The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-05-29
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your idea OF a friend. MY irieho
don't torment me. lie saves me
from suffering if he can; and if he
can't, bears it with me, carrying
as much of the burden as God viii
let HIN. No friend will ever ask
a wonian TO marry him the Sc
cond time after he has been once
refused"
"But Liz ="
"There are no butts in the casc.'
"Love makes inen bold, and
sometimes reckless. You must
think of that"
"Love never docs no such
thing" said Liz, who was never
known to be grammatical, save in
moments Of excitement.
The trembling girl commenced
again. Dear friend Hiram
Now don't speak again, please
Liz, till tinish," as the strange
woman gave unmistakable indi-
cations of inward rebellion. "It
is the wish of my parents that
and say that it is their desire
l should accept you as my
future husband. / don't love you
one single bit, and am sure ]
am sure | never shall; bnt if you
wan: me under those circumstan-
ces, | have nothing more to say,
save that | utterly refuse to re-
ceive any special attention from
you preceding our marriage"
"Wal, now, | vow, Flory Ave.
ry, | should laugh if anybody in
the house vas laying dead. Tell
a man you've made up your mind
to marry him, and at the same
time inform him that all conrting
has got to be postponed until af-
ter the wedding. Do you sup
pose because a minister has mum
bled over a few words nothing
in the least disrespectful to the
minister intended that on this
account kisses and courting will
be any more welcome then than
now?'
No, Liz, no! The thought Of it
drives me wild; but there is moth.
ing left for me to do. Mother is
crying upstairs, now; and father
has hardly spoken to inc for a
whole week, because,of my wilful-
ness. ] have been reading the
Bible for an hour, Liz, dear, and
that is what has decided me. The
command is: Children obey your
parents !! and there is no way l
can dodge it."
Just like the rest of edicated
folks, you have choked yourself to
death with the letter and thrown
the spirit overheard. Now my
common sense tells me that you
don't understand the meaning OF
what you've been reading. 1t is:
'Wivcs, obey your husbands in
the Lord > and it is: children
obey your parents in the Lord.
Now the:tordis Love, Flory dear,
and he gives you these very feel
ings OF like and dislike, this liking
to be with person or hating to
be with a person, to guide You
through life.. They are weapons
that the poor carnal flesh couldn't
get along without. Now if you
take the pistol that God puts into
your hands to keep the wild ami
mails away, and lay it down side
of you, and let the critters come
in and devour you, who's to
blame | wonderl You mustn't
think that your Father in heaven
didn't know what kind of timber
he was putting into you when he
got you up. As far as I've OBJ
served and 1 haven't lived to be
80 years old without larning some
things, there is nothing that brings
so much misery with it as mar
rage without love. Don't you do
it, Flory dear don't you do it"
But, Liz, you know that l shall
never love anybody. Oh! why
did he go and get married!" And
again the beautiful head was
bowed upon the faithful bosom Of
the servant and companion.
"Why did you cut up so with
him, Floryl Why did you grove
him, flirting with a fellow YOU
could hardly bear in your eight!
How long do you suppose a man
with ordinary self-respect is going
to stand that sort OF worka Sow
the wind and reap the whirlwindP
There is nothing truer than this
between the covers of the Bible.
II he has married without love,
he'll have the came kind OF a CROP
'What shall l do with this let
ter. Lizn