The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-04-23

ycry much / daresay we shall under
stand caeh other better by and bys
meantime we must rub ou as well as we
can. and l must tFy and make the best
of the old genlleman's hnm0rs, aud not
ran counter % ban more than / can
afMd We needn't bc meeting ~ very
ufn you know. And il seems to me
ha ihe old fellow wonid be no fDndcr
nf a iaif else who might want to
MANY Ae Inter than hc Is 81 me-
And i 0ergua likes me and she SAYS
she does and II / ike GooIRina and /
know / DO, tbai seems 90 me the chief
part 81 the bnsless ] don't think /
need trouble mysff mrch about the
old mans views on Tie subject. You
sec It's oHr affair Ge0rgna and mlue
ahd not his, though il's hard TO make
hlm see il IN that light Bus | darosay
it will an come right IN the end That s
what / tell Geurgina when she takes up
with rather gloomy views about her
fathers temper She's yery good sensC
and / think she looks at the matter
very much as do only Of course she
can I help feeling that be is her fahe
whereas, thank goodness, he is not nine
! am much obliged 70 you all for your
good wishes, say agam.
Ii vii be seen that Ned Stone was
not lover 10 "sigh like furnace. ~
As for writing writing a woeful ballad
10 h,s mistress eyebrows ! don't fan
~ hc could Aaye accomplished such a
feat, even il his life had depended on
bis doing SO. His pulse beat ever
St l.iy aud pnnctualiy. The Their
mometer Of his love stood al temperate,
wuh no tend, ncy towards rise. Let
CUPID do all he could, il did not seem
that be Was able 10 work very vital
changes IN these respects. Stone, it
WIS evident, persisted N contemplating
love and marriage nom the prosaic and
practical point Of view. Notions Of po-
CRY aud sentiment on those or any
other subject we're not possible to him.
HIS constitutional serenity refused to be
disturbed at all by the quotidian Of
love. There was nothing abuut him
demonstrating "a careless desolation. y
The "marks Of love, as they are ordi-
narily understood, were not dicenible
npon him. He was, indeed, great
disappointment conventional idea in
relation to the lover. Many, perhaps
would be inclined to think that he was
not to be regarded as Il lover at all
that he was simply man going to be
married which character does not nee
essarilly involve the former more at
trac,iye and Snowy role. Certainly he
did not attudinisc, OF speochify, or be-
have IN the eccentric way which is pop
ularly expected Of lover. He affected
no particular raptures as to the propo-
sed change in his life, Il ough he looked
forward to it with a sort of calm salts
faction. He never said a word as TO
| The agitated state Of his breast, OF the
excitement Of his feelings He did not
regard Miss Warren as in angel on a
goddess; probably he would have been
the first to contradict any allegation
that might have been made to the eff
1, ct that she was anything Of the kind.
Passion did not perplex or discompose
his vision. Miss Warren seemed sImp-
/ ~ 10 him What she seemed to every
body else--a nice-looking, sensible En-
gIth girl If lie was to he considered
lover at all why then il was a loyer
with large infusion Of the man Of
business At the same time, It should
+ be noted that as man Of busines Ned
Stone was n strictly honorable and
thorough going gentleman.
Stones love affair might not be very
/ interesting to lookei-on; if it could
be called a romance at all, it was un-
auestiomably duh one. Yet there
was something respectable about it too.
His affection was not all for display,
but wholly for use; solid and durable
4 looking article, and in that light com
manding attention. 1t was not wine
that sparkled and eierves ed, bul bing
over the glass brim in rose-tinted
foam; yet il might, for all that, be of a
sound still, and potent vintage Pos
sibly, too, il would be found to k@p
better than lis more dashing and
sumptuoue rival
liked IL man. His worihiness IN
deed, commanded the regard Of ali
Moreover he vas a s.aanch, generous
fellow, q most trusiy and rcsolute
friend To nc the prog ess Of his i5ye
affair was matter OF curious study
was often considering ihe question.
Mould il change him much woUld his
practieapi iiy ultimately sueenmb was
hisphIosopAy wholly pnooi 4gMnst pas
sion ? would h. ne4 rather. like most
her uel, Tow We to9l.y he might en-
,crufou the ms, Tea. hbd at last an un
expected 6rp Addsng aud cracking in
his lreas
caslcd Hpau hdn one evening. He
WAS alone. he looked a little grave,
aud he held ID bis hand a small sealed
/ paeke. We discussed various indifferent
opies then | inquired concerning Miss
I Georgina Warren.
20, have nj You heard Y be said quiz
city. But Of course you could n have
heard The affairs of, our engage
meut has come to an end.
"You don't mean thatf"
\ "Ie Il things broken off. as peo-
pie az. / I'sa bad job, and I'm sorry
about it--but ii cant be helped.
Had the lady resented his serenity
and dismissed him asked myself -
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