The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-03-05

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IL i. generally the ease that tie more
beautiful aud the richer young female
Is. the more difficult are both her parents
and herself Ia lhe choice Of husband
and lhe more offers they refuse The one
Is ion tail, aud the other too short, ihi.
uai wealthy and that not respectable en-.
0ugID Meauwhiie one spring passes a..
tcl another, and year after year carrics
away irai aher leaf oi the bloom OF oath
and opportunity af'er opportunity Miss
Harriet SrlWood was the richest heiress
10 her native town, but she had already
completed her tweuiy-sevenlh year, and
Lebeld almost all her Young friends uuit
ed 10 meu whom she had, nt one time or
other di-cuded Harriet began to be
set down tor au old maid Her parents
became ready uneasy, aud she herself
nmented ia private n position which is
not a natural one, and to which those 70
whom nature and fortune have been nig-
ged of their giIts are obliged to submit {:
but Miss Harriet MSS handsome and very
rich ...... ......-
such was tie state ot things when her
uncle, a wealthy merchant il the north Of
England, came ON u visit TO her parents,
lie WAS joyiaL lively, straightforward
man, accustomed to attack all dinicutie.
boldly aud cooIiy.
You see, said her father to him Que
day, Harriet continues single. The girl
Is handsome; what she Is to have for her
fortune, you know; even in thi scandal
loving town not a creature can breathe
An imputation against her,
Trne, replied the uncle; but look you,
brother, the grand point IN every affair
IN this world is to seize the right moment,
this you have not done. 1t is misi0r.
tune. but let the girl 20 along with me,
aud before the end of three months will
return her 10 you as the wife Of man as
young aud wealthy as herself.
Away went the niece with her uncle
On the way home he thus addressed her.:
Mind what am going to say. You are
no longer Miss Selwood, but Mira. Lum-
ley, my niece, a young, wealthy, child
less widow; you had the misfortune to
lose your husband, Col. Lumley, after a
quarter OF year, by fall from his horse
while hunting.
Bat, uncle
Let me manage, II you please, Mrs.
Lumley. Your father has invested me
with full powers. Here, look you, is the
wedding ring given you by your late
husband. Jewels, and whatever else you
need, yonr aunt will supply you with 4;
and accustom yourself to cast down your
eyes.
The kcenwitted uncle introduced his
niece everywhere, and everywhere the
young widow excited great sensation.
The gentlemen thronged about her, aud
she soon had her choice out of twenty
suilors. Her uncle advised her to ac-
cept the one that was the deepest in love
with her, aud rare chance decreed that
this should be precisely the most amiable
and opulent. The match was soon con-
Guided, aud one day the uncle desired to
say a few words to his future nephew IN
private,
Ny dear sir, he began, We have told
you an untruth.
dow so: Are Mrs. Lumley's afiec-
tons
Nothing Of the kiudi my niece is sin.
ccrciy attached to yon.
Then her fortune, suppose, is not
equal 10 what YOU told me.
Ga the contrary, il is larger.
Well, " hat is the matter them
A joke an innocent joke which came
into my head one day when ! was in
good humor; we could not well recall II
silerward. Ny niece is not widow.
What! Is Col. Lumley livingy
No, 40, she is 4 spinster.
The loyer protested that he was a hap
pier fellow than he had ever conceived
himself and the old maid was forthwith
metamorphosed into Young and happy
wife.
Never have seen any traditional type
Of nationally as strongly marked on It's
own soil as Is found Ia America. There
are more Greek heads in the United
States llan IN Greece. Tie purest cIassi-
cal profile known to me is that of New
England woman. Mixture Of races seems
to produce the characteristic beauties Of
ALL hote F'sld.
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