■ A n A^ o X — ■n XI — 2 XI -n 3 = 2 7 > — 55 XJ 3 — > X < 7 -n > :^^^^ O 8 — -H < 2 ■ I jii'iii .; T^., 'IP M UM' I'll 111' l|il!lUJ'IM'.in'li!iMi il ,11 'I'll' "i'llli Hiii'iriiiKiiifii'Mxiiiiiiiirmiiiriiii ^^H 1 EOSAHD LIBRA '::v yy"- >"i mil 111! 1: : "''■ ■■ . ' 1 1 1 m' ' '' III!! 1 p' b r I I) THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES Ex Lihris SIR MICHAEL SADLER ACQUIRED 1948 WITH THE HELP OF ALUMNI OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BAIT cG-M TEIM - II H - ILAW ,. ■J.' ■.■"■•'/'3- J',i,/i 103. i^r''f-i' -171 B^Wi&llIT-JSll- '111- Ij^W . ^ 1) fv Jflatl) n\ S: I'.un 1 1 u . /iii'ihl Ftitnnr. Btirhiuioes Girl . f '/rn/ym/ifi v Tl 'i(l< '» ■. (j'ooti /! Ill n(i mother. ._ Ifi /■rhiiiifx rnWrir. rdiuraina (y'Eurvpf , Till Sisf^ers, Yoiinij . Ah-tlurn Tnivi Ur/ ■ YoiiHi/ ('/'iis(y: aV.^v. ¥onbou . ^IRTMITR ]HLAI.]L,T1HT1TE ^ C? 25 PATEKNOSTER ROW. THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, CHAPTER I. Each lonely scene shall thee restore, For thee the tear be duly shed. — Collixs. " I AM afraid, my love, you find yourself worse than usual this evening," said Mr. Franklin to his wife, as he approached the sofa where she was sitting. "' On the contrary, my love, I am rather better than usual, and find myself able to sit and chat with you a little," replied Mrs. Franklin, while a faint smile played on her pallid features. " What can be the matter with Louisa, I won- der ? her eyes were very red when she bade me good night on the stairs, and I concluded the poor child was distressed on your account ; though very happy to find myself mistaken, yet I wish I had inquired a little further into the cause of her uneasiness." " Sit down my love, and I will satisfy you. Louisa has been crying, in consequence of our conversation, which hps been of a nature to affect us both ; but she is no longer distressed, and will A 629372 2 THE DAUGHTEK- IN-LAW. eventually be no worse for the pain a sense of duty urged me at this time to afflict her with ; she will never forget what I have said, and we shall both be spared the necessity of renewing the subject." " You surprise me, my love ; the child is in general so tractable and good, that I had no idea she could do any thing to offend a mamma she loves so fondly, at such a time as this especially." " Nor has she, my dear, offended me in any way ; I have only awakened her feelings, by jjointing out a few errors she may escape, and a few duties she ought to practise, in a situation she will probably find herself placed in by-and- by, where her conduct must, in a great measure, determine not only her own happiness, but that of her dear father also." " You are very considerate, my love," said Mr. Franklin, as, with a shrinking eye he gazed on the altered form of his beloved wife, " you are very considerate to guard our poor little girl from the errors you speak of so very long before- hand ; but it will be something vv^onderful indeed, though she is an extraordinary child, if at nine- teen she should remember the lectures you gave her ten years before, and regulate her conduct in the choice of a husband, by precepts given at a period when the choice of a doll is her principal concern," " Very true, my love," returned Mrs. Franklin, with a look of great tenderness and anxiety ; " but the advice I gave Louisa did not respect THE DAUGHTEll-IX-LAW. 3 her own marriage (for that would indeed have been somewhat premature) ; it is probable that of her father may take place a great deal sooner.'' " My God I Louisa, what do you mean ? my love, my own dear love, why will you tear my heart by such a cruel supposition? — if — if I were so very wretched as to lose you, which God in mercy forbid ! do you think I could ever think of any other woman supplying your place ? Oh, Louisa ! surely you cannot think me capable of it ! I have not deserved such an opinion as this, from a wife so fondly, so constantly beloved." Mr. Franklin threw himself on the sofa, and, overcome by his feelings, wept aloud. Mrs. Franklin hoped that she should have had strength to bear this trial, but she found her nerves exceedingly shook, and her own tears would spring to her eyes ; but she endeavoured to lift up her heart to Him from whom cometh all consolation ; and as soon as she perceived the violent emotion under which her husband suf- fered gave way, she thus addressed him : — " I am convinced, my dear Charles, that the time will come, when you will see, that without doubting your love, your constancy, or the propriety of your conduct in any respect, I might yet conclude it a very possible thing, that you would, at some future period, make choice of another wife, in case my present disorder terminates in the way