Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-04-28
a HIN G. STORY.
Miss II arrington's Prediction;
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The FOrSaken Emigrant

Janet, tell you again, you will rue
this foolish marriage. You are only
life of misery for yourself;
and you will repent too late tha. you did
not follow my advice
Janet, between laughing and crying,
shook her head, and twisted her apron :
strings, as waiting maids do on the stage.
l hen seeing that her mistress expected
her TO answer, she said. But ma am. he
loves me so much that cannot be un-
happy. He will be kind and steady. and
how can | be miserable then!'
lie loves me so much!'-how many
women. Janet, that Gelusion has led to
their Iuin! What an absurdity! The on
ly answer silly girl can give. when she
is warned of her folly, is, .Oh. but he
loves me so much!' And on this tickle
fancy of an unprincipled man-all men
are unprincipled, Jane,-she expects to
find her happiness for life!
Il know, ma am, that you are agains,
us girls in service marrying, answered
janet gently. Il have heard you say so
often, and how silly you think Us for CIV
ing up comfortable home for all the
misery women get in marriage. And
yet, am, if you love person, you
would rather live in hole in the ground
with them, than in the Queens palace
without
Miss Harrington frowned. She was
a severe lady OF the mature repression
school; and she thought her waiting.
maids speech neither so womanly nor
so modes, as il ought to have been.
4 don't approve of women loving so
iuriously.' she said with sharp accent
in her voice. There are bounds of pro-
priety, even 10 the love of a wife; and
as for an unmarried woman, Janet, whe,h-
er engaged or not, she ought never to al
low herself such an expression as you
have made use of just now. II is mol at
all proper, nor wha, | approye Of
Janet's great hazel eyes looked down
under their eye -lashes at this. She was
a simple girl and could not understand
Her Rule of Right was con-
tanned in very few broad touches, and
Miss Harrihgton's metaphysical ethics
were always lost on her.
We'll 60 away now. janet she said,
'alher peevishly, 'and if you have any
common sense left. remember my warn
ing | tell you that this marriage with
Robert Maylin will make you the most
woman in existence. He is a
worthless fellow'-Janet pouted, and
gave her head the slightest possible incli-
nation OF a toss--sand he will ge, tired
Of you before the year is ont. Aud af.
ter ne has spent all your money, for he
is marrying you for nothing else'-Miss
Janet pursed up very pretty pair OF
lips: something better than that she
when he has drank away
all your income, he will get cross to y ou,
and perhaps beat you, and then leave
you on the parish. This is the history
OF nine'tenths OF you young fools who
marry for love as you call il. And,
who knows!--you may have some little
but il sou have, what will you
do when you cannot give them bread!
family about you! Go along, you fool
ish girl, | am provoked with your obsr-
macy. 10 prefer .ha, ood-for-nothine
fellow. and all his wicked ways. to a
comfortable home and an indulgent mis-
ness--i. is really too bad. How am
to be suited y hen you leave me; I'm sure
| don's know. Blu, you girls are so un.
grateful, il is of no use tn be kind to you.
As soon as you have got into our little
ways, and begin to understand US, you
leave US. wilhou, gratitude or remorse,
and we have all the tiouble of teaching
a new servant over again. There, go
along-do; try if you cannot spend half
an hour in the day usefully; and GO and
trim my blue cap. and do it better than
you did last time. l won't have Rob-
er, Maylin's love in my work; and am
sure since you have been mad after ,ha,
fellow you have done nothing we'll
scarcely anything at ALL
Miss Harrington, drawing her easy