Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-04-01
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ments exactly as if they wished to let them out
to hire. The younger Of the two played few
musty waltzes on the piano, and the other sung
bravura, in a style that made my very flesh
creep. Adeline busted herself about the house,
and IL was easy TO see that the management of
every thing was in her hands. She seemed a
little more cheerful than when 1 saw her at
Lunan; still her countenance bore evident
traces OF detection. Whilst the sisters were
acting their parts she sat down TO her needle,
from which she seldom looked up; her future
lord and master showed her very little atten-
ton. and could almost imagine she treated
him with contempt.
felt completely out ofhumor, and had risen
to go away, when it came into the old gentle
mans head to ask the daughters to declaim I;
neither of the Misses, however; was I The rein;
and he then applied to me, to favor them with
a specimen of my rhetorical powers.
was vain enough to accede TO this request,
for I hattered myself that should now be
enabled to make some impression on Adeline.
They gave me the Cassandra of Schiller. l had
often read aloud, and understood at least accen-
tuation, and modulation of tone. When fin
ished all were lavish of their applause but was
attentive only to Adeline, whose expressive eye
now seemed to regard me somewhat more at
tentively.
From heuc eforth continued to visit the Sen
ator almost daily, but never found an opportu-
nity of seeing Adeline alone. She was ever en-
gagged in her domestic occupations, and when
she sometimes came for few minutes into the
room the sisters had always some pretext or
other to prevent my addressing word to her.
As the family were one evening assembled as
| usuaI. the conversation happened to turn on
women and marriage. The father gave it as his
opinion that the principal point to be attended
to- was, whether or not the bride had weighty
purse-Young Seldorf was OF an opposite way
of thinking. Money" said he, " gives the wife
| a claim to lord IL over her husband, which she
is always sure to avail herself Of and 1t is there
fore dangerous to marry for that alone" The
two girls coincided with their father, and sup
ported the contest with deal of stuff, in favor
of rich daughters, or, in other words, Of them
selves.
she did not appear to notice anything that had
passed. now took up the cudgels, and said,
According to my notions, woman's value is
not to be estimated by what she has, but what
she is Women have, for the most part, juster
views of the value of things than men, and none
but snch as are of a coarse and common nature
will ever wish to make their dowry pretext
for exercising undue control"
When was talking in this ridiculous strain,
with more than ordinary warmth, Adeline con-
timed ouietly Mt her work. and the sisters
vinked and made faces to each other. 1 got
yexed, and took my leave. When L reached
home, reproached myself for my folly. My
observations had pointed too strongly at Ade-
line, of whom, as she was totally without for
tune it was impossible for me to think seri-
ously; and uncomfortable as her situation in
the family was, this conduct of mine had been
calculated only to render il more SO. 1 now
therefore determined to be more sparing of nv
visits and actualIy staid away two whole iavs.
On tine evening of the third. however. I met
Adeline bv chance at a friends house. and. as
it was already late. civility Obliged me to offer
to see her home. =. e. e=-
2 q IF Won are going that way at anv rate.n said
she som ewhat reseryedlv Mr. Seldorflived at
some distance but 7 don't know how it han.
nened we did not choose the nearest road to his
house had persuaded her to take NV arm.
and we fell into a conversation which soon he
came interesting. declared in the most unre-
sar,,aa ,,,.nnar INV onjn;on Of baM;ssess G ond
toucbed nv tho xvav ON A6eline,s sitna,ion
She seemed affected and said .Tbopob ednca-
tion and circumstances NAV nrodpce in ms fan,ts
for which we are not 10 blame tbev often OF
the same time mt in onr mower 10 do mucb
Good for which probably. We do not deserve
have oht oinad xviax-S Of life
than 7 sbou1d otbervisa have nossessed 7 ON,
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