we have both reason to expect." Mr, Franklin was unable to speak, and after a short pause, she proceeded : — " I do not wish, A 2 4 THE 1)AUGHT£E-IN-LAW. further than is necessary, to advert to an hour so awful and so pamful to us both ; I trust that our Heavenly Father, having called us to this trial, will give us strength to bear it ; and shall only add, that my opinion on second marriages being somewhat different from those of the world in general, and founded on experience and obser- vation, rather than abstract reasoning and feeling, I cannot help concluding, that you will one day marry again, though I am well assured at this moment your heart abhors the very idea. I have observed through life, that those men who have been most happy in their first connection, are the most desirous of forming a second, or at least the most liable to be led into it ; and therefore, that the wife who is themost sincerely lamented, is much the most likely to meet with an early successor. You have been happy with me, Charles ; you will find a loss of my society, when you have ceased to bewail my person, and that loss must be supplied to you in one way or other ; it is more likely and more natural that a worthy and amiable woman should supply it, than any other kind of acquaintance." " No, no, you are quite mistaken ; I shall never, never forget you I" said the husband, vehementlv. " Forget me you never will, my dear, nor ever cease to love my memory, nor even to regret my loss ; but grief is a passion, and it is the nature of all passions to subside in time, and frequently to be exhausted by their own violence ; and you THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. 5 must allow me to say, I know so miicli of your temper, your habits, your wants, that I am cer- tain, when your mind ceases to feed on its sor- rows, it will be naturally led to look for some one on whom to bestow those tender attentions, and participate that affectionate companion, whereby you have for the last ten years made me the happiest of women." " Have I not my child ?" " A child affords m.uch to the heart, but little to the mind, especially to a man, and more espe- cially when that child is a female ; the prattle of Louisa will often divert a languid hour, I hope ; but when you are harassed by the cares of busi- ness, vexed by men of one description, puzzled by those of another, or allured by a third, a little girl can neither assist your reasonings, soothe your troubles nor guard your virtues ; and some fe- male acquaintance may then rise to your mind, not in the odious light of a rival to her you have lost, but of a pitying friend who can console you for the misfortune ; thus friendship may ripen into that tender regard which produces a connec- tion less vivid, less dear, than a former one has been, yet salutary in its effects, as providing a companion for declining life, and •' a friend thfj* sticketh closer than a brother." Look round the circle of our acquaintance, my love, and you will find men of warm and tender hearts, whom we know to have made excellent husbands, and to have sincerely lamented tlieir wives, and you will find them all married again, thou^?i, perha})s, at very A 3 6 THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.- different periods, according to their different cha- racters ; the most impetuous having been married soonest, hut the most melanchol)' and sentimental coming in time to the same conclusion ; whereas, the men who, either from their ow^n levity, the faults of their deceased partners, or any other cause, were precisely the characters of whom superficial observers said — " Oh, he will soon be married again ! — he has forgot his wife already! ' and you will find them yet widowers, and likely to remain so. The warm and generous heart of a man of sensibility, who is called to this trial, though blasted,, is not destroyed ; and so surely as the hand of time, and the more blessed power of religion, heals its wounds and renovates its powers, so will the feelings it has been accustomed to cherish and to exercise, revive. '' In suppos- ing you, my dear Charles, subject to the feelings common to human nature, do not think I impeach your love, or doubt your faith, but consider me as desiring your happiness, and capable of loving her who shall hereafter contribute to it ; and in regulating the heart, and directing the conduct of my dear child, in a situation of the most trying importance, consider me as extending my cares ind my love beyond the limits of my existence, and thus, in a great measure, continuing the com- panion of yottr future years, and the guardian of our mutiigl pledge of eternal affection." 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