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The Daily Dispatch: may 31, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: may 31, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
A Challenge,and what came of it.by Anna M. Lawson. Two young ladies — both very handsome — were sitting together in an elegant parlor one bright May afternoon. Their names were Eva Darcy and Florence Cary. The former was the young mistress of the house, and the latter her most intimate friend. They were like sisters to each other, and shared every thing in common. Eva had recently engaged herself to a young man named Frederick Lee; and, as the ladies were wholly unreserved in their friendly intercourse, the betrothment was now the subject of conversation. "I have heard it said that Mr. Lee is parsimonious, even miserly!" remarked Florence, with privileged freedom; "and in that case, Eva, you will lead a most sorry life. I am no advocate for extravagance or improvidence, but a stingy man is almost invariably a tyrant, and by no means the proper person to make a woman happy." "I agree with you in that, Florence!" responded Eva, "but most emphatically deny the