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{ / have specufaled a great deal upon
matrimony. / kave seen yonng and
besuIifuf women, The pride Of The gay
circles. married las the worldsays--- well!
Some have moved into costly houses. and
their friends have al GONE and looked q
their fue furniture and Their splendid
arrangements for happiness, and they
have gone away aad committed them; 70
The SUNNY hopes, cilEerfulIy and without
fear. naluraLso be sanguioe for the
young, and al such times ! am carried
away by similsr4eelings.< love to get
unobseryed into > corner. and watch The
bride ia her white attire, and with her
smiling face and her soft eyes moving
before me 10 their pride of life. weave Al
waking dream Of her future happlness
and persuade myself that i viii be lrue,l
Think bow they viii SIT upon the luxu-
iions sofa as the twilight falls and build
gay hopes, and auImur-in low tones the
now unIorbidden tenderness and how
thriIlingly iae ipIlowed' kisses. aud The
beautiful endekrmenls OF welded lie,
viii make evenEthsir parting joyous, and
how gladly they will come back from the
exowd snd the empty mirih and OF The
gayfo each others quiet company
picture ta, myself that young creature,
who bushes even now At his hesltaung
cafresses; listening eagerly for bis loot.
steps as The night steals %, and wishing
that he would come an5sxhen be enters
Al last. and with an affection Is undying
as his pulse, folds her to sis bosom. can
feel the very tide that goes flowing
through bis heart, and gsze-wlIh him onlI
her graceful form as she moves about him
for The kind offices of affection. soothing
All his nnquiet cares, and making him
forget even himself, ID her young aud IN
shadoving beauty.
j 20 forward for years, and see her
Iuxuriant hair put soberly away from her
brow, and her girlsh grares ripened into
dignity. and bright loveliness chssiened
affection. Her husband looks on her
with a. proud geye, and shows her the
same ferpent love and the delicate atten-
lions which FIRST won her and fair chiiF
drdn are grown up about them. and hey
90 on till Of honor and uniroubled years.
and are remembered when :hey die J /
saw ! love 10. dream thus when 60 70
GIVE The youngbride JOY. Itisrthe ma
tural tendency aud feeling touched by
loneliness, thai fears nothing for ilseli,
and il | ever yield 10 darker feelings, II y
because the light Of the picture is changed.
lam not fond Of dwelling upon such
changes, and | will moi minutely now
I ]. allade tell only because trpssihat my
simple page viii be read by some OF the
Young aud beautiful beings who moved
\ daily across my path. and v ould whisper
10 them, as they glide BY, ioyously and
confidently, the secfetot an uncioudea
future.
The picture Thave drawn above Is NOT
peculiar. II Is colored like the iancles Of
The bride; and many, OIL many 40
hourwill she sit. with her rich jewels ly,
ing loose ii her fingers. and dream such
dreams as these. She believes them
! ,oo-and: she goes on for while unde-
ceived. The evening is not too long
while they talk of plans for happiness.
and the quiet meal is still pleasant with
delightful novelty OF mutual reliance and
attention. There comes soon, however
1 time when personal topics become bare
and wearlsome. and slight attentions will
mol alone keep npfhe social excitement.
There are intervals 81 silence. aud de-
1 ieeled symptoms 81 WEAKNESS. and the
husband 6rst, IN bis manhood, breaks 10
upon The hours they were TO spend to.
rethef, canno, follow il circumsiantisl-
II. There come long hours Of unhappy
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