Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-11-28

ted. 1 shall go no farther in thi
: unsafe direction. Some othe
} man, bolder, or less inclined
! count the cost, must win conser
from a heart it would be life-lon
happiness to call my own"
"Nonsense, George" replied hi
? good friend. 'If the young lad,
really loves you, she will adap
. herself to your circumstances
Nelly is a charming girl. Pres
your suit, and after gaining he
consent, talk over life's sober real
: tiles with her. She has sense ant
right feeling, and will readily com
prehend how much happiness il
involved in your prudential ideas
A woman who loves a man well e
nough to marry him, will cheer
fully accommodate herself to his
circumstances"
Accommodated said the young
man, curling his lips. 81 don't
like the word. 1t hurts my pride. "
"Pride is never a good counsel
lor, my friend"
| "My manhood, then. Itlnlfts
my manhood. A young woman,
without a dollar in the world, 'ac-
commodate' herself to the circum-
stances of a young man whose in
come is twelve hundred a year !!
You can't reconcile me to the case
under that plea. My pride, man.
illness, selflove or selfesteem-as
you will-revolts against the hu-
initiation. No, no-George Lane
has independence as well as pru-
dence, and thinks their counsels
worth needing"
"Well, I think" said his friend,
"that George Lane is a little too
high strung for the case under
consideration. / know Nelly
very well, and think her a sensi-
BILE girl. True, the way in which
her parents have conducted her
home education is not favorable to
just views in life. But love is
clear-sighted and strong hearted
Take her out of her present false
relation to society, and she will
make you, | am sure, good wife
in every respect"
"No, sir" was firmly answered.
''Eyen as l talk with you, and lis
ten to what you say, l grow more
resolute to recede from a danger
ous position. If Nelly was alone
IN the world, l might act different
y. But look at the case as it |
stands, and see what risks are in
volved. There are two older sis
.ers, both married; and their hus-
oands' noses, to use a homely
ohrasesare we'll down upon the
,rindstone, and likely to remain
here. Already both have gone
through the ordeal of a failure in
business, and no wonder; for, not
,eing able, as clerks, to maintain
he domestic establishments, they |
we're foolish enough to set up in
imitation of other people as silly
Is themselves. They must have
stores of their own, from the in
zones Of which to draw more lib
raj supplies. And they drew,
md drew, with such unscrupulous
lands, that more than all the prof.
t was consumed in costly living.
or other, in their break
lown, they have managed to keep
heir fine furniture and houses, and
till live before the world in what
Gems to be shameless extrava-
,ance. Both are clerks again;
'ut how they manage to keep up
ppearances, as they do, passes my
apprehension. have met their
wives a few times at Mr.. Vests
nd they hold their heads as
ueens. I am nobody in their es-
imation! Why, the jewelry, la
es and other snowy things that
Iaunt in peoples eyes SO shame
essly--seeing that somebody be-
ides their husbands have actually
aid for them-costs more than a
bird of my. years salary"
"But you have nothing to do
nth these ladies' interposed the
riend.
"True, and l don't mean to
ave anything to do with them.
,ut the case. would have another
caring were | a brother-in-law.
would have their bad influences
perating on mywife. She must