St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-11-14
Philosophic Matrimony.
IN TWO CHAPTERS. CHAPTER l.


Il Scr." said Miss Favcr>ham, the
aunt that l. whl ilr. Henry Collin
son took me down t" supper. and rN-
pounded his views. instead of grttiIg
me any pl"vcr> eggs.
"ThcN are very nice, are they not :!
said Miss Lucy Favcrsham, the niece.
YES. they aIc: though perhaps the
plicc adds to the flavor,
The price of his Views, aunt ,!
No: of the eggs; do not attach
much value to the other things.
"Eur do. aunt: if am t" marr!
him
II dare say lou do. dear: and OF
course they may he genuine Tor once ;
/ bat men always utter most beautiful
sentiments while III ii state of pr"ha-
! ton
Lucy had one of those bits of tea in
her tca-cup which are usually called
.'Str;lmgcrS.' and she tiShed for ii earn
/ c>tlN aS she replied: Il don't think he
/ is hNporIitical."
No mnIc do l." rcjoincd the elder
/ lady ; few of them are. They are
simply ignorant. When Il Young man
! falls in love with Il woman, ne l. apt To
/ think her an angel: and | do not call
4 sentiments uttered under the hallucina-
/ tiuu genuine, brcaIISc they have no
substantial basis. lou have got fine
/ G,rccian nose. dear. though | should not
praise it. a> it is exactly like mine; and
Il vcrv pretty mouth and delicate com
plcxiom: which. as well as your hair, !
may safely commend but You have Ii"
/ wings: and when he finds that out, he
. inf \
Il suppose there must always be Il
risk" said the girl with Il sigh.
..Good there is common sense i'll
/ that remark, and | am Silenccd. For
/ til" man. is probably eligible enough,
! if N0u must marry some one. and that
/ seems Ia he Il mysterious necessity with
most girls. However, ! suppose he
will he coming here to appraisc him
self. and then we shall he able to form
decided opinion"
Il do think, aunt said Lucy half
/ laughing. half-vcNcd, ''that you never
/ had Il romantic feeling i'll all your life. y
THAT Is VIII re you are wrong, my
| dear" replied Miss FaverSham lit was
an overdose of the article, and not Il
/ lack of it, which kept me single, since
Il romantic desire for independence gave
/ me Il dista>tc for submitting my will to
/ that of amy fcllow-crraturc, however
/ cStimahlc.
But Henry does not wish me to
submit my will; ; he goes further than
/ vuu do in the assertion of womans III
! dependence
The conversation. which took place
/ in Westhourne drawing-room during
afternoon tea. WAS interrupted 10y Il
knock and Il ring, and the entrance OF
the topic.
He hoped they were not tatlgued ny
the dissipation of the night before ana
was otherwise commonplace, and p0"t"
take Il cup of tea, which he probably
liked. aS Lucy mixed it for him. W hen
he had drunk it. she slipped out OF the
room. whcreupon Henry ColllnSon
came to the point at once.
Miss Lucy Faversham being an or
phan, | come to You, as her nearest
relative. to ask your consent to ON
marriage. have got eight hundred !;
year
"Land ,"
..No: conSuls."
"Oh, better. perhaps"
And if outlive IL childlesS relative
of seventy, shall come int" luihl
sum of twenty or thirty Thousand more
Am well enough off p
"Ycs: we have no right to eXpec
more. Lucy is no heiress; she VII
. have five thousand pounds tied up I,
her. when she maTries, and that Is an
The greater part of my income die
with me-