The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-30
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Il shall never mnrry Miss Hastings
quietly said Courtland.
And Why
4 will tell you-I am engaged 10 Miss
Butler.
The d,e.e you are' and Wharton
sp:ang To his feet. What, 10 farmers
daughter. without cent except the re-
version of the old homestead.
Courtland smiled. You are pretty
sensible fellow, Harry, said he, but have
little weakness of the man Of fashion,
the denizen of the town-in word, you
think too much of the Iinsel of life.
Have | not sufficient fortune for all my
reasonable wants? love Miss Butler
and She loves me--l won from her that
blessed acknowledgement last night
She is intelligent, sprightly. accomplish
ed, with a natural born manner, and
beautiful as lew city women are-why
should | not marry her! Ii / were to
seek wife for twenty years, aye for my
wh 5le life. | should never find one hal
SO fitted to make me happy. She is ths
beau IDEAL Of which have so long dreams
ed, !
Does she know what catch you ire.
Are you sure she does not marry you fcr
money
Had any body else put that qcesiias
should have been angry. Harry. fak
| have not vet said word about tsy
wealth, nor shall ill tonight, wheis =
expect 10 see her father to solicit his con-
sent
Florence will be bitterly disappoint-
ed She though, she had secured you.
i confess her adroit flattery and art
ful maneuvers had bewiidered me, and
was fast resigning myself from PAYING
such continued attention TO her, as would
have made ii point of honor with me
to marry her. But fortunately we met
Miss Butler, and L was saved. Had
married Florence Hastings, what mis-
erabe man should have BEEN
We'll God bless. you, replied Harry
warmly, you deserve to be happy; and
after what YOU have said, | have every
confidence in your choice. Indeed TO
tell the truth, if had dared, l should
have fallen in love with Miss Butler my
self; but saw from the first that her res
cuer was very superior person, IN her
eyes, to Harry Wharton
All said Couftiand, wher seonteni-
plate the virgin purity of her mind, when
| mark the freshness of her conversation.
when see through the good sense of her
opinions. and when ! contrast these
things with the heartlessness, the tame
ness. and the folly of women OF mere
fashion. such as crowd our lcities, | won.
der d the halluciation which, even for
moment. led me to admire Florence Hast
ings. Take my advice, Wharton, and
seek a partner for life in some pure
minded yet Intelligent girl, away from
the false tinSel of the town.
And Harry followed the counsel. For
when few months later, he accompam-
ed Courtland back to-, that the lat.
ter might claim his bride, he found his
merry little partner, a cousin TO kaie, so
bewitching in contrast with the city
bellies he had just parted from, that ne :.
lost his heart before the wedding festlvl-
ties were over.
That winter two Of the most beautiful
women in the most refined circles OF
Boston were the brides of Henry Whar-
ton and Arthur Courtland; but, OF the two
the one prominent for grace. accomplish
ments, and every excellent quality also,
was our old friend Kate.
Mrs. Courtland has been wife for sew
eral years, and is the at the head OF So
ciety.
Even Florence Hastings, now an Old
maid, is glad to be patronized by the ac-
complished woman, whom she used to
sneeringly call the FARMERS DAUGHTER.