The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-04-02
From Household Wsrds.
Saving Little, Wasting Much.

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@ lie WIS too old, too grave lsnme said ausierf
e and others su.leul and she wss TOO young
\ and too inexperienced 70 understand herself
|. IL was ply they said. llh the father all
1 lowed IL, but be- was such q careless, indihrS
4 ent good-for-nothing fellow that be was uei,
. ther guide nor father 20 her, and did not
, trouble himself 10 70 what became of her
r. Therefore some among the friends took lhe
Other side, and thought anything good WtifU
should rescue her from an uucongenial home
\ and give her that protection and respectable
, Ivy, which she scarcely received from her
father, with his dyed hair aud padded coats
out oil day and up all night, GlinR his house
with strange men Of questionable habits and
/ associations The ayes had Il, and tho mar,
daga preparations went on, Pretty Annie
Fare iudulged iu her quiet dreams of peace
and home, and drew out far herself the plan
of her housekeeping which was 90 be- so won
derfully perfect aud completes and picture
the delight that she should find In the order
and regularity OF her married lie, aud vac
cooteulcd' satisfied, and quite resolved,
Percy Clarke himself though he was grave
and somewhat stgrn lo those with whom be-
had no special connection, had been de'ot-
ed sou lu that unuybbc old mother VI hiss
and was not that a guarantee Tor Annie
Then, how calm and uniform he was IN biz
manner, 60 her and this was much 10 tim
I'd reserved nature, such as Aonicsi whose
nerves had been Jared by her fathers noisy
l.fc aud dissolu,r imperative Ways, and o.
whom that whirlWind Of passionate, demon
strnti'e, Unsuitable love, which noyelists and
youth delight in, would have been simple
destruction, Annie reasoned deliberately
about her marriage, aud did not think il o
had thing on tac whole, Although she was
only twenty and be- dghtand-ihrty and
though her rich brown hair hung bright and
thick and warm over her young face, and his
wandered spare and gray down his sallov
shrunkcn face. She was not romsntcilly IN
love With him, shy knew that, but she res
pcctcd him, lie WIS quiet, regular and un.
cyacIing. Above al be- was relief and
release !, was not ftur" 20 turn from
without some special cause, wgctchcd a. she
was in that almo,, di.graeefl, home OF hers
and Young girl, unhappy at home, can find
many good reasons vh, her lover s Just tho
man she would have chosen, had she had the
privilege of choice.
They married, and a week ancr the m1r.
riagc he took her to his house In Bluomsbu.
~, ana hunlos real lite hogan.
Percy was the junior partner in lawycrs
office With u respectable income aud Of a
%. .I.
was 80 well suited TO him as this most com
prthens,e tcrm for hc was in all things en-
-'iucUtly and thoroughly respectable Medic
ere, too hich EaRl,sh middlc.olau rr,pcc.
liability implies. or fair average intellect
of fair Average social standings OF middle
heights by no means bad looking Ctut by no
means handsome) Of jus, such fortune as pro
icssional men have when they are comfor,a-
+ls III nliAlut al - .ni4+La- A-lii, -ul.l4-
sual taste or Wild idca--ho was the ycry
type Of the ordinary middlc-cass English
man, loved by none, hated by none, but res
peetcd by all. lie performed the customary
duties Of life with regularity and without en-
thusinsm. lie went TO church punc,ualIy
once every Sunday, in fire weather. lie W.,
a silent man at all times rarely heard TO cx.
press an opinion even on leading article or
the foreign intelligence parliamentary com.
mi'teo1 sat uncriticsod 10y him he read the
debates without advocacy, aud he did not
ccnsurc the concuct of the Generals abroad
in active service. Yet no one said his silence
arose from stupidity. On the contrary. his
friends believed him to be deep and thought
ful man, and that he could If he would say
much on all matters. His behavior to his
young wife was in harmony with the rest Of
him. lie was never harsh to her; never III.
huflored, but never tender or coressing, not
even during that frs; week spent at Dew
onshire watering-placc, wlrrn he had lain ST
lent on the sands all the summer day. with
his ha, over his eyes, and his arms crossed
behind his head, while Annie worked beside
him, and strangers thought him dreamily and
luxuriously happy. What lucky fellow to
have the dear little woman in that roundhat
for a wife, aud how madly in love with her |
he must be. But after that brief and shad- /
owy honeymoon, when he brought her home
and recommended his daily work at the
office as If nothing had happened, he might /.
have been married many years Tor all the
lover-lke attentions or tenderness he be- I
slowed on her. Annie had never been ao-
customcd to attention or tenderness, so did |
not miss them from her married life, and was
quite as happy'and contented as she expect .
ed to be. She had her house to manage, her |
servants to initinte into those mysterious Sc |
crets called ways" her weekly bills to make |
up and ponder for hours where that mistake |
Of twopence larlhing could be, she had her /
needlework to do, her collars to embroider |
her pocket handkerchief to hem, and his .
shirt-buttons and wooen socks to supetin- .