Smyrna times., 1860-11-01
WHOLE NO za;5

l%inaiiiy, hut shy Hnd peculiar in society, wa
oy great eInillariy ri taste, thrown much n
tHe way Of 4 lady VINO rDde veil. My elder
cheeks tiEged with n D,usii WiIIle write thai.
TIC gcnl""an. not improving the hcopportunt;te
given HIN O! declaring lis sentiments, when
riding home with the lacy after hunting, ele
too step, VIII Gil, as ! an presenting the dii-
trrent usp. Cts and circumstances Of propnsals,
| fee. bo4na, however ul" iiIing, to relate -
Why s.oa,d we no; marry, Sir John J" rhe
sad. "Aa!" s"id 5.r j0ta, 81 had often
t"olgh, Of H." had married thcv were!
lacrc are fa'altiCs winch seem to Gttsrd
upon some love rS--stTangc events, unexpected
meeiings, w't.cn sometimes promote, someiimes
prevent proposals.. 4 marriage took place net
many yeas o, in the great world, fhcre the
two iCycra .iYnT Gtiacnej, but separated by
i thc desire u ii"l: paTcnts) met under an arch.
way while ctcl were taking refuge in London
.r3m Il Ell den shower o! rain. Neither had
the lest lJea q The ne gijpr ood of tho other.
when tie fUudeH meeting occurred which dc.
ciucG The course OF their future lives. In ano.
thct case the gCmeu; was broken of on &C.
count OF l.mitci means, and the gentleman
Wthl aa!oa1. Ieiugn!ng #. er some years alb.
+ sc;.cc, HG aTE'yeG late Oh the railway platform
anu ruthcd mo the i.rsj carriage he reached,
."at a. ne 'Fal" waa N motion. In it he found
with hCr mrtAer} me isly he had been so long
Fuiniy cudeavUFi1@ 10 lorgct and the meeting
ended IN one OF Tue hlppcs: Of marriages.
In matrlmonE as in other affairs, it is all
important 70 pu: tho critical question in the
way best auGpita; 20 lie character and disposi.
ton OF The person conccrnci. A gentleman
who ha., enY,ral sIs,crs-a rrecable, ecnsibIc.
aHd, some u them, iac ioo4.ng women, was
one day asked how Il happened that thew all
reachel mduie aye u":marF.cd. 81 will ex.
plan, hc Tfpiod. "Fr0yCsalS without at.
tentio7s attentions without ;,r02osaIs; and
t4iS IS lie cue 10 my eIstCrs single life" To
take an opposite cNamp!e. i friend Of mine
with warm aoart, ana qWck impulses ia
: much in the habit Of ofdecideG!y negativing anv
proposition When Egs; mauc - her, merely on
account Of it, roye''y. OHe CAV. while refer.
ring TO her marriage, inquired how il hap.
; pened, with her dislike to new suggestions.
that she dld not say no, when her husba nd
propose! 20 her. "hh!" she said. al did !.
: but he knew my habit, aud put tho question in
such waysthat saying meantyes."
tasty: Always secure your retreat in love
as IN war. This is prscawiion never 10 .ha
neglected. Mr. A, brother to the late
: Loru l. whose proud and naughty temper
} was proTerbial, proposed to lady in Portma n
Square Gardens. After being refused, tho re-.
jected lover turned away from her in great in.
i dignation, Lnt, finding the gate of the garden
+, locked, was Gpl'ged 20 turn to the lady 10 peti.
!! ton for the key. Another case, still more
!, trying, was that Of gentleman travelling in
/" the North OF AInerca, who, after being hospi.
70 tably received in the house Of an officer hieb
in command there, proposed TO his hosts
= daughter the evening before his intended de.
- parturc, ana was refused. deem fall of snow
q came on in the night; the roads became i'm.
passabic; and thr poor man, 10 his unspeaka
hle modification, was detained for q week in
- the house with tiIa lady who had rejected him
= Such ere some Of The incidents relating tr
= proposals which occur 10 me at this moment
= Stranger end more varied cases will probab
= rise up 10 the memory Of most of my readers
- surrounded, IN some instances, by sad and soft
: en.hg Teco!cctIo's; Cn,0!ttcred, in others, by
! long an unavatilrg regrets.
- P"uSe, then, aud prosper, my young readers
- Bear with Yen cn Your pathway the elderly
chaPcron's hrst W shes Tor your happy entrance
:" into this Land Of promise. Remember the Ital
= ian prnyerb, that marriagC, based on mutua
esteem, built up by lasting affection, an,
crownc- by Heavens blessing, is the fair rem
nant lett US on earth o! the institutions of Pa
a TadIse.