Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-10-25
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BY 10TH.

MIR. waring. few days before Dacre's
departure was to take place, "that
Mary has not tempered with the
mil DIS OF our children"
II am certain, quite certain. She
has certainly seemed TO resent my
orders IN this matter, but she has not
disobeyed them"
Mrs. Waring sat down and tried 70
take up the thread Of her thoughts,
but 1t was broken again in 4 minute
BY Mr. Waring pushing back his chair
suddenly. and looking at her in dis
turbed, restless way. She went over,
laid her hand on his shoulder and
looked anxiously into mis- face.
Are you troubled, love, car | not
help your
II should be glad. my Grace. II felt
more convinced that the minds of oul
children are really a blank as far as
any knowledge Of religion goes"
Il am sure Mr.. aud Mrs. Fellowes -'
Dearest, the idea is revolving.
Fellowes, a gentleman! And his wife!
She Is your friend, that is sufficient.
He bowed as his grandfather, the
courtliest man in q courtly court
might have done. But | fear that
when very young the children may
have received foreign impressions, the
class that people the stable-yard are
often quite yersed in what they term
the truths OF the Gospel"
But so long ago."
mot so very long after all, and i'm
pressions are most tenacious things
more especially erroneous ones. Does
the fact not hamper us daily, dearest
Even this moment" he went on mus
ingly, "after all these years, can
recollect praying at my mothers knee
with a quite astonishing fervor, which
now seems next to reasonless, and yet
/ doubt II the impression Of that fer.
vor will ever leave me"
I'VE can only hope, dearest" she
said.
Her husbands fear depressed her
she was feeling just then, and rather
to her cost, how very remarkably
lclinging old impressions were. They
were lowering round her at that very
moment, and entwining her in a mazt
of the old dead visions of dead days
when she was child herself and wore
long lawn nightgowns with frillec
sashes. and said prayers. She wen1
over to the fire to make 1t up anc
ended by putting it out.
"Oh, Henry" she said at last, from
the hearthrug, shivering n little, "wha
If. after all, we might just as wei
have allowed our children to run alont
the common groove like those very ia
children of Mrs. Manners they seen
wholesome and not devoid of iHtelli
gence. And then they are handsom,
and well grown, yet tie boy Is ten ant
not even in Latin, Mrs. Manners con
siders that in zen years the fact VII
make no difference in his career. Or
the contrary look 1T Dacre, think o.
the load of anxiety and thought We
have expended upon him and yet
She broke off sadly.
Her husband regarded her for ;
minute with sympathizing eyes.
Dearest" he said ut last softly
= YOU dLf APT W iOlStA lht lbSt that pul
poor Dacre isl hate 10 hurt you
dear, but you know 1.-THE is most un
fortunately throwing back, and mus
follow the fate of his kind. He mus
enter the ,trmy,-it is deplorable, bu
so 1t must be-
The army murmured the small
woman wringing her hands softly. ~
is sad, 1t is hard on you. | do think
dearest, we might have been more sue
cessful in our children"
"Our child" interrupted her hus
? band.
Her eyes clouded and she repeated
hesitatingly, Yes, our child--Gwen''
abilities are considerable.
Yes" said her father with unmixet
satisfaction, my hopes rest on Gwen
her abilities are indeed most crafty
ing"
For one fleeting moment, which she
blotted from her memory with shame
her mother almost wished they
weren't; she might then be easier e
get some knowledge of, and not b'
quite So alarming.