St. Mary's gazette., 1865-05-11

urea trOiu HusIuesr al tto sSc VI lSi'. a." >
built him beautiful house, determined
to enj y life to the utmost One day {
friend was diuiug with him, and said, half
jokingly y
You hare everything here that the
heart can desire but wife" q
That's true. must think Of it, said l
be: and then relapsed into silence for
iow minutes, a. the end Of whieh tiWe he {
arose, begged 10 be excused for G. short {
! time, and left the room. He seized ais
hat and went instantly to = neighbo.'s and :
was shown into parlor with the informa-
! ton that neither the master nor the
mistress we're a, home H. told the ser
ya,.t that lie wanted neither. anl r'qI"s-
ted that the housekeeper be sent to hiw.
She came a.d the gentleman thus addres-
SD her:
Sarah, have known you for many
yenrs aud have just been told that want
wife. You are the only woman know
tina, should be willing 10 entrust my :
hoppisess with, and j! you agree, We vii! !
be Instantly married. Wha' is your an
swer."
Sarah knew the man that addressed !
her, and knew that his offer was serious
and we'll we;g ghed as though considered for ,
u wear: aud she answered him in tho same
spirit.
Il agree.'
VIII YOU be ready in sn hour 2
\ will
4 shall return for you at that time
Which he did, tue gentleman who had
suggested the idea accompanying him to
!, the cicrgyman's Many years have pass
ed since then, and neither party has seen
:; any cause to regret the abrupt proposal
and acceptance.
OF the business style we may cite case
related 10 us. which We know for tru"
one. 4 Young man who had succe"ded
to the i'll kept and badly cultivated, though
really valuable farm Of an uncle saw a,
glanc" tha: two things were necessary tn
enable him to .ucceed =: the first being Il
woman to lake churgs of the womaus de-
partment, and the second few Thousand
dollars to stock it with. He could not
help thinking to himself that, possibly
these two gr.a. aIds to his happiness auc
prosperity might be had together, aud yet
without attempting to put his ma;rimouia
and faaueial ideas into practice. he allow
cd them to haunt him continually.
With this upon his mind our fArme
started upon horseback journey to dis
tant part "f the country, aud upon his re
turn made an acquaintance upon the road
in the person Of an old gentleman who Wa
iogcing the slime way. The companion
din.d together at a waysle inn, aud fra
terniz.d pleasantly, during which tn
younc man opened his heart to the elder
telling him ali bis plans and aspirations
vixen the old gentleman addressed th
younger:
ne. l rather Ike Won NY friend, az
vour honest way Of telling your stor,
and If you will come an see me sha
: be glad | have three daughters all a
good girls as ever lived. New. PEI
. hsps. Que may be the very one You al
locking for; if so, will Go my be
toward making the balance o! the ma
ter agreeable. Rilc over and see me
" morrow. tuke dinner and stay in the &
.ernoon. which will give YOU fcir ehan'
o;.o to see them and judge
49, The young man in'sn.ly agreed
,ex, the proposal, making only one csnd
.o,. tion that the young ladies should not
,.s, Informed Of the nature Of his GRAND :
10 This was agreed 10 and they separate
,,la The Il day at the time appointe
=. the young mau Cismounted Il. the do
-. of the house of his new made irien
and vas heartily welcomed. The hu
before dinner was consumed in looki
sur "'e' '"' '"'" WIG "' A'
ing its keeping. and the old one apprc
ing OF the sensible and practical remar
of the younger when the meal wa. :
rs, nounced, and the three young ladies q
their mother were introduced Til
that were al as the old gentleman had ga
fact 6ne girls, bu, the younger. rosy-eke.
from ed blue~eyed. ard laughiug-faeed char
the ed the young farmer especially. I
ines. dinner over, they opes more walked
fer chat.