The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-13
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again, OF making her my wife. | had no
thought, for | am rather preiudiced on
the score of birth, and always deter mined
should ever marry, to choose one whose
FAMILY was at least equal to my own be-
sides, liked my bachelor life, vas accus-
TONED to its freedom, devoted heart and
soul &c my profession, aud wanted no 9TH
er tles-but an those eyes how long after
became regular visitor at her home did
adhere to thTindilferent philosoph-
ical line of reas onng, or indeed to any
reasoning at all was out of the question
i was completely Amy's slave, and be-
lore had returned TO Washington she
had promised to be my wife, and | had
run the gaur tlet, first of her mothers
most unpleasant adulation and congrat-
ulatlon and then my sisters, surprised
horror, their entreaties and circumstances,
and finally their settled grief for they alb
horred the whole idea, and strange to say
considered Amy vain, shallow, and false
After that last accusation on their part,
begged them not to al'ude to her again,
Tor l knew they were thinking of the
groundless report, which had | confess,
annoyed me not little at first, that Amy
was engaged to a rich young grocer in the
town, when size first met me- She assured
me that this was false, and of course | be-
lieved her implicitly. l could not for an
instant fancy her in love with the
commonplace ordinary fellow the idea
wa preposterous-interest motives were
ont Of the with / fol
What heaven that fearful drawingroom
beca ue to ms. 1t is no disloyalty to the
dear girl to say that it was hideous for she
fully agreed with me, but the widow of
the late hardware dealer seemed to have
absorbed some of the qualities of his stock
in trade and displayed an iron obstinacy
with regard to the decoration and fur
nishing OF that. apartment which was
simply maddening to her daughters re-
fined taste. ! smile now as | recall the
furniture, positive eye sore, covered with
crimson and yellow satin so gaudy and
startling that the chairs and sofas seemed
to jump at you when you entered the
room; then the horrible pictures, ranged
stif1ly on the walls, here and there really
fine etching as a pendant to some atroc
ity i'll oil, or the inevitable chrome Bea-
trice Cenci, and the woodeny fruit and
flower pieces which generally go with her
shade OF Guido what must you think
OF the chrome Beatrice? you can fancy this
bower, and must realize what the attrac-
ton was that could make it shrine On
my return to town Amy's letters were my
delight. You may then fancy what blow
1t was when my health suddenly gave way
just when | was preparing for my we'd
ding. OF course l could not think of being
married in the shattered condition to
which long illness reduced me, and !
was sent off here by my doctor, to recover
if possible. Now | know | have bored
you to death, and hope you will forgive
an inYalid's selfishness' | assured him
| was interested and sympa thetic: the
handsome, noble looking fellow had really
interested me from the first.
A few days after this the servant spoke
to me OF his masters health, and what
was disturbing his mind. And you know
sir said honest Wills n, ut amt for me to
say anything about what MIR. Philip thinks
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him to marry; she's SO beautiful she's
blinded him. Why sir, think of that
old woman Mr.. Philips mother-in-
law she's a disgrace, and his sisters are
so far above her, they wouldn't know what
TO do with her for relative. | wish he was
well out of it, but his whole souls bound
In rir ri nd IF ,ef l. II
certain if anything happened to part them
Il think it would kill him if he found
her out in her true colors even.'
/ asked Graham the next day what he
thought Of his future mother-In-law. He
replied that he had at least to thank her
for having given Amy the benefit of a
perfect training in a perfect school, and so
prevented her from being under her own
inhuence-that she was an implacable old
woman, bitterly disliking every one So
cially her superior, gossip of the first
water, and absolutely undesirable in every
way as a member of ones family.
Amys magnificent voice she had spared
no expense to have thoroughly trained
and according to her light she had been
a good mother to her.
Wilson informed me that the engage
ment with the grocer had been a fact, and
the discarded one had calmly remarked
when she threw him over for the handsome
arstocratic Graham That he was glad
he found her out before he married her."
OF course my friend could not be persuad-
e to believe one word of this. We ar
rived in port, and master and man went
out of my ken for year, when they sud
denly reappeared and took homeward
passage with us once more. | was shocked
to see that Crab am was looking far worse
rather than better, aid had an unsettled
restless expression in his eyes that | did
not like at all. He was i'll the first week
out, and unable to leave his cabin at all
Wilson y as in close attendance on him,
and h I'd 70 chance to talk to either of
them on any personal matters. We tried
in every way to divert him and | actually
induced him to smile one day by recount
ing the performances Of theatrical
troupe we were carry ing home.
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