Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1852-11-11

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1T wonld, however. be sin TO lose so many
good things observed Biann, looking longingly
at them. .,.. : =
Without counting said the hepmate, that
the rector told us we might eat them 81.
Did he, though p ..-.
Since be told us TO regaIe ourselves
Very true; he told us, too, that this ashen
dish belonged 10 a Saint
Then II can't lead us into sin; il is holy
thing ... t.
SO is everything that it brings US
we might eat, then, il seems to me, without
lmpicty.' -. ..... .......
On the contrary, it ought to be pous ac-
tiun.' ,..
Let us eat, them
Fall to- ...
And tAey both began TO lryour the good
iliuLgs before them wi'tluu; once thinking that
Ia was Tic anniversary Of Chrisi's death. They
had lost theIr souls ,!rougl. glutlony ...
IGo devil who had seen through the hole of
hc latch all Chat had passed, rubbed his hands
together ioyiulIy and took his way toward tie
ilorm oL the f!cchks. Il widow and her pref
Ily Young daughter lived there; and this latter
Was about 10 marry her cousin Nedel a hand
some, industrious youth, who had been mana
glng the farm for wages. The barn was full Of
'alors who were making the wedding clothes
ana OF cabinet makers who were planning away
on OAK planks Intended for the furniture Of the
ibridai chamber. The young Marquis OF GIVE
brand was at the throshing floor, bargaining
with the cousin for horse. II was the widow
and her daughter who received the new rector.
After chatting about the seeding and late dis
temper among the sheep, the widow was obliged
70 20 out TO milk the cows, and left the rector 10
talk with her daughter.
You are about TO assume responsibilities
which require the peculiar grace of God, said
he IN snuflling, sermon tone. 'Gentemen's S
wives have nothing TO do but o make themse elves
look beautiful with gay and rich dresses, 90 to
church IN their carriages, and give dinners to
Their equals; but farmers wife must bid fare
well TO all pleasure and all repose. She must 90
to bed late, be walked up half dozen times in
the night 10 nurse the sick or suckle her infant
rise before everybody else and do as much W ork
herself as all the servants about the house
GenoIa's AR grew more pensive as she
thought that what the rector had said must be
true.
And besides, continued the pretended priest,
the property of farmer is not safe from acci-
dent like a nobleman's. Let a bad wind blow
over his cattle or his crops, and his family is
IuiiCN' uCll' IL Is lIlt NllB WHO has lnc WORST
to suffer; for while the husband is busy out of
doors, it is she who must hear the creditors dun
ming and the children CRYING
Alas Mr.. Rector, what you say is too true!'
cried the frightened girl.
j will not mention,' continued the old Will
liatn, that hard working men are often in bad
humor; far from being gallant with their wives,
ike the mobiles; they often treat them as they do
their horses and oXen.'
Jesus! and Nedel often beats hsp exclaimed
Genofa, trembling.
You see, then, that God favors YOU with
great trial. continued the devil in canting tone;
bless the cross he sends you, my daughter, and
rejoice that you are not the wife Of noble, and
that you will know something of life except its
pleasures and its varieties
Yes yes, Mr.. Rector, said Genora, who was
now ,obbing as if her heart would break i do
rejoice ----- but, oh, what will become Of
me; hadn't lliouSh or AL hat.
And she took up the corner OF her apron 70
wipe sway the tears that were chasing each 9TH
er down her rose and lilly cheeks. ...
TIE young curgie eyes were moistened with
sympathy.
L's,,a, innocent clii, said he i will come
TO : aur ni and assure you the affection of your
future p.a0nd, Take this iron ring; tits black
-.Ae yvur Dsu.,.ul hair, |, was once worn by
"a La...t,.s DlsNQp, and is Of SO marvellous a vr-
Tue that whatever man shall put 1t on his finger,
be must do your viii; and, be he prince or duke,
You shall see him become your faithful lover.
Genofa took tie ring and was so overioycd
She frightened up al once; she thanked the rec
tor twelve times running, and accompanied him
on his way as far as the little stile. Then she
came back by the threshng floor hoping to find
NJ lnl. I.,t ho b,I o,,I
body there but NJ. de Gwebriand, trying the
horse he had just purchased. The marquis was
tall and portly, and his visdge was as rudly as
the setting sun; all the girls thought him the
handsomest gentleman in the country. GenoIa
was thinking Of what the Old William had said,
and the iron ring he had given her. She was
comparing in her own mind the life Of a noble
mans wife with laborer's; then she looked al
her taliSman, which the rector said would make
even a duke or a prince love her. This one
is only marquis thought che; suppose make
the experiment on him, Just TO see if the rector
told me a story. The marquis saw her as she
went tripping along through the field, and called
oU:
We'll, my pretty girl, you are sOsn gOiNg ia
take . master?'
i have one already she answered, looking
modestly down.
She alluded to the marquis, TO whose manor
the fam belonged. He understood her so al
least, and taking hold ef her dSliCate hand, he
said
ON my soul Genofa, if am your first mas.
ter, ought to have your frat kiSsr and be
kissed her.
She wished to escape, and tried to withdraw
her hand. As he pressed it more closely, h,
felt the iron ring on her finger, ana asked hel
whose present it was Genofa answered SIN
had found it while cutting some grass in th,