Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-11-27

How easy il would have been for
her to cry "SundholmIn ia falsetto;
but she would not be false, even in
thisl Not willing to assume a dis
guise, even for the sake Of winning
admiration, she summons Sundholm
in the voice which God has given
her. Is there not something grand
in all thisl One who thus calls out
"Sundholm," will not deceive an
honest fellow with hollow words or
pretended feeling, but will play an
open game with him, and let him un-
derstand the truth at once.
lswas introduced to the handsome
Alba. There was no deaying that
the voice was not hne; but, when
you were accustomed TO it, il ceased
to be so very disagreeable; besides
which, her words were so simple
and candid, and her face so beautiful,
that by-and-by | was completely
dazzled. My ears crept, as it were,
into my eyes, and gazing. day after
day, on Abla's faultIess profile, was
conveyed a; once into the realms Of
love, and, ravished by my sense Of
sight, | asked Alba if she would be
"my WIFE" She answered "YEs,"
with force of utterance that nearly
frightened me. We were betrothed,
and the nearer gazed on her fine
profile the more | was satisfied
This, however, did not last very
long. t-- -
The period OF betroihal is a very
singular one; a period OF hallness
and incompleteness, nevertheless, il
is a sensible institution-when il
does not continue too long. II IS
the prelude to union that nothing
but death ought TO dissolve; and, if
it should appear Impossible to execute
harnoniously the duet which has
now commenced, there is yet time to
break it off calmly.
The first discord that disturbed
the duet between "my wife elect"
and myself, was-not her deep voice,
but, alasI precisely that very thing
which, at first, had reconciled me TO
it, viz: her love of truth, or rather,
| should say, her unmerciful way Of
uttering it.
That we are ali sinners in thought,
word, and deed. is a matter oI fact,
and nobody was more willing TO ad-
nit itthan myself; but to be remind
ed of it every moment by ones best
friend is by no means agreeable; nor
does il do any good, especially when
the plain-speaking friend never fan
cies himself, or herself, capable Of
shining, or being faulty in the slight
est degree. And the worst of IT
was, that apparently Alba had no
faults. All! il she had had but one;
or, better still, If she would bot have
admitted the possibility Of it, then
| should have been fready to throw
myself at her ieetl But she was in
temper and in character as unim-
peachable, as regular, as perfect, as
she was in figure; she was so correct
and proper, that, sinner as was, it
drove me into a rage. | felt that
Abla's righteousness, and especially
her mcde Of educating me, would,
in time, make me prodigious sinner;
more particularly, as she would
never yield 10 my wishes. 1t dawn
ed upon me, before long, that her
sell-righieousness and want OF char
ity TO others was, indeed, one OF the
greatest conceivable faults. One
fine day, therefore, | told her my
mind, in good earnest terms, and
the following duet occurred between
US: tairfa-ala I'-
She. | cannot be otherwise than
| am. II you do net like me, you
can let it alone.
L. IL you will not be amiable to-
ward me, | must cease to love
you. - -a3 ,aa-1 a1
She. That is of no consequence.
l can go my own way by myself.
]. So can |. rH- DEE
She. sGood-by, then, sir.
/. Good-by, Miss A. 2a.8
"Thank Heaven, it was NOT too !
latel" thought TO myself, as, after
nv dismissal, | has.ened to my little |
farm in the country. Although this
abrupt termination of my second
love affair caused but little pain to
my heart, felt considerable mortifi-
cation, and secret hostility sprung
up in nSmy soul towards the whole
female sex. II happened, however,
very luckily !or-me, that while re-
mained in this state of mind l met
with one Of my neighbors who was
precisely in the same condition. He
had been for some time divorced I
from a wife with whom be bad lived
sery unhappily, and he drove about
in his sulkv, upon which be had had
a motto inscriped in golden letters.
s.It is better to be alone than to be IN accom-
panied.n ef IeH -