The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-04-15


bly, But il must be done. The style IN winch
you live, and the comforts you enjoy all depend up
my strainng every nerve. And now, when ASK
Won to take upon yourselves small portion ol the
burdens under which am almost weighed doWn,you
oppose insuperahle objections
Bot, father, you know that ladies' VINO move IN
circle never engage in menal empioyments,'
Anne said, with a GOODNESS, and as 1t seemed TO her
father, henrtessness, that made hun fn'i angry
The remark followed tnapprOprmtely the strong np-
peal Of her husband, shocked Mrs Litetons feel
ngs as much as il did his. Her instant reply was,
addressing her husband
'You are right We ought to share your burdens
Hannah shall 20 at the close of the week, and Anne
and myself will attend TO the chnmbers and pnriors
We can DO il easily enough, and the excrtion viii,
have 40 doubt, be- better for the health OF both
Ammo would have oh ected further, but she was NJ
senced The arrangement prnpnsed was IN
due time entered upon; and deeply TO her moTtI1ca-
ton, she compelled denean herself by actual
y doing the work for which servant had previous
~ been employed.
Thus stood matters at the time Henry Allen called
in upon Anne, she thought, so inopportuney. tie
was n Young who, though connected with
wealthy and intelligent family, had been away from
home a good deal, aud, from having thus been
brought iEto contact with the world, Il Is, had
learned 10 estimate by standards, somewhat drteut
from those set up by many who breathe IN the at
mosphere of fashionable life. Something about Anne
Littleon had intel estad him good deal, especially
her face which 4 beautiful one; and rs she had
been well educated, aud intelligent on most sub
jects and sometimes little brilliant, acquain
with her had only tended 10 increase the inter
est first awukened.
From the beginning, his intimate friend, Charles
Wentworth had not ceHsed TO rail against his mani
fest preference for Miss LIttieton. To hIm she had
always been insuifernble Something about her when
she into his presence, provoked unpleasant
feelings which he cherished rather than strove 10 re-
pei
We'll. Charles said Allen meeting him the day
after his morning call on Anne. 4 think can now
prove you that Miss LiitIeon IS not quite the but
tertiy, slipping On honey-dew, as you are some
times pleased 10 say.
'Ah weiI let's have the proof the rather III
different reply of Wentworth.
i called in 10 see her, pretty early Yesterday morn
ing
'You did - in a voice in whicha slight portion Of
surprise and contempt mingled.
YES. did, MIR lncorrighie'
'AIl have TO say, then, rs that think you might
have been better employed. But this is only my
opinion, YOU know
'Exnctly; and in this il ia not worth much -
However, as ! going TO say, called in yesterday
morning, and found her
Asleep the sofa
'NonsenSen
'Or deeply busted n the Loves Of don,
l-now who =
Guess agun.'
Or-os-humming her piano ?
Still wide Of the mark
may tell me cut plainly, or let il alone, just You
choose.
Come, come, now, Charles That is little too
bad
well. what she doing, then. Let me hear =
she was sweeping out the parlors? =
Never! II would lequire affidavit taken before
an Alderman to make me believe that
And yet, Il, is true preaching
What Sweeping ont the parOrs;'
Yes And with her head tied up in handker-
chief into the bargain
And you caught her in that trim 2
Il did, all that
coz course, she ftintsd away, instantly and only
recovered after six doctors had labored with her for so
many hOursi'
Not a word of it,
What Didn't she fa1t'
NO.
Impossible! I cannot credit it,
she only did not faint, but, after Il little a.
pology VERY gracefully said and interesting from the
slight embarrassment with which given she sat
down, her head still enveoped in kind Of white tur-
ban, and kept me Interested for uenrly un hour.
Incredible But say, Henry: what kind Of an
apology did she make ? lam curious to know
She said that the chambermnd had lief: them, un-
der feeling of dissatisfaction, and that, until
they could get another, she had volunteered to take
charge of the pnrlors as TO relieve her mother
THAT will do, very well, if the true reason.
'IIow can you insinuate, Charles, that natural
reason cannot be the true one? Henry Allen asked,
with slight shade of displensure passing over his
countenance.
Simply, because I cannot feel any confidence in y
girl like Anne Ltteton. As have told you before,
| think her huttering butterfly. living in the
sunshine OF fashionable life. My opinion from some-
thing have and heard is, that she would es-
TEEN it disgrace 10 be engaged in any useful em-
p!oynent, and FAR from volunteering TO sweep out
parIors, could only be made to do by some species
OF compusion, such parental authority
you certainly do her injustice. Charles.
4 think not And, moreover, would have you
look carefully into her true character, before you 90
any farther than you have gone. My own i'm
preston is that she is merely The silly, innocent
girl at first thought her. am airnid that she has
faults Of character which her love of fashionable IN
antics has WARMED into active life.
and pray, what they, Charles :
'One is | fear tendency to Prevaricniion, II not
to downright lying-to sal thing by It's right name
Really, Charles, I am afraid that Your singular
prejudice against Anne leads you TO do her gross IN
JUSTICE Allen said in a serious voicr.
4 think not the young man 8 reply. i have
met her regularly in company for the last two or
three years, and have come to know her thoroughly
| you have been al home only few months, and
from having been at first dazzied by her external at
fractions cannot be supposed TO be yet caPHble of
looking much below the surface. In regurd to her
pecuIiarities which allege to exist-ihey grow out
- l..A hat