The Modern Hagar Volume 2; A Drama (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1882 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXYIL "Others shall right the wrong--Finish what I begin, And aU I fail of win." SELECTIONS FROM A BUNDLE OF OLD LETTERS. (Mrs. Carisbrooke to Hie Doctor, July 5, 1860.) "TTOU will be surprised, O supreme chief I that your womenkind are still at 'The Cedars.' "Steenie was quite ill on Monday. That delay and 'King Stan's' persuasion induced me to telegraph a change of date and an order for our letters to our waiting landlord at the White Sulphur. "The letters were promptly forwarded. So I have your Chicago musings. I am still angry at your throwing us over to go there. "Molly has her present from her Uncle Robert. Did you know of the gift? A check for five thousand dollars on the Bank of Virginia--an over-generous sum for the purpose. It is rather too much to spend in wedding raiment when a girl marries a penniless 'sojer-man.' But Molly is the child of her father, and so my lovely Lady Prudence decided to spend one thousand, and with the balance make a first payment on the Avondale place which she has just bought from Horry. It is the corner near us, with the three walnut-trees, and Horry has been very generous in the matter. You know they have for a long time jestingly talked of her intended purchase. As soon as she opened Robert's letter, check in hand, she turned to Horry, and the bargain was concluded and the first payment made. So your daughter is chatelaine of 'The Walnuts.' "Talking of chatelaines, I have a queer bit of news to tell. The mistress of Belleview came from Washington to her 'seat on the Chickahominy' to dispense gifts and justice before going to Oakhill for the summer. We learned that fact through her neighbors, the Shirleys. They dined here on the 1st and brought Miss Anne Esmond's excuses. She and her brother Harry were stayin...