Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-11-12

hate Glcason TO her sister, Mrs Lindal.
And why not, pray!" said gentle Mar
Linda.
"Oh because he has got such horribl,
temper"
GLOW do you know that!"
by great many signs by the shape o
his head and the color Of his hair, III,
glance Of his eye, the curl Of his nose, ant
the set OF his mouth
"Oh, stop, stop, stop; of whom are yot
speakingi The incompatible man, in phi
anthropy Howard, in wisdom Newton
in patriotism Washington, in"
Temper Bluebesrd."
"Kate! will not hear another word oil
this. You are speaking of-of--" ant
Mary Linda blushed.
"Out with il. of Greenville Dormer Les
lie, your future husband. But give yor
fair warning, Mary, that though YOU ma,
feel vocation to become Mrs Bluebeard,
am not particularly inspired to play ANNE
sister Anne" and run the risk of catching
my death Of cold by standing on a windy
tower, to ''see il any body is coming" when
he is about to Stay you for your disobedi-
ence."
"But perhaps shall not be disobedent, u
said Mary.
Perhaps you shall not be disobedieni, y
replied Kate with whitening sheer
swell, for my part, when am married, II
ever my husband ventures TO lay command
on me, ] shall make point Of breaking il,
at whatever cost Of convenience, by way Of
asserting my independence"
mot if you love, Kate"
Either way, either way. Now | like
Lem Dunn very well and if neither Of us
change our minds, we may be married when
he returns from sea; but fancy Lem Dunn
playing husband a Ia Grand TiDgue and
daring to say you shall" and "you shall
not" really, If ! we're in good humour
should laugh in his face, and il in bad
one, should be apt TO box his ears"
II must believe you are testing, Cathe-
rine"
Then will be as serious as His Emf
nence Archbishop Leslie himself, and say
that really cannot see why we. women
should be called upon to "honor and obey"
30 implicitly, unless we could be FIRST con-
-sineed OF ihsir saPssiss A-s.li~ssa hy whom
such honor and obedience are claimed"
1--WE are not. We should be first con.
WINGED OF mans superiority. before we give
them that fright Divine" 10 control our ac-
tons and destinies. which by all Christian
and human law is the Just prerogative OF a
husband, whether or not he be mentally or
morally superior 10 his wife"
"Pooh nonsense, fiddlestick, with your
Divine prerogative and the rest Of it. If a
woman marries jackass, suppose she is
bound TO obey him."
"When a woman marries man whom
she feels she cannot respect, she places her
self in false position, from which nothing
can extricate her; and, however repugnant.
however calling, they may become, the same
duties Of submission and obedience are in.
cumbent upon her, in all cases where they
do not clash with the laws OF God. A wo-
man in such case, is an object Of deep
commiseration, although. having brought
the evil upon herself, BY dissertation oil
all her most holy instincts, she suffers but q
Just and most fitting expiration OF her fault
/ could not love. aud would not give myself
away to a man on whose wisdom l could
not submit as to Gods, 10 whose viii could
not submit as TO Gods"
"Idolator, would you set up an earthly
God. aud fall down and worship him ?"
"Wives, submit yourselves 10 your hus.
bands as to the lord There is Scripture
for the idolatry. If you choose to call il so.
"Pshawl IL you were not talking fool
ishly, you would be talking wickedly.-
Satan can quote Scripture for his purpose.
$50 he can. am now convinced Of thai
fact Bot do not let us triAe with such no
~ and beautiful mysteries, dear Kate
There is another text Of Scripture to the
same purpose
ooh, yes There are hundreds; pral
don't recite them"
Gust this one, Kate, love il so much
"The head Of woman is man. the head o.
the man is Christ, and the head Of Christ j,
God" Is il not this lovely chain, beau
tiful climax from weakness to Omnipotence
like Jacobs ladder from earth To heaven T
"Sweet providence. You have put nj
brains in complete whirl, with heaven ant
earth, and chains and ladders, aud head
and husbands; but out OF the chaos on'
fact and feeling stands very distinct. l
Lem Dunn expects any such subordinatioI
from me, he will find himself very mucl
mistaken; but he is not so presuming, poo
Lem Dunn"
al think you will find yourself mis,ske'
in your estimate Of his character and ex
pectations"
"Well. perhaps SO in that case, shal
only have little more trouble in breakin,
himin. But suppose now, only for argu
ment, that you are deceived in Leslie sup
pose his temper 10 be violent ?"
II will take care not to arouse IL"
Ellis will unbendingi"
~ shall not waste my strength nor risl
my peace by seeking TO bend IT,"
ellis nature selfish 7"
"Methinks, as love and esteem hin
more highly than myself should only unit
with him in his selEworship."
"Iis heart and mind unprincipled an
depraved 2"
"Impossibe! impossiblep exclaimed Ma
ny. Indignantly. II will not for single in
stance suppose such thing, even for argu
ment's sake have seen my error in per
hitting you TO 60 on so long. Leslie ha
none Of the bad qualities you have named
He 10 every way worthy Of the highes
esteem