Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-07-10

NVu htNtl Will lDNt u nlun unlN YOUR lutu OF
one. You will 90 on cnioying your mighty the
ories and dreams till suddenly the Juice Of that
"lttlc western flower" drips on your cyeids,
and then | shall have the pleasure of seeing you
caress the fair large ears" of some donkey, and
hang rapturously upon its bray, till you perhaps
discover that he has pretended on your account
solely, to like roses, when he has natural pro
clllty to thistlcs and then, pitiable child YOU
will discover what YOU have been caressing, and
I spare you conclusions only, for my part,
pity the animal Now, Jane Eyre was high
ly practical person; she knew the man she loved
was only man, and rather a bad specimen at
that she was properly indignant at this further
development of his nature, but rejecting in cool
blood, afterward, that it was only his nature
and finding it proper and legal to marry him,
she did 50 to the great satisfaction of herself
and the public Iou would have made a new
ideal of st John Rivers, who was infinitely the
best material of the two, and possibly gone on
to your dying day in the belief that his cold and
hard soul wasOnly the adamant of the seraph
encouraged in that belief by his real and high
principle,a thing that went for sounding brass
with that worldly-wise little philosopher, Jane
because it did not act more practically ON his
inborn traits"
"Bah!' said Josephine "when did YOU turn
gypsy, Sally? You ought to sell dtkkcrpea
and make your fortune. Why don't you uu-
fold cttv's fate ?"
no. said I, laughing. "Don't you know
that the alilatus always exhausts the prcstcss ?
You may tell Lctty's fortune, or mincifyou will,
but my power is gone"
81 can tell yours easily, O Sibyl replied she.
You will never marry, neither for real nor
ideal. You should have fallen in love in the
orthQdox way, when you were seventeen. You
are adaptive enough to have moulded Yourself
INTO any nature that you loved, and constant
enough to have clung TO it through good and
evil. You would have been model wife, and
blessed mother. But now-,ou are too old.
my dear YOU have seen too much; YOU have
not hardened Yourself. but you have learned to
see too keenly into other people You don't
respect men except exceptions - and YOU have
seen so much matrimony that is harsh and un-
lovable, that you dread it; and yet--don't
look at me that way, Sarah | shall cry My
dear my darling | did not mean to hurt you.
am perfect fool do please look at me with
your old sweet eyes again How could r
Look at Lefty said | succeeding at last in
a laugh. And really Lefty was comical to look
at she was regarding Josephine and me with
eyes wide open like two blue larkspur flowers
her little red lips apart. and her whole pretty
surface face quite full of astoniShment.
Wasn't that nice little tableau, Lefty? ?"
said Josephine, with prctcrnatura coolness
You looked so sleepy thought I'd wake YOU
up with bit of scene from Lara Abouhir,
the Pirate Chief" YOU know we have great
deal OF private theatricals at Baltimore; YOU
should see me in that play as Flashmoria, the
Bandits bride"
Lefty rubbed her eyes little. as if to see
whether she was sleepy OF not, and looked grave;
for me, the laugh came easily enough now. Jo
vehn had LII I
the current another way.
Shall tell your fortune now, LEFTY Are
you quite walked up ?" said She.
No, thee needn't, cousin 10 thee don't tell
very good ones, think"
mo, Letty she shall not yex YOUR head with
nonsense. think your fate is patent YOU will
grow on a little longer like pink china-aster,
safe in the garden, and in due time marry some
good Friend,-ThomaS Dugdale, very possibly,
and live tranquil life here in Slcpington till
You arrive at preacher-bomet, and speak in
meeting, as dear aunt Allis did before you."
Lefty turned pale with rage. did not think
her blonde temperament held such passion.
- WON'T won't. never will :" she cried
out. 81 hate Thomas Dugdale Sarah Thee
ought to know better about me thee knows
cannot endure him, the old thing :"
This climax was too much for Jo. With raised
brows, and a round mouth, she had been on the
point OF whistling ever since Lefty began; it
was an old naughty trick of hers but now she
laughed outright.
No sort of inspiration left, Sally! must
patch up Letty's fate myself. Flatter not YOUR
self that she is going to be good girl and mar
ry in meeting; not She If there's wild, scat
ter-braincd, handsome, dissipated goddess youth
in all Siepington, it is on him that testy little
heart will fix.-and think him not only hero.
a ,,fr 1
her heart over Lefty but I'd bet YOU pack of
gloves that in three years you'll see that Juvenile
Quakeress in scarlet satin hat and feather.
with blue shawl, and green dress, on the arm
of fast young man with black hair, and a ci- |
gar i'll his mouth
Why! where did thee ever see him, Josey 2"
exclaimed Lefty. now rosy with quick blushes.
The question was irresistible. 10 and burst
into neal of laughter that woke Friend Allis |
from her nap, and, bringing her into the parlor.
forced us to recover our gravity; and presently |
Jo and took leave.
Lefty was an orphan, and lived with her cous |
in, Friend Allis. too, was alone but | kept
uny house in Slepington, part of which rent |
ed, and 10 was visiting me.
AS we walked home, along the quiet street |
oNerhung with willows and sycamores, said to |
her, :" 10, how came YOU to know Letty's sccretp"
you; but drew the inference of her tastes from
her character. She is excitable.-even passion |
ate but her formal training has allowed no
scope for either trait, and suppression has but
concentrated them. She really pines for some |
excitement; what, then, could be more natural |
than that her fancy should light upon some per-
son utterly diverse from what she is used to see
That is simple enough. hit upon the black
hair on the same principle, " like in difference"
The cigar seemed wonderful to the haf-fright- |
ened, all-amazed child but who ever see a fast
young man without cigar?"
am afraid it is Henry Maiden" said I, |
meditotively; 4" he is all you describe, but he is
also radically bad besides, having been in the |
Mexican war, he will have the prestige of hero
to Lefty, How can thepoor girl beundeceiyed |
before it is quite too atep"
What do you want to undeceve her for
Sally DO you suppose that will prevent her
Mr. MaldenP"
d" should think so most certainly
Not in the least. Ifyou want Lefty TO mar
ry him, just judicously oppose it. Go to l,er,
and say you come as friend to tell her Mr.. |
Malden's faults, and the result will be, she will
hate you, and be deeper in love with him than
ever"
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