The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-08-11
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Love LETTER.
BY MISS C. CHURCHILL.

tOrmentS these CnlCTeu are
No; they are both at school, Guess a
gain, mamma
well. then. dare say that that odious
Mrs. Sharp has been Inning ihatl wear
false hair. False hair. indeed Why"
No such thing interrupted Fanny len
times worsep
Ten times arorsep cried Mrs Harper,
turning pale. oh Fanny; tell me-
Well said Fanny, so5bing, Julia Som
ers is engaged
Engaged? Well, wonder what people
will come 10 next I?
yes. really engaged. Ifthere was girl
in whom thought | could place perfect con
fdence. il was Julia Somers Only month
ago she Joined our Anti-matrmonlal Socie-
ty Oh mamma, how can girls be so fool
ish Poor Julia
sWhy, what can you mean, Fanny g asked
alady who happened 10 be present. is 1t
possible that Julia is about to marry man
so unworthy other? Who Is the dreadful
creature TO whom she is engagedP
His name is George something-Thorn-
ton, believe
Is he Incorporate 2
Mercy. no. How could you think al
such thing His morals are go"d enough
perhaps he is an ignoramus then, Or
mo. no, no, he is a very fine young man:
RS rich 40 Cresus. very sensible, and so
handsome! Half The girls in town are dying
for him.
Indeed! Then why is Julia SO much
10 be piiied 2
WHY. because she is to be married. said
Fanny, impatienuy- she had turned an old
maids corner.)
Il confess that cannot see the great hard
ship, after ALL suggested Mrs. Harper. 'Bul
there's the dinner bell
Fanny declared however, that she had
poappette Tor dinner. so 10 her own ropm
she went 10 write a long letter 10 Julia, in
which she pointed nut the trials Of a married
life. and in Il most affecting manner warned
her friend 10 beware fine fatal step. What
did Julia Somers with This letter? She
read il to George and George twisted il into
twenty lamp lighters. and The twenty lamp
lighters were in requisiion on a certain
happy evening Of The next week, when julia
ceased 10 be Julia Somers.
Months passed away. and Fanny al Ju
las earnest desire, came 10 spend il few
Jays with the youthful bride. The bright
color and the playful smile still dwelt upon
her cheek and lip as of yore, and Fanny
mioht have forgotten that this WAS not thr
JuIia Somers Of her early Io7e bad not Tic
nopariion of mans hat and coat in the hall
recalled teF 10 iitI StiiSNS-
Well thought Fanny. 'l'm determined
:, have as Lutte 10 do with her husband Us
possible.-Not word will speak except
when he asks a question, for | am resolved
10 hate him with all my beart'
To hate George Thorntoh-the man who
odored her dear Julia, who wills hand
some. so sensible, so brimiul of love ant
Kindness for every thing living. Rash re
soIyel In the space OF ont hour Fanny has
opened her heart 10 the influence of hi
,bousanl-and one good qualities, and h,
understood her. The week passed pleas
an,Iv, and Fanny went home and wrote
verses.
1t was very odd she thought, and, my
reader, you must think as she did, tina
certain persons otthe maScGline gender were
constantly Interfering with her most private
r.A.ctions II she walkeI, she feare,
meeting some among the number if she
remained al home she was SIRE they wouid
he there 10 torment her; if she read tn,
heroes of the novelist or historian lcOuiC
take tho shapes of the Mr.. Thompsons, The
Mr.. Smiths or the Mr. JoneSes Of her &c
ouaintance; il she visited, what if Mr.. So
nnd-se should be there ?-if she dreamed
Mr.. So-and-so certainly acre there. Poo
Fanny
were many. Her younger brothers and sis
,ers wondered that she had never an Offer
and Fanny herself wondered-and rejoice
at least she said so. One morning Mrs
Harper and her five daughters were seate'
topether in the parlor, when violent RIM
was heard al the door. 1t was time for pa
pa's return, but that was not papa's ring
they were all sure. Great, therefore, wa
their surprise, when MIR. Harper, putin,
int he.
high above his head letter with grea
masculine seal.
A letter-irom gentleman as l know
by the flourish he has made in that grea
Nj cried Kate, standing on tip-toe and try
inc 10 read the address of the letter.
"A lore letter, did you say2' cried NATL
da.
oh it's for me, Them said Fanny decided
For me. you mean cried Lucy, VIII
bore the only pretty face of the family.
isn't il for meg asked Ann. as she re
membered that Mr.. Gustavus Thorp ha
walked home with her the last time she wa
caught in thunder shower.
The matter was speedily settled, howeI
er, by Kale. who had contrived 10 gain pc,
session ofthe letter, and was reading Mis-
Francis Harper in no gentle voice.
Give it 10 me directly, and don't tease m
20. Kate cried Fanny.
wait minute ill I've found who ii
from,' said Kate, peeping under the sea
Let me ee-Thom-T there,
take it
My dear reader, did you ever write, re
ceive or read love letter2
Not l, thank fortune growls the eros
old bachelor.
'NOrI,' sighs poor Aunt Nabby.
That's secre;,' whispers pretty Ellen.
Well, then, TO you who know nothing
such matters, an explanation or even
s,ght of Fanny's letter would be unntellig
Bile; and as for you who have already do;
ems oiyour own, you can, of course, feel Ii
tie curiosity respecting this one.
Besides what right have 10 read yo
Fanny's secrets2
Fanny came down to dinrer with an ar
dignity quite unusual 10 her.