Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-20
SINFIRE.
By JULIAN HAWTHORNE.
lCoPyriGht. lsS- by American PrSSs AssoeIa-
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 as reaper. Everybody seems to think that il is just as much my duty to pre- scribe for perpleXiuS circumstances aS for physical disorders It is true they dc not think it necessary 10 accept my pre- sCriptiouS unless with some such formula as Well. that is the conclusion had ar rived at myself" But they would not believe their ears if were to turn the tables upon them and consult them as to what had better do.
 Mother bore down upon mo the other day in her line of battle ship manner. She is indeed an impressive and relouht. able old lady. My earliest recollcctions of her arc as a tall and slender person, dressed generally in white. and with a cool. polished. rather sarcastic manner. She was not cool when she got angry, however. How her checks would reddrn and her eyes flash. anal what sharp things would issue from her sharp cut lips. 1 These ouyhursts used to friShtcn me 1 thoroughly. and vet l often deliberately 1 provoked them l,ecauSc thvv convinced 1 me that my mother was human being after all. How iuVrrious and impctuous she WAS. John k her own son. But she 1 Was less generous in lmparting her brains tN her tirStborn-hc never had half her | mental resources. ShC used to read many abStrvSc and improving books in the old days and she could talk politics or phi loSophy or religion with anybody, though doubt whether shC was ever moro rrli- -icuS than the propviCticS of her position required.
 Of late wears she has cSchrwcd the 1 higher walks of literature and has abau- joHcd herself to novels, and even in her chciyo ot these she has gradually SubSid- 1 Cl from the classic lucuhrationS of Wal fer Sco;t 10 such humble waysidr flow ers aS are to b, culled from the Seaside libraries varied occasionally with an o,ll volume from the PariSiau publiCa- tIOuS ut Cllulanu. Levy X Cie. For my part. so far from blaming her, 1 applaud her good sense An amusing novel Is like the best kind of gossip. Gossip is proper to those whose days of youth and activity I:r over. and as We see scarcely any company no other gossip than that of novels ia aCcr>>ihlr 10 tho dowag,r Lady MIiuwArinS,
 Well. then. wlcn mother approached ule with Ih' manner which have de sCrlhcl, l knew at once that We wCro IhrUt to discuss domestic matters. nor Wis much at Il loss to divine what the particular matter would probably be 1nhn and Sutrr had gone out for a ride. We were about in converse concerning Sinfrc and John. Mother seated herself III the large J.EsluC>o ;irInrh3ir-thr one made If split r.Uc e. ',:,.hnn. s,,:r just fills ii coiutv....uly. S.;. k very much broader than she u>,rl yu lc and her once dei:rLtN comrlsNiri! las acquired a sub St":.t..l and r. ru,1nru! r;lJdinr>> IL soia- times seems u~ Y lluthrr hid uut >u much enlarged aS lr,uA,ly become lnrS- SC>s.J of a different jriv from that in which sie spent her youth. If II were EVt rlt}'ev,laillI I' SlNNcula,,- about the skeleton If ri:..> parent. l should l,c in riln,I to think that h,r present vs>,,uS framework hal l4vu designed for a Br:t- i>h t;>hwifr Except frr this physical expansion. however, she rS'uainSat least ;.s ,.-.~;y,r..:i, ;.S ever.
 Rrmbral,i;, ~ pvrhal> Rut,.u>. would have made a splendid portrait of her. Her eyebrows ire Srt nigh in her fore head: the Slic,> immediately above and below The eve are full. showing u fluent Commaul Ut words; her nose k mod crate but uuNlstakablv aQuilnv, her up- per lip k thinner than the lower. which k uoldcd ou rr>olUyc chin; her gray E.ir k covered with d black layr GID. the wide strings vf which fail down on either side her shocks: her SlImm,r rrS- tune k ordinarily ot some substance which l will venture to call black .r,,l,l- dine. with lace embellishments and some Gllmp>rS ut white ruCiril-, ut thv throat and wrists; II makes Uo attempt tu mold itself closely ou her form. and its antiquities are imposing ,iS well as p.'u- dent. Poor mother must suffer greatly from line heat, but she never permits hcv@clt to complain uC 1t. She even fans hrv-,N >YHriuGty, I~ lt she Were still dI- tcrnincd to l'c Jhe Cuvl aui slender rrrt- turo ot @ wears a-n. Tncro k horvi>m M the>' lj;iIr things, un,lr the less be- t;.u~r il gains no rcuuwn
 Nur cnlNvr>,ttion l,'l ir Isn definite r,- >ul;. Mother wlnt,l John |, marry. al,i >hH >har,> thy .;,,'u,ral iufatuatiuu rvStvilu- uur Cousin ~iufrr. and Vet l could r, ,rrrivc that her mind was not entirely at v@>c Ti;,' for,,~ rf tradition. ot convention, us tcmis,ralurut. were wvrfi;.=; VI i',r against l',r ~:ecill and Irl4trAry .ii.,rj'p fnr this ~trauE, luuur mo,nau. Kcl@on prompted her (, dis trust, rr at least tr wait and prove. while instinct. ur something like thar. urSej blind a>ltp;":2rc. Detwce~ the TWO Iuy ,Nc,iisnt parent WAS rnwontoi- Y perp!2xri.
 Lord Cedarclltfo Is sG impetuous and so unused to restraint" she remarked Shv sill >,.l,S l,Ha Ky t,e pe- ..4,..e l.e uS,'sl ;o hn:.- in the nursery when she Is especially moved ab,ut him. The r,.- ruul.r would h,. amused if thrv knew how many ,lI >,-ril,~ If fruiali~u and Mtnnarrmc.h tricks are to be picked up - :l'uut this house. ''Pvrhaps he would Not bv >u >,t uluu this if Slntirc S,tmrd more willing ;o rm,v.t his views. It's N,ry odd. don't you think. that she should hesitate: She can't be sincere. ,1l vet
 Iii isn't >o very odd" S1id l. .She has lrnrnati"n, and she rerognizcs luhI's impr;un~ily :,s plainly as you and l dr don't dispute that she wishes to marry Mlu. but she wishes also 10 he s;tr,' that he loves her outside of his i'm lr.tun~iiN.'
 ''.lrhu k iirapablr of a trivial attach m,ut." returned mother impressivrly.
 If hr were capable of it, Cousin Sin fin, k taking the h,.>t means to make him serious. replied. 'Idon't doubt 1t will come out all right ill the rnd-on the as sumption nf course that their marriage k the right thing
 "Don't you think il k the right thing she ask,d quickly,
 Well. if you don't think so. advise Nvu nut Ia let them know it"
 1t k true We know comparatively lit tlr alo1t her said mother after q pause. "TherJ k really nothing except my poor lru;trr'S letter and her own account E.lt | AyAull L.. ahSnrl tn Nn;lht nitLnr