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

"uusc 90 un ulu Irirni, VINO had been
fellow student with me at the Military
/ COLLEGE at Carlbcrg, and who had often
t invited me TO visit him. He WAS nov
married. and WAS. ia fact, the father of
! eight children. \ large family, Thought
/ at iir,t; hui not one too many, sad ] 30
myself, after n single day spent IN til.
lam ly, which had given me the impress
I sian oi heaven upon carlh.
IAr mistress Of the house, thr wife
and mother, Was The silent .oul Of all
1t j. ehe--it is She who is IN, happi.
uv-.,' SAID the fortunate band but ,he
said. Ii, is hn j, is he.
My dear friend siil to i'm one
day, how have you managel to be 30
happy IN your marriage I?
on replied he, smiling, i lave a
secret 10 tell YOU.
a secret. for goodness sake, what
is III;
From my youth upwards lie re-
piled. ! have prayed God to give me
good wife
Yes, thought to myself. that i, il.
Here am | unmsrricd, because have
E never di,covcrcl This secret; without
Gods especial direction may not ven
ture to choose my wife
a young sister Of my friends wife
lived in the family. No cue, would
have been attracted TO her for her cx-
,ernal charms but short time brought
you completely under the spell Of her
, kindness, the intellectual expression OF
her countenancc, and the cheerful friend
illness Of manners. All the household
loved her: she was Kind and amabir
p. 10 all. To myself, however, it seemed
, that there was an exception | thought
her somewhat cold and distant. ! was
almost sorry when | perceived that |
was Grievtd by this; Ia shor, time con
, vineed NE hat had really fallen IN
+, love with this young lady.
There wa, however, a great differ
cnce between this and my former love
affairs. Formerly, had permitted cx-
ternal charms to lead me , now, on the
, contrary, was attracted TO the soul.
> and its beauty alone lad caplivaled my
p heart. But why then WAS SO excellent
{ a soul 50 cold towards me
, My friend sad that it was because
. Maria had heard me represented IA, y
tickle Young fellow; one who amused
himself with broken alliances Night
I, cous Heaven was tla', indeed, one Of
l my faults , tickle /, who felt my
| self created a. model OF fidelity. Il
, was impossible lor me to bear patiently
; so cruz, an injustice No rs truly "a,
, my name was Constantine, must Man Ia
do me justice,
From tia; time, as she retired from
J me, 70 began TO walk after her. was
determined 10 conI Ihcc her that ] was
not the tickle, incon-,ant being that !
had been Gescribed 1t va. not. how
ever, very easy 10 succeed. After iav-
Ing put me 10 "A trial, from which !
came with flying colors, she accepted
my proposals, and agreed to try me sill
further in--a union for iifc.
During the period Of our betroihal,
she SAID several times, quite Tap'urous-
L,,. c,nI,. feel nav los. Ln,uili,t.d
les. unLarpy from nv own
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: l;nJ,c.s did n"t ., olI ,,nIlr Lor own.
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g., and real sense. and 10 liy. accord.
inoly. The re.uIt La. been. fla, now.
{ AFTER La,iu, Locn married Gye.,ul.
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