Middletown transcript., 1873-07-12
llopular i,tlistcllann.
The Marriage Of q Daughter.


patcrual roof does not present any speeta-
clc of Acsoa; on Masculine life has.
from infancy. aoi indtyi!ualiy. an indie.
prnAphce, Hn eEatis,i:, - to say, whrh is
essentially wanting to female existence.
When d son nbandons hi- parents % create
for himself separate interest, thi. scra.
ration causes bit little Interruption in
their mutual r,ll ions \ man mlrtjc,.
aud still maiptn,ns H. f,;ori.hir~ hiS
habits ahl III, hlial affections N1'ldnr
i changed IN his llc, i i only 40 aiii.
tian4l iie His departure l.. consequent,
IS, E.cre simple separation; vh,ir lhc
departure II . y1gng GIRL tu bcram. 4
wt. ID 4 t'w hours. il rrsl desei,an n
l~sertiun 4,la all IT, dafirs aud treliu..
-ti,l r. :, itnui i, In aue wtrl th8 sou
i a -iplng which has always glawu
apart iron the trunk whiIs thr iau.h-
ttf has ~ lie contrary. formed an e. Il
fi1i potion III II. AMI n iatasd her firm
Gef liaer L 4 Hntiilie ths ire# itseif
ln4 hafe surrounded liaf Youth with an.
.pelkailH tenderness iha rxhalsilrs,
tenlerhtss Il yanr faiernal and maiernal
iteafrs auA sbe ID return. has appeared
Il prut forth npah ~ tath ~ rqndly il
exhaustive gratiiale yaa lagel ker hc
ynHl all t.r waill aud shr seemed IT,
ling e yoa with pfaFarilonat!a afite.
iian
But nre lay cue il.omened day. man
arrives, invited aua srleansd lis your.
.elyt- aud fhi. niaa d saar esn choice
carrie II l. Ii, ianrstic egrle ynur gen.
tie dasa, far tsum the soft nest which ynnr
lose had a.sle iar har. ani 10 ukith her.
hai elung On thu morrow fnn laok
arahfl taH yen h.irn yna wit, yaa
,erk for sanetlin. tan cannot tina lhr
saee is ea.ftt. tne tantful ,unet hu,
iiewn silence has snrcee1rl Ia il mel5-
aiaus marbliugs il does not come as il
its perfamea S,ng> about your pillow anl
awakcuing yon by it. snfi earessea Nth
ing remaos bat painful calm. n painful
silence 4 painful void The chamber OF
the absent darling offers only that disnr.
der which Is so melancholy inr mother
10 contemplate; not the joyous nnl iupa.
iient disorder Of occupation, but ihat of
Abandonment Maidenly gatm"nt, s.R,,
tered here aud there eirli.h flnrcs IA
longer prizel chairs heaped with half.
worn dfcsses drawers lrf, partially npen.
aud rausarkel 10 their relhntest corners
bed in which no one has slept. crowd
Of charming irifcs. which the young gltl
loved, hut which tho young wife despi,e.
aud which are Uttered over the carpet !.
like the feathers dropped hy the linnet
when the hawk made the iiini bird it,
prey Such is the depressing sight which
wrings tears frnn the mnthrr's heart
Nor ia this all from this day she orcu-
pies only the second place in the affection.
Of her departed idol; aud even that
merely until the happiness Of maternity
shall have tangh, her shpm she weep to
assign to her Que still lower Tt;. man.
| this stranger. unknown n few months. il
may he but few weeks. previously. has
assumed right eser those affections which
! were once almost entirely her own a few
hours Of tleetiug. and it may be even oI
assumed, tenderness, have. in grra, de-.
| gree. suiiiced to cilacc twenty long year.
| Of watchfulncss, of care, and Of self.ab.
ncgs,ion aud they have not only tent
away her right 10 he the first and best. be.
loved. bu, they have also deprived her oi
i The iilial caresses, the gentle attentions
and the ainred presence Of the heart
idol. whom she has herself given TO hin
! for life. an,hing is left TO the mnihe,
but the attachment If respect All warm,
er emotions are engrnssea By the husband
TO whom this young bride Owes olike obe.
diencc aud deyo,edness II she loves him
she laases her home without regrc, to fai.
low his fortune to the aud Of the world
IL she does not loyc him, she will still per.
firm the same duty with resignation
Nature and law alike impose the obliga.
iion on her aud her own heart must dc.
eide whether II will constitute her joy OF
her trial but in either case the result tc
| The mother il the samo.