The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-27


Miss N.s, had married the Colonel for
/ love. rrctcrrinc him because in his shluu,.
J plain nhnner, she iarci.d she saw d..
,niettsi~dncss. etc. His d.meanor mud
attention during The cnar,,h,p were un-
IKE ,he language and behavior of lct
oihrr admirers, for lie never f,l.utd ob-
scquious compliance with her whitns OF
opinions. hu, had tie manllncss 90 sp.ak
As he thought.
This ban,acss Of chara ter hal won
the iady's esteem and lose--ior What
/ dthcaie, sensitive girl bot wishes the
assurance tlia, -hc, personally. and not
her wealth. /. the object Of pursuit --
Now that mnrris &c had placed the hand
aud fortune oi the admired Louisa
beyotJ the reach Of fortune. hunting
younger brothers, or any :nercenarv
natrh-seekcr,. the lady had found u
great dimlnuilon IN the amount ot pct,is
sans hitherto so sedulou,ly and p!enil-
fully rendered IN public.
10 tAe jaundiced eye Of her inexpc'i-
~''N' - 7''i'th 'bsi ilplif tiOiiN ilts
. rendered her Of consequence, and sew
cral times had the hcirc-, made tie
successful colonel sensible that She cA.
acted Of Inn ihos. minute and innu:ner-
able iilmclcss attentions, which il was
, not IN accufdanrr with hi> DISPOSITION 60
hcstuw. and for the neal CT ui which, he
, had, autcccdent TO their union, been con
spicuou,.
- Nevertheless, the hu,i ahd's good nat.
urc lad led him to feel sorry for the
construction which his lady gave to tri-
ilcs, insignificant in themselves. lie
rcsoi' ed not TO become II slave to the
capric"s OF any woman, more especially
not Of her by whom hi, fortune had been
80 much improved, ,or HAT circumstance
might DC alleged as the cause Of sub.
mission.
Had be not said. "Mv behaviour TO
yon III public, my drar Louisa, shall he
precisely the same -, if had no, mar
ricd an hcires.. NJ one shall say
,la,.cr you because your money is in
your own hand. and control
At llc time when this speech WAS
nlaIc, the lady smiled the approval ,he
felt of such sentiments, but somehow =.
Of late, size liked not lii, manner. She
! grew more exactinc. as others Withheld
! their accustomed need Of adulatlon, and
OF course, became less happy than
! heretofore.
1t was while she was in this frame Of
J temper. that the colonel. rather exhiler-
atcd with good vine, be it admitted, en-
! tered her parlOr. Fancying that his
lady had retired to rest early, he had
gone out in company with several iovial
fellows, and When he repaired 10 hls
chamber he was surprised to find it un-
tenantcd by his charming, bu, pcrvcrsc
young wife.
What can be the matter now =
| What new crotchct has entered yonr
busy brain, Lousia, dear, said hr. rs on
entering the >itlIng-room he approached
the pouing beauty, who raised her head
and looked rcproachrs at her lords iardy
appearance.
40, nothing nov, Nothing tn, what
| must learn to endure was the meek
yet sarcastic reply.
u positively don't understand what
you are at, said he. Speak plain,
VIA, has yexcd YOU loycE''
=" Love, indeed =" repeated the lady
der>i,ely. " Do not pro'ane the term
pray y.u. iou never could have fell
j! 10. me, or YOU would not SO soon nrg
lect me.
"Neylect yo".' Good heavens, what
an accusation. What can You mean
Really, this grows serious. Louisa.
declare, you look a. if You 'hink wha'
YOU speak.
And so do, certainly, IN, said The
wife, pleased n; the carnesincss e'!uced
by the accused.
" Is il uui a cause Of modification
that so soon should becomes n neglected
wife 7"
Again. that term, What hav,
YOU not that any reasonable w0mat
could desire Speak, and if it ca!
be oJIaiu,d you sha!! not have 10 a'L
twice
For a moment the lady was silent
\ suspicion ,ha, her complaint NIGH
appear frivolous and clnldish began t
creep over her. sill she would 80
give in. She most maintain ,Lov g
disp!ra.urc, although hat fc"i'n. wa
jus, eyapora'ing, for in,'inctivcly .a
knew tha, She had not lost her hold OF
/ her husbands love.
Tel me, my dear continued th
+ colonel, how you have been ne.'ecI
ed =
, u by, YOU oil forgot me at 'uppe
, time. No one came 20 inquire II
could 'aAe anything. replied Mrs. d
. (uufcy. rather aba,hcd.
\ hearty laugh from H." g"n'l"ma
$ revived an the Indignation u the fair j
/ used one.
"!,,ha, tho head and froa, of N
. o.,,naiug :" lee exclaimed, 20 zoo
i, q. - could command hi. prcvokiu
u.irih.
;. ".Ah, 90 doubt il seems Of no cons,
). querce io you whether | had any SUI
r ttr OF not, rcpli i tie lady. with All AZ
.ry to-. Of her pretty head, Il la,
a been wriiiee unlil feel quite faint, 81
a | NAV 20 supperle-, TO bed for v hat A..
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