The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-01-01

by my sense Of SIGHT. asked AHA if
she would be my wife She an.
swered 'lEs,' with a force of utter.
ance tnat nearly frightened mc. We
were jctroihcd, anl the nearer
saAcd Oh her fine iroilc the more !
was satisfied. Ills, however, dill not
last vcrY long
The lerioi Of bctrothal ia very
singular one apcrlotoi haliucss and
ncomllctenc>s nevertheless j: is u
sensible ilstitut.on---w wAcn i; does not
continue too long. 1t is the prelude
to a union tina: noting bu, death
oNYlt to dissolve and, if it should
allcar impossible to execute harno,
niou-ly the duet which has now com
menced, there is ye, time to break it
oil calmly.
The first discorl that disturbed the
Guet between my wi.c elect and
myself, was-not her deep voice, but
alas, that very thing which, at first,
had rcconci.cd ne to it: viz, her love
Of truth, or rather. | should say, her
uumercitni war Of u,tcrinc it.
That we arc all sinners, in thought
word. and decd, is a matter Of fact,
and nobody was more willing to ad-
init it than myself; bat to be remind,
ed of it every moment by ones best
friends, is by no means agreeable ;
nor does it do any good, especially
when the pain speaking friend never
fancics himself or herself, capable of
shining. or being faulty in the Slight
est degree. And the worst Of. it was
that apparently Alba had 10 rlul,s.
All, if she had had but one or,
better still. il She. would but have ad
mlttcd the losihiIay Of it, then | should
have been ready 20 throw myself a,
her feet. But she Was in temper
and in character unimpeacl.able. as
regular, as perfect, as she was in hg
ure she was so correct and proper
that, sinner as was, it drove Inc
into rage. ! felt that Abla's right
eousneas, and especially her mode Of
educating nc, would, in time, make
me lrodiglous sinner; more rartic
uIarly as she would never yield to my
wishes. 1t dawned ulon ne, before
long, that her scl!,ri.htcou5ucss and
want Of charity t. others, was indeed
one Of the greatest conceivable faults
One fine day, the; c!orc, | told her NY
mind, IN good earnest terms, and tho
following duet occurred between us.
/ She. cannot be otherwise than ]
am. If you do not like ne, you cal
let it alone.
/. IT, you viii not be amiable to
wards me, 1 must cease to love you.
SHE. Tha, is Of no consequence. -
! can 20 my Own way by myself
/. 60 can l.
/ SHE. Good bye. then, sir.
/. Goodbye, Miss A.
'Thank Heaven, it Was not too late.
thought 4 10 myself, as, after my dis
mi3,al / FASTENED to my little firm
in the country, Although this ab
rupt termination Of my second love
affair caused but little Iain to ny
heart. 1 felt considerable moitIica'
ton aul a secret hostility spruns uT
in nay soul towards the whole iemal,
sex. It happened, however, very
luckily for ne, that While / rename
in this state oi mind 1 met with on,
Of ,..y neishtors sThO WAS in The same
condition. lie had been for som'
time divorced from wife with WHOM
be had lived very unhalIlly, and 1t
drove about in hIs sulky, upon whicl
he had q motto Inscribed ~ go,dc:
letters:
it. better 10 be alone, ihan 'obe d! ac
'c1mpanIcl'
The sentiment struck nc as very
excellent and my ncighbor and ] offer
met. agreed admirably IN our abus
Of the ladies. H. the meantime / Ok
cupiei myself with books ald agr.
culture.
| have great esteem for book :
and mv,clf to the lI,i before learning
bat ] Apow no, how II is, furjhc. thar
that cannGt go csteom and Nri
Grafton feel, LuI a,surciy ny ailec
,ions never gres iH tia, sJul, My !oy'
for agriculture lUoh me ioi!h into Ma
tuye, aud Nature i, lovely. Bat Adam
was uneasy IN Paradise, and did no
wake 10 llir and happiness until Er'
came and !, pho Dad not i'os'r-, par
'iisr, found my-e!I very lonely a"'
melancholy al '>scnulcAr. lrces u!
ter al, are wooden sLJ dJ,l thing
when We crave for human sympaiE,es
and echo, The yoice OF tic f,ck' ~ lh
mott wcarisome voice know. No
hcArt 10 l4ear'. eye 10 eye, THAI j. 10
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