Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1851-10-23

Il ~ 70 hS9 1the me- , cd eau let rs alone.
I lii you via notbe smiahle towards ne.
I must cease 70 love soa.
She 49, That IS of No consequence. I can
60 my own way BY myself.
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Skc-Gooa-hy, then, s;..
h Good BY, Miss A.
Thank Heaven, it Vas not too late n'1
thought | to myself, as, after nY dismissal,
] hastened to my little farm in the country
Although this abrupt termination 6f MY
second 4eye affair caused bRts little paia to
my heart felt considerable modification,
aad secret hostility sprung up in my soul
towards the whole female sex Ii happened,
however, very luckily to me, thRs while 7.
remained in tLlk State of minds met wish
enc Of my neig6hors who was precisely in
the same condition. IEe kads6een fer some
time divorced from 4 wife with whom he had
lived Hary uuhappilv, and he drove about in
his sulky, upon WHICH ke had motto in.
scnbea IN golden letters
fBe'ter be alone than to be illaceempauied Y
The sentiment stpuck me as very excel.
lent, and my neighber and | often met, and
agreed ad4airabl} in eur abRSecf the ladies'
IA the meantime, Il occupied myself with
books and agriculture.
have a great esteem for. books and
bsw~myself in tie Must before learning, but
a know not how il is further thaa that l.
cannot .goi esteem and yeneration / feel,
but assufedly ny affections never grew in
that soil My leFe sor agriculture toek, me
forth into Nature and Nature is leycly
Bat Aaam was uneasyin Paradise ond did
not walk to life and happiness until Eve
came Z and /, who dil not possess a para
disc, fpund myself very lonely and melan-
chvly ut :" Stenbaeaeh Trees, after all are
wooden aad dull things, when We crave for
human sympathie7, and the echoe, the
veiec Of the reeks. is the NEST weagisome
voice ] know. No heart to heart, eye to
eye, that is the Life and to live together, q
happy and healthy rural life, to work for the
happiness Of those WHO depend upon us-to
regulate the home, to live, 70 think, to love-
to rejoice together All 9 my wife, still
stood wildly before my imagination
Ny experience in the realms of love, had
however, made me suspicious feared that
1 could never be happy, according 70 my
ideas Of happiness, Yhich ny aeighbo friend
characterized as "faposing in the shade Of
pair Of slippers ! was in low spirits; and
accordingly, one day, after having finished
the last Of six dozen Of cigars aud guarded
with my ncighbor, sfho bored me With eyer
lasting aud doFeful Trades against the ladies,
! set of in my sulky to amase myself BY
drive
/ drove q considerable distance to the
house Of an old friend, who had been a
fellew student with me at the Military Col
lego at Garlberg, aud who had often invited
me To visit him He was now married, and
was, in fact, the father Of eight children.
AIlarge family | thought. at first; but-not,
one too many, said to myself, after a single
aay ssIRaAt 81 jA 8PRi4ga,sbiab Jas he tsiRAn
The mistress Of the house the wife and
mother was the silent soul Of ill. I" tits she
-itis she. who, is my happiness !" said the
fortunate husband, but she said 1t is he !
it IS be N
+" Ny dear friend, said I to him one day,
4 how have you manhged to be so happy in
your marriages."
z Oh, replied heS smiling, +" l hive Sc
cret to tell you
IA secret for goodness sake; what is it2p
: 4 From my youth upwards! he replied
: I have prayed to 4God to give me good
wife
Yes, thought | to myself that is it =
Here am unmarried because have never
discovered this secret, without Gods espe-
cial direction, | may not venture to choose
my wife
a younger sister Of my friends wife
lived in the family. No one would have
been tattractod to h6r for external charms,
but short time brought YOU completely I'm
der the spell of her kindness, the intellectu
al expression Of her countenance, aud the
cheerful frien dliness Of her manners. All
the household loved her she was kind and
amiable 10 all To.myseff, however it seem
ed that there was an exception ] thought
her somewhat cold and distant / was al
host sorry when l perceived that I was
grieved by this short time convinced me
that | had really fallen in love with this
young lady
There was. however, u great difference be
tween this andmy former loye affairs For
merly, 4 had permitted externa! charms to
lead and BLIND me now, ON the contrary,
was attracted: to the saul, and it captiyated
my heart But why then was so excellent a
soul so cold towards me
My friend said that it was because she
had hoard me represented as tickle young
fellow enc who unused himself with broken
Alliances Righteous Ieayen was that in.
deed one of my faults Ifekle l who felt
myself cfcafed as model Of fidelity 1t
was possible for me TO bear patiently so
cruel an injustice, MOI as truly as my
name was Constantine, must Maria do me
justice.
From that time, as she.retifod from me,
so began I to walk after her was deter
mined to convince her that Twas not the
fckIa. inconstant being that / had been de-
scribed. Il vas not, however very cary to
succeed in this but at length did succeed
After having put me % a trial, from which
/ came or with flying colors, she accepted
nv proposals. and agreed to try me still
further ia -asunison for life
During the period Of our betrothal, she said
several times, quite raptuEously, : l an 50
glad to see that you also have faults 1 feel
now less humiiiated, less unhappy from ny
own
This pleased. me very much, and all the
more as I perceived that Maria. while she
showed me ny faults With kindness, die not
at all fondle her sen.
: Our We ading- day WAS fked and | or3er-
"a carriage for two persons. Company
was invited, and Maris aud we're married
Nothing can be mere e9laiaonPlaee taan al
this e1cepting perhaps i bsthat my we ana
| agreed to understand the ceremony U !. ap
earnest ard real sense, and live aecosdiAe'y.
The result has been, that non after hayiRg
been carried fiFe-aRd-tEentJ years we Se4s-
brate BUR siivsT qsuptiols To morrow We love
each ether better, and are hsppleE tegethef
than we are IN the first boar q cur anlo1.--