Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-28
Idon't you tell me i cam. afford TO. mar

don't you tell me I ean's afford to- mar
lry!' g... as9i1 ps,.ytaos..b si,a1 =
THAT is for you &c, decide, for every
thing depends upon the habits Of he
whom you make your wife, 10 q I.sa
This ID my difficulty. When EconGid
er the way the young girls have beer
brought up, I look with a good)deAl o
timidity upon the future. mas thinking
as you came, that would not call there
for month. l am afraid I have gone s
little too far already ~ gig
Think we'll before you decide. Young
you know, has not much of future
with which TO portion his daughters
One half of my salary would hardly
pay for the new silk dresses IhaYe known
LaTina to have within the year
I dare say it would not I wonder hel
father let's her dress SO much aS she
does.'
Mr.. Young is one of the best men ]
ever knew. He is true Christian. They
say he gives away immense sums of mo-
ney every year in charity
He is in good business
True; but doubt 1.-The has accumula-
ted anything. Mrs. Young. think. is
of another stamp. She wants to be a
fashionable woman, and fancy her hus
band is rather opposed to following the
mode. He,is peaceable man, howey,
er, and suppose would not have stor.
my house as no great moral point is at
issue f11
4 have been told that she is master Of
the house.
No, not quite SO strong as that; though
I think everything in the family would
have been different, if he had married
another woman. You think, then, that l
cannot afford TO marry?'
You certainly cannot support her in
her present style of living7'
Il believe ! shall not call there again
at present. You speak my own mind.
| will go tomorrow and hint at my in.
tention, SO that there shall be no misun.
derstanding.'
Think well. Charley, aud mont let me
influence you tco much
Charles had given the matter very
careful consideration, and made up his
mind that he could not marry Lavina
without stipu!aling beforehand that she
must abandon her extravaganza in dress.
It would have been an awkward stipuls-
tion, but il " wou!d have been madness to
make a girl his wife who would ruin him
in single year.
But while Charles and his friend are
considering the matter. We will make q
call at the comfortable abode of the
Youngs. Perhaps some of the. lover 5
fine description Of the lady dear may be
falsi6ed. but We cant help that, Esslos
CHAPTER II. "a reafss
It was not the most aristocratic, resi-
dence in the city. Mr.. Young had, built
and and now owned the, house in which
he dwelt. It was all that a reasonable
man could possibly desire; and thousands
would consider structure far less spa
cious and elegant, far less luxuriously ap-
pointed, all that the heart could desire,
It was q cold day in January-a very
cold day. Even the fierce blasts Of hot
air. which the CRATE furnace poured into
the apartment produced no effect upon
the thick coating of frost that clung to
the plate.glAss OF ,he windows. The
CRATE too was piled high with Goals, and
before it were seated the two daughters
Of she merchant.
The warm and pleasant apartment was
paradise Of comfort Il would have
seemed very heaven TO the denizens OF
the cellars and attics in the obscure quar-
ters Of the Puritan eity-even without
including the angels who sat before the
Ere.
4 haven't dress that is 6t TO wear,
said one Of the Misses Young.
1t MAS Charles Walkers divinity who
was thus poorly off for suitable garments;
yet any person observing the elegant silk
dress she wore would have deemed it q
piece OF exSggeration.
Nor either, replied the other. j
do wish Pc would be little more like
other folks in these mAtters.'
He says he cannot afford such sys,
TEN Of extraTagsnce.' added LaVina.
Extravaganza! he thinks We are
e1travsgant. wonder what he would
say 70 the Livingstons and HerbertsP
Sure enough
But we must have some new dresses.
Your blue silk will do very we'll &c
wear to the ball, Jane
so uill your green do just as WELL
Here is pa IS she spoke. Mr.. Young
entered the room.
LNVlna placed the great rocking chAIl
before the fro for him, and then brought
'I.i' dresdful cold. isp'ts2'
Pretty cold
we verejust speaking OF something
when you came, P1. said Jane.
Indeed laughed Mr.. Young. Are
you sure it was not nonsense?'
Each Of US wants new silk dress pa,
said LaYina.
II vas nonsense, then.'
I'VE need them very much
DO you?' sad the father laughed a
| the preposterous assumption.