Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-03-22
THE RASH MARRIAGE.
By HgS. JULIA c. r. D0RR.
CHAPTER /.

To er he WIS
Fen IS Lr ther-but 40 more.
II was a naTnc
Tint please him an p;eased hun no. IN why,
Time taught hlnad eep dnSwer-whea size loeeI
Another. The Di:EAN.
"Never-Theresa Gordon-I tell you
never. lnever would forgive a man
who doubted my truth - And Adelaide
Lindsley's dark eyes flashed aud her lip
curled haughtily.
Better not be too confident. Ade-
laide." replied Theresa Gordon, Il have
known girls TO do grea: many things
that they had been very sure they should
never DO"
"And 50 have l." added the third of
the trio--fair Kate Warren-the widow
ed sister of Adelaide Lindsey. 'and par
ticularlv Win regard TO matrimonial af-
fsirs. When ] hear young lady saying
shat she shall Hever marry-oh, no. she
would not marry for the word-not she =
generally take il for granted that she is
only waiting for all offer. And don't you
remember Charlotte Pierce? she was al.
ways ssying that noth;ag could ;aacce
her TO marry a widower--and what was
The result? Why she married man who
had lost two wives and had six children.
And there was Susan Leonard-she would
never be the wife OF any other than tall.
diguified man. considerably older than
herself | saw her las, week in company
with her husband. He is just about as
tall as YOU are, Adelaide. and looks full
five years younger than herself. 1t is just
81 almost always, and as for you. sis,
expect you would forgive not only seven
times but seventy times seven.'"
"You ere very much mistaken. girls.
both of you, was the reply; Il believe
know my own heart quite as well as you
can possibly know it. gould forgive a
great many unkind aud hasty. words. for
| know | am passionate and irrita Bile my
self, and might often deserve to receive
them. | do not know but / might
really think could--forgive :ncons tan
cy. if it did not lasl too long; but /
could not. l srould not continue to love
one who dared 10 doubt me-"
''You are a queer girl. Adelaide" said
Theresa. sometimes hardly know what
TO make of you. What il George Tiden
were here?"
That would not alter the case.
should say precisely wha: say now. The
man who wishes TO call me his wife mus
trust me with perfect trust"
But, my dear sister," asked Kate,
could you not trust as implicitly? You
love George Tilden, and expect to marry
him. but think circumstances nigh: "a
rise that would lead you to doubt his
truth"
No. Kate, would not believe that
he was false to me unless his own lips
plead guilty to the charge; and demand
equal confidence from him."
But some people are naturally more
suspicious--more inclined to be jealous
than others; could you not make allow
snces for ihat?"
Il don't think that ought TO make any
difference. George Tilden knows that
love him; he has gained the confession
from me--not easily nor with out effort
not SO lightly that he might be justified
IN thinking that | was won by the love
more than by the lover, and that the next
pair of eloquent lips that chose might
WOO me to like confession--but sober
no right TO distrust me. II he should
"Well, what If he should? 1t is al
ways best to be prepared for emergen-
cies. + da"
You think l am only joking. Kate.
but am in sober earnest. Then / should
tell him that his heart was at his own
disposal again. and that he had better
place IL in the keeping OF one whom lie
: could trust
Ine group 10 whose conversation we
have Just been listesing. would, together
with their surroundings, have formed a
fine study for an artist. Only one CT the
three gir!s-for Kate Warren altbouob
she had, in the short space of seven months
worn both the bridal wreath and the wid.
ow's veil. had hardly passed the age of
girlhood--was the rossessor of more tina n
ordinary beauty Yet as they sat there
upon that NOISY bauk. just within the