Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-15
MARRYING 4 FARMER.


And SO. tO-morTOW yOu leave us Oh,
Amy. lrttle did L think, when saw you wed
odd - Henry kingsley, Representative from
- district. New York, tina. lie would ever
iake you 10 such q homer
And why not, my sister! / knew that he
= farmer; and vixen promised 10 be ms
prlde, expected 10 be 4 farmers wife. Nsr
would i change my lot, If could. Iexpect TO
no very happy there. All shall miss, VIII be
The loved ones 1t homer and could not ex-
Yeet b. carry them 18th me 10 my new home.
But just think OF IL, sissr! You. who have
been reared 30 tenderly, 10 work like aunt Ra-
shol, perhaps. i expect, if ever i come TO see
you 10 find you out milking the cows, or feed
ing The pigs or. IL least, in the kitchen, cooking
1Cr great, hungry men who to not know jelly
from cU-:ard. II i too bad!' And here Mel
by broke down and sobbed outright.
Amy tried 20 soOthe her by telling her of her
kind and noble husband; and that no would
not suffer her 20 be unhappy anywhere. But
she would not be comtorIed; and when she
net her brother-in law at tea, her eyes were
IT'D with weeping. She took too, but little
pans 10 conceal The fact, that she thought him
"a tyrant OF the worst kind. He ascribed her
strange mood 70 grief ~ paFnng with her only
sistsr, and, with true deScacy, made no refer
snee 10 il. The next day Amy Kingsley went
cut from her old home 10 her new one, and
fOm old and tried friends 10 new and untrIed
oDes
Nelly fretted herself really i'll over the fan
eied urhappiness of her sister. And when let
mrs came. bright. glowing letters, filed brim-
ming full OF happiness, she was still uncon-
vIRseG.
"Oh, yes.' she SAID 10 her mother, 81 know
low il is She is too noble 10 complain; and
abe knew was so troubled about her.
But" says the mother, 'she sends an inyi-
ration, endorsed by her husband, TO have you
come and see for yourself
"Oh, should die in = little while; know j
should! But for poor dear Amy's sake will
&C and stay as long as cam II you and papa
never been separated before, and poor Nelly
was pining sadly. The morning on which she
was 20 go her mother came III and proposed as
slstiHg her in packing her trunk.
"a trunk, mamma! A travelling bag will
b. all shall need To take. can put one dress
IN that. A home dress IL all shall want"
But Mrs. Conway insisted. And a trunk was
nicely packed, and, III due time, accompanied
Ms far owner 10 The residence OF tie Hon. Hen
~ Kingsley.
wnen the first warm greeting was over Mel
ly looked around III mute surprise al the luxu-
BIoJis surroundings OF her sisters home. Cur
pets curtains mirrors, paintings-and all SUI
psrior 10 those in her fathers house. And then
she library! Tiers OF the choicest books, reach
rag from ceiling 20 floor, Were relieved by por
traits. mans, and statues iii every niche and
scrner. - But there must be a skeleton sonup-
Wherer' thought obstinate little Nelly, she
followed her sister 10 her room: her room,
ss Amy insisted on calling il. How sweet and
pure !: was with its white and blue hangings,
Ind tltte and bun carpet, With furniture TO
rlatch! And th"lS those vases Of Niolets and
p.gEcEetjes! Amy knew she would miss
:neIn, ard had placed tbem there herself
TX IS nice. after all, Amy! and L have been
silly 20 Very abOUr Won, But" and she look
I'd Up and down the lcn@. dusty road. edged
with green and shaded with tre"s- ''you must
b. lCG"sc!nc. There = no house near yOU, and
Bu: few IN sIcht"' Aud the troubled look
came Rack 10 the young face.
Nc, Nelly, am not lonesome. i have all
rhe company L wish FOR, especially ROW you
have come But come, let me- assist YOU in lay
Ii,c aside This travelling dress. and show you
bh.0 lie bathroom: and then You must rest.
