Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-05-29


some young gentleman had caught her at
work. So she courtesied prettily, laughed
one Of her gayest laughs, and said, holding
up her hands:
II can shake hands with you, Mr.. Yer
non, you see Mamma was kind enough to
let me go to the pie mic, yesterday, and put
off some Of my work aud SO am doing
double to-day, 10 ihake up for it. If you'll
be good enoGgh TO wait minute, III call
maffima. ..L.t,..t. a.s.I
mo, no." said Harry, charmed by this
frank innocence, and unceremoniously ta-
king well. scrubbed chair ''Pve only few
minutes to stay. My call is on you; came
10 see how you bore the fatigues Of yester-
y Fannie lsushedsiii her teeth, % White and
so little, looked behind the rosy lips, like
pearls set in the richest ruby enamel
'Fatigued why, we had such charming
time yesterday, that one couldn't get tired,
even If one had been hundred years old. I"
You never grow oldP' said Harry,
surprised into what would have been flattery,
il he had not sincerely thought it, and his
countenance showed his admiration for the
bright, happy creature before him. Is,
Fannie blushed, but rallied, and answered,
laughingly: Never grow old o, soon
enough What funny sight I'll be, to be
sure, bent almost double, and cap ON my
head, like granny Horn's!"
Harry laughed too, so ludicrous was the
image; and thus he and Fannie were as
much at home with each other at once as if
they had been acquainted for years. IA
The intended five minutes imperoeptibly
grew into ten, and the ten into half an hour
Fannie continued at her household work,
pleasantly chatting the while, both she and
Harry mutually interested 30 as to forget
time and place alike. At last the entrance
Of Mrs. S0mers interrupted the ''tete-a-
tete." Fannie was little embarrassed when
she found how long she and Harry had been
alone; but the easy-of.course manner OF
Harry, as he shook hands with her mother,
restored her to herself. l..s L.
If the elegant refinement about Isabel
had tempted Harry to fall in love, the house.
hold charm which surrounded Fannie forced
him to do SO whether or no. He went away,
thinking what q charming wife Fannie would
make, and how sweetly she would look in
her neat home dress, engaged in her domes-
tic duties. Nor is Harry the only bachelor
who remembers that wife cannot always
be in full dress, and who naturally wishes to
know how she will look in the kitchen. "A
wife ought as much to know how to man
age her house," he said to himself, las q
man to understand business. don't wish
q wife of mine, indeed, to become maid
Of all work but should like to have her
capable of overseeing her servants--and
domestics discover very soon whether theil
mistress is competent, and obey or disregarl
I her aJc0rfingiy. Besides, Fannie fboked
bewitchingly this morning. All, if l hat
such dear little wife, how I'd coax her Il
go into the kitchen occasionally, that nigh
see her at work ~
1t soon became apparent that it would b.
no fault Of Harry's if he did not have Fan
ME for wife. Never was man deeper il
love, nor did he make an effort to conceal it
Had Fannie been a foolish flirt, she woulc
have played with his feelings, as vain girl
will when secure of lover. But she wa
too frank and too good for this, and onl,
hesitated long enough to be certain OF tn,
state of her own heart, when she mad,
Harry happy by accepting him. ..,
Two persons more fitted for each other
in fact could not be. Though always merry
because always happy, Fanny was amiable
intelligent and full Of sound sense. She ha,
read and thought good deal especially
for one SO young, her heart ran over will
"unwritten poetry" Had Harry sough
for lifetime, he could not have found wifi
, so companionable and SO suited in every wa
to him. 81 ( r..- ..a',.-
l What a talk the engagement made whe
it came out. The naughty Isabel, VIII
without being halfso capable of sincere Low
as Fannie, had made up her mind to hav
Harry, and whose vanity, therefore, wa
piqued, even degraded herself so much a
to call the bride elect IAN artful and inter
esting puss. Other disappointed beautie
had other hard names for Fannie. Blu
though, when our heroine first heard 9
these slanders she shed few tears, she 500
! dried her eyes, for, with Harry slove, moth
lug could make her long unhappy.
1t was not till the young couple had sc
off on their wedding tour that Harry tol
his wife what had first made him fall in Low
= with her. "a tl,4d.o,8 woy
''Every other girl visited that morning,
he said, was playing the fine lady; an
that, while, as / well knew, their mother
were saying in the kitchen. | reasOne
that the daughter who would neglect he
! duty to parent, could scarcely be expecte
! TO be less selfsh toward husband. Be
= sides, it 10 common error with your sex, nov
a-days, to suppose that it is debasing to en-
gage in domestic duties. To man Of sens
dearest, . woman never looks more attrac
!, i've than at such time. As Wordswort
: writes: re4 faa. ll. r...eof
! "Her household motions light and free ,-
And steps Of virgin liberty
vi A countennnce IN which they meet
! Sweet records, promises sweet; srle,
creature moi TOO bngh, nor good
+ For human natures daily food;
v For transient sorrows viinple wiles, I'd
Praise, blame, love, kisses, isars and smiles"
; As he recitcd these lines with exquisi
q sensibiity, he put his arm around Fannie
!. waist and drew her towards him, and Il
! young wife looking up into his face with d
|. voted affection, rested her head on his b
som and shed happy tears. And 50 we lea'
them. ni r.-nls fe f.n-
q Unsuccessful in this Life.
IS | confess that increasing years bring vii
n them an increasing respect for those wi
@ do not succeed in life, as those words a
d commonly used. Heaven is said to be
n place for those who have not succeeded ,
: earth and it is surely true that celesti
" graces do not best thrive and bloom in Il