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    A VILLAGE SKETCH. 409 .

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    would see her in company with Mr . Harneis . The quick eye of the latter _gentleman observed her annoyanceand contemptous manner

    , towards himself—he flushed . He had hoped , he said , that his company was not disagreeablebut if he were mistaken he would not

    annoy her further . , In the vexation of the moment , Miss Kayner replied _haughtily ,

    that his " vanity had certainly led him into a mistake . " Mr . Plarneis bowed with a grace that was native to himand

    , retired . Miss Kayner _retLirned to the house in company with Mr . Crichton ,

    between whom and her uncle an interesting conversation instantly opened .

    " Heard the news , I suppose ? " said Mr . Cheever . _" About the lawsuit , yes , " replied the curate . «* Why the estate

    must be worth four thousand a year . " " More" was Mr . Cheever ' s emphatic reply .

    The fact , was , a lawsuit that had long been pending had been brought to an issue , and Mr . Harneis had come into the ownership

    of an estate , whose value was underrated at four thousand a year . * His poverty alone had prevented his proposing to Miss Kayner , for

    he perceived that she was wholly unfit for a poor man ' s wife . That obstacle removedhe hastened to declare himselfwith the result

    , , we have detailed . To crown . Miss Kayner's dismay , she received a note from Miss

    .. Crichton , on the same evening , congratulatory of her engagement to George Harneis , Esq ., for rumour had been telling fibs . Miss C .

    begged the favor of Miss K . ' s company for two or three days , as ¦ her was bro a secret t 7 ier was . going to Cumberland on a visit to his adored , but , this

    Poor Miss Kayner , she had missed her mark . According * to noticeher sailor cousin arrived . He combined the

    , , life and action of any six ordinary men , being in himself a perfect storm . If Miss Kayner had ever built a castle in his direction , it

    toppled over in a moment , for she was _frowned on from the first ; young Cheever having estimated her unfavorably in comparison with " a

    brass farthing , " " rigging , and learning , and sense , and all , " which , of course , was very improper .

    Soon affcer his son ' s return , Mr . Cheever was seized with apoplexy , which was fatal in its issue , and his niece was compelled to seek a

    livelihood as best she might . It would be painful to trace her subsequent history through scenes of suffering and privation . There

    are many such , persons of education as tliey are called . An educated woman too often means , one whose moral faculties have received

    no training , but who has been stuffed with false notions of gentility at a boarding school . The difference between these " ladies " and

    true women , is similar to that which exists between stuffed birds and those which live , and soar , and sing . The former specimen is

    very elegant indeed , and so are our educated , ignorant ladies , but they are not iliving .

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    A Village Sketch. 409 .

    A VILLAGE SKETCH . 409 .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1860, page 409, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021860/page/49/