, 1872-01-01
Wedding Journey Quarrels.

"We shall have time for O drive
sround the mountain before dinner, y
said Basil, as they got into their car
nage again and he was giving the order
to the driver, when Isabel asked how
far it was. A
"Nire miles,
so, thenwe cant 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
having his decisions reached without
his knowledge. "And / don't see why
we should. Everybody goes with one.
You don't suppose we're too heavy, dc
you?"
"Ihad a party from the States, ma'anl
yesterday, interposed the driver; ''twe
ladies, real heavy ones, two gentlemen,
weighin' two hundred apiece, and stout
Young man on the box with me. You'd
"a thought the horse was drawin' an
empty carriage, the way she darted
along" ...,e,.soE s.rs.,.,
Then his horse must be perfectly
worn out, to-day" said Isabel, refusing
to admit the poor fellow directly even to
the honors of a defeat. He had proved
too much, and Twas put out Of court with
10 hope ofrepairing hiserror. -
"Why, it seems a pity" whispered
Basil, dispassionately, ''to turn this lnan
adrift. when he had reasonable hope
Of being with us all day, and has been
so civil and obliging.''
go, yes, Basil, scntimentalize him,
do! Why don't you sentimentalize his
helpless, overworked horse?-all in 6
reek of perspiration.
"Pespiration! Why, my dear, its the
rainr'
"Well, rain or shine. darling, I don't
want to go round 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
s'Now, this is little too much, Isabel
You know we never mentioned the mat.
ter till this moment.
''It's the same as q promise, You not
saying you wouldn't. But I don't ask
! you to keep your word. l don't want te
90 around the mountain. I'd much
rather go to the hotel. I'm tired.''I
''yery well, then, Isabel, I'll leave
You at the hotel"
ina moment 1t had come, the first
serions dispute of their wedding llie'
II had come as all such calamities come,
from nothing, and it was on them in
full disaster ere they knew. Such a
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 assunder
than those who have never been friends.
.'I thought" bitterly mused Isabel,
"that he would have done anything fol
me-" '.Who would have dreamed that
q. woman of her sense would be so nm
reasonable" he wondered. Both had
tempers, as know my dearest reader
has (if LADY, and neither would yield;
and so, presently, they could hardly
tell how, for they were aghast at it all
Isabel 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. Al
was over; the dream was past; the charm
was broken. The sweetness of theil
love was turned to gall; whatever had
pleased them in the loving moods was
loathsome now, and the things they hao
praised a moment before were hateful
In that baleful light, which seemed tc
dwell upon all they ever said Or did ii
mutual enjoyment, how poor and stupi(
and empty looked their wedding journey
Basil spent five minutes in arraignins
his wife and conyicting her of every
folly and fault His soul was in {
whirl,
'For to be wroth with one we love
Doth work like madness in the BRAIN
In the midst of his bitter and furious up
bradings, he found himself suddenly be
come her ardent advocate, and ready tt
denounce her judge as a heartless mons
ter. "On our wedding journey, too
Good heavens, what an incredible brute
amt Then he said, ''What an ass
ami and the patbos of the case having
yielded to its absurdity, he was helpless
In five minutes more he was at IsabePs
side, the one-horse carriage driver dis
missed with q handsome pouirboire, and
n pair of lusty bays with glitterine
barouche waiting at the door below. He
swiftly accounted for his presence, which
she seemed to find the most natural
Thing tlill coulu pe, anu SIG iHes LIS . Al
render with the openness of heart that
forgives but does not forget, if indeed
the most gracious art is the only one
unknown to the sex. She rose with {
smile from the ruins of her life, amids
which she had t-brokenly sat down
With all her things on. 81 knew you't
come back" she said.
$50 did l." he answered. 's1'n
much too good and noble to sacrifice N!