The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-11-15
UNION G. H. sota1 cARoIINA, NOVEMBER 15 1889.

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man came down upon us like a thunder
bolt, aud d smissed John from the house,
and insisted OH carrying Emily away, only
she took 10 her bed with nervo GUS feyer
and couldi.t be moved. own was sur-
prised. My dear, the poet says Fathers
have finty bea:is;' but it's my belief thor
have no hearts at all. How that old fellow
could have looked at that poor little girl OF
his-4bis daughter, wasted to skeleton =
lying on her bed with her pretty eyes that
were the image OF her mothers when Bir.
Kendall married. ber) fixed on the ceiling
Win i such hocslpSsy t pSssye her fs her : s6sssr
tWslsf bzcE. bat only viii .pered n me- sonts 5
times.s sPiease donf 1sf him bc 1nkina 10
Johu'-Low could h. do IL, and call HIM
self Christian, and 20 TO church every
Sunday, don't understand! You must
recolloct, continued Mira. kpowle, "that
John Stcnhouse wns not O bad fellow,
neither low born nor i'll -cdu .atcd- that not
living soul had o"cr bredthcd q syllable
against his character. There was no earth
ly reason for refusing Lin except that he
was clerk in m rchants Office and she
was barristcrs d,ugbter; he Ind nothing,
and she had fifty thousand pounds. That
was the bottom of it, know tue cursed,
cursed money, MS Ry husband said. Mr..
kendal wanted her 10 make what he called
suitable marriage that is, where every
thing was rieht aud proper-money equal,
position cIua! - MI done according 10
Iuie G. ntlsman coming n counting for q
month or two, lady smiingly receiving
public attentions, then Gentlcman going
first to nsk popas consent, aud, that given,
making formal offer, and being accepted
md married Immediately in grand style,
with SIX bridesmaids, and twenty Gu riaa acs
with white horses, ju>t us We had to- day.
Oh. how could she do it? But perhaps
she couldn't helpit. saw from the first
she was weak, gentle creature. Why,
she used TO go into Ii, sterics ard faintiuy
fits when I would have faced that cd ty-
rant with a hear; rs hard as his own. Bic
my life! would. Ii ,ve fought through q
regiment OF soldiHrs for the sake of my
Edward; but she, tie frail, trembling lamb
poor thing pooc tGing"
AMI the large, loud Lancashire woman,
W tn the womarly heart, dropped tear or
two which she smCthcrcd IN her Inc.d
20 kei- hunhcrch: :ef, aud turned out of tho
quiet street in May lair, whore the two ladies
were talking and walking, into ono thai led
toward Nueca Anne street.
For, said s..r, a must got n peep nj
her when she COOS sway. 1 WAS very fond
Of poor Emily kendall"
Tut tell me the lest Of her story"
pleaded Mrs. miles. Indeed, 1 W IL
never repeat il. and whom Should | re-
Peat I )! Ior ! scarcely know n;hody III hor
circle, and she is now removing quite out
Of il. suppose she WILL se,lle perma-
ncntly in Liv,ipoo.!"
"Yes; 10 II Bowcrbank hns one Of the
handsomest houses in all Eirkcnhead. His
long widowhood alone hinlered his taking
h Place at tho very top of our Liverpool
So iety. Now lie will DO il, for ho is n So
cal man, md likes show. quito u dit.cr1Gt
person from rOnr-Jehn SIrnhouse; wHo
would have spent evening after evening by
hi. own tiLesida with h!s books ossy. or Ais Ii
1 ever anew, and buil. q, Ghaniber- oFgaIS
with his own very hands. 1 have it sull,,
Tor he left il 10 me when he went abroad.
why did ho 10 aEIoad?' !
III ieil you, ut Last SO far rs l know,
for he was very communicative up 10
tcrta IL point, ana then he ceased, and held
his tongue cut,rciy, and | couldn't pump
HIM, YOU knoS. Besides, If | came within
Il mile of the .uh;G'T, the look o; his fac
frightened me. lie wus terribly i'll love
with Emily kendall.
Its Il bad thing TO lie terribly in love.
and not at all conducive to to comfort OF
society,"" observed Mrs. Smiles, sententi-
ously; but Mrs. knowic was too full OF her
own RENE mrnbranccs to 70! 1y.
"Oh, what day that was, when, after
John Stenhnuscs letter, down cnmo Mr.
Kendall to Liverpool after lis dauSh-
ter. Oh, tie daily storms we lived Ill
morning, noon and night the intcrv .ews
in our dining room ami IN the poor little
ihlngs bedroom, for she TOOK 10 her bed
tn. vcly first d ". lI.w We argued and
reasoned, nnd comfor,cd, AMI alv.s:d 1
and my good man, fer We f, 1t to III ;se two
ycuug people uiSt as f they were our own
children; and we wondered, with an amaze
ment that childl SIS people often feel when
they see how other people throw away thei;
bless ngs, hat could have possessed the
old father to see his only daughter almost
dying before him, and 80 on killing her,
fer her own good, Ec said; but, as every
body else sad, Just for his own pride and
veAuilon at thwartcd authority. Money,
too. money was at tho root of it al. II
John Stenhouse had been i'll the position of
John Bowerbank, Mr.. Kendall would have
gone down on his knees and Worshipcd him;
l know he won d. As II WAS, lie just kicked
Lin out OF DOORS"
THAT was rather uHgcntlemanly."
al don't meau literally. Mr.. Ken
his own credit TO keep up hc had
always borne the character of be-
ing the best OF fathers. as perhaps he had
, been till this harp ned We arc all of us
very perfect creatures 70 long ns we are
not tried. Gracious me! when / looked
TO. day nt that stately, handsome old gem
tleman, who, when lie was asked, who
SNetn THIS woman 10 DC married 10 this
mann looked 80 smiiirG!y and beni9nant,
and remember what I've seen him look
like! It's n queer world, very queer
world, my dear"
! Mrs. Smiles agreed; she generally
agreed in everything with everybody at the
| time.
well, the roor young fellow was dis
missed. OF course there was no help for
| it; the girl being under age, The father had
| tho law i'm Lis own haads. Nothing short
! OF an elorcment, which no honorable man
| like John Stenhouse would ever have
dreamed Of, could have saved poor Emily.
And then her money her deIestablo
money rs her lover called it moro than
once. Every bit of honest pride il linn
was CALLED and stung 10 the quick. lici
fnther thinks, al tho void VIII think, that
i wa ted her for her mon " he used &c
say; and sometimes this feeling was sc
strong in him that | fancicd he was hall
inclined to draw back and give her up. Bu
! ] told him rot to bc such q coward, for il
was cownrdicc; fear If the wi kcd tongues
md not Of the good ones. Nobody who
saw sweet Emily Kendall and honest Johr
Stenhouse would have doubted that they
were marrying !or love real love. But
! my Iplr m, rrnNipp frrriIly lpp, u ind "a