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great ana goo4 and noble, dwells Ia his bo.
som And this delicate. susceptibility % .ll
that ~ noble dwells ia me also. d hone &
well as 10 him This is the innate pledge
and security for our. happiness,
4 but T It should grow old with you IL il
should change TO hateful excitaDiiity and
excitaoility Is the worst enemy Of matrimo.
| ny lou both possess sensbility That
DO not deny; but beware lest This grace
Should degenerate into an irritable and
| quarrelsome mortal
All, dearest, if might never become old
could then be sure that nv husband would
naver cease to lore me,
), Thcu art greatly in error, dear child IL
vert thou always as fresh and lovely as to
nay still thy husbands eye would BY custom
OF years become Indifferent to these advan.
tages. Custom is the greatest enchantress
m the world and 10 the house one of the
most benevolent Of fairies She Yenasrs
that which is the most beautiful, rs well as
the ugliest, familiar. A wife is young. and
becomes old It is custom which binders the
husband from perceiying the change On
the contrary, did she remain young. while
be became old, it might bring consequences,
and render the man in years jealous 1t is
better as kind Providence has ordered it
Imagine that thou hadst grown to be an old
woman, and thy husband were a blooming
youth how wouldst thou then fell y
Louise rubbed her chin, and said, can
not tel
Her aunt continued But I will call
thy attention to secret which,
That,is it, interrupted Louise, hastily,
that is it which long SO much to hear.
Her aunt said Listen to me attentively,
What | now tell thee, have proved It
consists of tro parts The Jfra part, of the
means to render a marriage happy of itself
prevents every possibility of dissenBion; and
would even at last make the spidet and the
fly the best of friends with each oth er The
second parts the best aud surest method of
preserving feminine attractions.
All exclaimed Louise
The former half of the means, then: On
the FIRST solitary hour after the ceremony,
take thy bridegroom, and demand solemn
vow of him, and give him a solemt VOW in
return Promise ono another sacredly ner-
er, mol euen IN mere jest, to scraRgie solfh each
other never to handy words or indulge in {
the least i'll humor. Meier | say; never
Wrangling, even in jest and putting on an
air ofDill humor merely to tease, becomes
earnest by practice Mark that Next
promise each other sincerely and sslemnly,
nerer TO haze secret from each other, uader
iohateper pretext, with whatever excuseit may
be- You must, continually and every mo
ment SEQ clearly into each others bosom
Even when one of you has committed
fault, wait not an instant, but confess it frees
ly-let it cost tears, but confess it And as
you keep nothing secret from each qther, So
on the contrary, preserve the privacies ot
your house, marriage state and heart from
ldiher, mother, sister, 8rotaer, aunt, aud all
The 2o0rtd You two, with Gods help. build
your own quiet world Every third or
fourth one whom you draw into it with YOU
viii form party and stdnd between you
two That should never be- Promise this
to each other. Renew the vow at each
temptation You will find your account in
it. Your souls will grow as it were togeth-
er, and at last become as one All if many
a young pair had on their wedding day
known this simple secret. and straigbtway
praeticed it, how many marriages were hap
pier than, alas, they are
Louise kissed her aunt's hand with ardor
feel that it must be so Where this con.
fdence is absent the married, even after
wedlock, are two strangers who do not know
each other. 1t should be So ; without this
there can be no happiness And now, aunt
the best preseryative Of female beauty L
Her aunt smiled. and said We may not
conceal from ourselves that handsome man
pleascs US hundred times more than an ill.
looking one, aud the men ale pleased with
us whom we are prettJ But what we call
beautiful, what IN the men pleases us, and in
us plepses the men, is not skin and hair, aud
shape and cololnas in picture or a statue j;
but it is the character, it is the soul that is
within these, which erchants.us by looks aud
words. earnestness, and Joy aud sorrow
The men admire US the more they suppose
those virtues Of the mind to exist in Us which
the outside promises; and we thinkIa mali
cious man disagreeable. however graceful and
handsome he may be- Let ayoung maiden,
then, who would preserve her beauty. pre-
serve but the purity of her soul, those sweet
qualities of the mind, those virtues in short.
by which she first drew her lover to her feet
And the best preservative of virtue. to ren
der it unchanging and keep it ever young is
religion, that inward union with the Deity
aud eternity and faiths piety, that walk
ing with God, SO pure, SO peaceful, SO bcne6
cent to mortas.
See, dear heart continued the aunt.
there are virtues which arise OUT Of mere
experience These grow old with time, and
alter because, by change of circumstances
aud inclination, prudence alters her means
Of action, and because her growth does not
always keep pace with that of our years and
passions But religious virtues can never
change these remain eternafly the same,
because our God is always the same which
we aud those who love US are hastening 70
enter Preserve, then mind innocent and
pure, looking for everything from God thus
will that beauty Of soul remain, for which
thy bridegroom to-day adores thee am
no bigot, no fanatic am thy aunt Of seven
and twenty | love al rational and inno-
cent amusements But for this very reason
/ say to thee-be dear, good Christian, and
thou wilt as mother yes, as graudmeth.
Ell. be still beautiful
Louise threw her arms about her neck,
and wept in silence, and whispered, thank
thee, angel
LOVE or MARRIED LIFE.
The affection that links together man and