The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26
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OF property and brilliant career
Pardon me- said auntie with .
narrow escape from snort, it will be
your fault and yours only if these
losses be visited upon your son. 1t
Is you who threaten to cast him out
pennllegaf No one else has thought of
oeing cruelty unjust toward him
You are mistaken, madam. I
nave told this. young lady that the
matter rests entirely in her hands.
She n, has the deciding power
You are aAhsing yourself of
moral cowardice, sir. You profess to
love your son, yet you stand ready to
cast blm out as a pauper provided
you can blind your conscience by &C
euslng someone else Of the enormity.
La1ra's love is such that it will cling
TO nm after you have stripped him
OF what appears to have supreme
value in your eyes. You propose to
dlsown your own flesh and blood.
When you have done your worst, she
Will share the fate you so unnaturally
infict'
"'You employ strong language,
madam. But it is not for you to say
how much my heart enters into this
affair. There are social oonsidera-
lions that you cannot appreciate. To
ignore them by permitting this mar
rage to take place would be to place a
milestone about my sons neck But I
see possible way out Of the difficulty,
and l have presented it to your daugh-
ter. If she will go OF my expense to
any Of our more select seminaries,
where she can acquire the education
and the accomplishments such as
should be had by the wife of brood
Harris, the objections I now. urge will
be withdrawn. But she fatty re.
fuses
CHOW auntie was grand in her an.
ger. OF course she resented as well
as refused, sir. Such an offer was an
insult to Wilcomb. Social consider.
atoms, indeed Then she opened
with grape and canister. DO you
speak French, German and italian in
addition to your native tongue, Mr.,
Harris? Are operate managers be-
sieging you to sing on the stage:
Were you ever abroad three years al
time improving your mind and ming
ling in society at the European, CAPT
tails? Can you tell me the name o.
your great-great grandfather? How
many Of your direct anteoedents fought
in the revolution? What is your fam
J lily coat of arms? What dignitaries O.
state are attracted here because O
, your provincial greatness? What ont
, Of your proud race in either brancl
ever sacrificed million to help loya
friend?' ,eaass
81 tried to stem the rushing current
why go into family matters, auntie:
"'Don't interrupt, Laura. Thi
, man invited it. For him to raise til
: question Of family when I took suc]
J credit to myself for waving it in hi
} behalf! I hope, sir, that you will in
form yourself before you again under
l take matter so delicate, and if yo7
! do withhold that boys patrimony W
will not be without compensation"
e How so, MADAME" asked Fathe
9 Harris, who was more nearly van
t quished than he had ever been before
9 SIT will not be necessary for US t
e meet his father again
t so, auntie,' I exclaimed, that j
! not like you.
j. "I think that madam is very cor
+ sistent in her language. Then turf
o ing to me he calmly admitted that b
r. might have under estimated me an
/, asked me if I would sing for him.
/ "'She could scarcely be expected t
= sing for q quarter of million OF do
It lars under existing circumstances, d.
g clared auntie sarcastically. Ihad n
it idea that man Of his temperance
could be passionately fond of music
h but felt that he had gone through
it very bad half hour, thought of Droo
and sang an old Scotch love sons
3 sang as never sang before, for it we
e the cry Of my heart to it's lover.
d could scarcely believe it, but Fathe
it Harris has since admitted that thel
d were tears in those cold grey eyes
s his, and he had me sing until ring
,. the door bell announced some one els
q to be entertained. Then he put h:
e arm around me, looked down into m
l. face with a smile that had lost ever,
IL thing but tenderness, and told me no
8 proud he would be to have me for
al daughter. Twas foolishly mistaken
k he said, but my son should be sui
ID cient peace Offering Then he added
g. disconnectedly: Your aunt is certaln]
j. a remarkable woman
10 ".It was oaly little later, yo
lg know that Unexpectedly came into
le fortune which we had given up
,r lost, but in the meantime it had bee
ar arranged that auntieswas to becon
1t my mother-in How those tN
n hot heads reconciled their tempers on
g. learned to love in so brief courtsh1