The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-05-01

'"ouSh nc was seeking something iost'
'Come, tell me, then, repeated she, 'wf
art thou siIcntT
lie collected himself, and began, hesita
inl: 1T is-tut Martha-thou must nc
be angry with me-
In surprise, shc smiled. Angry wit
thee, Jonas! III would be, and should b
could l boz
listen, Martha; I will show thee
must tell thee-I know man anxious +
have thy heart and hand-who-even VIII
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40 Jonas, reproach me rather, but do no
make mockery Of me, poor maiden = ex
claimed che, shocked or hurt, while hel
face lost all its color, and she turned from
him.
Martha, look at mo. He Is assurcdly nj
bad man. will bring him to thee; l vii
give him to thee myself.
mo, Johas, no! From thee, least Of all
can ! receivca lover
From me, Ieast of all!' asked he, with
visible emotion. From me, least of all -
And if-l don't tnow-if l would give thee
myscl(-look ut ne. Martha! Tell me.
Hero silence ensled. Sho stood before
him with downcast eyes and glowing checks
and played with her apron.string. Then,
rs If still doubling, she looked up again,
her eyes swimming With tears, and said,
with trembling lips: What must / say,
then"
Jonas took courage, and whispered, half
aloud: 'Dost thou love me with oil thy
heartT
lIalfaloud. Martha whispered back, 'thy
heart knows it,
.Cans't thy heart be satisfied with dry
bread and salt?'
Rather salt from thee than tears from
mc.'
Martha, will work for thee; wilt thou
save for me?'
Twill be sp,rins in everything, except
myown pains
'Wcll, then, darling, here is my hand !!
TAX, it. Wilt thou be minc?'
WAS not thino eight years ago and
more Even us child. Yet no It ought
not 10 be, Jonas
Alarmed, he looked in her face and asked,
Not DC, and why?
Think well over it, Jonas Do thyselI
no injustice Any other bursher's daughter
in the town would be glad to give thee her
hand and heart, and good dowry beside.
thou mightSt live much better
Say nothing about that cried Jonas,
stretching out both his hands implorinsly.
'Bs still l shall feel that am but begin.
ming to live, if thou wilt promise to live
with mo-
Live, then = said she, in blushlng en-
hrrassmcnt, ,eand gave him her hand.
lie took her hand, and ut the same time
claspcd his bride to his bosom, that heavcd
with unwontcd emotion. She wcpt on his
brtast in silent joy.
We would fain, if we had room, add to
this the marriage sermon, preached by the
bridegroom, and well preached, too Tor
Jonas had knowledge, although, US he said
himself, he never found half 30 much in
books as is lying everywhere about the road.
Martha was just the wife for the honest,
scn,ib hand.worker and, Us it frequently
happens with such characters, his affair
from the date Of his marriage
lie took large house in better situation
for trade; and, having presented the use
less 'mastcr.picce'-which nobody would
buy-to the Prince, he was rewarded by
the dignity Of 'NIastcr-girdler to the Court.
But still 'upriGhtly and hardly the court
girdlcr lived with his wife, just as before
active in the workshop and warehouse, at
markets and at fairs. Year after year aed,
though, before the last guildcr could be paid
of Of the debt on the house, days of JOY and
of sorruw succeeded each other in turn
They were all received with gratitude to
God-these us well US those
We now come nastily to the third gcncr
alton. for Jonas had u son called Veit, who
was ut first apprenticed to his father, and
then sent to travel Us journeyman. The
palriarch had no education at all Jonas
had snatched at his just as opportunities
permitted; but Veit went regularly through
the brief and practical curriculum fitted for
Il tr.desman's son. lie was, consequently,
better informed and more refined than either
his father or grandfather; and spent 80
much time in gaining thorough insight
into the branches connected with his own
business that honest Jonas was quite puz-
zlcd.
Where did the boy get all thcs, notions?
said he. 'lle did not get them from me, IN
sure
Veit had a bad opinion Of tho travelling
custom, and for these reasons - slow
should these men, most OF them badly
brought up, attain to any greater per(cc-
ton in their business if they have left home
and school without any preparation for it :?
No one can understand, if his understand
ing has been developed. From one publ.
can they so to another, FROM one workshop
to another ; everywhere they find the old
common track-thc mechanical, mind!css
life of labor, just as in the very first place to
which they were sent to learn their trade.
At most, they acquire dcIterity by practice.
Now and then they learn trick from u
master, or scta receipt, which had eeen
cautiously kept secret when possessed Oi
this they think something Of themselves -