The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-07-07

THE MAY-MORN MARRIAGE
A TWENTY FIVE YEARS LOVE.
BY HARRY HARTLAND,


o the floor. For a few moments she
remained silent; then she broke out-
swapping her words out quick,as though
they We're too fiery to hold in her mouth
'What fool After she mittened
him twenty-five years ago, too. Well,
| don't know as | care, only l wish we
hadn't made quite so much ofhim," and
she rocked herself quite violently.
The cause Of Mrs. Darling's display
Of temper, was the following announce
ment, made in the columns of the cad
vertiser. Sc ARRIED,-at Vinalha-
ven, on the lst of May, by Rev. NJ Ha-
ven of Rockland, Joshua Gutter, Esq,
formerly of Liverpool, England, to Miss
PatienceLane Of Vinalhaven."
Joshua Gutter and Mrs. Phebe Oar
ling, were brother and sister and TWEEN
tw. five years previous to the lady's spite
tul soil loquy, lived very happily togeth-
er with their parents in Vinalhaven.-
Patience Lane and Joshua, had been
school children together they had
grown up playmates and child-lovers.--
She was the prettiest girl on the Island,
and he the noblest lad and at the annu-
al May day festivities, she was invaria
bly, the May Queen, and with Joshua
always led the dance. Five years She
presided At their gay festival Of flow
ers, then informed her mock subjects
that the next May morn, she, their queen,
would yield herself up, willing subject
to love; that she would take upon her.
self the holy marriage vows, in pres
ence Of all her royal subjects; and all
the villagers were glad, that they, the
noble, handsome, long betrothed pair,
were to be welded. za
That summer, while Joshua was off on
his yearly fishing voyage to the Grand
Bank, Patience went to Portland. As
was natural, she, young country girl;
who had never been to the great town
before, was completely bewildered by
the numerous attentions forced upon her
by the young men, who considered
themselves in duty bound to devote
their vast resources of small-talk and
gaIlantry exclusively to pretty face
Finally, one young man, more ardent
and asSiduous than his companions, prof,
fered his heart to Patience; and she, for.
getting for the moment, III the flow Of
soft smooth spoken words-Joshua, who
was then reckoning up the hours that
must elapse before he should again meet
with her, thought only Of the fine silk
waistcoat, the immaculate ruff, collar
and cuffs, the ponderous too and seals,
the pomatumed hair, and perfumed per-
son beside her on the sofa, and consen-
ted to a correspondence after she should
return to her native Island home.
True to his promise, the city beau
wrote to Patience the first week after
her return, and it was such a neat, chat
ty letter, so crowded with pretty moth
ings, that she could not do less than an
swtr it; so he wrote another, and anoth-
er, and still others, all of which she ans
wered, never thinking Of the wrong she
was doing her first lover, until he came
home from sea; then she felt guilty
when she took letter from the post Of
flee, but the correspondence remained
to him, and was continued
by her merely because it was novel
pleasure. But when the winter had worn
away and the spring was we'll advanced,
and their marriage began to be the dali
ly thought and theme Of both Joshua
and Patience, she repented of what she
had done, and wrote the Portland gen
tleman a cold letter of Dismissal; not
without some pangs Of remorse, but she
quoted Der conscience by saying, "lt's
the only thing that | can do -
But the Portland beau was not willing
to be put off with NO. so he went to
Vinalhaven to plead his own case, in all
the pomp and the glory of broad cloth,
satin, linen, jewelry and perfumery. At
most times, two beaux are pleasure to
a young lady, but when the lady is with
in few days OF matrimony, land the hus
is-to, be is constantly in atten-
dance, a second gallant, especially if he
be discarded lover, is only perplex-
ity. Patience found it so but the sec
ond one had come, so she decided to
treat him respectfully, and as soon as
j oshua was out Of the way, tell him all
and entreat him to go away. But Josh
ia would not give her a chance; he
continued to sit and watch the we'll
clothed stranger with suspicious eyes,
and Patience seeing that he was jealous,
the other girls envious, and everybody
else curious, of the city fop, she deter
mined to firt with him and fiirt with
him she did, most cruelty. How miser
ably young Gutter spent the first after
noon and evening Of his rivals sojourn
in Vinalhaven, I cannot say lovers
who have been placed in similar situa-
tons will know without my describing
it; those who have not, would under
stand it no better if should attempt to.
AS he was about going home that even
ing, he called Patience aside, and ask
ed
"Who is that dandy?"
GA gentleman whom / got acquainted
with in Portland last SUMNER" she
replied.
What is he here for %
Gle came to see me. Why, you ant
jealous, are you Josh ?'' and she laughe d.
swell, l don't know! But you have
treated me very singular since he has
been here, considering that you are al
most my wife" Et
"Oh! well, never mind. He did once
make love to me, and we have cores
pended since was down there last sum-
mer, and he made me a great many
presents; but l am going to be your
wife just the same"
Patty, we have been friends and
lovers ever since we were CHI ldred, al
most since we were born; never had
secret from you in my life. / always
thought that you never had one from
me, but here you have been correspcn,
ding with this fellow, whom you scarce.
ly know, and whom I never saw before,