The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1908-09-18

al plopoSeS " uo lls paIG& ana use It's
e as the leader Of the South in agricul-
ek of September 21-26 spent there will
man who viii keep his eyes open-and
nical nut'n~ 9e we'll.
know, can be the most disagreeabie
person to his own family that ever
was. And the worst of it is, he does
and says heart-breaking, soul-tortur-
ing things in such a polished manner
that they are exqpisitely cutting. 1t is
a cruel assertion to make, but he did
not spare even your mother when she
was alive. Forgive me, but something
extraordinary would have to be done
to guarantee the peace of any woman
subject to the tantrums of your irasci-
BILE parent"
81 know the governor is pretty bad
when he gets going, but we can't kin
him
mo, but he must be reformed"
Let's elope and get along without
him. I can earn living for both of
us"
'Be sensible, Frank You are too
impulsive. It is all we'll enough to
talk about estranging your family for
the love of a woman, but we should
have respect for our parents and, be-
sides that, you ought to take warn
ing by the fate Of others who have
been rendered unhappy by marriages
that have divided families Look at
the scandals that have resulted in your
own circle Of acquaintances | am too
fond of comfort to risk a married life
that might mean drudgery for you
and none of the gayeties for both of
us"
"Yes, but, Helen, my dear sweet
heart, that is not the way real lovers
view things They wed despite every
thing and defy everybody"
"Yes, and often accumulate a great
deal Of genuine misery for themselves.
Your notions are not at all up to date.
The new way is the more rational, and
that's my way"
Frank Clearings father the next day
received a call in his office from Miss
Helen Rockwell, who was a model of
neatness in her attire, and refreshing
0 look upon, so wholesome, radiant
and beautiful did she appear, tasteful
iy arrayed as she was. Mr.. Clearing
mad never before seer Helen. In fac.
he lad never heard of her, and he
visit puzzled him. At the same time
ler appearance dazzled him.
Settling herself comfortably in TIA,
prOtfered chair, the perfectly collecte
young woman, without waiting to pc
nit the old gentleman to recover from
his apparent astonishment started
lim even more by calmly saying:
Your son, Frank, vows that he will
marry me if he has to take me to
church in a cage. | have called here
to request you to ship him SO far
tway from here that even if he star,
sack Immediately upon his arrival at
he destination you may select for him
he will have ample time to recover
from his imagined intatuation. If ]
had thought ii was presumption on my
Part to make such a request, | would
not have come here ! am merely as
serting my rights in way that | con
slider reasonable and honorable Your
son refuses to listen to sensible advice
from you or from me. Despite your
excellent counsel and my refusal to
wed him. he persists in imploring me
70 elope and become his wife do no
feel that it is | who should be exiled,
because l never did anything to- en-.
snare your son, but, on the contrary,
have renestedly pointed out to him the
impossiblity of our marriage on ac-
count of yon. | have told him that by
marrying me he might bring misery
on himself and you-and me- have
tried to convince him that if he risk
losing the respect due a parent. he
cannot expect the woman he maTries
under such circumstances to repose
TIE confidence in his respect for her
hat every woman other than an ed
venturess or fortune hunter should
have. But all of my efforts are in
vain. Therefore. deem It the part of.
wisdom to apprise you of the actual
state of affairs as they exist, before
any further acts of violence are com
mitted or foundation is laid for a
scandal and, rising, Helen started
toward lie door, explaining as she
went that she hoped the old gentleman
clearly understood her and would
promptly take measures to carry out