The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-07

ingman, and he has no thought or
sympathy for those from whose ranks
he sprang- He has higher ideas for
his daughter l have long seen that.
1t is pride, pride. pride. Oh. it will
have a terrible fall some day, and
perhaps you, poor lad, who talk of
chance, are the humble instrument
selected by an oyerruling providence
to bring about the humbling of his
pride, without which none of US can
enter the kingdom. 1 see it all now.
I see why he sent Edna to school at
Eastbourne, although he said it was
because we could not get on together
How little prevarication prevails. The
deceiver shall himself be deceived. In
me l see the hand pointing
toward truth. STILL" continued
Mrs. Sartwell reflectively, as though
speaking more to herself than to her
nearer, there is no doubt that if you
took Edna's fancy she would marry
you in spite of her father or any one
else | have long warned her father
that such a time is coming; but, alas,
my words are unheeded in this house,
and the time has come sooner than /
expected. l have wondered for some
weeks past what was in Edna's mind
| thought that perhaps she was think
ing of Barnard Hope, but 1 see now I
| thinking of you, and her father, dis
covering it. has packed her off to High
Cliff school, at EaStbourne, where he
probably hopes you cannot visit ner.
She is hayward, obstinate child, inn
pulsive and difficult to manage She
thinks her father is perfection, so you
may form your own opinion of how
defective her judgment is. Yes, /
should not be at all surprised, if, when
you tell her you love her, she would
at once propose to run away with you.
Nothing Edna Sartwell would do or
say could surprise me-"
Marsten, who had been very uneasy
while forced listener to this EXPOSE
ton of the girls character, now rose
abruptly and said he must leave; he
had already, he said, taken up too
much of Mrs. SartwelPs time.
Our time is given us, replied the
good woman, also rising, ito make the
best use of, and if we remember that
we must give an account of every mo-
ment allotted to us, we will not count,
that time i'll spent which is devoted to
the welfare of others. l sincerely trust
that what 1 have said will sink deeply
into your mind, and that you will
profit by it,
Il shall not fail to do So"
You will understand why I cannot
give you any information about Miss
Sartwell, or arrange for any meeting
between you. 1t would not be right.
If she were now in the house ] could
not permit Il her to see you, since l
know you come without her fathers
permission. 1 hope you do not think
me harsh in saying this
"Oh not at ALL
And whatever comes of your infat-
uation for her, will you do me the
justice to remember that my last words
to you were to implore you to cast all
thought of her from your mind"
L shall remember it," said Marsten.
If you attempt to meet her, you
know you will be doing so against my
strict wish and command"
You certainly will not be to blame
for anything that happens, Mrs. Sart-
WE'LL
All if 1 could only be sure of that"
said the patient woman nournfully
shaking her head. Blu anne i, so
easily bestowed and it sl.:.Ls resp, nsi-
bility from shoulders certainly ore
fitted to bear it, and perhaps more
deserving. No later ago than yesterday
Mr.. Barnard Hope came here, and was
surprised to find Edna gone. He told
me he came TO see me. but he could
not help noticing how still and peace
full the house was. When he asked
where Edna was, 1 replied to him as
l reply to you. Her father is the
proper person to answer that question.
Yet Mr.. Hope is the son of my best
friend, a noble woman, whose bene-
factions shower blessings far and near.
Well, goodbye, and L msorry not to
be able to assist you; but 1 shall re-
member you in my petitions, and will
trust that your feet may be. guided
Alright
Thank you, Mrs. SartwelI, and good
bye"
AS the young man walked away he
kept repeating to himself, High Cliff
school, Eastbourne," and when he got
a sufficient distance from the house
he wrote the name down on a slip of
paper
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