The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-03-19
VOL. TX.

In short do not know where could make
better choice"
How when she has no accom- plish
ments."
"She can sing with untaught grace
and as for French, l don't know how tina
would make her better. She would soor
learn too, with her quick parts. Beside:
l care more to have wife usefully inform.
ed than to have one possessing only super.
fetal accomplishments"
| " But her family! Recollect who your
grandfather was.''
And who was hers IA worthy divine,
poor l grant, but estimable Beside | am
above the cant you talk of. finer parents
had been honest, would care little wheth-
er they were ofroyal blood or peasant ex-
traction. believe with Burns that 'werth
makes the man, and the only degradation
/ acknowledge is that Of crime"
".Well, if you are resolved on it, 1
know enough of your obstinacy to say no
more. But faith Lowell, if you had a
guardian and was he, l would take you
from this place tomorrow You'd thank
me for it when you recovered your SEN
ses."
The conversation here ceased and d.
rectly the two friends retraced their steps
to the village.
The next morning LovelPs companion
came down stairs attired for Journey.
Al am going back to town." he said, for
/ am tired of ruralizing. The fit for that is
over; aud I'm afraid, if stay here, | shall
be as foolish as you"
So the two friends parted, for Lowell re-
manned behind; aud, in less than a week,
it was known everywhere in the village
that he and Edith were engaged 10 be mar
ried.
Ifyou can content yourself with the pre-
| cariOus life of poor artist" he said, when
he told his affection, we may be happy.p
Edith answered by look Of her bright
eyes, SO tender, confding and eloquent that
Lowell adOred her from that moment more
| than ever.
In a fortnight they were married, when
Lowell took his bride TO see his relations, in
the southern city whence he came. Edith's
/ parting with au aunt was sorrowful, but il
was made in the expectation Of speedily re-
turning. Arrived at Philadelphia, the car
Il
nut street. 1t was evening. and Edith was
dazzled by the glare of light that burst from
the windows.
This is the place." said Lowell, assisting
his wife to alight, and almost carrying her in
TO the superb parlor. with its Saxony carpet,
rosewood furniture, costly curtains and gid
ed mirrors reaching from ceiling to floor.
"Whose house is this? Have you rela-
tives living thus 2" said Edith surprised al
so much magnifcence.
sit was my house, it is now yours, dear
est,'' said her husband, al am not poor art
list, but man rich in worldly goods, yet rich
est of all in you"
Three years have passed since then, and
Edith has fulfilled all that her husband foretold
of her. She has made the best Of wives; and
is one ef the most brilliant ornaments of the
circle she moves in. Lovell's friend married
a silly. fashionable woman, and no greater
contrast in happiness exists between these two
former friends.
A handsome rural cottage, filed with all
the appliances ofluxury, has been erected in
Edith's native village. and thither, every sum-
mer, she and her husband repair to visit her
aged aunt, who has been installed mistress of
this pretty retreat.