Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-05-25

employ a certain number of hours each
day in various profitable ways. Mrs.
Enderby is clever at her needle, and
Emily gives easy lessons on the piano to
young girls. Sometimes she teaches
mere children to read, to write, to use
their needles, and thus they lived comfor-
tably. When l am ready, they will both
come and join me, and Emily's four hum
dred pounds will be added to the common
store.
"Oh, how happy we shall be" cried
Sophia, gladly: ''if Alfred would only
come with US: it would be delightful" y
81 shall stick to old England. shall
make my fortune here. / have my plans
too," exclaimed Alfred, somewhat sullen-
ly, "and we shall eee who will do best I'M
the end" =. -.la a.,.
'sYou must do as you, will. We should
have done better, united, but [ seek not
to force you. Whenever you are ready,
the two hundred pounds are at your COM
mand, and,this house as Sophia, brave
girl, accompanies me-" ..s.g
THANK you, Edward. Though too
serious and starched by half, yon are
kind brother. Let us be the same friends
as before" sI39q
And Alfred hurried away. Edward
remained with his sister to discuss with
her at full length his plans Of emigration.
Having once made his sister confdant,,
the young man found ample subjects of
conversation relative to Emily, and it was
resolved that she should come over on
Sunday to the farm with her mother, to
dinner and tea, that the family might
make better acquaintance. Edward re-
GREETED much that he had not been more
open with his brother. who might at an
earlier period, have entered into tlfese
plans, but shook his head gravely when
there was talk of his marriage. He would
even have thought his immediate union
with Alice more wise, he had resolved to.
emigrate, but to this Alfred had said she
had an insuperable objection. The bro
ther and sister, therefore, put all thoughts
of this aside, and began arranging their
own plans. They were to start in two
months. and had every thing to prepare.
They had saved few pounds by extreme
economy, and next day ordered his things
to be sold out, and found himself in pos
session Of seven hundred and thirty
pounds. This he divided into three
equal portions: one for Alfred, to be
kept until the wedding-day, which was
to take place in two months, the day
previous to their departure; the second
re invested for Sophia, wishing to reserve
her share until he saw how affairs went
and Of the third, he put two hundred by
and spent the odd money in necessaries.
He took only what could not be done
without.
On Sunday, Mrs. Enderby and her two
daughters came, and found hearty well
come. Sophia was middle sized, round,
rosy check country girl, beaming with
health, and quite ready for the rough con-
test she was about to enter: Emily was
slight, and rather delicate, but still with
good constitution. She was rather Sc
rlous in character, in great measure be-
| cause Of her charge of existence. Having
been brought up in the lap Ct luxury, the
| falling to position which needed her liv-
ing, could not but be felt by the most phi
losophical, and Emily had no pretensions
to being philosopher. She was grave,
too, at the thought of parting with Ed
ward, whose manly, courageous and up
right character had won her heart COM
pletely. But he, spoke so cheering and
hopefully of the future, he described their
new life in such glowing colorS, he talked
of two years as nothing, he laid down
plans already for their Journey, and
seemed so ardent in his faith as to success,
that none could resist his cloquence, and
they spent a really happy day.
Time passed rapidly: the two months
were soon flown: Edward and Sophia
were ready. They took gun, some
cheap tools, his books, instruments and
drawings, as many plain good clothes as
possible, with all the linen they could
afford; among the rest, dozen shirts
made by Mrs. Ehderby and her daughter,
who had neglected music and drawing to
make this present to her future husband.
On the wedding day, Edward and Sophia
were spoken of oddly because of their
plain appearance: but they looked hand
somer in their plain good things, than
many of those present in their finery.
But they tried to spend a happy day, and
gave up formal possession of the farm to
the new married couple, to whom they
wished all joy and prosperity. Alice was