Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-09


but a. the very moment Of his declaration
of love to her, she had found herself posi-
lively unable to do So Once or twice her
sisters reproachcd her with having en-.
couragod the addresses Of some gentleman
only to reject him.
But | did mean to marry him." said
poor Eleanor
"Tben why didn't your" asked Mrs.
John Collins.
." really couldn't--I don't know why
| hoped | could till the last moment"
"A woman Of your age ought to know
her own mind better than that" retorted
Mrs. John, severely.
Eleanor was now 2j years of age" al
most an old maid" Mrs. John said to Mrs
Edward Collins, when Judge Carter fell in
love with her.
"This is the very best chance Eleanor
has ever had yet" said Mrs. John to her
husband, in the quiet of their own room.
" Somehow these old girls often do remark
ably WE'LL"
| shouldn't think Of calling Eleanor an
old girl" said her brother.
That's because you have always lived
with her, and don't realize hor age. She
is an old girl, she's 25, if she's day, aud
I'm sure she's very lucky. There's Judge
Garter, a man Of the highest position, of
frst-rate family, Just elected senator, and
very well off. dead in love with her. But
| don't believe she had an idea of it. l
haven't dared to joke her even, for fear
she'd turn the cold shoulder to him. She's
the queerest girl | ever saw in my life.
wonder if she will take him2"
take him OF course she will" said
Brother John, scornfully; "that is, if she
can get him. | ouly hope you're right in
thinking he wants to marry her"
| wish were as sure she would accept
him, as am sure he will ask her to-" re-
piled Mrs John.
accept him she'll jump at the chance, y
said her husband.
"l'm not so sure Of that" rctorted Mrs
john.
Aud Mrs John was right. The senator
elect did propose to Eleanor, who quietly
rejected him. as she had so many others
Both John and his wife we're wroth at this
"What do you expect in a mani" cried
Mrs. Collins.
al expect him to make me love him
that's all.
"Aud why can't you love Judge Carter 2
"l'm sure | can't tell Why"
"Then | can" retorted her sister-in-law
at all comes from your reading poetry anC
novels You are expecting to love as peo
pie do in books. Let me tell you nobody
does that in real life. In the first place
the men who are so noble and heroic il
books, are not to be found outside of them
aud in the second, if they were, I'm not 81
sure that the women could be found t
love them as the ideal ones do. Bu
whether they could or would love them il
this tremendous way isn't the question
They don't, and that's all there is to be saii
about it. The only romantic ove-match
ever knew was a runaway one, and it turn
ed out miserably; before year they hate,
each other as heartily as they had love,
each other at first. You are sensib
girl. Look around you, among our &C
quaintances, aud tell me where do you Sc
two people who are in love as they are i
books. As far as | myself am concerned
| loved John well enough when | Marie,
him, but | had none Of those wild ecstasie.
or any idea that | couldn't live .withou
him, and all that sort Of nonsense. Bu
we get along well together we are fond Q
each other, aud then we have our children.
Her voice softened as she spoke ''Eear
or," she continucd, "there is no ..uth i
the talk in books about the wa wome
, love men but there never has been, an
there never can be put into words, the enc
tiou that mother feels for her baby. S
long as God gives woman mother-ove, El
eanor, they needn't ask anything more.
tell you, my dear, marriage is very disat
, pointing to most women. | sometime
think children are the only things tina
, make matrimony tolerable. But o, wha
, happiness the children do bring to VIC
man Eleanor, every woman ought t
have homo of her own, and children {
her own"
But, Mary, cannot think that is tn
= true ideal Of marriage, in which the chi
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