The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-09-05
SELECTED TALES.
MARRYING WELL;
or,
THE SPIRIT OF sEvENTY.sIx.
CHAPTER I.
PRUDENTIALS.

We mus: discourage Rogers visits
husband" said Mrs. Hartweli, {" or Lucy
will be lost"
Marr'ed, You mean, my dear"
And would not that I've the same rs
lost, Mr.. ilmtwell Only think, dauyh.
ter OF ours married to shoemaker
You would turn Roger out of doors. # il
were not for his politics"
why, wife, | have often heard vou
praise his Industry and excellent charac.
ter, and he deserves it--for he is really n
very clever, sensible young man.
80 he IL, husband, good in his way.
and at his trade; but can YOU think him
nj company for our Lucy, the only child
OF justice Of the peacel'
Now, Squire Hartwell happened 10 he
IN self cornplacent moo.l. lie was seat.
ed IN his deeP.cushioned, high backed ell
oow-eha'r, (aponderous machine, contain
ing sufficient materia! to frame q modern
'asli'onabie cottagc,) smoking his after
noon pipe, and watching through the
window the operations Of his reapers in
the broad held Of wheat which covers
many am acre OF the gently rising ground
east OF the dwelling. Here were two
s'urces of satisfaction ion--personal ease, AL
the contemplation Of his property. Then
IBIS wife had touched most agreeable
vein, his magisterial dignity. Luckily for
RsEer, she did not urge to the utmost.
Squire llartwell had held the office Of
justice OF the peace for number of years
and had, only week before the com
mencement OF my story, received tho ed
ditiopal hopper Of 4. oucrum.n 10 ~. jus
siccship. Like all novelties, this last hon
o. seemed Of far greater Importance than
h2 commission. Had his wife opIy said
Justice OF The peace ami quorum" poor
Roger would have been a lost case. But
now, after deliberately shaking the ashes
from his pipe, Squire Har.weI sat ur in
his chair with the bearing of man who
Is intending to give impartial judgment,
let the matter terminate M it mrsy. ..-.-
~" fear, wife. you are inlulginy too
much pride. Are YOU not every day
complaining Of arbitrary distinctions Of
power. an,i crying out against the opres-
sion OF Parliament, and the insolence of
tho lords? And shall we now cast aside,
rs OF no account, n vessel which NAV
have been made unto honor, merely be-
cause it has MT been fashioned in the
same pattern as ourselvesl No, no, wife
such pride will never do for Christians. i"
q" Are you willing that our Lucy, as
god and lovely girl as the colony oi
Connecticut can show, should marry A
sho, m ,ker -
Il did not say that, my dear. Surely,
i can like Roger without wanting him for
a son.in law though think Lucy might
look further ard chooee worse"
She might marry Seth Trumbull."
Probably" ~-.r--- -'..-
t" ! have heard you say he was pro,
missing young lawyer"
Yes, he promises well, but il is the
performance that makes the man."
Then Dr. Walker is dying for her y
!" if he is good Doctor, he can cure
himself"
'But only think of the difference be
tween him and Roger !"
Yes, Roger is three inches the talles,.'
How you talk, Mr. Hartweil. Ineve,
like to hear joking on serious matters.
mink DR. Walker will be good match
for Lucy. He is gaining practice very
fast, and you know he belongs TO re.
spectacle family"
= AOf tories"
There, now, politics mast be brought
in. wish might never heaf the word
tory again"
say amen to that wish, my dear
sFsre there no tories amongst us, we
shosld bring Parliament IN reason. Il Is
DIR. Walker and such rs he, who strength.
en the hands Of government against us,
and encourage this constant encroaeh.
SnaDt on our rights"
don't know what he has done but
he has said that he didn't care about the
stamp act, II he was obliged 10 purchase
stamps for bis pill paper. but"
suppose be was only joking"
But Roger would never have said
sach word in any way. He is true
Wing, every inch Of him, and when the
struggle comes he wiz be found in the
fs,pt ranks."
ycorHsar mo, Mr. Hartwell; do YOU
tnink our people win ever dare 10 feht
the British soldiers r. =
Dasei Yes, indeed, IL the Parlia.
ment oontnpss TO oppeess us. And Il
every man had the spirit Of Roger, we
should beat them, too,- he added, in a
low tone.
.WelI, I declare. you frighten me-
But cannot believe such terrible times
ever viii come; and think people bot.
tor attend 70 their own private affairs, aud
let the government alonsn
SO DR.. walker Gays, my deaf.s
And Il is my own opioion, my dear
souo iwondes ] should esteom him.