The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-01-26


egmt to an eul
Yoa don't man tbatF
YES ibe thing broken off rs peo-
p'e lisa baa i5b and I'm sorry
about mtt cannot be helped now
Had tho lady resented Dis serenity
and dismissed hha2 Iasktd ms 10
Al though BE- HAD herl The question,
he went op
lis too aa mans doirs I lopo
hes satisfied naa He's tho most un-
reasonable an3 shsagroeable old follow
that | ever bad tho misfortune 10 meet
with
bat what MA be dap
Wei We fen ont about the settle
ments, that was whore the hitch arose
rm sure did all / conld to please hun
/ gave up condition after condition,
quite ID opposition 20 my solicitor ]
told him to settle whut money he pro-
posed 10 settle upon his daughter--it
wasn't much after all just as be pleas
ed: I did not want to touch a half a
penny Of t. He might settle it, / told
him, just as strictly as ever be pleased
or he might settle nothing at ali upon
Ler, il be liked that better II was his
daughter | wanted and not his money
And for my part Id take care my wife
did not come 20 want. | undertook to
insure my life TO large amount, and
TO assign the policy to trustees for her
benefit, in case Of my death, covenant
ing of course, to pay the premiums reg
nlarly, and TO keep mp the insurance in
the usual way. ] thought that fair
arrangement enough; but il did not
content him. He wanted to tie my
hands completely. lie hadn't a hap
orth of conhdelce IN me. lie gave me
credit for no sort OF affection for his
daughter. lie insisted that any mon
oy ! might in future become possessed
Of should covenant to bring into the
settlement Ii was most absurd. OF
course oonldn consent to it. / had
my business to consider Ii may be
very desirable by and by to invest fur
ther capital in it. Why should be
hindered from investing my own mon
ey in tho way | might deem it best ~
Oi course my wife and children --if /
have any will reap the benefit Of it
Just Us much as / shall However, he
wouldn't listen TO me, 20 there was
nothing more to be said lie wouldn't
give in; and / wouldn't | told Geor-
gia exactly how tue matter stood She's
Vi age. asked her whether she fmar-
~ me without Che Old man consent
Poor girl! she was IN a dreadful way
But she sddu't dare TO 10 that She
shfank from offending her father, SC
there's no help for 1.-THE thing is bro.
ken of, ard I'm not to be married, il
seems, this time, at any rate.
lie spoke rather sorrowiully, but still
without The slightest trace Of temper
I endeayored TO console him in a com.
monplace sort OF way. 1t was difficult
matter to know what to say upon an
occasion like this, and consolation at al
times is apt to run into rather common.
place forms.
He opened the small packet he had
been holding in bis hand.
This is pleasant, he said quickly
Here are all my letters TO Georgia. All
and here is little present ! made, SEN
back to me.
There were not many letters. They
were written, | could see, in my frind
usual bold plain, legiblo hand. TheiI
canten.s I ronld gness. little eponpI
Bko conventional love letters probably
eat s;r,,Io aud to tho rnr,ose and nm
,n;sfaLaI,iv enopob The nrosent wa,
ri,r i,roo d;anond heavily sot /,
Main cola inst t,a yalnahlo substan
tisl, simple present could have fancie'
MI e,aro so,octic, tor b;s hatrotbsd
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