Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-01-01

and some other gentry of these parts, to-
gether with sundry ladies'; and found
the affair insuferably tedious and absurd t:
and have gone quite alone, or accompa-
MED but by Fanny, who sat in the wood
mans hut and sewed, or talked TO the good
wife while | roamed about and made
sketches, or read; and | have enjoyed
much happiness, of a quiet kind, all day
long. But that was when was young
two years ago.
"Did you ever 60 with your cousin,
Robert Moore ?"
Yes, once"
" What sort of companion is he on
these occasions -
" A cousin, you know, is different to
stranger"
:" | am aware of that; but cousins, If
they are stupid, are still more insuPporta-
BILE than strangers, because you can not so
easily keep them at a distance. But your
cousin is not so stupid y
No; but"
Well !"
" If the company of fools irritates as
you say, the society of clever men, leaves
its own peculiar pain also. Where the
goodness or talent of your friend is be-
yond and above all lldoubt, your own worthI-
ness to be his associate often becomes a
matter of question"
ooh! there [ cannot follow you that
crotchet is not one | should choose TO en-
tertain for an instant. consider myself
not unworthy to be the associate of the
best of them-of gentlemen, | mean
though that is saying great deal. Where
they are good, they are very good, be-
lieve. Your uncle, by-the-bye, is not a
bad specimen of the elderly gentlemen;
am always glad to see his brown keen,
sensible old face, either in my own house,
or any other. Are you fond of him? Is
he kind to you! Now, speak the truth"
&" He has brought me up from child,
hood, | doubt not, precisely as he would
have brought up his own daughter, II ne
had had one; and that is kindness but |
am not fond OF him ;; | would rather be out
of his presence than in It,"
" Strange when he has the art OF
making himself so agreeable"
Yes, in company but he is stern and
silent at home. AS he puts away his cane
and shOvel-hat i'll the rectory-hall, so ne
locks his liveliness in his bookcase and
study-desk the knitted brow and brel
word for the freside, the smile, the jest,
,lo ,,,;tt,y c,lly for SocietV.''
a. Is he tyrannlcal :"
" Not in the least; he is neither tyran-
nical or hypocritical: he is simply man
who is rather liberal than good natured'
ra1her brilliant than genial, rather scrupu-
lously equitable than truly Just; II you
can understand such superhne dlsnnc-
tiOns 2"
"Oh! yes; good-natured implies indul'
gence, which he has not; generality :;
warmth of heart, which hedoes not own ;
and genuine Justice is the offspring OF
sympathy and considerateness, OF winch;
can well conceive, my bronzed old TREND
is quite innocent"
." often wonder, Shirley, whether most
men resemble my uncle in their domestic
relations whether it is necessary to be
new and unfamiliar TO them, in order to
seem agreeable or estimable i'll their eyes !;
and whether it is impossible to their nature
to retain constant interest and affection
fos those they see every day.
9" don't know can't clear up your
doubts. Iponder over similar ones my
self sometimes. But, TO tell you secret
| if | were convinced that they are necessa-
rily and universally different from us
tickle, soon petrifying, unsympathlzng
would never marry. | should not Ike 10
find out that what loved did not love me,
that it was weary of me, and that what
ever effort might make TO please would
! hereafter be worse than useless, since Ii
was inevitably in its nature TO change and
become Indifferent. That discovery once
made, what should l long for! To go
away-to remove from presence where
nv society gave no pleasure" :"
But you could not, if you were mar
ried."
"No, could not-there it is. Icould
never be my own mistress more. A terrible
thought lit suffocates me! Nothing irks
me like the idea being burden & bore
an inevitable burden, a ceaseless bore
Now when | feel my company suPerfu-
Gus, can comfortably fold my indePen-
Ience round me like mantle, and drop
nv pride like veil, and withdraw TO soll-
ude. If married, that cc1..i not be-"
L wonder we don't al make up our
minds to remain SINGLE" sid Caroline !:
% we should if we listened to the wisdom
of experience My uncle always speaks
of marriage as a burden; and believe
whenever he h, is of man being mar
ried. hcinyaria.-t regards him as fool,