The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-21
ordinary little matters of life, what can

ordinary little matters of life, what can
be done with the limited means at their
mutual disposal: how that life shall be
begun which they are to lead together;
what idea each has ofthe others duties;
what each can do for the other; what
each will renounce for the other. There
was true sense of the delight of init
macy in the girl who declared that she
had never loved her lover 80 we'll as
when she told him how many pairs of
stockings she had got. tbs very sweet
to gaze at the stars together; and it is
sweet to sit cut among the haycocks.
The reading Of poetry together, out Of
the same book, with brows all close,
and arms all mingled, is very sweet.
The pouring out of the whole heart in
writtenswords, which the writer knows
would be held to be ridiculous by any
eyes, and any ears, and any sense, OUT
the eyes and ears and sense OF the dear
one to whom they are sent, IS very
sweet; but for the girl who has maue
shirt for the man that she loves, there
has come a moment in the last stitch OF
il. sweeter than any that stars, hay
cocks, poetry, or supe,Ial,ve p neu.
have produced. Nora Rowley hau nov
or as vet been thus useful on oenail OF
Hugh StaHbury. Had she done So sne
might perhaps have been happier even
than she was during this journey; but,
without the shirt, it was one OF the
bappiest moments of her life. Their
was nothing now to separate them but
their own prudential scruples; and OF
them it must be acknowledged that
Hugh Stanbury had very few. Accord
ing 10 his showing, he was as well pro
Wed for matrimoney as the gentleman
IN the song, who came ont to WOO DIS
bride on a rainy night. 10 live STOCK
be was not so well provided as the irish
gentleman to whom we allude, but In
regard to all other provisions for com
Portable married life, he had, or at mo
ment's notice could have, all that was
needed. Nora could live just where she
pleased; not exactly in Whitehall Gar
dens or Belgrave Square; but the New
Road, Lupus Street, Montague Place,
the North Bank, or Remington Oval,
with all their surrounding crescents,
terraces, and rows, offered according to
him a choice 80 wide, either for lodg-
iugs or small houses, that their only
embarrassment was in their riches. He
had already insured his life for thou
sand pounds, and, after paying year.y
for that, and providing certain surplus
for sauing, five hundred year was the
income on which they were to commence
the world. "Of course wish it were
five thousand for your sake" he said;
land | wish were a Cabinet Minister,
or duke, or a brewer; but, even 90
heaven, you know all the angels can't
be arehangels." Nora assured him that
she would be quite content with virtues
simply angelic. 81 hope you like NUT
ton chops and potatoes; do" he said.
Then she told him of her ambition about
the beefsteak, acknowledging that, as it
must now he shared between two, the
glorious idea of puttinga part OF it
away in cupboard must be abandoned.
81 don't believe in beefsteaks," he said.
"a beefsteak is sumptuous and expen-
sive luxury. Now, a muttsn-chop
means something definite, and must be
economical"
"Then we will have the mutton chops
at home" said Nora, land you shall 60
to your club for the beefsteak."
To be Continued