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

time. But now she has appareu tly col ;pto
tacm again, and made prudent morriaoe
In admirabiy prudent marriage. But,
Oh, my dear. when I married Edwor,I
hnowle, and he was clerk and \ was n
miiiiner, and we had but two kundred n
year between MS, We were happy people :
happier than these! For we loved one an
o,ner. and We married for lovo. And there
was not single cause or iInpediment in
| tho si9ht OF God or man why we should
not marry. Which, God forgive hers
wife" N .
Mrs, Smiles looked SO sho cked, so fright.
ened, that too candid Mrs. .Knowle7 coui,l
e'mose bsye cut her tongue ont for the
l.ss tsolsshse lShe{ ~ 'shc had made, She -!
Fsse'eN0Aw that a coitaih dim sense OF
duty and I3zde, which exists In many g,eat
takers, made her, however, unscrupnlous
over secret which she had ferreted out or
guessed at, IL honestly trusted, by no means
Enthusiastically. With sudden decision :
ior the position was critical enough tho
good Liverpool lady turned to hor London
1riend-who was not bad woman in her
way and said earnestly:
I'm sorry ever let word drop, Mrs.
Smiles, Tor It was very Painful bus ness
though 1t is all over now. Ill tell II you.
and depend upon your never telling il
again, though it was nothing discredhable,
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 perfectly un-
blem shed name. And perhaps what hap
pencd was nothing moro than happoned 10
almost every girl in her teen s-they fill in
love A. d ont Of lo:c dozen times before
they mury bnt never thought Emily was
I ut sort Of girl, either" (.
Av~I al
tell me. WEo wns it? Anybody I know"
said Mrs Smiles, eagerly.
Mrs. knowlo wished herself at the bot
tom OF the sea before sho had let her fecl-
ings carry her away into making such n
cruel mistake, such fatal adm ssion; but
still tho only safe way 10 remedy it wns 10
tell the whole tru Ii. and then trust to her
,frionds sense of honor. After all, it was
not n very terrible truth. As she had vel
said. the thing happens dozcns Of times 10
dozens of girls.
II ii tell yoI the whole story, Mrs.
Smiles, IL you will promise not to speak Of
IL. Not that it was NJ ything bad; roor
deara they wero SO young, il was such
natural thing for them to fall in love; but it,
caused us my husband and mo Lrca.
deal OF trouble Mt the time, for il happened
in onr house."
"This !ovo nHnr2"
"fes, n real love affair nos n BIT like
poor John EOwerbnnk's sober courtship, hut
an old-fLsh:oned love affair: hcari- warm
so warm that Edward said it put him in
mini Of our own young days. And tho
I eople were -"
Il can guess. for WAS with You two
days of the time of Emily Kendals visit,
md / think can SEQ AZ far into a mill
stone ns most people. II was young STEM
louse?'
Mrs. Enowle nodded. with a sal look in
her kindly eyes. Just so! Poor fellow,
have scarcely SPOKEN his name. evon to my
husband ever since he sailed to Intiia, a
oss h; fa,f was cor Ms5g nnr ~ T ~
know entered the Office Gs boy Of fifteen
and that was low no came 80 much 10
our house while she was visiting us. And
he was fine young fellow, quite the gen.
tieman: and she was n lass in her teens.
and n bonny lass she was, too, then--so Of
course they fell in love with one another
and, mercy me! how could I help Il? IIo
behaved very honornbly, poor fellow! came
and told mo nt once M soon as over he had
proposed to her that is, il he ever did
formally propose. ] rather think not, Int
that they found each others feelings by
tho mcrest accident. For l remember he
sail 10 ME, in such a burst OF passion as l
never saw yet in mortal man. I've boon an
ass, and some folk might call me knave
lpt rilV tdS MY tuOu>Vuu pouutN huu
havent half penny Poor lad!-poor
lud!"
And what did YOU dor"
"What could do shut the sttble- door
when the steed was stolen2 Why, my dear
woman, told You the poor things loved
ono another"
An argument which did not seem 10 weigh
very much with Mrs. Smiles. She drew
herself up with dignity.
n0at nm fOrt m m ~ ~ nd i'll al yiao1 nj
tachment. ], as n mother OF family Of
dau 'hters, must cert ,inly say -"
what would you say?"
"Yhat would consider ii my business to
prevent it,"
"How could prevent it2" exclaimed Mrs.
knowle. pathetically, as If the troubles her
warm heart had undergone at that time
were bitter even in remembrance. Hero
were two nice young p ople one nineteen.
the other fivc-ard t~enty, meeting every
day-liking one anothers company, finding
out continu lily how we'll they suited and
how dearly they enjoyed being together.
In truth the very sight Of them walking
under the lilac trees, OF sitting outside the
dmwing- room window with n heap Of books
between them, talking and reading, and
laughing TO themselves in tn ir innocent,
child sh woy, used 10 do my heart good.
Many n time 1 thought if God had been
Pleased to give Edward and mo such a
daughter, Or If orr little Edward, that's
lying waiting for his mother, in Halo
chu' ch.yard well, that's nonscnse" said
the good woman, with sudden pause and
choking Of tho voice. All / mean ia that,
in our childless house, those young people
were very pleasant company; and used
often TO think il either of them was my own.
oh, wouldn't I do deal TO make them both
happy! But 1t wasn't 10 bet wasn't to
be. And now she has gone and married
John Bowerbnnk.
Not" continued the lady, after pause,
mot that have word to say against Joh.l
Rowerbauk. He is Mr.. Kendal's friend. md
my husbands friend; the thrcc are sli about
tho same age, too. lilo is very good man
but he isn't John Stenhouse. And, oh
n! when / call to mind how fond John
Stenhouse was of Emily Kendall, ard
how fond poor Emily WAS OF him-.of nj
the misery they went through together
of the nights I sat by her bedside
until she sobbed herself 10 sleep--and oi
the days when young Stenbouse went to