Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-01-11
From the Factory Giil's Garland,
THE CHOICE.


lis 10 his friend Frank Hervey, as they met one
Monday morning near Frank Hervey's office.
WAS it the pretty factory girl have heard you
speak Of 20 often r"
Il hardly know what you mean by pretty
said Frank. 't was factory girl, and although
TEEN her.
Il don't doubt it, said Henry but one thing
puzzles me, Frank, and that is how yon, law
yer, with wealth and talents, should be so taken
with factory girl-you, who might aspire to
the hand of the most wealthy aud fashionable
lady in the vilage, throw yourself away on a
poor girl who is obliged to work in factory
TO me, Henry said Frank, it is no puzzle
why | should marry girl who esteem, res.
pect and love to you it may appear different.
Neither can see why you attach respectable.
~ to the word iawyer l regret that the com.
Inand OF my father made it imperative on me TO
study profession, at which | can never prac-
tee, and as for your fashionable ladies', would
not give farthng for any OF them, they are
wholly unfit for wives as the decoration of
their own person requires all their time, they of
course, have none to bestow on their husbands
My choice is made, and can assure you it is
good one.'
Ut may be- said Henry, but doubt it,
Frank entered the office, and sat with his
hand resting on his head for half an hour, in
deep meditation. He loved Sarah Rockwell
and he was beloved in turn--he felt she pos
sessed all those qualities which would render
him happy, and though her parents were poor,
and dependent on her for their support, he de.
termned TO marrS her, and devote portion of
his wealth to supply the wants Of her parents
With these feelings he called at her boarding
house in the evening, and on entering the sit
ting room found her alone, engaged in reading
She listened with apparent composure to his of.
ters Of marriage, but without giving him an an
swer enqured
Are you certain, Frank you will not regret
having married one whom the world esteems
So far below your
No. said Hcrvey, the opinion of the world
10 me is nothing, seek happiness
1t is hardly necessary to say that Franks Of
ter was accepted. At his request an early day
was set for the marriage, and Sarah, after re-
cevng the consent Of her parents, left the mill
10 make the necessary preparation.
A few days after, Hervey and Willis again
met each other.
We'll, Frank said Henry, Il have at last OBJ
tanned the object of my fondest wishes--the pro-
mise of the hand of the rich Miss Whitney af:
ter being satisfied that she could not get you
she consented to take me. am obliged to you,
assure you--her father is said to be worth
$4,000.
1T appears to me- said Frank you think
more OF the money than the lady!
Perhaps do said Willis; but she is rather
birds you know
About ;wo months after, the following notice
appeared in the Village Chronicle, under the
head Of Marriages.
"In this village, Frank Hervey, Esq, to Miss
Sarah f. Rockwell"
And directly beneath it
"IIenry Willis, E>q., to Miss Julia Ann, on
VI i'OH' NHuilcS w
We will now, ii it pleases the reader, slipo.
yer half dozen years merely stating that
Mr. Willis had removed to Philadeph and
Mr. Iiervey had taken up his residence in lit
tie village in Maine, twenty or thirty miles dis
tlnce from Portland.
Business ofimportance called Mr. Hervey to
Philadelphia, and he resolved to call on his old
acquaintance, Mr. Wills. He found him at
his countingroom, almost worn down with The
cares Of business, rendered doubly burhensome
by recent losses. lie accepted an invitation tc
sup with HIM, and accompanied him to his re
sldence.-Ilere Mr. Hervcy could not help con
trastng his own quiet home, with the arrange
ment's at Mr.. Willis. His wife was preparing
to attend n fashionable party, the servants wer,
in anuproar in the kitchen, and two children
crying at the top of their lungs in the chambe
over the sitting room and it was with mucI
difficulty that Mr.. Willis could obtain suppe
for himself aud his friend. Mr.. Hervey lett 70
his home, pleased with his good judgment i
making choice of a factory girl, instead OF
fashionable lady, for his wife.
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