The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-05-17

Ashionable visiting, | detesI NOW l lhihKl
have found jus, the partner | require, M
Miss Mather. She is well informed, al
sreeabIe, simple in her tas,e' has sound,
sense, ,and wnhall possesses large share OF
personal beauty, and, # mistake not, the
power of loving very deeply. If | marry
her, and take her 10 the city, her in'uiuve
tact-aRd she has this in remarkable de-.
gree-wIll soon supply any deficiency 10
manner. 10 short do not know where !
Icould make a better choice
'How!-When she has no accomplish
mentS.'
She can sing with untaugh: grace; and
as for abbering French, | don't know how
that would make her better. She would
soon learn TOO, with her quick parts. Be-
sides, care more 10 have a wife useluliy
Informed, than 10 have one possessing on
y superficial accomplishments.
But her family! RecoIlect who your
grandfather was
And who was hers! worthy divine,
poor grant, but estimabe. Besides, |
an above the cant you talk Of If her pa
rents had been honest, would care little
whether they we've of royal blood or peas
ant extraction believe with Burns
that worth makes the man. and the only
degradation tha, acknowledge, is that cI
crime.
We'll, if you are resolved on it, know
enough of you obsinacy TO say no more
But faith! Lowell, if you had guardian ant
| was be, would take you from this place
to morrow. You'd thank me for it wheI
YOU recovered your senses
The conversation here ceased,an direct
y the Two friends Ietraced theirsleps to thu
village.
The next morning Lovell's companion
,ame down stars atyired for journey.
Il am going back to town. he said, for
IN tired Of ruraizing. The fiji for that II
over, and I'm afraid, if stay here, shai
oe as foolish as YOU
So the twolriends parted, for LoVe'
emained behind: and, in less than a weeI
II was known every where in the VIIIsg
hat lie and Edith were engaged TO be mar
I-,ed.
If you can content yourself with tn
lrecarious life of poor artls;'' he SAID
when he told his affection, I'VE may be hal
py.'
Edith answered by a look of her brlgh
eves, SO tender. confidlng and eloquen''tha
{, lowell adored her from that moment not
than ever.
Ia fortnight they were married. whe'
Lowell took his bride to see his reIalions,I
the southern city whence he came, Edith
parting with her aunt was sorrowiu'' but
was made in the expectation OF speedily re
4 I,urnrg. Ariyedat Philadelphia The car
riage drove to handsome residence IN "'
Inu, street. |, was evening, and Eden wa
s sldszzed by the glare Of light that burst trof
r the windows.
This is ,he place said Lowell, assisIln
o mis- wife to aight, and almost carrying he
t.. into the superb paror with its Saxony ca
y, net. rose wood furniture, costly curtains an
is gided mirrors reachng from ceiling
IL floor,
Whose house is this? Have. you rel
tives living ,husr said Edith surprised
n so much magnifcence.
70 i! was my house, it is now yours dea
- est, said her husband. 4 am not poo
. artist, but man rich in worldly goods, y
n richest of all in you
,d Three years have passed since lhen' ar
Edith has fulfilled all that her husband 'or
- told OF her. She has made the best ol wlVe
- and is one of the most brilliant ornaments
10 The circle she moves in. LovelPs irer
70 married a silly. fashionable woman, and
=, greater contrast in happiness exists than b
od tween these two former friends.
to A handsome rural cottage, filled wi
m all the appliance Of Iuxury,has been erect
90 in Ednh's native village, and thi'her, eve
re-, summer, she and her husband repair to
10. sit her aged aunt, who has been install
IN. mistress Of This pretty retreat