Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1847-10-14
Select Gales.
From the Columbian for September.
MARRYING A TAILOR.

BY KATE SUTHERLAND.

ly upon going to Cincinnati with him, and taxi
ing boarding, that he could make no reasonable
objection to the step. And so they removed,
Fletcher feeling many serious misgivings al
heart, lest his wife should make discovery Of thel
truth that she had married only tailorl
Where did you say the store was at which
you are employedl she asked, day or two at
ter they were comfortably settled at very pleas
ant boarding house in Cincinnati.
'On Main street. replied Fletcher, little
coldly.
What is the name of the firm? forget
Garter and Cassard.'
Fletcher could not lie outright to his wife, sol
he told her the truth, but with great reluctance
No more was said then on the subject A.
bout week aferward, Mrs. Fletcher said to
her husband-I was along Main street to-day,
and looked at the signs over every dry-goods
store that passed, but did not see that Of
Carter g. Cassard.'
In spite of all he could do, the blood rushed
to the face OF the young man, and his eyes fell
under the steady look directed toward him by
his wife.
The store is there, nevertheless, he said
His manner and the tone in which he spoke
excited in the mind of his wife feeling Of sur
prise.
For the next four days there was strong
conflict in FIetchers mind between false pride
and duty 1t grieves me to say that in the end
the former conquered On Saturdy night he
came home with troubled look, and told his
wife that he had lost his situation, which had
only been temporary one. In this he GER
tanly went beyond the truth, for he had given it
up voluntarily.
The poor young creatures heart sank in her
They had only been in Cincinnati about two
weeks; were among entire strangers, and all
means Of subsistence we're again taken from
them. 1t is no wonder that she wept bitterly
upon receiving this sudden and distressing in
telligence. To see his wife in tears filled the
heat of Fletcher with the severest pangs. He
more than half repented of what he had DONE
But the thought of confessing that he was only
a tailor made him firm in his resolution to meet
any consequence rather than that
He was fool! exclaimed Kate, no Longer
able to restrain her indignation against the young
man, and thus breaking in upon her aunt's mar
ratiVe.
But remember, Kate how contemptuousl
he had heard her speak of his trade, and ever
how that she would rather drown herself thar
marry tailor
Suppose she did say this, when thought
less girl
'As you ale Kate
Don't bring me into the matter, aunt Blu
suppose she did say so, is that any reason for hi
starving her! He was bound to use his best Ell
forts for the support of his family, and ought t.
have been thankful, under the circumstances
that he was tailor
so think. And his wife ought to hay
been thankful too
And | suppose she would have been if h
had possessed the manliuess to tell her tn
truth
mo doubt in the world of that returne
Aunt Prudence, and then resumed her nara
tive.
A week was spent by the young man in an
other vain effort to find employment as clerk
Then he avowed his intention to 60 to Louis
vile and see if nothing could be done there.
Try longer here, Joseph DON'T 90 ava
yet earnestly and tearfully pleaded his wife,
you don't known how hard it is for me to b.
separated from you. am lonely through tn
day, and the nights pass, oh! so heavily. Some
thing may turn up for you here. Try for
while longer
But our money is nearly all gone. If
don't go now, shall have no means Of gettin
away from this place. feel sure that | ca
find something to do there.
His wife pleaded with him, but in vain T
Louisville he went, and there got work at tn
first shop to which he made application At tn
end Of a week he sent his wife money and tol
her that he had procured temporary employment
She wrote back asking if she might not jci
him Immediately, But to this he objected, c
the score that as his situation was not a pc
manent one, he might, in few weeks, be obi
ed to leave Louisville and 90 somewhere els
This, to his wife, was by no means satisfactor
But she could do no less than submit.
Thus separated, they lived for the next thru
months, Fletcher visiting his wife and child on,
every two weeks, and spending Sunday wi
them. During the time he made good wage
But both himself and wife were unhappy. Ear
estIy did the latter plead with her husband to
allowed to remove to Louisville To this, hoy
ever, he steadily objected. Daily he lived
the hope of securing clerkshp in some stor
and thus being able to rise above the low conc
ton which he was placed. The moment
reached that contamination, so much desired,
would instantly remove his family.
At length it happened that Fletcher did n
write once, instead of several times, during OF
of the periods of two weeks that he was regul,
ly absent The Sunday morning when he W
expected home arrived, but it did not bring,
usual, his anxiously looked-for presence. T
wife was almost beside herself with alarm.
letter arriving on Monday, she took her oh
and started for Louisville in the FIRST boat. S
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