Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-03-29

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"Thst cannot tell, of course But, you
k,ow, il often happens that, on meeting a
person, we are repulsed rather than attract
ed. find it the case"
$50 do |. But them" and Anne warmed
considerably, che has no reason for being
repulsed by me-"
"How do you know that p
"But what reason can he have r.
"Of course | do not know. Something
has, however, ! have no doubt, preiudiced
his mind against you"
Prejudiced his mind against me What
could he see in me to create prejudice 7"
"You do not think yourself perfect,
Anne %
mo, not perfect of course"
every well; then, if not perfect, there
must be defects about you. Some one Of
these may be from a habit of mind in him
peculiarly offensive"
Peculiarly offensive Me offensive to
him, or any body else Why, Lucy Herbert,
what do You meant
Don't get so warm about trine like this,
Anne All | said, supposed you would be
ready to admit, as | should if you were TO
say lnC SAINT W lNOnC vi US W iiilO tuO
social circle without, in some way or some
mind, producing an unfavorabe impression
This is the inevitable result of mental and
moral contrarieties. From early years, we
acquire peculiar habits of thinking, indulge
in peculiar prejudices, and form peculiar
tastes. Others do the same. Thrown to-
gether into society, these habits of thinking,
| and prejudices, and tastes, must, in the very
nature Of things, be more or less offended
1t will often occur, that some particular per-
, son will offend our tastes or preludices to
) such an extent as to make them almost in
toerabIe. The same may happen with 9TH
: ers towards us. This may be the case with
: Charles Wentworth"
Edwards me p
eyes, towards you, Anne"
al will never speak TO him again The"
: Don't indulge in harsh words on positive
lpromses Of that kind, Anne. Say, rather,
that you will examine yourself, and see il
/ You cannot discover what it is that makes
: your society not agreeable to so excellent a
young man as Charles Wentworth"
I Examine myself, indeed Humph What
D do care about him Why shall TRY tc
D make myself agreeable to him 2"
"For the reason that, by so doing, you
T will be adding your mite towards rendering
the circle in which you move, one in which
r social intercourse shall be upon the broaC
/ plane of reciprocal good feeling and conf
e dence."
e II have nothing to do with that, Lucy"
= "You are certainly in strange humor to
} day" was the friendly reply; and then thu
whole subject was allowed to drop.
: To give the reader better idea of Ann,
u I.ittleton's true character, it may be her
!, said, that by the accident of family connex
u ions, she had been introduced into a circl
II in society somewhat above that in which sh
y would have moved, ifthe connexions had no
y existed. This had, TO use a common phrase
:, turned her brain, so that she could no long
er Judge Of any action from its intrinsic re
), lation TO right or wrong. Finding that tn
IL daughters Of many rich and fashionable pee
+ pie did not engage in any domestic employ
ments whatever, the natural inference in he
II mind was, that such employments were, in
certain sense, disgraceful; and to imtat
ID them, she spent the best portion of each da
in making fashionable calls, with her car
g case in her hand Her father was only i
g moderate circumstances, and was compelle
I'd to struggle hard in order to maintain his fan
lily in the style that it seemed necessary
S, keep up. Their house was not avery larg
g one, for he had resisted the attempt mad
u by his wife and daughter, to induce him t
O. rent one of an unnecessary size; nelthe
was his furniture of very costly or show
e, kind. But both were handsome, and in goo
n taste, without and within. Neither wer
c. their ordinary expenses extravagant, for the
kept but two domestics, and gave no expeI
siye parties.
Us Still, MIR Liueton found, that, even
- maintain this style of living, his efforts wei
!, not only taxed to the utmost but that he W;
IN gradually going behind hand. Being ma
of sense, with some firmness of purpose, /
began to cast about in his mind for SON
er means of retrenchment. In the first plac
n after due elaboration, he felt it ncumbeI
lg in him to dismiss one of the three clerl
Id with which his store was furnished, and
e, advance the salaries of the other two or
e. hundred dollars each, to compensate for il
IL creased labor This made saving Of thrt
as hundred dollars per annum. Other, and N
nor retrenchments were made, and then N
I'm Liulcton, turned his thoughts, with some r
luctance, towards his family expenses, to 81
on what could be saved there. As there we
only himself, his wife, one daughter and
W. son, or half grown lad, it occurred to hi
an that, as both his wife and daughter were
Try good health, it would be nothing more thi
2" right for them to exert themselves littl
of aud thus save the expense of the chamb
lid maid. This idea, once fully formed in !
y mind, the next step was to declare It and
for what would be its effect. Accordingly, OF
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