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! mean tutus 1&G0rY, WAT ttSf cuaf1clc
has been formed, Of made up, BY mere ek
tsrnal aecretions from the common place
I vague, aud often TOD false notions Of thing;
that prevail in society, instead Of pr Ia,
force Of sound internal principles, seen t,
Be true from q rational intciti0n. aud acted
upon because they are true. Canuet yot
/ perosiYe the difference z
81 y yes, plainly. Aud this is Why you
] ne the word eomnen, ID speaking 6
Der
The very reason And nov, my son
can Yen not see thar there Is force in my es
jection to her she really does not pos
sess any charaeser disfinctirely her ON a,
that is founded upon acIear and rational
| appreciation Of absiractIJ correct principles
Of action r
cannot say thai / differ from yon rery
widely the young man said thoughlfnlly
But, L zen call MeEnds scomuien, where
shall ! 90 to fna one who msy be called
uncommon
/ can point you 70 one
Say on
You have met Fanny Clayton q
Fanny Clayton r. ejaeulated the young
man, taken by surprise, the blosd rising to
his face, % yes, have met her. as6al
She is no common girl. Henry Mrs
FloreHee said in serious voice. She has
not her equal in my circle Of acquain.an.
ces' 3 "
Nor mine Ji.her,r replied THE Young
man, recovering himself hut you would
not feel satisfied 10 have Jour son address
Mss Clayton 3 $3.50 si
aAnd why not pray Henry, / have
never met with a young lady whom would
rather see your wife than Family CLAYTON
And i rejoined the young man with Q,
quail Warmth never netlBith any. enc whom
could truly love. until | saw her sweet
young face. q
Then never think again Of one like Ne.
iinda Marygold You could not be ration.
oily happy With her.
Five or six months rolled away, during a
large portion Of which time the fact flint
Hcnry Florence was addressing Fanny CLAY.
ION formed a theme for pretty free comment
In various quarters Most Henry S acquain.
tance heartily approved his choice but
Mrs. Marygold, and few like her, all with
daughters OF the 'common class, we're deep.
ly incensed at the idea Of common kind
Of girl like Miss Clayton being forced
into genteel society, q consequence that
would of course follow her marriage. Mrs
Marygold hesitated not to declare that, fer
her part, let others do as they liked, she. was
not going to associate with her-tbat was
settled. She Lad too much regard to what
was due TO her station in life As for Nc
linda, she had no very kind feelings for her
successful riyal-and such rival too | "a
mere schoolmasters daughter And she
hesltate6 not to speak Of her often and in no
very courteous terms, ,-1.-,,,z
in Sycamere Row, Mrs Marygold declared
that to send her an Invitation to 90 to such
place was a downright insult. AS the
time, however, drew near; and she found
that Mrs. IInrweod aud q dozen others e.
qnah9 respectable in her eyes were going to
the wedding, she managed to smother her
indignation so far as, at length, to make up
her mind to be present at the nuptial cere-
monies. But it was not until her ears were
almost stunned By the repeated and car
nestly expressed congratulations to Mrs
Florence at the admirable choice made By
her son, and that too by those whose tastel
/ and opinions she@dare not dispute, tha
she could not discover anything even pass
able in the young bride
/ Gradually, however, as the younger Mrs
Florence, ia the process Of time, took he
true position in the social circle, even Mrs
Marygoll could begin .te perceive the in.
trinsic excellence Of her character, although
even this wes more tacit assent to uni
versal opinion than discovery Of her own
As for Melinda, she was married about
year after Fanny Clayton's Wedding, to :
sprig Of gentihty with abeS:: as much force
of character as herself This took place on
the same night that Lieut. Harwood, son o.
the Mrs. Haruood before alluded to, led h
the altar Mary CLAYTON. the sister Of Fanny
who was conceded BY alto be the levelies
girl they had ever seea-loyely, not only
in face aud form, but loneliness itself in tht
sweet projections of moral beauty. As fol
Lieut. Harwood, he waswerthy Of the hear
| be had won -
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