The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-01-15
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ntnaaa.as impatient iaf ser Aiss
since Have Been Married"
Ellm. said The youthful Mts h 70
her friend. Mrs B., I WISH YOU would
s.ug mv iayurato song Como yon
said III would spend a day with you.
YOU would do ns thing
"0h excuse me Mary never sans
now gave uaP after / married
Then play fof mo Won Webers Inst
walz2 You cannot have forgotten rs
when Edward waB addressing you, he
use to beg the favor NEARLY every
evening
Indeed Mary, | have forgotten Is
and nearly every other piece. 4 lave
gigoa up my piano am sure saca /
have been uiar1~d, ] have ~, opned e
q dozen timcs.
Why how So Youboth loved music;
aud you used 70 be splendid per-
former.
"0,I libe ii yet, and Edward has still
al his passion FOR Che harmony ot sweet
sounds; but since I've married I've lost
all inclination 20 practice, it is So troub.
loslmc.
you did not think so once, Ellen"
oTlue. but ! think now that | have
performed my partial it. / began learn
ing at fvo years of age, and from the
first / determined TO excel; Pa spared
no expense to get me the best teachers
and The finest instruments, and ! am
sure from chat time until my marriage,
used to pass three hours daily az The
harp and piano and without vanity,
Mary, ! could play. Why gentlemen
used to come flom far and near to here
mel And you know how completely |
won Edwards heart by IL
"And after all this trouble and expen-
Sc, you have given it up@
"Oh, Mary, what does a woman care
for these things, after she is married?
often tell Edward SO, when he asks me
TO play"
"Do you draw now, EllenY
Draw what time have | to draw
No indeed have given away my
portfolio and color box sinccI have been
married And You know the pencil
sketches made by me when we were
lovers? Wen, / gave them to the baby
10 play with the other day, and she tore
them every ono mp. did feel right
sorry at first. but then I thought that
they were Of no use to me, now ! am
married Bh, Mary, you were Laughing
at the whole IN my wrapper Wei, ~
deed the old thing is not worth mend-
ing. / did think Of changing my dress,
bht there was no one here but Edward
and ii wasnot worth while And, when
You dropped in, why ! thought you
were such M old friend, you Nouldnot
wish to put me to tic trouble. Oh ]
am so glad you are here, for was dy-
ING with ennuit. Doyou know sou ole
the only person ] have seen this morn
ing? Several other ladies called, but ]
sent word / was engaged Il was too
much trouble to dress and ! did not
care about inviting them into this dis
ordered room l hope, Nary you viii
excuse the appearance Of things, hut
my servants are good for nothing; my
house, and particularly nay chamber,
never gets attended to as it ought 70 be.
used to be my own chambermaid be-
fore / was married and ! often wonder
now how / could have taken 50 much
trouble, and been 50 anxious about q
| little dirt or dust
Indeed but Ellen, won't you dress
for dinner2 Come, let mecurl your hair,
and make you lcok like old times !!
"Nonsenae, Mary it would be mar
tyrdom / have not curled my hair
since | have been married Pooh j
don't care how look nov Why, when
there IS no one here but Edward, /
wear this wrapper from one weeks end
to an other no, indeed / don't change
to-day Yesterday he brought home q
couple Of gentlcmen to dinnerand lhad
to dress then They were old beauy Of
mine, and after dinner they persecuted
me to play and sirg; and would you be-
heye it? Edward actully joined with
them but / lot them know that n mar
ried womun had something else to do
besides drumming on piano. ! told
Edward | had caught my bird and bid
den a long farewell to the silly snares
/ had set for him.
"Why, ellen, what employment do
you find do you eyer nurse your baby3
"Nrse the baby Why never lived
in the house before with child IN my
life, and now do you suppose | could
endure the squalliug u one2 no in
decd ] have my room down here Ia
front, and the nursery Is ii tie third
story of the back building; ! have very
good nurse; and when Sic leaves the
child, the seamstrc5s Or chambcrmaid
IS sure to take cars of II; don't see it
often, for il Is sure 70 cry when ] try to
hold If; Edward is hrst-rate purse,
for I have seen him walking IN the ear
Den, and il Bay ID hls arms as quiet as a
lamb; would have brought il down for
you to sec IL but tho chamberInaid said
is was very SICK al night and / suppose
it looks 50 pale aud i!lthis morning that
8. would give you 30 pleasure i il o
very weakly chiid, ! ana afraid quite
diGareat from your htile Rosa
perhaps q different course " treat
meut is used towards ny Rosa Ijut
Ellen, what have you done gilh your
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