The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-11-09
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From Arfhur's Home Gazette.
STRAWBERRIES.
DY MRS. =. II. CoOKF.

nat are you preparing to plant in
this soil, my son I" asked Mrs. Martyn.-
"Do you intend to raise the Carduns b ell.
edictusl"
NO, mother. have here, you sec, \
hne btsket Of strawberry plants; moro
useful ii not 50 ornamental"
And quite rs well adapted to your
condition. The strawberry always seems
I" me fitting emblem of domestic happi-
,ies<, delicious and liealthful, and wholly
unprc,cnding easy Of culture, vet entire
ly ralnri 10y few years neglect"
You are given to moralizing this morn
ing, mother"
u cannot help it, James. own am
anxious about the fate Of this fragile flow
er that you have gathered, that is -,
sweet and graceful now, and that, II it re-
ceivcs your untiring cultivation, will crown
your whole life with beauty"
Are women such frSil cxotics. moth
er! | thought they were indigenous, ,oI.
ersidy hardy. should smile to see All, .
b"dy cultivatng you for instance"
"Dut Eliza is not like me, you know"
No, thank Hearenl mean, 'he sd.
dcd, checking himself in some confusion.
"that it would not answer to hay. tav
suns in one horizon .-.
"You are right, my boy. Eliza is no
self-controlling sun. She was formeI for
a satellite, and must be governed BY the
laws Of attraction. And / seriously fear
that my long widowhood, my domestic
regency, as it might be called, bas aecus-
toned you to look for more sefreliance
In our sex than We usually possess. Lam
afraid you are rather unfit to be the sole
guardian OF q being SO delicate and sensi-
tive a. Eliza"
Then why dida't you warn her not to
marry met 1t is now too late rccede."
"Because was little selfish, James
thought size possessed many beautiful
gifts, to unfold aud perfect which might
make the happiness ofyour life. thought
her confiding genteness might mitigate
the harshness Of character like yours,
whose rougher traits are little too prom.
inent."
James laughed and colored n. he said,
"And now you begin to be afraid that the
experiment will fail. But take courage.
mother. Your contemplated removal
will make me feel an undivided response
bili,y, and when you get all arrangements
perfected in your Western home, YOU
must come and see what charming wo.
man l have made Of the sweetest girl in
Greenvills." s
We'll, James, viii take you at your
word. And recollsct that seven wears
hence l shall expect to Le fsssted with
strawberries Of your own raising
Nearly seven years after the above di-
-alogue took place, Mrs. Martyr, whose
Western home was now a model Of thriy-
ing plenty, left her little kingdom under
the vics-regai government Of q daughter
OF seventeen, and set out to revisit the
home other welded life, and the residence
Of her eldest sor. ~.
The nearest approach that she could
make to Gresnville by railroad, was the
little town Of Rutland, at whose principal
Inn she proposed to pass the last night oI
her brief aud pleasan. journey.
As shs drove to the door, she saw a
beautiful girl mounting on horseback fol
"a evening ride. As the fair equestrian
threw back the veil from her plumed cap
Mrs. Martyr halEthought she recognized
Esizs, the daughter she was about TO Wis
at But the Fich brown c,,rls, the merr,
eyes. the silvery laughter, and, finally. tb.
wsllbred glance Of a stranger, convince
1sert that ber anticipatious had lent de
lusiye colosing 70 her perceptions.
The inn was kept by widow, Mrs
Roberts, who came in person 20 receiy,
the orders Of her guest, and Mn. Marty,
surely thought bersslf dreaming whe,
something IN the look and emile Of N,
lortly matron avoke "reminiscences O
school-days and diversions. II coul.
scarcely be Jenpy Lawson Who stood be
foEs her, and yst---tbess esstsinly scas q,
aus sering glsam Of recognition In shos
brown eyes, for aiisr some mutual star
ing the hostess exclaimed, aExcuse me II
amwEoug, bat isn's this Mary Green tha
raarrIed George Msftyn r. VI k4t
:. .5euny Lawson, how do yoa do p swa
Che resdy ssspcnse, and . sesy animate,