St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-10-02
Couldn't Aford to Marry.
STORY FOR MARRIAGEABIE YOUN,
WOMEN

Arrows from pair OF bright eyes nae
wounded him, and the pain found nc
abatement night or day. Was the maid
en- coy or unkind? No-the nader
was familiar and tender There wa.
healing in the eyes that shot forth ar.
rows.
And the pain found no abatement
night nor day None! George Lane
was no blind lover, ready to ii-k all con
sequences in pursuit Of amy ohjcct-bui
sensible young man who counted the
cost This was tho rs;ison of bis trouble.
Love is sweet, but life is thing of sober
earnest and as George put the love and
lie together, taking things as they were.
he could not see how love was to leave
any permanent sweetness.
An intimate friend, holding him bv
tue hand one day, said:
George, my dear fellow, what ha,
come over you! | don't believe you
have smiled for month. Are YOU III
love ~
"Ies,'' was the frank reply.
''Aha. Il sickness OF the mind. Well.
| am glad to know that it is nothing
more serious. Love wounds to heal. Ii
as the poet says,
keen transport thrubs through every vein"
II is also true that we never knew
| so sweet pam"
''There is no sweetness in my case, .
said the young man. The pain Is very
sharp, and there was no soothing medi-
cine on the arrow point"
"Ihen tile maiden Is unkind ;"
mo
'She loves you in return p
"It | have any skill i'll reading eyes .
''What then Are the parents un-
willing?'
81 have never asked them"
You are a strange lover to look 81
woe-begone. Where rests the trouble p
'There is much beyond love-" SAID
Lane.
"Yes."
"Marriage and cost of living
"Irue, but you have good salary.
Has the young lady nothing
.She las IA father who is doing IN cx-
cellent business but the family live III
an expense which must cover, il not
more than exhaust, all the profits.
WHO is the young lady! l will not
betray your confidence"
The youngest daughter of Abraham
West"
Hardware merchant ;"
Il he same.
Il know her, and sweet girl is Mel
lie West. Why, George, shes The very
Que fer you. And you have found favor
iii her eyes, | congratulate you"
You needn't them WA, the Somber-
faced reply of Lane, ''for am not wit
less enough to bare my neck to The halicr
of natrimony, il the act is to bind me II
perpetual scrtdIm.'
"What do you mean -
Simply, that the manner in which
! Mr. West has raised his daughters units
them Tor the position Of wives OF young
men in my condition. They have the
education, the tastes, and the accom-
piishments We desire ana must have :
tut their habits and expectations are ia
ial dowries for any poor young man to
accept They have 10 fortune 10 bring
their husbands, and yet must be support
ed in comparative elegance. TLc idea OF
useful employment does not seem 10 have
entered their minds. Work, in their
view, involves something of degra lation.
All, well | must dismiss = fond Illusion,
that was sweet while it lasted. | shall
90 no further i'll tins Unsafe direction.
Some other man, bolder, or less lnclimco
to count the cost, must win consent from
"A heart it would be lifelong happiness
to call my OVID"
Nonsense, George, replied his friend
If the young lady really loves you, she
will adapt herself TO your circumstances.
Nellie is charming girl. Press youl
suit, ami AFTER gaining her consent, talk
over lite's sober realities with her. She
has sense and right feeling, and vii
readily comprehend how much Of happi-
ness is involved in your prudential ideas.
\ woman who loves man well enough
to marry him, will cheertully accommo
date herself TO his circumstances,
accommodate - exclaimed the youn.
man, curling hls lips. 81 don't like the
word 1t hnrts my pride
pride is never a good counsellor
friend George"
'.My manhood, than. 1t hurts my
manhood. A young woman without ;
dollar in the world, accommodates her.
self to the circumstances of Il young mai
whose income is twelve hundred u yeai
You can't reconcile me TO the case unde
that plea. My pride, manliness, self
love, or seli-esteem-as you will-r.
volts against the humiliation. No, no-
George Lane has independence as well a:
prudence, and thinks their counsels wortl
needing"
while l think" answered the friend
''that George Lane is Il little too high
strung for The case under consideration
L know Nellie very well, and think her
sensible girl. True, the way her parent
have Conducted her home education
not favorable 10 just views in lite. Bu
love is clear sighted and stron. hearted
, Take her out of her present false relation
4 to society, and she will make you, | an
sure, a good wife in every respect
"No, sir" was firmly answered.
Even us talk with you, and listen /
what you say, grow more resolute /
> purpose to recede from a dangerous pos
lion. If Nellie was alone III the WORT
| might act differently. But look at til
case as ii stands, and see what risks al
! involved There are two older sister
both married and their husbands nose
to use homely phrase, are well dow
upon the grindstone, and likely TO RENAL