, 1863-06-18
How 60 Procure q Husband.

Il Is often the case that the more beautiful ant
the richer young female Is, the more dificnlt =
please are both her parents ana herself IN th'
choice Of husband, and the more offers they re
fuse. The one & too tall, the other too short thiI
not wealthy, that not respectable enough. Mean
while one spring passes after another, and yea
aer year carries away leaf after leat 81 The bloom
Mis- Harriet selwood was the richest heifesI
in her native town but she had already completed
her twenty seventh year, and behold almost al bel
young friends united 10 men whom she had at one
time or other discarded. Harriet began 70 be -
down foran old maid. Hef parents became really
uneasy, and che herself lamented II private q po.
sition which & not natural one, and TO which
those TO whom nature and fortune have been mig
gardly Of their gifts are obliged to submit but
Harriet s We have said, was both handsome and
Such was the state Of things WHEN her tlkels. q
wealthy merchant in the north Of England, came
on visit to her parents. HeWas q jovial, lively,
straightforward man, accustomed to attack all
difficulties boldly and coolly. 55...., IA gsi
You zee" said her father ID hin one day,
a Harriet continues single. The gifl Is handsome
what she Is to have for her fortune you know /;
even in the scandal-loving town not creature can
breathe the slightest imputatiOn against Der and
yet she d getting to be an old maid" 80,
i9FTfne," ," replied the uuclei but look you, the
grand point N every akf IN this world Il 10 seize
The right moment; this you have not dOne.-it b
. misfortune; but LET the girl 20 along with me,
and before the end Of three months will return
her 70 you q the wife q Q man q young and
wealthy "a heiself'a sfsaioTq but ef51sel i'ta,
Away went the niece with the uhcle On The
way home be thus addressed her i.seg "a
Mind what am going to say. You are no
longer Mis- selWood, but MFs Lumley, uly niece,
. young, wealthy, childless widow. You bad Che
mIsIortane 70 lose your husband, Colonel Innlsy
after . happy union Of . quarter o. . year, by {
| fall from his horse while hunting" Il.
lsa .aT mt ,,,,eIe- ., Y = 1 80 giihdisE9g aty
ID @Ist me manage, q you Piease, Mrs. Iumley
Your lather has invested me with iull powers
Here, look you, is the wedding ring giten sot b
your late husband. Jewels, and whgteSer else yoV
need, your aunt win supply you With did aeens
tom yourself to cast down yotif EYES. a3f q
70 Thekeen-witted uncle introduced bis niece every
where, and the young widow excited great seil.
sstiob. The gentlemen thronged about her. and
she soon had her choice out Of twenty suitors.
Her uncle advised her TO take the one who was
deepest IN love with hoE, and Fare chance decreed
that this should be precisely the most eniahleand
Opulent: The match was soon concluded, aud one
day the uncle desired 10 sAg few words to bic
future nephew ID tFiytte'
-GMy deGF Gf,s &c began, 9 We have told yodan
dntruthy oss ci NsHes9 rsse 1yea biurW
How sof Are Mrs. tntfle5s Affections :,
Nothing Of the kind. Ny niece Is sincerely
attached TO you"
% Then her fortune, suppose, 4 not equal to
what yOn tOldme.s 1iiE q toarfel sgisa1gqo
on the Sonttafs; Il is larger" - "a lliu
"WelL what Is the matter, then =, l,s.d.
IA Joke, an innocent JOKE, which came into my
head one day when was IN good hnniof. We
could not well FecSll u aitefNards d Ny niece b
not 4 widow" aps 7'ssi 0. sbseiyI 90 ogsd
What! Is Colonel Lnmley living :" gsy yl4o
No, no she's spinsteF.p !. 3, .'.,..-.a. 4.
The lover Protested that be was happier fel
low than he had conceived himself; and the old
maid was forthwith metaIhOrphosed into q sOung
wife. s.,,,,, IL, 81 Is, ,,.s s,.; 1T