Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-13
How Aunt Mamie Game To Marry
FgT. Marshall.

d" How did you come 10 marry Mr..
Marshall. aunt Mamie
Mrs.. Mamie Marshall wasn't NV aunt.
bat had called her - FOR years. .or -hr
was the kindc-t and iTuest friend ! ever
had. She sat silent. knitting busily and
smiling little. before she ans wered me
"It al came Of s'ia king crnmh cloth.
aunt Mamie. WHIT. did sou trip him
up in IL folds. an. bring him down ou
his knees u you.
40; IN tell yau When ! .-a- iaur
years old nay mother died. dom saaS
whether children 1T that f.u..r a-r f.
member their mother "a ! remembered
mine or moi hut when ] ,..., - littl'
that | sat ia Is high chair NJ the flble. J
would watch the chair tiilI',s Us' aroHI T.
it with the persistent b. i.- thar ing moth
or would come t0 rit by Inr. aui dIA
not relinqui>h this hope after ! wa- Oh
enough To comprehend death. hat rlun2
to II. praying Christ 10 work g miracle.
a. in the old Bible iimc., and let my .,-gr
mother appear to nay longing sight
Never wa- there a moro eoti"uat.
or imaginative child. and NV YOUTH ~
"A dreary time. Ny grluamoihef. Who
had charge Of me. meant t. do hsr lufy
by me, and, in the usual uceep-lIiee At
the term, she did II. was fei and clothed
and she taught me a. well 80 hsr limit. d
means would allow. Bat She meyer man
ifestcd ANY affection for nae. Sine Va. one
of those kind OF people who think kisses
and carcs~es fooll-hues-. and though can
look back now and remember proofs ot a
secret tenderness. she never kissed or ca
ressed me when | was "a child.
| IL grew up starved for love. After I
was fourteen years old grew T. look FOR
it from whence all girls look for it-frum
lover. / read romance, | built sir
castles-yet - well had been trained IN
practical ways and habits that u, one
dreamed of the turn my mind was TAX
ing. My fondest dream was of the time
when a martial figure, with bold. bright
eyes, and gay apparel should, seated on a
! milk-white charger, appear before me a.
| SPUN la the porch, or gathered berries
in the field, and folded me to his heart
with tender and assuring words, leap upon
his steed, and with me IN his arms, fly to
some unknown country where he would
make me queen of his castle / never
realized, ugly, ignorant child that was,
this was peculiarly absurd as applied TO
me, until one day something occurred
which destroyed my beautiful illusion,
and made me wretched.
"There was always several weeks in the
fall, when, if the crops were good, / was
almost necessarily employed in gathering
berries which my grandmother preserved
for winters use. My only companion in
this work was my cousin, Stephen, boy
two or three years younger than myself.
"One day when thus employed, we
caught glimpse of man in regimentals,
riding swiftly through the woods.
"Who can that be Z" said Stephen.
"Oh" said /, in delight, perhaps it is
my lover knight coming from the wars to
ind me. Let us watch until he comes
around the bend Of the road. If it is he
he viii take off his plumed hat and wave
it for me. Then he will gallop UP and
lift me to his horse and carry me to
Hoated Castle"
"a nice girl you are, for knight to run
off with, amt your A handsome lady
love you'd make, with your black face and
flying hair like wild Indians, and mouth
All stained up with berries, Ho, no !,
Wouldn't You look grand flying away on
. horse, with your old calico dress flying,
and your shoes falling of. cause there 50
big I'd just like to zee YOU
my cloud land was DESTROYED for
ever. From that moment 1 knew was
ugly, uncouth and unattrsctive, and INV
hsro lover asvsr ca,ns; ceased to e1-
Ipsst hin.