Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-01-20
I From the Ladies' World of Fashion for Janunry.I
Il Ii L r [ e II w | T E.
A PRACTICAL TALE OF THE TIMES.
BY ELLEN ASH TON.

q wish Mary EIco.t was richer ex-
claimed CHARLES Masters, as il thinking
aloud, br.akine the silence which had
now lasted for more than Eve minutes al
his friends dinner table.
And ] second your wish, Masters
answered his companion, coolly crack
ing an almond, and drawing the wine
toward him, since you seem so heartily
IN earDest-alihough ! cannot see why
you should desire II so much. Is there
rot something more than mere interest
there, eh y
/ 'T'o be candid with you there is, or
rather would be if Mary was but rich
have often been on the point OF telling
you my sentiments, but something has
always in,ervened to prevent me. Now,
however, ] will put off my confession no
longer | admire, ardently admire
Miss Elcott, and am satisfied ! could
love her, provided she were only veal
thy. You needn't smile. | am not, IA
you would suppose, fortune-hunter--
that is, do not consider fortune the
'ne plus uiira" in a wife-but AS
means at present are just equal 10 my
own wants, cannot afford 10 &c, mar
ried unless | we'd bride who has some
money at least.
! 'Stop-let me understand YOU. You
say you cannot afford to get married be-
cause your income is only sufficient for
your own wants. Now it is but The 9th
er day that you told me your profession
yielded you two thousand year-sure-
ly it is not impossible TO live, even when
married on such an income. max"
bu, bare fifteen hundred, and yet
should not be afraid TO venture matriDio-
ny Tomorrow, although it is true ] should
calculate on increasing my income IN
year or two.
! Exactly but you were always saw
ing fellow, even with your pocket money
AT school, when l have always liked Ia
live a little more expensively. Now two
thousand dollars will just ALLOW me to
live as ] wish, but even then it must b-
as bachelor. There is my horse, and
then my private parlor, and there is my
annual trip TO the springs-all these |
must have, and to have them, | must
spend my two thousand. Now il | get
married, without wed an heir.ss,
should have to give up all these-in 9TH
er words, ] must surrender my iilbury
and walk on foot, while my wife must
patronize the omnibus or stay at home
Egad ust think of 1.-THE lady Of
Charles Masters, Esq. Attorney at Law.
running after Chesnut street omnibus
whenever she is tired and wishes to re-
turn home
/ 'All very humorous, my dear fellow
join me in glass-but still it has little
to do with the question and since you
have consulted me-, | will he continued
smiling, give you as the old women say,
a 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 doing that The
very things which you cling to so per-
versely are luxuries, nothing else under
the sun. Possessed Of the lovo Of somo
viltuous woman you would soon learn to
do without them-aye! and enjoy ten
fold more happiness than you do now.
Believe me, my dear fellow, you are mis-
leading yourself on this important sub
ject. 1t is mol necessary that yos should
marry an heiress. You can live, and
respectfully too, for the first year or two,
on your present income and after that,
with your talents, and the standing mar
riage will give you, you need fear moth
ing ] do not speak what | am not will
ing TO practice. You are lawyer and
am physician. Your profession can
be made available sooner than mine. -
You have two thousand year and have
but fifteen hundred and yet am about
TO be married, and that too, | may as
well tell you, to Mary's younger sister.
You have seen her, believe, but once,
for she returned only last week from
New York, where, however, ] met her
last summer during my three months So
iourn there. have every reason 20 be-
lieve we shall be happy, cven,' and
again he smiled, 'on bore fifteen hun
drcd year
you surprise me, said Masters, after
n pause, 'but still there is a difference
betwixt your case aud mine. Mary has
high views of things, and rs she could
not, If married to me, live, at least Tor
some years, in the style in which her
father lives, she would-you may depend
on h-grow disconnected and peovish.
You shake your head, but it would, am
ccrtair, be so. Even If could give up
these comforts, which you call Injuries,
she could not
Stop, my dear fellow, yon niarrpre-
sent Mary. know her we'll. She ~
not The kind Of girl you pretend she
~. ] will not enter into details, but oi
this can assure YOU and here be EN-.
phasised his words, that If Mary could
love n man she would cbesrlully give up
every thing but the bare neesssaries of
life, To follow his fortunes
Well, 1t may be. She is at any rnio
on angel. have had hard work to keep
myself from falling in love with her, al
though conscious of the folly of uniting
my lot 20 hers IN the presen, state ol ny
finances. Conlound this money why
had she not a few thousands, ~ why an,
] not richer s---I must stop thinking of
her, or going there 80 often, for, aud
here he paused aud added, II caBnoi be.