Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-05-21
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OUR MARRION's MARRIAGE
A Beautiful story.

"Mrs. Crofton Mrs, Crolton elbow
odd it appears to me to be called Crofton,
and Mrs, TOO! can hardly believe that
l am married although l am writing in
this splendid library, and my husband has
just left his mornin kiss on my lips. 1t
w"s really wonderful the way it all came
about. 1t would certainly never have
happened but for my visit te Mrs. Renton.
Last autumn | was invited with my pa
rents and my two sisters to spend IA couple
of weeks at Firgrove with the Rentons.-
Mamma refused at first to let me 20, he.
cause she thought that four persons were
seuough for one party, but Mrs Renton
would not listen to her She said that,
apart from the pleasure OF seeing me, she
found mo invaluable when the house was
full, because | did thousand things foi
her convenience and the pleasure of heI
guests, which servant couldn't do, and
no other visitor would do and that she
should like to keep Inc not only two weeks
/ but two years.
! My sisters had each regular outfit loi
the occasion, but mamma said that need
ed nothing. | suppose she was right, fol
| had sprigged muslin for the warn
days, made out Of dress which Josephine
had worn the year before, and for cole
weather l had green silk, made of one o
Georgiana's, They pierced trife, to b.
sure, for they had originally been low il
the waist, and l wore nothing that didn'
button to the throat; but had goot
supply of crimpcd rafles to wear with then
and thought then, and think still, tina
they were very pretty.
Mrs Renton appeared delighted 10 Sc,
me, although my sisters smiled at my creud
ulity in thinking her siEcere, my hear
went out to meet her. Perhaps che didu'
mean it at all but imagined she did ant
that put me at ease at once. still believ
that l was right, for che gave me lt,l
room which had belonged to her daughte
Agnes, lovely child, who died when sh
was only ten years old. There was he
portrait, exquisitely painted, and with
heart full of love looking out from the meel
blue eyes and voicing itselfin the curves 0
the dclicately moulded lips.
There, too, her bookcase rose
wood with glass doors-some of the mos
worn volumes, which were mature enoug
for girls of eighteen. There, also, wer
her wiring desk and her work basket wi
needles in an unfinished leaf, just as sh
left it, The chambermaid told me that
was the first person who had occupied tn
chamber since Agnes died ; and althoug
} l was little awed, and perhaps a it'll
frightened, when | first went into it,
think its tranquil atmosphere, and the me
mories of generosity and self-denial whic
througed about the beautiful picture, help
ed me to bear patiently the anuoyanc
which l experienced during my stay.
For there were annoy which | coul
not avoid, and which we're at times har
TO endure although l ought not to com
plain, since they occurred in consequence
of the favor in which ] was held by thos
persons whom | admired and loved th
most. The very first night after my arr
val at Firgrove, Mrs. Renton sat down Q
my bed. For few moments she was 81
lent and | knew by her looks that it mad
, her sorrowful to see me in Agnes plac
, So put my arm round her neck, and ash
J ed her to let me be,as far as could, "a tru
daughter Of the house, and do, as far as