Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-03-21

'' Hush, hush, uncle y she interrupted
. You must not imagine that ever had an
offer
Mustn't |, though? Iguess I've had op-
porlunity enough to learn, and now don't you
wish you had accepted some Of them, so that
you could come and live with me, and do moth
ing but crafty my bachelor whms?
Il should certainly like to live with you,
uncle, but am not sorry that ain not going
to be married, for ! am well contcntcd as
am.
. Bat you mustn't be contcntcd to live so
always, for it will not do. [ am going to send
you to Washington, with Herbert, this winter,
and if you do not make conquest that suits
you, you'll certainly be an old maid, in spite
of us all. Doesn't the idea lrghten you''
- Not bit, uncle | can find something to
do if do not get married, 50 do not fear for
me-
" shall not fear so long as-but no, | will
not say it, for you would call me a altterer,
though should not be but take my advice,
and this winter fall in love With some one who
is worthy, aud get ahead Of this couple who
have been wooing these three years and over"
and he glanced at Gerald and Euloeen.
" 1t would be of no use for me to try"
laughingly replied Genorie, and she danced out
of the room singing,
'A,ingle life's the life for me-"
After her return home, GeDoric spent few
weeks with her father and mother at Arland
Place but when the time arrived for the meet.
ing Of Congress, she went with Herbert and his
family to Washington, where we shall learn
from letter she wrote to Euloeen short time
after she reached that place, how she was pleased
with the change
WASHINGTON, Jan. ID, IS.
Mr. 0wN DARLING EULIE Your last letter,
containing the welcome intelligence of your
still continued happiness reached me ere left
home but bad not time TO answer 1t then,
and SO concluded to wait until | was safely
settled in winter quarters. As there has nearly
n fortnight passed since came. you may be
thinking that have been in no haste to write,
but have had so rluch TO take Up NY Tins
or,rr,rsan5sy % 80 so.
have nice little room next to Bclle's, !.
one of the most quiet boarding houses of this
city Capital of our Union, and though | have
not yet become much acquainted, | think
shall not be homcsck for the present. If you
were here, should have no fears of such
thing but since | know that you are so happy
at home, must content myself without you.
| have attended four or five brilliant soirees,
nh, o,J ,.oL1
and elegantly music and dancing, flirting
and gosspng, and, withal, every elegance thar
one could ask for but as yet, | have seen no
one who | think, will induce me to follow un-
cle's advice, which was, you remember, :" to
fall in love with somebody who was worthy,
&c, unless, perhaps, it should be Mr.. Clay
ton, q think they called hiu) to whom | was
introduced last evening. He assuredy had
very proposing appearance, and there was such
n respectful air of refinement in the few senteu-
ces which he addressed to me- that | felt pleas
ed with him. Yet when | relate that us he
moved away from my side lady who stood
near me pulled my sleeve and whispered that |
had " received n great honor in being fortunate
enough to gain an introduction, for he was
considered the greatest catch of the season"
you will think perhaps that that was why |
was slightly interested, yet shall not a dmit
it
But why should | talk of the possibility of
my LOVING again. believe it would bo impos-
sible, for | should not dare to do SO, if thought
| could. believe that could not trust my.
self to love another The bitter lesson have
learned has made me dstrustful of all the
sterner sex, and with the exception of few, |
have no faith in the truthiulness OF man. |
know you will say this is wrong, and know
myself that because one has failed to come up
to my standard of moral excellence, | ought
not to Judge the mass rs likewise unworthy
but so | have done since my awakening from
that bright dream of three years ago. Yet
there is bright memory IN my heart of what
| then believed Murry to be but after reality
had taken away the hncied worth of my idol,
and beheld him wanting in truth and princi-
ple, from that time il is a dark remembrance.
must tell you that Murry Lynn is here in
Washington. | have met him several times
already, and ever, if meet kls eyes, they have
the old worshippng expression in them Yes,
he loves me still. / read it in his watchiuness
when other gentlemen approach me, and Her
bert also has read the same, and my dear broth.
er fears that the old love will revive in nv
heart. know it from his manner when Mur-
ry is present, for he says nothing. But think
his fears are groundless hardly imagine that
Murry's voice could again waken in my heart
the old delicious thrill which once it had the
power to do. | know it cannot but | pity
him o, Eule he is but the wreck of his
former self. His brilliant conversational pow
ers, which oncc charmed 80 much are nearly
gone, and he walks through the rooms like
man in search Of something he never expects y
find on earth, while his pale face and sunken
cheeks tell Of the worm which nestles at his