Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-12-27

gayest laughs, and said holding Up he
II oan,t. shake 1lalks2 hands dGg',a with you M
Vernon, you see, Mamma was kin
enough to let me 60 10 the pic mic yester
day, and put off some of, my work an
4 Sc! I'm doing double work to-day tomak
up for it., If youth be kind enough t.
wait a minute, /. viii call mamma.
! No, no. said Harry, charmed b.
such frank innocence, and unceremoni
ously taking well scrubbed chair, Give
only a. few minutes 70 stay. My call il
on you. 1 came to see how, you bore
the fatigues Of yesterlay."'
| Fanny laughed till her. teeth, SO, white
and SO little, looked bind the rosy lips
like pearls set in the richest ruby enamel
Faliguel Why we had such charm
ing time yesterday, that one couldn't get
tired, even if one had been a hundred
years old" +'t'
gs'You'll never grow DID," said Harry,
surprised into what would have been
flattery. ifhe had sincerely thought it, and
his countenance showed the admiration
for the bright happy creatures before
him. ..-..5
Fanny blushed, but rallied, and answer
eL ed laughing. { 173S. Never grow o!d2 M : Oh Oh
be sure, bent almost double, and a
cap p5on my head like Granny Horns"
Harry laughed TOO. SO ludicrous was
the image aud thus he and Fanny were
as muJh. at home with each other, at
once, as if they 'IlaId been acquainted for
a number of years. Er5 -,
If The elegant refinement about Isabel
had tempted Harry to fall in love. the
household charm which surrounded Fan
ny forced him to do SO whether or no
He went away. thinking to himself what
a charming wife Fanny would make, and
how sweetly she would look in, her neat,
home dress, engaged in her domestic du-
ties. Nor was Harry the only young
bachelor who remembers that wife can
not always be in full dress, and who natu-
rally wishes 10 know how she would look
in the kitchen.
"A wife ought just as much to know
how to manage her own house, he said
to himself, +" as man to understand his
business. don't wish wife of mine,
indeed, to be maid Of all work but l
would like to have her capable OF over
seeing her servants; and domcstics dis
cover very soon whether their mistress is
competent, and obey, or disregard her ac-
corIingly. All if had such dear
little wife, how I'd coax her to go into
the kitchen occasionally, that might see
her at work"
1t soon became apparent that'it would
be no fault of Harry if he did not have
Fanny for wife. Never was man dee
per il love, nor did he make any effort to
conceal it. Had Fanny been foolish
nirt, she would have played with his
frelin. s, as vain girls will when secure of
a lover But she was too frank and good
for this, and only hesitated long enough
TO be certain of the state. of her. heart,
when she made Larry happy by accept
ing him.
Two persons more fitted for each other
in fact could not be. Though always
merry, because always happy, Fanny
was amiable, intelligent. and fun of sound
sense. She had read and though a great
deal for one SO young. Her heart ran
over with unwritUen poetry" Had Har-
ry sought for lifetime, he could not have
found wife SO companionable and SO
suited in every way, to him. .....
II was not until the young couple had
set off on their wedding tour that Harry
told his wife what had first made him fall
in love with heF4.....
" Every other girl thar r>F,-s;sitAd that
morning." he said, "was,playing the lady,
and that while, as well knew, their mo-
ther was Shaving in the kitchen. 1 rea-
soned that the daugter who would neglect
her duty to parent, could scarcely be
less selfish towards husband. Besides,
it is common error with your sex, now
a-days, to suppose that it is debasing to
engage in domestic duties, To man oi
sense, dearest, a woman never looks more
attractive than at such atime. AS Words
worth writes :"
':Her modest MOTORS, light and free,
Aud steps of virgin liberty;
a countenance in which there meet
|. Sweet records, promises as sweet +; -
a creature not too bright and good
For human NATURES daily food
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears aud smiles
AS he recited these lines, with exqui
site sensibiIity, he put his arm arounC
Fanny's waist, and drew her towards him
and the young wife looking up into his
face, with devoted affection, rested hel
head on his bosom and shed happy tears
And SO we leave them.
The REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOT, RoBER-
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