Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1842-04-05

In glass; but still it has but litte to do with the
question, and since you have Consulted mel will :"
he continued, smiling "give younS the old women
| say bit of my mind | dislike as much as YOU.
to deprive wife of the comforts of life, but with
your income, or even mine, there is little danger
of that The very things which you cling to so
perversely are luxuries, and mere Injuries, moth
ing else under the sun. Possessed of the love of
some virtuous woman, you woulS soon learn to
do without them, aye, and enjoy ten fold more
| happiness than you do now Believe me- nv
dear fellow, you are misleading sourself on this
important subject 1t is not necessary that YOU
should marry an heiress. You san live, and re-
specially too, on your present income; then after
that with your talents, and thc ,Stand marriage
will give you, you need have TO fear.
do not speak what | am unwfnane to practice
You are lawyer and am a physician Your
profession can be made available sooner than mine
You have two thousand year and have but iE-
teen hundred, and yet am about to be married,
and to, may as well tell you, Marys youngest
sister You have seen her, believe but once,
for she returned only last week from New York,
where however, / met her last summer dur
ing my three months sojourn there have
every reason to believe we shall be happy even,"
and again he smiled, con bare fifteen hundred
year." -e e
"You surprise me- said Masters, after pause,
shut still there is difference between your case
and mine Mary has high view Of things, and
as she could not if married to me, live at least for
some years, in the style in which her father lives,
she would, you may depend upon it, grow dis
contented and peevish You shake your head
but am certain it would be so Even if | could
give up comforts which you call luxuries she
could not" ... aH 's.ai afEl y
"Stop, my dear fellow, you misrepresent Mary,
know her well She is not the kind of girl you
pretend she is will not enter into details, but
of this can assure" and here he emphasized his
words, shat if Mary could love man, she would
cheerfully give up every thing but the bare neces-
sites of life to follow his fortunes
"Well, well it may be- She is at any rate an
angel have had hard work to keep from fall
ing in love with her, although conscious of the fol
y of uniting my lot with hers, in the present state
Of my finances Confound this money--why had
she not few thousands, or why am not richer2
Unjust stop thinking of her, or going there so often
for" and here he paused and added, III cannot be-
There is Charlotte Spencer, whom all my rela-
tives wish me to marry-she is rich, pretty and
accomplished. suppose shall have to propose
e her though, heaven knows i Nary had hpt
| half her money, would prefer her y Well after
all there is an old saying, 'that when poverty
comes in at the door, love flies out at the Window
GAS you please Masters but you are still de-
ceivng yourself by calling comfort poverty, and
pretending that wife will beggar you even with
two thousand. will say no more Of Mary ex-
cept that believe nobler or more beautiful wo-
man you will never find She is a treasure in
herself Nor will say ought of Miss Spencer
except world fear she has bad temper. And
now, my dear fellow, let us dismiss this matrimo-
NAL debate and take our cgars-hege are some
choice Havanas"
Charles Masters, as our readers will have seem
was one ofthose young men, who, without being
an actual fortune hunter, deem some money indis-
pensable in a wife, although as in this case, they
veil their real character from themselves, BY a
course of dec, gtive sophistry, and will not admit
the actual selfshness of their views His friend
Harry Prescott was of different character Love
with him, was pure unaloyed passion, senti-
ment IN which nothing base took part-a holy,
exalted feeling which filled the heart with sun
shine, and would have made every privation en-
durable. He loved Ellen Elcott with his whole
soul, and had long been satisfied that his love was
returned Indeed as he said, their union was al
ready settled
He sawwith pain the determination ofhs friend,
for he knew that Charles was favorite with Ma
ry, although as yet the feeling had not, on her
part, ripened into warmer sentiment-more, how
ever, because the attentions of Charles had been
strict principles in which Mary had been brought
up, would not suffer her to throw away her affec-
tons unsought and thus perhaps shipwreck her
happiness forever. 1t was with an inward sigh
therefore, that Prescott heard few DAYS after the
above conversation, that the attentions of Charles
to Miss Spencer were becoming of the most mark
ed character. He saw also that Masters no long
er visited the Elcotts. The love for display had
triumphed over affection.
Meanwhile, time had slipped rapidly away, and
rumors began to be prevalent that Charles had
proposed for and been accepted by Miss Spencer
in little time the report was confirmed by those
who were believed to know; and to set all doubts
at rest, it was authorized by Charles himself He
met Prescott casually, for of late they had been
t less intimate than formerly
| "Ah, my good monitor" said he, laughingy
'they tell me that you and Ellen are to be marri
ed in fortneight Is it so Glad to hear it,
But shall not be long behind you-since l come
, to think of it, we shall be married on the same
5 day. Miss Spencer is fine dashing girl-a cool
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