The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-14
LOVES SACRIFICE.

up. IF you yield this way, it's all IIp with
you for the rest Of your married life And
the idea Of a bride in her honeymoon be-
ing weighed down with an old grandfather
and grandInotheF-in-IavT"
Mamie Eastlake was bright eyed girl
Of ia girl who had been brought I'D at
a fashionable boarding school And the
first real heart experience that ever hap
pened to her was Donald Aubrey's love.
1T is such an elegant house, - said Nan
ME. Turkey carpets and furniture Of
ebony and gold, and the tiniest little gem
OF conservatory filed with roses and ca
mellias and the sweetest carnations and
my boudoir all in pink and silver
''Of course it's all very fine, - said Hero
Field, ''but you'll never enjoy it with
those horrid, mischief making old antedi-
luvians shifting and prOwing around -
But they are Donald's grandparents. -
pleaded Mamie
well, what them Let him provide for
them as other people do. His wife has the
first right and the only right in the house.
and SO I d tell him if 7 were you A moth
er-in-law would be bad enough. but this
ten times worse"
So when Mr.. Aubrey came to make his
usual evening call that night and Aunt
Ponsonby had discreetly made some excuse
for leaving the drawing room Mamie
preached the subject at once.
Donald, - said she, I've been think
ing
fsWeT, dearest y
''And I've come to the conclusion that
you ought not to ask me to make home
for old Mr.. and Mrs. Vivian.
rs it not right and natural, Mamie,
that their home should be with mef'' he
asked, his face cloudins over little.
4 dare say it will be very nice for
them, said Mamie, with a toss of her
golden head but how about mes''
DO you object to its''
Every decidedly indeed, - answered the
pretty young bride, fondly imagining that
she had but to lift her slender finger to
win any boon that she asked of Donald
Aubrey.
Il an very sorry" said the young man
calmly. "As I have decided to ask them
to remain permanently with me, I cannot,
Of course, permit my wife,
Mamie cFimsoned angrily.
But I am not your wife yet, Mr.. Au-
brey. And I will not be your wife if
Mamie, for heavens sake, stopI Think
what you are sayingP'
II mean it, - said Mamie holly ST do
not choose to marry into a nest of rela-
tions-in-law, and 50 you must choose be-
tween your grandparents and me-
"NannieI''
81 am quite in earnest, - said she. eff
you really care for me, you will give up
this unreasonable caprice of yours. -
Is II 0LESdSODaDl0 TO nOuOI one dRD0
parentz2'' he asked slowly, while his dark,
searching eyes seemed to read the very Sc
crets of her heart ''Is it a caprice to re-
tain some natural affection for those who
loved and cared for me when was yet a
helpless child2 If you think it is, Mamie,
have been sorely mistaken in your char
acter."
VERY well, - said Mamie, feeling her
cheeks burn and her lips culver. Il am
then to understand that your selection is
made?''
Il prefer my duty to anything in the
world, Mamie. .
II have the honor to wish you very
good evening then, - and Mamie swept out
of the room.
f'Goodr' cried Hero Field the next day
when Mamie related to her the occurrences
of the evening. He'll be on his knees to
you before three days are passed, and you'n
have your own way for good and all after
this. -
But the three days passed, and three
more on top of that, and never peniUent
lover made his appearance to sue for Nan
MES pardon.
ooh, Hero, what shall I do'" she plead
ed, with wistful tears in her eyes. Let
him go, - said Miss Field, who, to tell the
truth, had been a little envious that Nan
ME Eastlake had become engaged before
herself
Donald Aubrey was sitting alone in the
pretty blue and gold drawing room that
he had furnished expressly with regard to
Mamie Eastlake's taste. MIR. and Mrs
Vivian, early risers and early retirers, had
gone to bed, although it was hardly yet
dark, when the little parlor maid an
nounced:
''Please, sir, a lady to see you
And Donald found himself looking into
Mamie Eastlake's deep blue eyes.
"NannieP' he calculated
- ?
have been so wrong, so foolish! And !
have come to ask your pardon
My little Mamie, hushI Not word |
more
but I must speak, Donald. I must tell /
you how earnestly I have repented my tenn
per and folly. If yoR viii take me back to
your heart, Donald, I viii try to be
good wife to you, dutiful daughter to |
your grandparents. -
The wedding day came, and the wedding |
tour passed away, and Mamie Aubrey |
came home to the house Donald had fur |
nished for her.
Grandpa and Grandmamma Vivian were /
waiting on the threshold to greet her. /
Mamie kissed and Rugged them both most |
heartily.
at is so nice to have you here to vel
come Us, - said she. And you re sure /
your rooms have been quite comfortable? !
And grandpapa, has he had his dinners
just as he liked theIng But mean to see !
to that myself now, for you don't know /
what famous little housekeeper am 60
ing to make -
But when the coy tea dinner was over
che old people got up
''Where are you going9'' cried Mamie.
"Home, - said Grandnamma Vivian.
"Home is here, - said Mamie.
''No, my dear, no." said the old lady
kindly; young people are better by them
selves. Donald has bought US a pretty lit
tie cottage a mile or two out in the coun-
try, where I can keep a COW and GRANDPA
Their can look after The poultry And you