The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-01

with one of those violent suorJs which are
always so und1uiaolv indicative Of the
possession OF superior mental powers
'I certainly never disputed it, my
dear" replied MIR Laplock meekly.
Oh. Of course not. Being man with
out sympathetic disceraUeut. YOU cannot
be expected to possess even the courage
to deny it."
Probably not, nv dear
And it does't matter whether you do
or not, Lillibridge Laplock.."
Certainly not; certainly. I merely
meant to suggest, my dear, that the girls,
having attained their majority. might
r possibly-just possibly, you know-have
minds OF their own about the matter of
marriage
Not bit of IT, LIlibridge, =" interposed
Miss Corneiia Coventry. maiden sister Of
Mrs LaplOck; and who, being well beyond
the sunny meridian OF life. as well as one
Of those ''Clanc.ratcd women who in
some manner escape the sha Eles Of mari
tai serVitude, could always be relied upon,
to the IoiuJ Of tragedy, IN any disarrauge-
uent o. the natural heart selections Of
the human race.
Miss Coventry being also as SPARE of
frame and mind rs Mrs. L1plOck was
ample in both. she neld in all domestic
matters the rcla ion of echo, reflector and
tranSmitter OF the Laplock family Mind.
On ccasions she also spoke up on her own
account. and this was OneOf the occasions.
Nothing Of the sort LaplO-k.' CON
tlnued Mrs. LapIock, with 4 ioo1of thanks
70 her sister. Mere children. Utterly
without mind Simply the creatures Of
impulse. Perfectly absurd from every
point of view"
Entirely out Of the question" echoed
Miss Cornelia.
mo- only perfectly absurd and entirely
OFT of the question: said Mrs. LaplOCk
with oratoric decision, but 10 people of
mind. it is singularly grotesque in the
abstract"
intensely repulsive;' insisted Miss
Coventry
quite so, Lillibridge. when your
wealth and my posi- ion are ,ous.derei.
Here is the absurd situation: Along
come couple OF university professors.
one geologist and the other mineralo-
Systematically a stone sOrter and a
miner; and because YOU made q little of
your wealth out OF mining stocks. You let
these lOw-minded creatures into your
office, into your house, thCBint yOur con
fdence as 70 how much you could divide
between them in case they carried or
Cecil and Janet. and the thing is done.
Not while mind and reason hold their
imperial sway, Mr.. Laplocl1,"
what is a university professor. any
how?n inquired Miss COrnela Coventry
with partly closed. Contemplative eyes
and coatemptuous tremnle OF her thin
little face
You NAV well ask, sister. A most
pertinent query ] will answer. An in
suferably egotistical ninny to begin with
and driveliug old pauper at the end
And Lillibridge Lap.ock would conspire
to give his own child and his own ward
such a fate as this q"
Poor, little, poddy, kind-hearted Lilli-
bridge LaplOcE always went to the wall
Ia conflicts with the Lapiock Mind and
was now rapidly growing uneasy and very
red in She face.
But, my dear. what shall we do3'' he
alphabetically fhtered.
What shall we do3 Oh. of course;
certainly. tust like Q mani" retorted
Mrs. Laplock, rising il agitation and
striding Up and down the room as though
II were rostrum and Miss Cornelia her
audience. That's the man of
Il. precisely. Precipiase calam-
ity; invite ruin: reach the
very edge of 8byssmal disgrace: then
appeal TO his helpmeet; to woman: to
Mind. Rescued from his peril. what does
he do2"
This was 50 direct and fervid IN appealto
Cornella Coventry, as audience, that she
promptly replied:
''Goes straight and tells some other
man what a wonderful manager he is"
Exactly! exactly; repeated Mrs Lap
lock with scoru
And she who has guided, directed.
counsel and saved, remains unrequiJted
aud unknown, insisted Miss Coventry
with much feeling.
oh, don my dears l swear / WON'T
pleaded MIR. LaplOck, now reduced TO q
state Of capitplation at any terms. If
you'll Just suggest, Mrs. I-aplock, and we
can have things sort of-Of pleasant and
comfortable here at Rosemary villa.
Like oid times, you know :, continued MIR
Japlock with an appealing look TO his
wife
Then. Lillibridge-act Let mind and
determination have their imperial SWAY
As executive Officer of tine Patchwork
] eague. secretary Of the Clawtalkon
Circle financial secretary of the Fcrosjs
Society, president of the Suffrage Per
suaders, and press promoter of the So
Getty for the Cure of Crippled CANNES.
my motto in the cause has a lWays been.
Mind and action; think and do; touch
ana go: explore and explode Do YOU
understand, Lillibridge1"
Quite, my dear. Sort of 'S-s-s-s-
Bang" movement, I suppose. But lust
y tllch way are VIC 70 project ourselves In
this particular case2 You know the
girls have told US that the professors.
poor fellows win call at Rosemary villa
this very week for our consent to their
marriage.
One year in continental travel. That
viii divert, diyest, divide"
When ?" gasped AIr Laplock. feebly.
Tomorrow Cecil and Janet are at
Brighton now. ] VIII send them dis
patch desiring them 10 Join rs at F'oike-
stone tomorrow evening, on theassurance
that we have pleasant news tor theIn. IL
doesn't matter what they think. TO sen
siole young women a years continental
travel. with all its opportunities for OBJ
servation and alliance, should be de-
llehtfEl outlook. You will please attend
to the necessary arrangements at once.
Mr.. Lap!ock"
"Antoinette Won Houler Coventry Lap
lock-
MIR LaplOcE never placed consecutively
together all the ancestral names of his
worthy spouse unless overwhelmed with
admiration at the tremendous operations
Of the family Mind. or bewildered and
outraged 81 its remorseless disregard of
The feelings and rights of others
The cruel deceit about TO be practiced
upon their daughter, Cecil. and upon his
ward, Janet, both of whom MIR Laploe5
loved with almost idolatrous devotion.