The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-10-23

+ margaret Won Howth looked
down at her grumbling little
friend with q smile. ~ 10 TiziiA
" Jenny, it seems to me, as we
cit here to this quiet place, and
look out over all these pleasant
fields that are your ownAit seems
to me that you are almost wicked
toptalk like that.no1i 10 rizH1
81 dare say you would never
like lit Margaret You would
never wish to Change with me.n =
"Perhaps not. But would Won
not like to change with me.poHI.l
eyes" .sgI9
b. Sand you be Mrs. Won Howth
instead of Mrs. Hiram Parke q"
Jenny hesitaled. She loved her
handsome husband dearly. ,.,,.s,.7
Well ; I don't mean that i
want to give up, Hiram. L only
wish he was city merchant in
stead of farmer, and as rich as
your husband is, that is ALL"
I III And that lis a great ldeal.4
Jenny, If your wish could be
granted, do you know what your
life would beq''4said Mrs. Won
Howth coldly. SJ3aaks CT.
q LisWhate yours is, I suppose.
What any lady's is in POSITION"
But what is that life2 Do
"How should / 2" '''
{" 1t is a weary one, Jenny, with
more genuine hard work in it than
in all your making of butter and
cheese. ''N ''@ e.' 3 Z '''
sol Margaret" ea' r -'
:" And or Jenny, believe me,
my dear, there are no. people on
earth who work harder than the
fashionables who have only their
amusements to provide for. A
long, long life of mere amusements
is 9 dogs life, epHy, at the best"
:" | shonld like to be convinced
of it by actual experience" said
Jenny, doubtingly.
so | said aud thought once I
have been convinced that it is all
vanity and vexation of spirits, my
dear" -
But liowW persisted Jenny.
How2 Indeed, ten thousand
ways. If you live in the fashion
able world, you must do as the fash
ionable world does. You mist rise
and dress, and hop, and lunch,
and dress again and drive-then
dress again and appear at certain
balls, parties, concerts, exactly as
your friends do, or be voted 5s.
sarTe, and ont of the world alto.
gether. You, my poor Jenny,
who are by no means fond of fine
dresses, what would you do at a
fashionable Awateripgplace in the
hottest days of August with five
changes of toilet between morn.
ing and night, and a French la.
dy's maid to tyrannize over you
all the time ?" '. .e~ :rr
Horrors" calculated Jenny.
Balls that you must go to in
spite Of fatigue /; parties that you
must go to in spite of the heat /;
calls that you must make on peo.
pie you detest I: OtJenny, I would
far rather be at homo with the
butter and cheese, if I were yon."
Jenny was silent. Here was
the side of the bright picture she
had never seen or dreamed of be.
fore. .,.. $500 .
" You love your husband, Jen-
N.Y." said her friend, after a time.
Jenny opened her eyes wide /
" Love him ! Why, isn't he my
husband 2" was the reply.
AIRS. Yop Howth laughed.
-" Some women in society might
think that a reason why You
shouldn't love him !" she said dry.
ly. And he loves you also.2", h
" should die, Tomorrow if l
thought he did not" go.
" Tut, child2 Is People leave this
world when God wills ,it-not be-
fore, | dare say you would sur
vive .his uhfaithfuiness. Many
women before you have lived
such things" y ~hr e
I" Don't talk Of it, Margaret ;
] could not bear it. Why, he is
all the world to me ! and, 4 your,
self being judge, how could l bear
to lose him 2" ','"" ..' 3
80 g Then, don't wish him to be a
city merchant, my dear. I dare
say there are many good men, in
the city-mer who love their
wiyes-but on the other hand,
there arc 80 many temptations, es
in society, that 1 some
times wonder, that, so amany
remain true to themselves and
their duty" y q -,
She spoke absently, and her
eyes had a far away glance as if
they dwelt on other things.
Jenny ventured aquestiou. a
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