St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-11-14

said that she would he guided hv her
aunt. who made no attempt to delay it
unrcaSonably.
''Shc Is no companion to me any
longer. said the outspokcn lady :"
perhaps when she is married she will
Recover her >cmSeS.'
One thing she WAS obstinate about
and that was Il religious ceremony,
which the Young man wanted to omit.
1t wis odiouS, he said, that one human
being should VOW to honor and obey
another.
If Lucy thinks that. she had better
not marry you at all said Miss Faver-
sham; THAT is my opinion: and 80
You must hc tied up in the usual man
ncr. 10y Il clergyman of the Church of
England. or You shall have neither the
five Thousand pounds or IL breakfast
Principle is Il very fine thing, but
money money. so the pair were
ANAL alSamated. and toasted, and caked.
and Whitci favored. and packed abroad
for Il month. just like ordinary couples
III the same station of life.
When they came back, they fixed
their home III Il cottage near the wood.
within half an hours omnibus ride of
Charing Cross.
They soon had plenty of society !:
Henry Collin>on's clique WAS not II
large one. but all the members of il
called on his bride. VIII" presently he
came absorbed III a pursuit which rivals
gambling tur t;cination the hatchimg
of Il rev cNolution. \ mere social rcVolu-
ton. it WAS true. lacking the excite
m"mt and danger appcrtaining t" the
cndeaNor to upset the established gov
crnmrnt of Il country : but 10y no means
deficient III elements calculated to set
the outer world 10y the ears. and CON
>rqurntly t" ill the breasts of adopts
with most N"luptu"u> feeling of supe-
rioritN.
The Young Mrs. Collin>on had ISL
pcIinr mind a> the cant phrase runs.
| mean that She WAS NOT content To
Ncgrtatr like Il cabbage: her intcllcr-
tual half required I" Ice fed. Just like Il
curp0rcal 81 that she could appreciate
the leaders of the set in V which she now
found hcI>clt. and perceive that they
undoubtedly were very clever women.
and not only clcvcr hut with a glrat
deal "t 80" in them: Il quality with
out " hirh ardent disciples are seldom
made. Lucy soon h,camc an ardent
disciple: >hr knew. without vanity .
that >h" WIS Il more reasonable hcim"
than the maiurit} "f gll> she had he
come Intimate with up and down the
Wolld: She also knew. without false
m"dc>tN. that hen own mental calihIc
Wa> tIr superior that at Mrs. Mobile.
Miss Franks. uI Priscilla Skcp>. and the
Influence " hich ihu~t. ladies rN,rci>ri
over her Wa therefore well nigh TN
limited. Nmd ON thciI pant they were
proud at their recruit too many of the
ladies " II" tlurhrd To THEN standard
bad only discovered the rotten state
"i >ocictl after they had fallen under
it, ban. and their conversion WAS con
>cqurutil rather suspicious: hut Lucy
WAS Il genuine convert. They aI>"
liked her: uu man al woman Was Vet
proof rwIIu~t the tlattcIy of Il gcnuinr
admiration: hc>idr> which. she was ;ic-
tive and useful. and WIS soon admmit-
ted int" thrir most secret cnrIm>rl>.
IIcrIN C"lliu>un WIS delighted.
Five wears elapsed. during which tho
delight of iIrnIl C"iIim~nm subsidized q
little. indeed. hc wore Il long face ~
Ia" ladI,d the tcI int" the teapot one
morning. while his thIct children made
things ~ uncomfortable ~ they could.
The eldest. Il boy of military pr"rliNi-
lies. WIS drilling Il squad of sugar
pluuI~. and Swallowing an odd file at
intervals: the Struud. Il wilI. WAS tub
hing her doll in the ~lop basin: while
the Youngest. who ua, lttlc more. than
u craw len. kept tn III" how near il could
=" tu several kinds of suicide without
an actually fatal result. and how lin.
hrrau,r tho experiments proved pain
full.
"Ila,r lou copied these letters ," his
" it,, asked - -hc came huilicdlN into
the. room.
~ g.. he replied. ''tht.N are all read,
for the post"
Nv hN don't Nnu keep the children
uuir ! What a noise they have been
nIakiu. Takr. ,our doll and hc off.
Sapphu Let the sugar alone. Tom.
Bless me. there's that brat roalin"
a".lIn, W hat plaques children are ,
DO lium ihc bell. Henry. and let u>
have. Them ,lrarrd out
When This ,,;I> done and hrcakf:l>t
half over. CnlliuSou came ont with
What v,s uu hi, mind. ..Look here.
I,ur," said hr ..>ou nr, , sensible
woman. and nurht not To finch from
rir truth. and tlIat i. everything is 70
iur to the bad. Our household rN-
prr,>ce are double what people who
keep up much larger establishments
NAY o,,r servant, rob lis : the children
,r,. neoI.ctrd. and will he brrn,rcd. for
we ,r, >rcndiur nrlr capitaI."
And whose FAULT is all this ,"
..N,I SuunoS. Won will own that
NJ, r,u,rn, rnnsult n,w TASTES and
wishr. in eyrrltbiur. Society could
moi on ON if peonIc did not attend to