West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-07-21
Mrs. RASHER'S
curtain LECTURES:
The OLD WOMAN PLANS AN ELOPE.
MEN'c BETWEEN CERINTHA
AND FLUMMERY.
IL Almost Breaks Her Heart 10 Give
Up Having Swell Wedding and n
Lot or Guests and Presents.


I'm glad TO see you so composed.
Have you your handkerchief and
prayer book9 It's heart. breaking
to see you, my child, compelled to
be married in a plain blue silk. l
know of nothing that cut me down
like that--to have to give up the
idea of the beautiful display. It's
one of those disappointment to
which we are subjected in this life
OF trouble and vexation. 1t would
be well for you to reflect upon it, as
a religiously brought up young lady
ought, IN this solemn time, when
you are about to enter upon new
responsibilities. / feel it my duty
to warn you that life is not all sun
shine. You will meet with a great
many trials in your married life.
Wealthy as your husband and your
pa will be, their purses will not be
inexhaustible. You will be apt to
want things you cannot have.
o myl it's only twenty minutes
now to the hour. Is that worsted
wrapper all ready to throw around
your You will need it in the car
rage. I've sent Felicia to Mrs.
Fitz Simmons to spend the evening;
she thinks we're going to the opera.
I'd like to have her stand with you,
but knew she'd be so afraid of
offending her father that she would
not consent. Wen get our pay out
OF him for this, Cerintha, see il we
don'tl We've been cheated out of
a grand wedding by his foolish op.
position; but well have the money
1t would have cost, and. more, to
dash out with afterwards. Never
you fear but what III get It out of
him after the affair is safely over.
AS told Mr.. Flummery, you must
20 off somewhere, spend a few days
in travelling, and bring up at New
port | will have coaxed your pa
into forgiveness by that time, and
will forward a handsome check by
mail, if | am not able TO meet you
there the first few days. Your
fathers doing we'll lately; he's had
two or three immense contracts
he's got money, and you shall have
1t, as told Flummery. Your pa,
obstinate and mulish, but 1t amt in
him TO hold out long after he sees
the matter can't be helped; he's
naturally generous. and he'll see
that you have all the more when he
begins to feel ashamed of the way
he has fairly drove you, as it we're,
to secret marriage. Flummery
knows him so well. he says he does
not doubt but that it'll all turn out
right.
La, my dear, how calm you arel
You don't seem to be any more agi.
tated than as if you were going to a
party. When l was within half an
hour of getting married, I was all in
fiuster. But you've been super
iorly brought up; you've had adj
vantages which were denied TO your
mother in her younger days. I'm
sure Felix will commend your self.
control, for of all things, he says,
he hates fussiness. wonder if I'm
very fussy before him; I've tried
hard to be more composed in my
manners, and think I've succeed
ed. It's your pa, Cerintha, who is
and always will be so friehtfully
fussy.
/ think It was very condescendinp
of Flummery to consent to this run.
away match. ! expected he'd be So
mad at your fathers refusing him
and ordering him never 70 come
any more, that he'd give you up;
but IFS evident he was too deeply
attached to you, darling, to resign
you because your pa insulted him.
When ] sent for him to call on as
in Mr.. Rasher's absence, and bro
Iposed 70 him 20 marry you secretly
without his knowing anything about
| il, he said az once that he was viii.
ling u yor was; that is, IL J was
sure your pa wouldn't stay angry
very long. lie frankly confessed
that owing to very unexpected EN-
barrassmcnt among his creditors.
they had asked him TO- wait couple
Of months for the money due him.
| and that be should not be able i9
bring you out, rs be wished TO- witt.
the spiendor your beauty deserved.
unless you could furnish par. of Che
funds yourself told him EN-.
lphatically there was no doubt
/ about il.
! It's perfectly barbarous, sweet TO
ehea. YOU out of The budesma.d.
and The presents, and the reports Of
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