The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-12-16
AN UNCOMMON LOWERS
"a QUARREL. l

+. NY nhrp ID All out OF tune, tue
piano is discordant; the canaries
pipe q shrill whistle instead d
thoir soft notes; and it oraipsiy,
land--"srsA Td aGilsai 3sr
YAnd what, child?p said the
pleasant voice OF Aunt Mary Dem
man, as she examined the counte.
nance of her neice. si MI q
"And l wish i was dead; or had
never been born--Or something,
l scarcely know what" and Mag
gle Meredith's beautiful lips were
pouted, and . strange cloud Of sui
lenness and dissatisfaction hung
portentously over the fresh young
face, gl.ag. lf55 tf.. W
II dislike very much, Maggie,
to hear such. remarks as these you
have just uttered from any Ups;
much more, my dear, from yours,
Life is not all sunshine and sweet.
ness; but it romans with Us, as
Godfioying, God.fearing individ-
ualso TO be content with the part
assigned 10 US, and iliveit out pa
tiently." sdJ .ysaraa.c -
"0h; yes, that is all very nice to
talk about, but suppose one wasn't
given any patience to start with?
Docs O body possess a little root or
slip of anything, why, one can cul-
tivate it, of course;l but patience
can't be manufactured. '
Harvey is all the time lecturing
me. II it be necessary to find so
much fault now, the probabilities
arc We shall never bc happy; for |
cannot and will not endure so
much badgering. 1 told him so
last night, and gave him back our
engagement ring" and Maggie
held up her foretinger obviously;
"and told him never to como near
mo again. l VOW won't be cvcrs
lastingly talked to; so there!"
"You have trifed, Maggie, with
one Of the noblest men God ever
made; thrown away the costliest
pearl he will ever otferyou. Mag.
gle, | am astonished." OH
"Oh, mercy, if this isn't tediousl
You talk, Auntie, like q crazy per.
son. Do you imagine, for mo-
ment, that l court this everlasting
humdrumming | am compelled to
listen to, at homo and abroad,
from relatives, friends, and lover?
Do you suppose that l do not. from
the bottom of my heart, deplore
tho fato that sent me into this
breathing world, scarce half made
up, and that so lamely and unfash-
ionably that dogs bark at mo as l
halt by theml Richard, l suppose,
was talking about the hump on his
back. l refer to my mental and
moral deformity. Someway every
body seems to feel a. liberty to des-
cant on my infrmities and right
before my face and eyes too. l
didn't tell Harvey to make love to
me, two years before he got a
chance to whisper word Of it,
He has got impudence there is no
mistake about that"
"What is the trouble between
you and Harvey, my dear" inquir>
ed Auntio, endeavoring to calm
herself, for Maggie was very dear
to her. Ever since the death Of
her parents, some five years pre-
vious, Aunt Mary had had the
care Of her niece. She was kecnly
alive TO the faults of the girl, but
believed that time, experience and
the love of the really worthy man
to whom Maggie was bethrothed,
would round off the edges of her
character, and bring out, like gold
from the refnor's fire, the traits Of
true nobility she know she possess
ed. ia b
"Likc the majority of quarrels, u
replied Maggie, "it originated from
nothing. l said that | hated begA
gars, that's all" ...
why, Maggie, arc you dcrang-
ed?' said Auntie, who could with
difficulty repross = smile. You Of
all others 10 say such thing!-
you who keep the kitchen filed with
the objects Of your charity. How
could you tell such q falsehood?"
We'll, the other night, just as we
were getting out Of the carriage at
Pike's-I was in a hurry, l knew
the opera had commenced--a fOr>
lorn old beggar, his breath smell
ling of whiskey, stopped us. 1t
was awful cold, and Harvey kept
me standing a minute or two on
tho walk, while no fumbled in his
pockets for money 10 give tho old
vogabond to buy moro rum with.
L was vexed and cold, and it he
had let me alone, and not kept ask
ling questions, I should not have
said the awful words. l declared
it would have altered the case bad
the man not been q drunkard.-
Harvey insisted that society was
to blame for that sin; and he as a
member OF it, would never turn his
back upon man who he knew
was cold and hungry. lie could
not abolish rumselling, but q starv.
ing drunkard was just as much an
object of charity to him as starving
minister. Good gracious didn't
his eyes snap though. He's as
much too radical as / am too will
full. 1hen l said l hated beggars,
any way"
Aunt Mary could say nothing,
advise nothing. She saw that, by
a little judicious management on
the part Of the lover, this grand fl.
nalo might have been averted; but
men are not natural diplomatists.
And so, with q careless observation