Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-03-25
1utcrest'llo 5ItettI).
BROTHER TOMS WIFE.
By r. s. AUTHUR.

III you marry that girl brother Tom,
I'll have nothing to do with her. won't
visit her, nor call her sister, nor speak to
her !"
And Lizzie Dawton put on as outraged
and indignant an air as it was possible for
her to assume.
whats the objection ~ asked Tom in
his cool way, fixing his large cain eyes up
on the pretty face of his sister, as she sat
uneasjly swaying half around and back
again on the piana stool.
'Objoction !" The youDg lady's cherry
lip curled. who is she? What is she 2
"A sweet-tempored, true hearted young
who will make me a good little vile
Are you not answered, sister mine ?
a sewing girl!' said Lizzie, contempt
uousy.
'What our mother was, as have been
told before her marriage answered broth.
cr Tom. And, if my eyes have not de-
ceived me, she has been sewing woman
since my recollection Of her.
That's another thing, said the sister.
'Mothor was superior to her class, and has
risen above it,
Suppose | answer your objections to
Harriet, and say that she is superior to her
class and will rise above it! Wha: then
My father made good matrimonial ven.
ture, and may do the same
But why, brother Tom,' urged the sis
ter, don't you choose wife from among
those on your own level?'
What do you mean by those on your
own level Let US understand each other.
From among those who move in our own
circle. From the educated refined and &C.
coppist ed
Such as the Misses Waltons, for in
stance
'Yes, or the Misses Edens.'
Whose father supports them in idle.
ness, and expect the young men who mar.
ry them 10 do the same. Now Lizzie the
fact of the business is, like Mary Edcr
very well, and once came so near falling
in love with her, that I was really fright
ened. did not 60 near her pretty face
again for six months after felt the frt
movement OF the tender passion
Dear Mary o, Tom why not MARI!
her ! could love her as my own sister.
Cant afford it, pretty. I'm but po3
young man, and have only my talents an(
industry to help me forward in tho world
Mary can't do anything herself, and wouI,
xpect me to put her in an establishment
but little less costly than the one her faith
err owDs.
'Oh, but, Tom thero'Il be no neoossit
for going to housekeeping at first. An
then, you know her father is well off in til
world, and he'll give her a house, and lur1
ish it, no doubt, when she is married.
=, Bat Tom shook his head.
MARY Edcn's father may Or may nc
be rcb,' he replied. My own prjvat
ID opinion is, that he is living up to, if not
little hey yond his income, And as to til
ID house and furniture which Mar S husban
ID is going to get, that is something very flu
II to feed fancy upon, The real bricks an
lo mortar is another affair.
G. 'Oh bet Mr.. Edcn's rich Tom
., q he rich men of to-day are our poo
e. men Of tomorrow, Lizzie. wouldn
G. give the snap Of finger for a rich father
IN in-law as a dependence, l mean to tru.
&c in myself, an honest purpose and clea
ol conscience. And as for wife, want
g. woman with life, purpose, industry and in
We dependence in her, not great bundle {
'e silks, laocs, bonnets and curl-papcrs, wit
IN a pretty little helpless do,nothiDg doll hid
1g den somewhere inside of the crinoine cil
4, cumyalalion. Aud then, again, Lizzie,
v am something Of an independent yOuD
be man, wonderfully given to the work Of tai
oil care Of myself, l happen to be at tn
or bottom of the ladder, and if ever get t
D. the top my own strength will carry m
there. Now, wife on my back, iustea
n. of one of the rounds Of a ladder, keepin
cir step with me upwards, would 5o dea
ny weight, aud keep me at or near the fo
'th forever. No, no, pretty, [ cannot aAor
on one Of your finished boardipg.school mi
ay ses for a wife-the luxury is too cxpensi'
for me- So am going to marry gi
who knows something OF real life-a tru
81 good patient enduring, self-denying ,swe
darling little body, who is not ashamed
ills earn her living with the needle, And
di- can tell you what, Dolly, only wish yC
be were like Harriet Parker there would
hat forty chances in favor of your marrying
man Of sense to those you have now,-