The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1846-04-11

"iiu never KNEW you To refuse tea before"
The old gentleman vouchsafed no reply
but knocking the ashes from his exhausted
pipe, he arose and paced the room in silence
AT last he stopped short, turned his eve full
upon his wife, and exclaimed, as if wishing
to be disputed, Isay, Mary, il must be-
'UndoubtedlyP replied the yielding wife
doubtedly, you say so.'
squire Stanley was halfangry, and strobe
through the room with considerably more CHI
ergy than before, at last exclaiming, "You are
strange woman, Mary; you seem TO be al
most destitute of a mothers feelings
Very likely returned the accused lady,
with admirable simplicity, 'as have but one
child it is not to be expected that l can have
as many cares as those who have large fam
ily.'
'Aud you will soon loose her' Numbered
the husband, angry that he had no one to
quarrel with.
Lose her, MIR Stanley! oh! ahl very true!
life is short-l always thought Margaret was
not long for this world
Squire Stanley was quite overcome, and
laughed till his sides ached, and then seated
himselfin perfect good humor.
lilo, no! Mary! haw, ha, haw! you do make
me laugh in spite ofmyself But never mind,
now, got angry without cause. But real
ly, TO be serious about it, have quite no.
ton of sending Margaret away
acknowledgements what do you
mean, MIR Stanley? You can't be in earnest:
/ know you say it all for joke and to scare
me-
mo, Mary, never was more in earnest in
all my life. She has gone through the whole
routine of sciences taught in our Academy,
got little smattering of everything, thinks
she knows all the world, when III reality she
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way to school, perhaps TO n boarding school,
Il suppose you know best, Mr. Stanley, but
really, should think Margaret had studied
enough, l am afraid it viii injure her health
Pooh! no danger ofthat! / am no believer
in such doctrines. Alight heart will balance
the best-filled head in the world, and hone
Margaret will never lose that
How are we to live without her" inquired
the mother, in tone as near complaint as she
ever venured to assume.
'Ah, that is the pointr said the old man.
drawing in his breath with a tremendous Of
fort, and pacing the floor with brisker step
than ever. After awhile he again paused
hemm'd two or three times, then with toler-
able clear voice began, we mustn't be selfish
Mary; ifit is for Margaret's good TO go away,
we oughtnt to keep her here just on account
of two foolish old people who think they
tuli ECt uIoliR WITHOUT utT. we uSeu 10 DE
worth something TO each other Mary
True, true, Mr. Stanley, and are now |
hope. wouldn't for the world do anything
TO injure Margaret, but it does seem TO me
that she's well enough off now
yes, If it would always be so. But have
been thinking a good deal about these things
Mary, and | see more than ever that we don't
exactly understand Margaret. She's dear
good girl, that's certain, and while ] have
money AMI everybody loves and praises her,
of course she will do well enough, but ifshe
was in different position don't believe she
would know how to act. She never had any
fault found with her in her life
who could find fault with her?'
Hem! don't know that myself; but sup
pose she has faults, only we are too partial to
see them at any rate, am determined she
shall learn little of selt-dependence, and
then don't like to see her dabbling in these
things she don't know anything about
mean to have her educated, Mary, She
shan't be talking of things that she don't I'M
derstand, and she must learn TO play her part
among people that don't know old Squire
Stanley is the richest man in SSomervle.-
She ought TO learn how to associate with peo-
pie that don't know Miss Stanley from Miss
Jones or Miss Thompson; Margaret is too
good to be liked on account of her old faith
ers money-bags.'
Certainly, MIR Stanley, she is too good, and
too handsome, and am sure nobody can
help liking her.
Il think they will like her, know they will,
but Margaret must have a little experience
in the ways ofthe world don't care how
much she loUes her friends, but she must learn
to depend upon herself Surprising she was
in the place of Miss Jones'
ooh, she couldn't work.
well, Miss Thompson them
What Margaret tied to a school! would
not have her teach for the world
Say Miss Simpson, then, she is as far above
being useful as Margaret
Poor Helen Simpson! why Mr. Stanley,what
could Margaret do if she were left an orphan
with nobody to care any more for her than
the DeXters do for their rich niece"
'Ay, that is the very point; what would she
do, sure enough? that is what want her to
learn. Helen Simpson would starve lift was
not for that same money, and when she is
wheedled out oft she may starve for ought
they will do to prevent it. Margaret must
have experience
Il suppose she must returned Mrs. Stanley
but her heart was far away,
and she had already prepared list of griev-
Gus distresses which she was quite sure
would kill poor Margaret.
The remainder ofthe conversation it would
be useless to detail, as all will see that Squire
Stanley had decided the matter in his own
mind previous to making mention of it, and
his wife never dreamed of aught but submits
sion. With Margaret the case was a little DIFF
ferent. a disinterested observer, to have
seen her upon this occasion would have mis-
trusted that she might have had will of her
own, and something of the kind might have
passed through Squire Stanley's mind, for he
made some muttered remark about having
strong wills under the control ofjudgment as