The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-04-28

BY WASHINGTON IRVING.

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I have speculated a great deal upon ma,
,rimopy. have seen young and beautiful
women, the pride Of gay circles, married-a
the world says-well! Some have move
into costly houses, and their friends have al
come and looked at their fine furniture an,
their splendid arrangements for happiness
and they have gone away and committed then
to their sunny hopes cheerfully aad withou
fear. II is natural to be- sangune Cor tn
young, and at such times arm carried away
BY similar feelings. / love to get unobservst
into corner, and watch the bride in he
white attire, and with her smiling face ans
her soft eyes moving before me in their pride
OF life, weave waking dream Of her future
hsppiness, and persuade myself that It will
luxurious sofa as the twilight falls, and build
gay hopes, and murmur in low tones the now
forbidden tenderness; and how thrllingly the
allowed kiss, and the beautiful endearments
Of welded life, will make even their parting
joyous, and how gladly come back from the
crowd and the empty mirth of the gay to
each others quiet company. I picture to my
self that young creature, who bushes even
now at his hesitating caress, listening eager
ly for his footsteps as the night steals on,
and wishing that he would come; and when
he enters at last, and, with an affection as
undying as his pulse, folds her to his bosom,
! can feel the tide that goes flowing through
the heart, and gaze with him on that graceful
form a. she msves about for the kind Offices
OF affection, soothing all his unquiet cares,
and making him forget even himself in her
young and unshadowed beauty. ..,.l.,.s
60 forward for years and see her luxuriant
hair put sobe:ly away from her brow, and her
girlish gfaces ripen into dignity, and bright
loveliness ehastsned with the gentle meek
hess Of maternal affection. Her husband
looks on her with proud eye, and shows her
the same fervent love and delicate attentions
which first won her, and her fair children are
growing about them, and they 60 Or full Of
hcnsr and untroubled years, and are remem.
bersd when they die!
/ say l love to dream this when I 20 to
give the young bride Joy. It is the natural
tendency of feeling touched by loveliDess,
that fears nothing for itself; and il ever yield
to darkened feelings, it is because the light
of the picture ia changed. I am not fond Of
dwelling upon such changes, and will not
fninutely now. alude to It only because l
trust that my simple page will be read by
soma of the young and beautiful beings who
daily move across my path; and would whis-
per to them as they glide by joyously and
confidently, the secret Of an unclouded future.
The picture / have drawn above is not Pc
cular. It is colored like the fancies of the
bride; and many, Oh! many an hour will she
sit, with her rich jewels lying loosely in her
fingers, and dream such dreams as these. She
believes them, toe--and she goes on while
andeceived. The evening Is not too long
white they talk Of Plans for happiness, and
the quiet meal is still pleasant and delight
ful novelty Of mutual reliance and attention.
There comes soon, however, a time when per-
soaal topics become bare and wearisome, and
slight attentions will not alone keep up the
social excitement. There arc long intervals
Of silence, and detected symptoms of wesri-
ness; and the husband, first, in his manhood,
srsaKs in upon the hours they we're wont to
spend together. I cannot follow it circum-
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