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

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shouldn't makg 81 81 ktua oi
u3l aul similarly J. 3oat ae ahy ]
shouldn't u4ac her very good hul
- husband ] kn1H lA 10 all J gau
e masa hel happs and comfortable,
aud lge uo doubt shell do tbe same
aB hlr a5e WHIST more j. there e be
said Perhaps Im uat very fond q
a1 Warren DE hther md perhaps
also Wlueu, tie ftncr isnI very ioua
q mo Bat suA 7 don't tba, that
aeel pUte sefy msoA. ! darcay vc
sbal understand each other better hy-
and-by mtan time We must rub on as
wen Is $50 can and I must try ana
mako ihc bes, 81 tie oll gentlemou's
bnm9rs, and not ruu counter 70 him
more thau ] can avoid We needn't
be meeting So yery often, YOU know
Aud 1t seems to nae that the o3 fellow
would be no foudor Of anybody else
who might want to marry his daughter
than be is 81 ne And if Gcorgiana
likes me aud She SAYS sic does and
+. il / ike Georgiaua land know ! do
that seems to me the chief part Of lac
business. / don't think ! need trouble
myself much about the old mans views
on tie subject You sec it's or affair
Georgiana's and mine and not 6is;
though its hard to make him sec it IN
that light. But / daresay it Will all
come right in the end. That's what
tell Georgiana when she takes up with
rather gloomy views about her fathers
temper. Shes very good sense, and |
think she looks at the matter very much
as ! do--ouly Of course she cant help
/ feeling that be is her father, whereas,
thank goodness, be is not mine ! am
much obliged TO you all for your good
wishes, ! say again"
1t will be seen that Ned Stone was
not lover to sigh like a furnace" AS
for writing woeful ballad to his mis-
tress' eyebrows, ! don't fancy Be could
/ have accomplished such a feat, even If
his life depended on lis doing So, His
pulse beat ever steadily and punctually.
The Thermometer Of his love stood at
temperate, With no tendency towards a
rise. Let Cupid DO al be could, it aid
not seem that be vas able to work very
vital changes ia these respects. Stone,
it was evident, persisted in contemplate
ing love and marriage from the prosaic
and practical point of view Notions
81 poetry and sentiment On those OF
any other subjects were not possible 70
him. Ills constitutional serenity re,
fused to be disturbed at all BY "tho
quotidian Of love- There was nothing
about his demonstrating "a careless
dcsolation. He was, indeed a great
disappointment to conventional IDEAS
in relation to the lover. Many, per
4 haps, would be inclined to think that
be was not to be regarded as a lover al
alI Tint ho was simply a man going
to be married which character does
[ not necessarily involve the former
moro attractive and SNOWY role. lie
affected uo particular raptures as %
the prospect OF change in bis lie
though be looked forward to it with q
calm sort 81 satisfaction lie never
said a word as to the agitated state o.
bis breast, or the excitement Of hit
feelings He did not regard Miss War.
ren as an angel or goddess; probably
he would have been the first to contra.
dict any allegation that might bayC
been made to the effect that she was
anything Of the kind Passion did no'
pelplex or discompose his vision. Miss
Warren seemed simply to him wha'
she seem ed 10 everybody else mic,
looking, sensible English girl If b,
was to be considered a lover at all, WHY
. then it was lover with large inlu
sion Of the man Of business. At tht
came time, il should be noted that as
[ man of business Ned Stone was a strictly
honorable and thorough going man.
! Stones love affair might not be yer,
{ interesting to lookers-on; il it could II
called a romance at ali, it was unques
tionably a dull one Yet there wa
t something respectable about it too
j His affection was not at all for display
I but wholly for use solid aud durabl
I looking article, and in that light com
i. manding attention II was not q win
j that sparkled and effervesced, bubbhnI
over the glass's brim in rose tintet
foam yet il might, fJr an that, be Of
s sound, still and potent vintage Poss
IDLY, toe, il would be found TO kee
& better than It's more dtshing riyaL
liked the man His worthiness 10
, deed commanded the attention Of all
Moreover, be was siaanch, generou
; iel,ow.a most trusty aud rasoiute friend
1 70 me tie progress of bis love ailai
was matter 81 curious study ] wa
/ often considering tho question Vol
+ il change bim much would bis prae