Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-05-05
The Two Brides.

oh! Henry! is this the cottage you
thought SO beautiful ?-dear, dear me, what
a very shabby place, said Marian Lenox, as
with her husband they alighled al the door
of a neat little cottage.
why, my love, you know it's Spring; the
leaves are hardly out, and the rose-bushes
only budding. YeI you may form some idea
OF how II will look IN summer; see the vines
trained over the windowsi Look at the gar
den spots here and Ihere-ralher neglected
10 be sure-but-'
Rather neglected, added his wife break>
ing in upon him; i should think SO. Why
there's nelIle straw-lilter, aud cid hoops
rather neglected. And The door-how old
fashioned and ugly! take care-I am sure
you can hardly stand up straight in this mar
row, low studded hall. detest low ceilings,
country or no country. And this Bit OF a
parIor hardly large enc ugh to turn about in
Il can't and WON'T like that! Now let
me see The kitchen; oh, horror! she ex-
claimed, holding up her hands, either notic-
ing not, or deigniDg not to nolIce the express
sion of uneasness that sat on her husbands
face, 'Iook at the heartfelt brick, as Pm
alive, and takes up haltthe floor. High win
dows, too how hate high windows-an
such pattern for paper! 1t makes me ner-
vous to look at it-criss-cross, like spiders
crawling over a web now Henry, you can't
expect me 10 live here
Her husband, fine man .ooking fellow,
half sighed as he said-'l should be very un-
willing TO subject you 10 inconveniences such
as you seem 10 dread, but there are only this
and the new cottage above, on the hill
That you know is three hundred dollars a
year, two hundred more than we should pay
tor this-and then the expenses!
oh Henry dear don't 60 10 talking about
expenses; your business is good, il will war
little outlay, you told me SO yourself
Come, | will economise in other Ihings-
just look now al these dingy, black closets
he half agreed with her as she opened the
really dismal places-I shouldn't wonder if
they were filled with rats and vermin. Now
let's GO up stairs; see now the paper is torn
off and patched--and worse and more of il,
there is but one upright chamber in the
house. Mothers last words to me were, do
get upright chambers, for they look SO pretty
when they are well furnished. And here in
front Of The house is a wretched great hole
But in summer put in Henry.
'Oh! know what you would say. sup
pose there is water there sometimes, but hall
Of the year it will be most detestable sight.
Then the trees SO close 10 the bouse-I've
always heard that trees make a house very
damp and uncomfortable-no I'm sure you
won't try to make me live in such place,
after all the comfort I've been used to. Come
let's go-for really, | am quite melancholy
already
Henry resigned the key, only half con-
yinced by his wife's reasoning. He loved
her, wanted to make her happy; but just
starting in life, how was he TO mainlain
style and extravaganza? He liked the little
cottage, but was pursuaded against. his better
judgments to refuse it. trf.tt matv
About an hour after, plain carriage drove
up anda sprightly young man lifted sweet.
blue~eyed girl to the ground, saying as he
did SO, Now prepare to be disappointed
i am not in the least with the exterior,
she exclaimed, pausing-'oh! how cunning
how neat! what fine place for garden
and those dear little trees-and this wilder
ness OF Iose-bushes declare, Ineyer wa.
so pleased with anything 10 my life.
| The door looks like what have seen in
pictures Of old country houses and oh! dt
look and see thevines clambering over ever,
window When they are loaded with bios