, too, then-so of
course they fell in love with one another
and, mercy me! how could help itp He
behaved very honorably, poor fellowi came
and told me ut once as soon as ever he had
proposed to her--that is, if he ever did
formally propose. i rather think not, but
that they found each others feelings by
the merest accident. For 1 remember he
said to me, in such a burst of passion as
never saw yet in mortal man, I've been an
ass, and some folk might call me knave
for she has fifty thousand pounds and L
haven't half-penny!' Poor lad!-poor
lad!"
And what did you dor"
"What could do-shut the stable-do
when the steedwas stolen? Why, nv dear
one another"
An argument which did not seem to weigh
very much with Mrs. Smilos. She drew
herself up with dignity.
IA most unfortunate and ill-advised at
tachment. j, as mother Of a family of
dauehters. must certainly Say"
What would you sny2"
"That would consider it my business to
prevent it."
"How could prevent it?" exclaimed Mrs.
Knowle, pathetically, as if the troubles her
warm heart had undergone at that time
were bitter even In remembrance. "Here
were two nice young people-one nineteen,
the other FIVE -and- twenty, meeting every
day-iking one another's company, finding
out continually how well they suited and
how dearly they enjoyed being together.
Ah Autn tho very 5iSuI VI tuem Walking
under the lilac trees, or sitting outside the
drawing room window with o heap of books
between them, talking and reading, and
Laughing to themselves in their innocent,
childish way, used to do my heart good.
Many time l thought If God had been
pleased to give Edward and me such
daughter, or il our little Edward, thats
lying waiting for his mother, in Hale
ch-yard-well, that's nonsonse!" said
the good woman, with sudden pause and
chokiDg-of the voice. All mean is that,
in our childless house, those young people
were very pleasant company; and / used
often to think If either Of them was my own,
oh, wouldn't do q deal to make them both
happyl But it wasn't to be-it wasn't to
be: And now she has gone and married
John Bowerbank.
"Not," continued the lady, after pause,
mot that have word to say against John
Bowerbank. He is Mr.. Kendal's friend, and
my husbands friend; the three are oil about
the same age, too. He Is very good man;
but he isn't John Stenhouse. And, oh
mel when call to mind how fond John
Stenhouse was Of Emily Kendall and