Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-06-27
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LOVE AFTER MARRIAGE.
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE "CoTTAGE IN
f THE GLEN" sENsIBILITY," &c. \
CONTINUED


f" Then why do you attend parties if
you do not like them? ?"
"Becausc Mr.. Westbury thinks it proper
that l should -'i t.'. .'.'
"And so you 60 to him, like miss to her
papa and mamma, to ask him what you
must do :" said Mrs, Cunningham, laugh
ing. "rhis is delightful, truly But for
my part, caunot see why l have not as
good ight to expect Edward to conform
to my taste and wishes, as he has nae to
conform to his And SO Westbury makes
you 60, whether you like it or not I"
"No, indeed" said Mrs. Westbury, "I
never expressed to him my aversion to
going, not wishing him to feel as if were
making a great sacrifice, in complying with
his wishes"
"Well, this is pretty, and dutful, and
delicate" said Mrs. Cunningham, laugh
ing again. But don't set up for pat
tern wife, and if Edward and get along
so well as people in general, shall be sat-
is6ed. But to turn to something else
How do you like Miss Eldon :" it5...
81 am not at all acquainted with her."
said Julia.
"You have met her several times" said
Mrs. Cunningham. ...
Yes, but have never conversed with
her. Her appearance is greatly in her
favor. | think her very beautiful"
"Shc is called So" said Mrs Cunning.
ham; but somehow 1 don't like her looks.
To tell the plain truth, I can't endure her,
she is SO vain, and artCul, and selfcompla.
cent
IL have not the least acquaintance with
her." repeated Julia "tut it were pity
50 lovely a face should rot be accompanied
by I'm amiable heart. Arc you much &C.
quainted with her I"
"Not personally; indeed 4 rever con-
versed with her for ten minutes in my
life"
hen you may be mistaken in think.
ing her vain and artful,n said Mrs. West
bury.
"Oh. I've. seen enough to satisfy m2
fully as to that point, said Mrs. Cunning.
ham, When young lady exerts herseti
TO 'cugross the attention Of ncwly-msrried
]
men, and when she locks SO self.satisfed
at success, I want nothing more. She car
have no delicacy Of feeling-shc must be s
ccquet'e of the worst kind"
1t was row Mrs. Westbury's turn tc
change the subject Of conversation, and
simply remarking "that we should be ex.
tremely careful how We judge Of character
hastily" she asked some questions tina
drove Miss tldon from Mrs. Cunningham
mind. Soon after the visitor departed
and Julia returned to her chamber.
In the evening, when Mr.. Westbury
came iu, he found Julia reading; but she
Immediately laid down her book, and re-
sumed her work. She thought it quite as
impolite to pursue the solitary pleasure o
reading while her husband was sitting by
as to have done SO with any other compr'
Mon; and she knew no reason why he wa
not as much entitled 70 civility as stran
ger or common acquaintance. 1t was no
long before Mr.. Wcstbury inquired "wha
book had engaged her attention" 1t wa
Dr. Russell's Palestine.
"It is delightful work" said Julia =
l have just read an extract from Cha
teaubrisnd, that think one of the mos
elegant passages ! ever met with"
81 should like to hear it," said Mr.
Westbury. Julia opened her book, ant
the passage lost none of its beauty by he
reading She read the following
ro" When you travel in Judea, the hear
is at first filed with profound melancholy
But when, passing from solitude to solitude
boundless space opens before you, thi
feeling wears off by degrees, and you ex
pereuce a secret awe, which, so far iron
depressing the soul, imparts LIE, and elc
Yates the genius. Extraordinary apperr
ances everywhere proclaim land teemini
with miracles. The burning sun, the tow
ering eagle, the barren fig tree, all tn
poetry, all the pictures of Scripture ar
here. Every name commentaries mys
terry, every grotto announces prediction
every hill re.echoes the accents of pre-
phet. God himself has spoken in thes
regions, dried up rivers, rent the rocks
, and opened tho grave. The desert sti
, appears mute with terror, and you woul
im'gipo that ii had never presumed to ir