Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-03-29

monts and charaCtcr-would your husband
have had her marry "a man to whom she
could not look up whose character and,
pardon me, whose habits were so. let us say,
Ins1 tied -
"Thon she ought to have left before. |
know She SAYS she never dreamed of its he
ing her uncle's plan or hope--novcr dream
cd that the young man was in earnest. 1t
was all nonsense TO say She couldn't marry
man whom she did not look up to and re
spoct He is only Il year younger than she
is and lots of girls marry men younger
than especially when such n
fortune was involved. Why! Mr. Court
land would have left them everything he
had in the world if she would only have con
sented."
"But women form their own ideas, dear
lady, and she may have had in view man
whom she did look up TO, honor and love.
Is not that a rcasonall, theory And the
Doctors eyes. full of sympathy and defer
cncc watched his impuIsive patient narrow
~ withal. How we'll he knew her. She fell
instantly into the trap.
"But she hadn't | could forgive her
easily if that were so, but she told the cap
tain it was purely and simply that she could
not and would not marry Philip CORTLAND
or any man like him"
"But | fancied from what-from various
circumstanccs-that the young man was
very dissipat ed-dangero so, i'll fact.
Would You counsel your sister to marry
such man,
"Well. why not? He has been wild,
know. Ny husband looked into the whole
case, and, of course, he sustains her. Phil
CORTLAND had to go into a retreat once, but
| believe it was because she treated him so.
and make n man of him, and he almost i'm
plored her to take pity on his gray hairs and
save his boy. tell you, think it was
sheer ingratitude. Even if she couldn't
have reformed him, there would have been
all that money" And Mrs. Forrest sighed
pathetically at thought of the thousands her
hard headed, hard-hearted sister had refus-
ed. Bayard congratulatng himself on his
success thus far, had still another point on
which he desired information-a vital
point.
''What seems so bad about the whole
matter, he said after a sympathetic echo
Of the lady's sigh, lis the disappointment
of old Mr.. Courtland. No doubt, despite
their cousinship this has lorg been his cher
ishod scheme-and it must make him-at
least | do not wonder that it makes him n
trihe bitter against her.
''Why, doctor, that is one of the queercst
things to me- One would suppose that any
girl of ordinary gratitude would try and
repay and appreciate such devotion as has
been lavished on her. She simply repels
people who try to be loving to her I'm
sure I've tried every way in my power. Of
course at first he was very bitter and said
some severe things-at least she so told Cap
tain Forrest-but she has no right to trea-
n. i hi ,1
reared and educated ard cherished her
purposely to be the salvation of
his hayward SOIL and MS she would
not have the son he said she
could not lvemder his roof Then he had
always given her a liberal allowance, besides
paying the most extraordinary bills, and
she hurt him fearfuly-l know she did-by
refusing to accept it afterwards. He has
sent it to her even here and she almost hurts
it back at him-and here are Maud and
Vickie without a decent dress to their
names.n walled Mrs Forrest in somewhat
irrelevant conclusion, and the tears weled
again from her weary eyes
Bayard was again silent moment wait
ing for his patient to recover her composure
and her tongue. 1t was comfort to think
that, at least. Mr.. Co urtand's munifcence
was still fact. But how about the fu-
ture
'Anything that might tend to widen the
breach between them would of course be
deplorable, = he presently said, but | infer
from the fact that he continues 10 send her
allowance to her that he will be apt to pro-
vide literally for her in his will! -
He would do anything for her, despite
her ingratitude but she has told Captain
| Forrest that after what has passed she can
! not and will not accept penny from him.
Now, what can one say to girl like that:
And this question the doctor could not
answer. After few moments thought lie
arose as if to 90.
u am heartily glad TO know she is so
much better this afternoon. These are anX-
ious days for us all and it is not to be won
dered at that so many of our ladies are
called to irnuire after her. and am re-
| ioiced TO think we will so soon be able to
| welcome her out again And, Mrs. For
! rest. You might say to her that II would