Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-03-01
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A Wedding Journey Quarrel,
THAT HAPPENED IN MONTREAL.

THAT HAPPENED IN MONTREAL.
We shall have time for the drive
around the mountain before dinner" said
Basil, as they got into their carriage
again, and he was giving the order to the
driver, when Isabel asked how far it was
"Nine miles"
go, then we can't think of going with
one horse. You know" she added, that
we always intended to have two horses
for going around the mountain"
No." said Basil, not yet used to hav-
ing his decisions reached without his
knowledge. "And 1 don't see why we
should, Everybody goes with one. You
don't suppose we're too heavy do you ?"
81 had party from the States, ma'am,
yesterday" interposed the driver" "two
ladies, real heavy ones, two gentlemen,
weighin' two hundred apiece, and stout
young msn on the box with me. You'd
a'thoughtthe horse was DRAWN an empty
carriage, the way she darted along"
"Then his horse must be perfectly worn
out to-day" said Isabel, refusing to ad-
nit the poor fellow directly even to the
honors Of defeat. He had proved too
much, and was put out Of court with no
hope of repairing his error.
"Why, it seems a pity" whispered
Basil, dispassionateiy, ito turn this man
adrift, when he had reasonable hope of
being with US all day, and has been so
civil and obliging."
30, yes, Basil, sentimentalize him, do
Why don't you sentimentalize his help
less, overworked horse all in reek OF
perspiration."
Perspiration Why, my dear it's
the rain 7
Well, rain or shine, darling, l don't
want to 60 around the mountain with
one horse; and it's very unkind Of you
TO insist now, when you've tacitly prom.
ised all along, to take two"
Now, this is little too much, Isabel
You know we never mentioned this mat
ter till this moment"
It's the same as promise your not
saying you wouldn't. But l don't ask
you to keep your word. don't want to
go round the mountain, I'd much rather
90 to the hotel. I'm tired.
"Very well, then, Isabel, I'll leave you
at the hotel"
In moment it had come, the first Sc.
rious dispute of their welded life. 1t
had come as all such calamities come
from nothing, and it was on them in full
disaster ere they knew. Such a very lit.
tie whileago, there in the convent garden
their lives had been drawn closer in sym.
pathy than ever before and now that
blessed time seemed ages since, and they
were further asunder than those who
have never been friends. :" thought,
/ DiJbSIIY uustu lodDSl, VHdb Ho WoulO
have done anything for me-" "WhC
would have dreamed that woman of hel
sense would be so unreasonable" he won
dered. Both had tempers, as l know my
dearest reader has (if LADY, and neithe
would yield andso, presently, they coulC
hardly tell how, for they were aghast "a
it all, Isabel was alone in her room amids
the ruins of her life, and Basil alone il
the one-horse carriage, trying to driv,
away from the wreck of his happiness
All was over; the dream was past; tn,
charm was broken. The sweetness O
their love was turned to gall whateve
had pleased them in their loving mood
was loathsome now, and the things they
had praised moment before were hate
ful. In that baleful light, which seemed
to dwell upon all they ever said or did il
mutual enjoyment, how poor and stupiC
and empty looked their wedding journey
4 Basil spent FIVE minutes in arraigning hi
wife and convicting her of every folly
and fault. His soul was in a whirl,-
For to be wroih with one we love
Doth work like msdne.s on the brain"
In the midst of his furious upbraiding
he found himself suddenly become he
ardent advocate, and ready to denounc
her Judge as heartless monster 90
our wedding tour, tool Good heavens