~mle 20 ana prepare supper ;oc those great,
-'oL, n, n you do have TO cook for the men,
~: a i expected 20 And ,he tears came into
tLH poor ;Irea eyes once more.
s' Yes. and ear a. The same tabIc with than,
ioc- and ike ir.7'
There, Did not tell you sol This comes
4; marrying a larIlcr! Poor aunt Rachel
lNhel. L used 20 pity her 50, did no: think my
>'~I'r %Culd nave 10 drudge IN me saIne man
h.Ti'
-r-'. i 40 sCt need q INT OF sympathy: I am ms
IS happy - / can be. But come now rest :; lii.
lie ~ hIle. and then dress. i want yOu 10 loOh
yoGr best. DID yoa bring that blue silk 1 like
20 wei !! Ga! NoS, here il Is. Shall i sene
Fanny Up - hclD your
No. Amy. II She - Your girl. and you mus
=. ~ her place n. the kitchen!''
Nov. don fire. any more please ana ].
half ~ hct.r / shall send Fanny
And Fanny came, ana her niIable finger
ssCn convinced Nelly ulltt - was no new enl
plCyIGeac 20 her. When Nelly uttered the par
sOT- enc found her G4oiner-in-litw waiting I.
receive and welcome Her: and thrIl, turning. u,
introduced 4 brother 20 her who was s,;lnCiin.
~ nls sId". lie was a fiEe-loCkinS Z
twenty-five perhaps. and IU>t The 10 max
az Imprcs-IOn Oh Il loving heart like Nelly
Tn" t";s Oil soon rang. and Nelly. taking Nh
kmssley's arm. wen, out. dir aiding III" starIn
eyes C The = OrUncn. But the little tea-tabl
Mas laid for only fOEr, and fairly SlIotsnet
EIh Is snowy napkins, lucid china and shin
lhg silver. Fanny. IN white apron. and Wit
almost a. white hands attended the tahl": an
Nelly gave little sigh OF relief, rs her las
tugahoo vanished, and chatted, ike herself
WIN her friends
How 90 ycu Ike Us III our home, Nelly /!
sand Ia" husband. glanclne az Amy.
''Do We answer Your expectations as farm
efsf'
Nelly was sure he was o,.i,s;tq her. and ans
wered, with some show Of spirit.
Il think l. i shame for man of yoUr tai
Tnts ana ltsJH. yes and wealth. - bury himsrl
ali such a solitary place a. tins, Why vyouI
rot be compelled 20 pass by days here for IN
VERDI The happy couple only laughed. an
Nelly began 10 think she was very silly. an
laughed TOO, and wished she had been hui
less tiemonstratIye.
Att'r hea he husband proposed q walk IN III
garden; and here, as within the dwelling, IN
mcsc artistic taste marked every arrangement
PERFECT y nderness of flowers, and yet not
birg was out OF place. Nelly fel; that IN
should never IRE of Its beauties: but Amy 500
spoke ol returning as Nelly was quite weary
Ard she said, CHANGING at her HUSBAND
Il shall want her 10 20 with me 10 milk III
COWS
Il shall do no sueh ching! The horri
thBBRs, with their great. sharp horns and uc /
feet i always was afraid Of them at aunt r.
<helsi One OF them came AZ me, once an
would have bit me, If j had MOI screamed ,on
hnCNgh 20 scare her away. Aunt said II wa
the clover blossoms had IN my hand that 81
wanted, and not me-; but tiCtn't think so
ANY rate, / have had q perfect antipa;hy
ssWe and clover blossoms ever since"
Henry laughed. well, If you are so afrai
sf cows, Amy iced not 20 for them nor mil
III 10 to- ight'
Nelly knew Hey were laughing ~ her again
ana, locking UP, she saw par OF Inagnificel
eyes trimming with liIrth fixed upon her; an
her own ewes and checks burned UauI the
HaineG Ter. As sooL as she reached Me nc ls