Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1856-01-25


which should have seen it and put an end to
st before now. You would never have been
10 meek, and so easily obedieut A man who
loves, mover loses his sense Of domination; il
he obeys, it is for beseeching and carosscs,
for loves sake, not because he recognizes a
stronger nature than his own; and you know
! am stronger than You in several traits.
Amen said t. rather satrically
Sow, don't bc disagrecahlc, Tom | ain
striving for your good, as Deacon ,lathcr
says. when tutors his boys You don t
love me for still another reason, that you
never thought Of it till this morning. Is that
love born of spring days idlcncss, the
tickle caprice Of sunshine and sUuth-wiud
Nonsense it is only au apt illustration Of
DR., Watts truisin, that
SO Satan finds some mischief s,Hl
lor idle hands to do"
'lon't wincc. for it is fact honestly
now, did YOU c,,r think OF making love TO
me when you had anything else to do J see
You can't answer, and that is speech enough,
Besides If you had lovod me, you would
have considered me before yourself, aud led
me carefully and tcnderIv toward taking the
ono adhesive step Of a womans life.
gave lon. sigh. ! was becoming con
WINGED, awl continued Of something l,iv dl1
not iutcrI to prove. 10 you acknJulclgc,
Tom
y es, =uppo.c ! must, but really Ill1y,
| thoncht loved you, aud ! nj not sure
yet
| hope you do l,ye ne after mo4e,4te
fashion, but you are not IN love with me, Is
] intend to prove to you in the second place
because you are in love with sDmebo1y else 10
am resigned g said l. inwardly amused
Al her confident tons and he it acknow ledSe1
little terrified also for began, under her
minute questioning TO be partly c,nacious #
no matter what, yet
Now. expect you to be a honest as sou
have hitherto shown yourself, Tom, for
am going to question you more closely than
beiole. You have had dreams--all men and
women htve-of home and Il future be
sides, | know you went, not six weeks ago.
to look at Deacon Mdther S new houses up-
on the !ill. Yes, don't disciaim ! know it
was with an eye to your architectural sketch
eG, hut did not your dreams come back
there Was there not figure diml7 visi-
be al the long window, face turning to the
gate ezrectantiv, and pair of neat aud
busy hands in the housewife ekep'' Now,
were they nobody's hands .
began to feel rather restless how came
she to know what thought
Moreover. Is there no lady among your
acQuaintances with whom you feel an entire
se ., t"'es' teo' unu .i1euIih sI1 "nosv Gu
liz eve, - ELL ?i'n M s'I eUl' " fHoI' st,es
G.i t'''r ,,i' t,s s''yH.r,S
when you arc tired, or sa1, as comfor;ins
and soothing presence no eyes to which
You turn for sympathy in the expression Of
thought or feeling and always find it no
hands from which You e1pec, and receive the
thousand namcless acts of forethought and
hoJ tboncbt n .G,ns n,,r,nsn rYf a,,l ,o.
half conyirts5 bnt not f,Ilv onnn,h ".a -, s'' nro
80. t,o on Lizzv like to hear yon.' said
pT.ctin, AN ipcr.,ul,us laurb
Yon are not honest. REPLIED my co,ochist
yonr lau III was in a false kew il bctrnys
Won but will 90 ON. Is there not ono rcr.
SON whom Won e.. n constant uisb to shnltnr
fr,m un tI,. hardness nf lit;. to nro,oct =,
ruard to s,rcmr,hcn whose imaac ,VyHr conoccts te
i,.Jr in .nno w,v vith .v.rv osnect ~ 10
future. without whose ever rccurrinc ;dna
neitber rro.ent nor rut,re cntnr int9 vo,r
im,p,ninr in whom Won uncon,,iouslv bore
Narrower i. there no ono whom vour hn,r,
tells Won. with undcniable Instinct loves Won
ns ,nnn sbnulI h, l,val-yitb cntiro dc,,,
t;on nrJ ,nrc tenderness , r,t;,r, r,;,h ana
a ,nrr"wEI rnn.tancv, thot ynu rnlv IN
without acknowledging it, DO voi pot
trust her as YOU did YOUR mother, l. shc
not a part Of youreclf so truly. that, iii
some sudden lirbt should awaken you van
could not rorcsive vou lovc1 her Iro po,
her snr, dirk cyo.S-,
they're not dark tbcv arc GRAY Nor
Lizzy joushcI indeed and tnn Tho Lv
cirl Twas quito in her rnvor
a.. Nv dear Tom. do Won sunroso h,y. r,t
known this three months that You woro vnrv
ouioilv slijin. (not f,llinc, N ln,o ,r;,i
Helen Stanton1 Of course sav il md an
did half tho viIlsco Ae far Torr o,,Iai,
tbiz morning think 7 have rriIv aooo,,ntod
far th.t and now having sb1un -on -
voursell and BROUGHT v.u to confession do
you forgive nv laughter IoUn II "a. ali
nnkind hut how cenld 7 bolr II =
I i don,t pead to f,r,ire rn,
yop have dane mo r1sat serr,ce randd,
a, mvself
Don't yonde,. Int art Tam 7 had ~
authorize 10 ssv uh,t I 1;d ,Lo,,, H.,
liking v1n but nv oun oLsorvat;au .nd 7 7
am hv no means ,nfallibIo sh,,I IDn ~. .
Iau,b IF sbo ra;ects you os,rro a,i NV
This sny,ast;nn node oa tbor33rrh
ouiet I could no LONGER rerre.s an in,1srt, ~
hence had beon trvine 70 r,tor rnx ~ ~.
6ftenn m;nn,es ,We Shall .ne sa,ns ,as
inc miserable caricature Of conf consdsncs TuSaH ~
And, by tho way, Lzzy, how came YOU to
be SO well read IN the statistics of the tender
passion, as you have shown yourselfr [
accompanied the question with malicious
stare at Liz1y, whose face was instantly
double-dyed with crimson. and her hands
working relentless destruction with the bough
of aprle blossoms
Why-to he honest-l don 't-oh msant
Helen, by the wild pigeon, Tom
Yes, | know YOU did but [ am not 10 he
blinded by that fash Of the oriole Where
did Your wisdom come from Lizzyu
oh YOU sce-deor Inc how sillv nm =
Tom, am going to be married TO Georrs
Stanton, and that is what [ BROUGHT you ont
here to tell YOU, and then wasted two mortal
bours t,,I;u, v,,, that ,,o,, ,r,r, Ia l,,o 80; H.