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because, Caroline is such 4 hare.
Drained, thoushtless girl, that moth
ing but domestic duties will ever
f give her sleadiness of character, and
therefore am anxious TO see her set,
E tied in life.
|. "Weli don't think you need waste
any feminine manGuvres upon Ed,
ward Ellis, for whatever fortune his
father may possess, he will never
supper; his sons in idIeness. He
means that they shai! work for them
selves rs he has done. and though he
has given Edward a liberal education,
he intends TO make him Il thorough
merchant
"Eiward wishes to study a profess
SION"
81 know old Ellis well enough to
beIleve that he sets too high 4 value
on time and money 10 consent to such
a plan. He would never be willing
TO maintain Edward during the next
ten years, as must necessarily he the
case. if he adopted Il profession"
edward is a remarkably fine young
man"
"les. he possesses excellent talents
and an amiab'e disposition. but his
character is yet 10 be formed by time
ana circumstance
He is two and twenty, husband:
and You were married when YOU
were not that age"
81 know it, Sarah" said Mr.. Penn
berton, drlIv, land we both married
five years too soon. | became bur
dened with the support of a ilmiIy
ut the outset Of life, and you were
weighed down with domestic cares,
while yet in your girlhood; the con-
sequence to me has been, that am
now obliged to Iabour as hard for a
living at forty-fve as | did at twenty,
and with a. little prospect of making
a fortune; while the result to you has
been broken health and wearied
spirits"
81 am sure never repented our
marriage. my DEAR" said Mrs. Penn
berton half reproachfnIly.
Nor my dear Sarah" replied
her husband kindly, sit would be but
an i'll requital for all your affection
and goodness: but should we not be
happy and less care-worn
now, if we had deferred our union
until we had been a little older and
wiser?'
"Ah WELL" sighed Mrs. Pember-
ton, feeling the truth of herhusband's
but unwilling TO confess it, {
there is no use in such retrospection; {
We have n large family around US,
md there are no finer children than |
,urs in the whole circle of our ac-
Iuaintance. If | am broken down
With the care of bringing them up,
AN forget all my trouble, when
SO much cause 10 be proud of /
hem. A better Daughter than {
edith, Il more steady boy than Char |
ey, and prettier girls than Caroline |
md Maria, are moi to be found any /
where in society; and Idare say | /
hall be just as proud of the little S
mes in the nursey al they grow up" S
81 dare say you will, my DEAR" T.
aid her husband, smiling good-hu-
noredly, sit would be very strange Il
f you were not, and quite as strange
f | had not similar opinions; Edith C
5 as good as she is handsome and | II
My wish young Ellis was in circum- t
tances to marry her," G
"Don't speak of such q thing, hus- a
and, | cannot consent TO part with a
err for the next four or five years" Il
"Yet you want to get rid of Caro- a
b
81 have already told you my mo- h
there never were two sisters "
lore unlike" a
edith has all the prudence and n
indness which BELTS u good wife, 81
nd therefore deserves to be well ma 4
3D." rtn
s.She does not seem TO think OF n
1ch a thing as marriage, and l am fe
,uly glad she is so indifferent about
/. indeed ! almost believe that Edith Ia
destined TO be an old maid" d
sit needs no great prophetic skill a
, predict that, if you keep her Tor tt
yer in the background" 81
81 am sure | do no such thing" Il
aid Mrs. Pemberton, warmly. "
81 don't pretend to know much a; re
out these matters but have noticed IL
at when the girls are invited to a st
nrty it is generally Edith who is left lie
SIT IS not my fault, Mr.. Pember- Sc
IN, if she takes no pleasure 1 gay In
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