Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-09-25

Il half suspected thatsI was in love, and aftc
4 keeping up q correspondence with her fol
i nearly year, finally concluded that it wa
q fact" 'a's
1" You did" said with laugh, "weil
4 think your conclusion ought to have been .
!. correct one, for you were long enough at it
4 and
Il He interrupted me with an impatient gree
ture, and continued. aYes J really loved her
4 but being inclined to place rather low esti
mate upon myself could not believe thai
| she loved or could be made to love. | would
ask again, and again seeking in vain for an
answer. / hesitated week after week, be-
tween hope and fear, fear for the most part
l;predomlnating but at length l resolved to
1 write and have my fate decided. | received
favorable answer, but still was not satisfi-
led, l could Not believe that she loved me, my
individual self, and so resolved to test the
matter further. M
'iE~ /" Iconcealed my real feelings, wrote to
her like an enraptured lover, named the time
when / would return aud claim her as my
wife if SO early date should be agreeable
to her; but added that I had been quite un-
fortunate of late, and lost my property by
one Of those unforeseen contingencies, against
which it was impossible to provide-that !
stood Just where did eight years ago, with
the exception of the experience | had gained,
which considered fortune in itself. aud with
it, aud her presence and smiles to cheer me
l could soon make up for the loss had sus
tanned. waited anxiously for her answer to
this letter, but it came full soon enough
She begged me to excuse her, as she had
changed her mind in regard to matrimony
preferring single life, for the present, at
least" Here he paused and gave deep
sigh.
And was that all she said p asked.
Was it not enough?" he replied, and ris-
ing he went abruptly out"
swell, Helen, if you are through, sup.
pose You will allow me to talk now"
Certainly, coz. I wish TO hear your op
inon upon the subject"
{" | have but one question to ask and then
your wish shall be gratified. Is the lady mar.
ried 2" ~ eelf
/" She is not but what difference does that
maker"
" 1t makes great deal of difference in my
eye if she was the sinister person that
be represents her to be, she would have beer
iooled into her deserts before tbs time b
some unprinciple adventurer,or some old mo
ncy repository" Nojudging by what know
Of human nature and by his own story,
believe him to be contemplate fool and hel
the really injured person."
~ do not see by what process of reasoning
you arrive at such conclusion
" By the easiest in the world, He ha:
fallen victim of his own suspicious and he
deserves it."
'You would not wish him to marry one
who wanted him only for bis wealth %
T" Certainly not but we have no proof
that the lady in question was one of that
character"
" How, then, do you account for her con
duct 70
i "Very easily. In the first place, he shows
by his own words, that he sets higher value
upon wealth than he does upon himself, fol
he says that, not valuing himself very highly
he could not believe that she could see any
thing in him to love, but he could believe
that she could lave his money, verg naturally
tconcluding that she would value that which
he considered most valuable. In the second
place, person of much discernmcnt could
see that such a letter as he says he wrote
was the offspring OF doubts, and not of mis-
fortune. No; an honorable man would neve.
| nave Wfltteu letler Ike Lnat, nau ne really
been stripped OF his ALL He would have
stated the facts, given back the lady her pro-
mise, and then left it for herself to decide on
accepting or refusing him in his new posi-
ton.
g. She had sense enough to see this, and an
swered him as he deserved, very naturally
concluding that if he could falsify, to test
her truth before marriage, his suspicious dis
position would lead him to adopt such a
course after marriage, as would destroy her
happiness" r.
{" But Caroline would you have a person
make no effort to avoid decep tion p
"All that he pieases, but he should do il
at the right time. hold that no man has a
right to offer his heart and hand to lady
that be does not respect enough to believe
her above mercenary motives. After he has
gon SO far as to ask her to become his wife
what right has he with suspicious and iuyes
LEGATIONS, unless her own acts force them up
on him % a
g Really Caroline, you have placed the
subject in an entirely new light. You are
the best defender Of your sex that have
ever met"
"Apd why should not defend them II
woman would be true to herself and her sis
tiers, it would not be sal J, as it now often is
, Woman is womans worst enemy.