The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-08-18

was hlh house ~ Jet, hinrianne9 didn't
know
| Eyes. oh, yea, hiH house was 20 lot, and
he has now lot h, hm told-lhe fixtures tax
On az fair valuation besides that II Eeema
10 means 10 retire from business aud sell liis
Canadian property"
"Ab, very well, Marianne, suppose he
knows hla own business, whatever IL H.,
though We scaresly know him but Ivy sight"
"No, 20 10 sure, wa know nothing Ofliim,
only thought iNohdn'I conceal---Oh, mud
that little Mias Elderly, chhuerng thing,
she has just been hsre, and I hncied you
would wonder what iR tho world she could
DO telling me-"
"Not ], indeedi and hope you don't think
| u necessary
ayes but do; though there's really liule
eF Hathing 10 tell, except that DR. Quick hpa
had notice this morning TO bo IN attendance
nj tho Rectoy"-fa liulo cough here -"tho
rector prHya for liule giflns They have bul
eighl-buT underHaud his wifes wishes in
that respect nro not exactly his"
~ heartily wlsh, my denr thai both partioa
may 10 grnlifedi and now, lfyou have no OBJ
jeeIio6, I'll fniali my letter"
"'lo DO sure, cerIhinly indeed have moth
Ing To ndd nor should have communicated
all this, md certainly not tho particulars last
mentioned, relative TO affairs ht tho Rectory,
coAlment--n
II wns natural Tint should contract, to
some extent, tic same habit aud nj first
found myself gravely relieving my mind of n
mul'itudc Uf iusiguifranceH dnily, tire small
ness Of which mn,le them tremendous bur
then 10 bear. Perhaps some event undis-
closed, ncontidcd-coneoalrh suppressed
within my own bOsom-hhs been rccoliec-
ted afler quitting tho house TO take my morn
ing airoll;and tho door las heou opened ngam
tint might mcnion tho interesting fhct--
~ quito forgot 10 hpprso you Marianne,
offs Rtsp which ] conceived 1t right 10 take
Two daysago. | have orderoik now hat--aH
yu,r rather oi5eet 20 Ilt, S,apa- fllliA.-nnl 1
would noI have you mksh by SURPRISE
Or perhaps, when she was just starting on
hor own trip, I called her bnek 10 any--"A.
bou, tlIe country ASYLUM, TO which talked Of
subscribing u couple Of pounds. Dearest
Marianne, that ihcro mny bo no eoneeslWsHt
IN anything botween IN two, | now mention
to you, lhat have mhdc IL guneas.'
I Bui tbis eerupuionsness on ny>sislo soon
vanished and began 10 find TINT | had moth
| ing Ia tho world TO communicate, unless mn
affair Of consequence had happened. Not so
my wife; thoro IL no cnd 10 Tho feminine con
sfienco ubdor tho influence Of affection.
II WINS n little inconvenient TO bo aroused
out of my ansr-dinnsr nap. for the mere pur-
pose ofTseaiSinRa proof ihhI rhe had nothing
TO conceal, contained In n demonstration TINT
she had nothing TO Disclose. But IL Was still
worse, when, la tho midst Of a Gcry discus.
sion NJ the clUh,io bo summoned down TO tho
door, and to find Mar.anro's eager honest
Taco cleaning with n pieco of intelligence,
which she felt j, wicked to withhold.
"Aly darling crcature," ] cried, ''such anxiety
aud confidential devotion makes tho very
! heart speak @ithin ono My darling crcn-
ture, so you have something TO sayand chmo
here that might not ioose----"
"Yes, TO DO sire, aud 90 thought wo
would drive round tiliH way, forI cass-kaap-
nothing TO myself The reclor's disappoint-
edits boy :"
We never had, however, tho loss, syllable
of complaint between us TO check the course
of mutual confidence, unleys il might be
though, to come in the form of a small oxcla-
nation ofSurprise, now and then, from the
lips of Merianno,Rt accidentally discovering
souio insignficanco which she had omitted
TO mention at the confessional.
"And So" Marianne would cry, "yon met
Mr.. Walker tho other day! lie told mo Inst
night, whom he came md sat by me, that no
had sson you lately u"
"Walker yes, to be sure, ! me, him a
fortnight ago ia Pail Mall"
"You never told mo "
"My dear, ! forgot il before reached
home"
"Iiow slruugo!. Now should have told
you -
That she would -~s
NY I.AI.- yan-aAilcd- that gnnilrmnn in the
blue stock 10 sing last night, you praised Ills
fine voice; never know you had heard him
before"
ayes my dear, dropped in ono night,you
may remember, in Wimpolo street. when
ihero was little music going on. lie sung
there" "'r-
"Renlly and so lie sung there % cried Ma
rinnne. "Well never knew that Till now!"
But confess, that about the end of tiIe4irst
tweivemonth ofour married life. Marianne
perhaps for want of real grievance, began
10 Imagine one. No, II did not amount to
that either. should rather say, TINT pho
took n needless objection TO one fnmi1y group
amongst our aegUaintnnces, aud cherished
a mild dislike which our system Of cnndor
and open confession would not of course per-
init her 10 conceal.
There ,rds something a little peculiar in
tho lone of the people, that gave n kind Of
excuse 10 her, objections. Ind not known
them long, not ut all intimateIy, yoi they
wrutr- to- trte ri TO ~, cid Etisnd Az often as
Marinne glanced, over u letter of theirs, tho
foolish flutteribg thing never she must see
this page felt half Inclined to. tear IL, as Hn
pnwarraHtnble freedom There were some
young girls TOO in the case, all monstruus in
noccni hut eiddy MS wild birds, aud Murinu-
no in fact did not at all like tlTair chirpiuyp
I naturally did what ! could to discourage
tho intimacy, but that was not so ensy to nc
conpish deiicately. Tho letters would
come now md tAen,-n my wife would
glnncc over them as usual lest, Ms she truly
observed. it should appear That she in the
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