, 1873-07-20
LOVE IN THE nineteenth CENTURY.

Quito fnnttor-of-faot lovo-Btory Ia this chnrnl-
Ing talo by A1fss 1Iarrtot " Preston, iaatted 40
orportunoly for eummor-roadora mattor-of-
fnct na becomes tho so1ato heroine, nnd tho
hero, who, in tho worry climax Of proposal, is
| cool enough to romlnd himself. md tho roader
Tint llo III not "apoony," actually rofratns from
quoting Tounyson or my Of TINT sort Of thing,
aud, in offering h.u'Bolf, uHoB Buoh businoas-
Itko torns aa "hnsbaud and wifo";
mattcr-of-fact, ns became their plnoo
In Ito who woro, eho o uauBic-teaohor,
ho not unpromising but not extraordinary
journalist; mattor-of-fact, aa becomes this
practical ago, Which Ia 30 romorBolosnly cutting
all tho clements of the dear old fashioned ro-
mance8 out Of our lives and yot, nftor oil, not
30 very ,as tho story Of their unique
courtship, and tho unwonted romance of their
llfo together, will show.
Tho aceuo oponB iu ono Of tho mountain vii
| 1agos OF tho Granite State, where tho horo,
Julius Nay, ono of the editorial statr Of lead
ing nowspnpor Of Boston, who had oyorwoskod
his eyoa tho preceding wintor, was suffering
threo months Of compulsory lolauro. As no
himself described 1t, 'resting like fury" Tho
horoino-a roHoryed, soft-spokon girl Of 24-vas
rostitg, but in moro fominino fashion, at tho
Ba1nc h0uBe.
Those two carnoat honest, keon-minded, and
|
summor-weoks together in lightaome talk and
woodland wanderiugs; but at last the day arrives
whom Olara was to 60. They moot, apparently
by chance, In q familiar spot, and o fatal mo-
mont is evidently ut hand. Julius opens
with tho striking remarl, that ho had
| noyor boon thcro IN tho afternoon bo-
foro; and tho maiden responds, worthily,
that this afternoon ia unusually cloudy.
Aftor a few halting sonteuces, In which
each assures tho othor low pleasant their
acquaintance has boon, Julius begins, with lit
tic the air Of ono reading legal instrument:
"Well, then, is it not possible that this which
you permit mo to call oltr common qualification
might ripon in timc into q moro AerouB aud
stable feoling a-a suitability, fitness for
mutual assistance a." simpler words than
bal a II iGsS living % togthor but he oGs s
tae1n. II am not, q sroony," he informed
himself, severely, and added, in an entirely bust.
neas-like manner, "in short, into tho love Of
N doubt, mo not IN aopta 9hoy DO IN not T YET
! know each other well enough; aud 30 they
separate, to abide tho toat Of ti1ne aud absence,
and more especially Of a correspondence which
is to reveal each to tho Other moro fully. It be-
Anything moro rational Rild cool thnn
the Interchange Of opinion between these
two could not 10 conceived. Thoy COM
relation to cuiture,-all tlo controversies Of tho
day, arc passed in review ho writing peremp-
torily, caustically wlth tho aud andnoions r. and ~
Bogtorian journalist she with tho keen, tender,
wonanly insight Of her kind and brayoly
opposing her sentiments to Ills opin-
velomonco with Which Clara cspouBoB tho cause
OF the Fronch. Ho wonders whetlor, in spite of
her quiet reasonable manners, Hle has really in
present nun:kko lie tIat they i0rce their waynto
| remote aud unnatural channels : II that IL tho
casc," he says, With true manliko greod, Two
want. those tine emotions for homo-conHump-
| tion."
Tho correspondence gdos more and more
| ewiftly from tho rcrondlto topics which
arc tho well-known bones Of contention for tho
young men and women Of tho nineteenth cer-
Misss is Preston, with dolicacy that biographors
! would do we'll to initiate, tinds. it necessary to
suppress Of tho PASSAGES which eho tllinks it
would bo hardly fair to print. Clearly, tho young
journalist aud tho music-toacler of Minden arc
! IN deep water.
Dy-and.by change. appeared in tho tone of
what Julius wrote. His letters were siil fre-
Quent, full, and free, but they were undeniably
loss personal than at first. There was no moro
ssucy assuming Of claim never fairly allowed.
| Tho airy aQusioua to o common future coasod
altogether. Clara observed the difference, but
would not own, hardly knew, that It made her
nhhappy. "Ihe truth IL, tnat, lh tne hoaIt OF
hor !oVor, as suppose ne nuas conslaor A1
reverence had oooh poin. II was la.e sto"tn
| anu SLOW ono, put u onangeo tna colot VI A1s
| "hoio Aie,-tno paHt uo !eHs 1nan tno prese1s
ana tho futoEo. lno woman "honn on, Aaa intol-
lect nag iIss aplIoseu, "uuiu, WIN ~ me
eaey anuaclsy 4a8 no ~" "a" ~ o[ conndohE
him, whose refusal had fallen on him 80
lightly, Was becoming changou and glorttied to
nlin, "1tAatawn lhto nalo, elesatea INTO some
lnns epif3saa'. P1opnes'o aitoost OF somotning
aY, Mof9 alla np,e o. ;. 1t.o 'tne s hpptoactSa
] pnen no "as 70 soe nor again, gu he tromolo
| peto1e tne 1lhh tnea to 10 taAen: ...,,,-
ana go ~ WAS tnat, one In1rnlng II sne mtoaso
o. Apeal enero eame 20 1ulius. AZ nis aosk; ah
~ MohSe!ope contashn9 aoncatelyowfisten cary, ht
tao SIGHT ct Whlcl ~ he started. flushed little
!nen tnthea 3l upon t9e oean1lhe poy VINO Drought
- m,,' tne !etters, anu severely ordered MIN on.
| OtnoE you5'P Hiou 1uo WOMEN VI lug contury