Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-08
A wedding Journey Quarrel.
THAT HAPPENED IN MONTREAL.


was
Mine miles"
20, then we can't think of going witt
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 hay
ing his decisions reached without hi
knowledge. ''And / don't see why VI
should. Everybody goes with one. Yot
don't suppose we're too heavy, do you 2
o Il had party from the States, ma am
yesterday, " interposed the driver, "twc
ladies, real heavy ones, two gentlemen
veighin' two hundred apiece, and stout
young man on the box with me. You'C
a'thought the horse was DRAWN an eRp
~ carriage, the way she darted along"
Then his horse must be perfectly
worn out to-day" said Isabel, refusing
to admit the poor fellow directly even tC
the honors of q defeat. He had proved
too much, and was put out of court with
emo hope of repairing his error.
why, it seems a pity" whispered
Basil, dispassionately, "to turn this man
adrift, when he had reasonable hope
of being with us all day, and has been so
civil and obliging.'
80, yes, Basil, sentimentalize him, do !
Why don't you sentimentalize his help
less, overworled horse all in a reek of
perspiration."
"Perspiration Why, my dear, it's
@ the >rain!"
"Well, rain or shine, darling, l don't
want to go around the mountain with
one horse; and it's very unkind of you
to insist now, when you've tacitly prom
ised me all along to take two.
''Now, this is a little too much, Isabel.
You know we never mentioned the mat
ter till this moment"
cts the same as q promise, your not
saying you wouldn't. But | don't ask
you to keep your word. l don't want
to go round the mountain. I'd much
rather go to the hotel I'm tired.
Every well, them Isabel, I'll leave
you at the hotel"
In moment it had come, the first
serious 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
very little while ago, there in the con-
vent garden, their lives had been drawn
closer in sympathy than ever before;
and now that blessed time seemed ages
since, and they were further asunder
than those who have never been friends.
II thought" bitterly unused Isabel,
''that he would have done anything for
me-" "Who would have dreamed that
a woman of her sense would be so I'M
reasonable" he wondered. Both had
tempers, as | know my dearest reader
has Qf LADY, and neither would yield
and So presently, they could hardly tell
how, for they were aghast at it all, Isa-
bel was alone in her room amidst the
ruins of her life, and Basil alone in the
one-horse carriage, trying to drive away
from the wreck of his happiness. All
was over; the dream was past the
charm was broken. The sweetness of
their love was turned to gall whatever
had pleased them in their loving moods
was loathsome now, and the things they
had praised a moment before were hate
full. In that baleful light, which seemed
to dwell upon all they ever said or did
In mutual enjoyment, how poor and
stupid and empty looked their wedding
journey! Basil spent five minutes in
arraigning his wife and convicting her
of every folly and fault. His soul was
in a whirl,-
For to be wroth with one we love
Doth work like madness on the brain"
In the midst of his furious upbraidings
he found himself suddenly become
her ardent advocate, and ready to
denounce her judge as a heartless mon
ster. son our wedding tour, too! Good
heavens, what an incredible brute l
am !" Then he said, ''What an ass |
am !" and the pathos of the case having
yielded to its absurdity, he was helpless.
In five minutes more he was at Isabels
side, the one-horsc carriage driver dis
missed with handsome p0nr-bOjre and
pair of lusty bays with a glittering ba-
rouche waiting at the door below. He
swiftly accounted for his presence,
which she seemed to find the most natu-
ural thing that could be, and she met his
surrender with the openness of a heart
that forgiyes but does not forget, if i'll
deed the most gracious art is the only
one unknown to the sex. She rose with
smile from the ruins of her life,
amidst which she had hcartbrokenly sat
down with her things on.
II knew you'd come back, she said.
$50 did |, he answered. I'm much
too good and noble TO sacrifice my pref
ence to my duty"
II didn't care particularly for the two
horses, Basil, She said as the descended
TO the barouchess 1T was your refusing
them that hurt me.
"And / didn't want the one-horsc car
g riage. 1t was your illogicality that pro-
yoked me"
''Do you think people ever quarreled
before on a wedding jOurney?' asked
lsabe, as they drove gayly out of the
city
"Neyer. can't conceive of 1T. |
suppose if this was written downnobody
would believe it.
mo, nobody could, " said Isabel, mus
ingly II wish you would tell me just
what you thought of me, dearest Did
you feel just as you did when our little
affair was broken off. long ago; Did
you hate me-
did, most cordially; but not half
SO much as | despiscd myself the next
moment. AS to its being like a lovers
quarrel, it wasn't 1t was more bitter:
so much more love than lovers ever give
had to be taken hack Besides, is had
no dignity, and a lovers quarrel always
has. A lovers quarrel always springs
from more serious cause, and has an
air OF romantic tragedy This had no
grace of the kind. 1t was poor shah
by little squabhy
30, don't call It 50. Basil. should
like you to respect even quarrel of ours
more than that. II was tragical enough
with me, for didn't see how it could
ever be make up. | knew | couldn't
make the advances. | don't thing it is
quite femiAine to be the first to forgive
is ii? 2"
I'm sure l can't say Perhaps it
would be rather unladylikc"
"Weu. you see dearest, what | am
trying to get mt il this: whether We shall
love each other the more or the less for
it. | think We shall get on all the bet
ter for while, on account of it, But |
should have said it was totally out of
character. It's something You might
have expected from very young bridal
couple but after all we've been through.
it seems too improbable"
Very Well, said Basil who. having