Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-24


to perform Instead of that, you 0busc if had
brought the misfortune myself and could remove it at
wil or as II you had pointed out ready way do it, and
had sighted your advice. Yet, far is this from being
ihc case, that you know well as do that 10
be blamed Tor the origin of the said mshap thatl a
as anxious as you can BE- 10 get rid OF it that YOU
are as unable am TO find safe and feasible plan
Tor the purpose; and, moreover, that have done every
thing could, in the mean time to mitioate an vii Thai
cannot as yet DC removed When you talk of tearing
OH the skin or cutting off the unfortunate limb must
remind you OF what you cannot be ignorant that the
most Skull surgeons have given their opinions, that
so euei an operation were TO be tried it could hard
~ ail to bc followed by modification or u bleeding
70 DEATH Let me ask too, whether, should neither o.
'e fatal Vhects ensue, you would like better my
manged or mutlatcd condition, than you do now :.
AND when you threaten IA divorce and an annument
OF the marriage settlement, may | not ask whether
your estate would not suffer much as mine by dis
solving the partnership between them? | aii far
from denying that feel the advantage of having the
pledge OF your arm stronger arm if YOU please for
inc protection OF me and mine; and that my interests in
general nave been, and must continue be- the better
Tor your and aud counsel in the mana cement OF them
put on me other hand, you must be equally sensible,
nat llc aId OF my purse will have its value in case
Oid Bun, or any other rich, giOus fellow should nut
W. to the expense of another tedious lawsuit And
now that we are on the subject of loss and gain
YOU Will not be offended if take notice of a report
ha you sometimes insinuac, that my estate according
10 lie rates OF assessment does pay due share into
inc common purse think my dear Jonathan, that if
you ever entertained this opinion you must have been
eu in'o ~ by very wrong view Of the subject AS
'c drect income from rents there be deficiency
on my part; the rule of being clear and
founded on calculation by numbers And as TO what
IS raised from the articles bought and use by NV
~ ulhcnt 10 conceive that my buy
ihan yours considering that they carry greater amount
ol crops to markets the whole of which, it is well known,
'y lay Out IN articles from the of which the baillf
regularly collects the sum due II would seem, then
hat my tenants selling more buy more; buying more
use more ana using more, pay more Meaning, how
ever not To put you in the wrong, but myself in the
right, do not push the argument TO that length
because readily agree, that in paying for articles
bought and used, you have beyond the fruits of the soil
and Nyhi have
You draw chiefly the interest we Jointly pay for the
funds we were obliged to borrow for the fees and costs
e SUIT Ola Bull put us to- Your tenants also turn their
hands so ingeniousy to variety of handica and other
mechanical productions, that they make not little mo-
ey from that source Besides all this, you gain much
by the fish you catch and carry to market 6v the use
OF your teams and boats i'm transporting and trading ON
the crops OF my tenants; and indeed doing that sort
OF business for strangers also This is fair statement
on your side oil the account with the drawback how
ever, that as your tenants supplied with Greater
proportion OF articles made by themselves than the
case WIN NINE, the of which articles does not con-
lpIe 10 Tue common purse they avoid in the pro-
portion, the payments collected from my tenants If
were TO look stl further into this matter and refer you
To every advantage you draw from union of our per
sons and property might remark that the profits Won
make from your teams and boats and which enable YOU
opay your quota in great part drawn from the nre
ference they nave IN conveying and dsposing of the
products OF my so business that night fall into other
hands IN the event of our separation mention this
~ nave already said not by way of complaint for nm,
wen satisfied mat your gain not altogether my loss in
TINS more than IN many other instances, and that what
p'ohts you immediately may profit me also in the long
run But VIII not dwell on these calculations and
comparisons ofintees which you ought to weigh as well
as myself as reasons against the which YOU
threaten n resort. Fer, when consult INV oyn bc,rt
ana call TO mind all the endearng proofs YOU have
given oil yours being in sympathy with it. | must
needs nope That there other ties than mere interest
TO prevent us from suffering transient resentment
on either side with or without cause bring both all
The consequences of divorce; consequences too which,
would be sad inheritance indeed for our numerous and
beloved offspring.
As TO the other point relative to the head stewards
must own, my worthy husband that am altogether M
loss Tor any cause of dissatisfaction on your part or blame
on NINE Is true you say, that they have been of
lee taken from among than yours; but under
otl.l ca I'm 6 aia'i,s"s he za-aesse mi
the important trust, by corrupt falacious mcans N
they had been preferred merely because they dwclt on
my estate, had succeeded by any interposition of
mne contrary to your inclination; finally, if they had
administered the trust unfahully sacrificing your in
teress to mine the interests of both selfish or un
worthy purposes-in either of these cases YOU would
have ground for your complaints. But know Jonathan
that you too Just and too candid not to admit that no
such ground exists. The head stewards in question
could not have been appointed without your own parc
patton as well as mine They recommended to our
Joint choice by the rcputed irncss of their Characters
by heir ued hdcty and competency III previous trusts
ana by their exemption from all charges of impure
and graspng designs; and far they from be.
ing partial to my interest at the expense of yours that
they rather considered by my tenants as leaun In
management favorable to yours than TO mine |
need not say that alude the bounlics direct and ndi
rect to your teams and boats to the hands erpoyed in
your tshcres and to TIE looms and other machincries
which, without such cncouragcments would not be able
to meet the threatened rivalsps of interfering neigh
bors say only, that these ideas were in the heads of
some OF my tenants. For myself should have men
toned them but defence against what must regard
rs so nnioundcd charge, that ought be permit
ted to make lasting impression
But, laying aside all these considerations, repeat
my dear Jonathan that the appointment of the head
steward hes as much If not more, with you than me
Let the choice fall where it may, you will find me faith
fully abiding by it, whether it be thought the best posi-
bic one or not and sincerely wishing that he may equally
improve better opportunities of serving both than was
the lot OF any of those who have gone before him
Jonathan, who had a good heart s well as a sound
head and steady temper, touched with this tender
and conciiaory language of Mary and the pickering
which had sprung up, ended the qnarrels of lovers
dcayS, and OF married folks sOetmcs an increased
affection and confidence between the parties
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