The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1861-02-27

BY r. s. ARTHUR,

| a 16SAA 0AOV0S oWSSAo6Vs l
BY T. s. ARTHUR.
Two maidens in youthful bloom and bel
lty sat earnestly talking. Their thought Is
reaching away into the future; their thep
was marriage.
u like him well enough, "said one of thd;
"but-"
"What is the impediment, Alices"
"His income is too small"
"What is ita"
; Slight hundred dollars year"
"You might live ON that" /
alive! Bah! What kind Of lving9"
"Not in priuceIy style, will admit"
"Not scarcely in plebeian, Fanny. EiSt
; hundred dollars! Why, father pays six hl-
dred dollars rent; and I'm sure our stylelf
!. living is plain enough! Eight hundred! q,
e no. I like Harry better than any youg
man l have met. could love him, no douI;
but be can't support wife in any decet !
kind of style"
'Did your father and mother begin thej
married life on larger income than Har!
Pleasants now receives! Mine did not, asl
have often heard them relate"
"Father and mother! Oh, according tt
their story, Jobs famous turkey was scarcely
Ipoorer than they were in the beginning
Mother did all her own work, even to The
washing and ironing, believe. Fathers in
come was not over three or four hundred dol
lars year."
! "And they were happy together, | am
lsure."
'"No doubt. In fact, I've heard mother
say that the first hard struggling years Of
their life were among The happiest SHE bad
known. But that dosen't signify for me.
That is no reason why her daughters should
elect to 60 into the kitchen, and spend her
years in washing, ironing and cooking. lfa
man isn't able to support wife genteely ,aud
in the style to which she has been accusiom-
ed, let him marry some Irish cook, sewing
girl, or washerwoman, who will manage his
household with the needed economy. Young
men who can't earn more than eight hundred
or thousand dollars a year, should not look
into our circle for wives"
Il don't like to hear you talk in this way,
Alice" said her companion. "We are not
superior beings, but only the equals Of men,"
ibid say we were superior?"
Zone might infer from your language that
Yop tbpnaht 7,-r--,.
.Our circle for wives, you said just now"
eyes"
.What do you mean by thatl" .
"a circle Of intelligence, scfinement, taste
and cultivation" replied Alice.
"You don't say wealth.
"No. NY father, though living in good
al. "a not rich. I have heard him say,
more than once, that we were up to our IN
come"
.Then, we have only our own sweet selves
I with which to endow our husbands. NO
houses or lands; no stocks from which to Draw
an income; noting substantial on which 70
lclaim the right Of being supported IN costly
Iidleness. We must be rich indeed as TO per-
sonal attractions"
1--WE are educated, accomplished, and
land" :.
Alice was q little bswildered in thought
land did not finish the sentence.
,1t---.a1-- le.tar. aducatad or accomplished, 4.
tgirls, than are most OF the young men who
as clerks, earn only from seven hundred to q
Thousand dollars year. In this regard, VIC
are simply their equals. But it strikes me
'n:s, ~ .no'neI we. o' tnS m case We c"uno'
Ic!1m even IN equanty. iney are our suPe
'Not BY any means," replied Alice.
sWe shall see. Here i Harry Pleasants
for instance. What is his incomes l think
yos ~: men.iOnea Ine sum just now.
T,gn' nuno!ea collars : year
4 na' !, 'ne interest on-now mucn'-1e'
%s seeLsDou. we've thousand dollars. lo
q e9us'' g malcn TOT Barry, tnen, you
'nUa,a aM g worm "a, we've e,o .nousand DOLLARS
How you talk, FANNY
me Poln1,oon1 y 4 We are DOL su-
Pe.'o! . 'os Young men VINO VISIT ns; supe-
l.Is "IPy - siI.ae q cur sex, .nen our =.
only :a S.aam . De n1nosome:y supPoI.ea Y Y
'u'e se''.'neu.gsnce, musl .,e = me Iao' W.
=, We snuos ~ nuso.Ia' IS wl'1 senc,en' ~ot'o-
!y 49, - 1s.Isn. .ns c0no'''on'
i aro ~ .s,.e - ".oa' sesa W.. e, .
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