, 1874-05-02
TO MARRY AGAIN, OR NOT.

No man syor had fondor or botsor vito.
eay 10 now with ~ full conviction aa I aaid 1t
whom looked my last In her doar doad faco, and
klasod IL mud tho fingers that had wrought no
doftly and u,tiring1y for tho poor, for our chill
dren, and fol- mo. atm halo, aotlvc man Of 70,
and, through Gods moroy, capable Of much On.
1oymont; but = day and night pass not without
thoughts Of how we'll sho suited mo, how simply
she admired NO. how tondorly sho loved mo,
what happy old couple wo should hayo been.
~ wonder sou
NEVER MARRIED AGAIN,
Morton" said my carly friend. Jack Hathaway,
to mo onco. "You must havo wauted wifc in
tho parrish as vo1 IS at home, aud you must fool
worry lonely in tho long wintor evenings"
Thon knew TINT ha was thinking lovingly Of
bis {at little wife and commonplace children at
homo, and was glad Of It, for ho is good orea-
turc, and though we are intellectually antagonis-
tic, and io aomotimos of1onda my taate, I liko
him booauso we were lads togethor. folt that /
must say something, and felt that aHtoniahed
mYgelf more than aaton{shod him whom said
"To toll you tho truth, Jaok, did think Of IL
once"
/ WAS 90 takon abaok BY tho having made such
q oonfdence-I hid nevor breathed tho fact
had intended mover to breatho it-that felt as
I think I should fool II one Of my good aound
front teeth fol- out aud I had to attack pieoo
Of coal. D.
"Thon what hindered you ?"
"Wol1, to bo candid
PosrAaE.sTAMrs."
Pontege-stamps ?" he quoriod loudly.
ut ia curious slory,"1 answered. I" will
toll you oil about 1t 1t you really feol Interested,
but would rathor not havo 1t repeated
II am as doep 81 well, aud Of oouraa I'm In
terestcd."
With that ho crossod his legn. leaned back In
his chair, aud looked expectant.
Ibogan: "You know that was left q Wild
over With two children, o boy and girl They
wont to school as Hoop aa they wore old enough.
ion, no doubt; and / do not believe that soil.
tary girl con be educated, With advantage to her.
sof, at homo. She requires eompanionship,
wishes for II, aud ought to ;, have
it, even =, tt, took ssv, ssES to ,Rr0'9 Ss it bs iSi
always taken great interest in the Daltons. Dali
ton was tue perpetual curate OF Furzohau,. about
four mileB on, and he had married q favorito
sohoolfollow Of hers. It was IN imprudont
course they had largo family, and Furzeham
was worth f120 per annum. Mary helped them
great deal, and, sYou'l be kind to tho poor
DaItons-won't you7' WIS smong her latest e1-
preasions. Thor oldest daughter VIA two years
older than ours, and ten years wiser. Educa-
tion, as it ia usually understood, she had mono |:
it was simply impossible: first, thoro was no
money for It; next, het mother wanted no
money for It; next, her mother wanted her to
help in nursing. sowing, cooking, housowork.
muat say tho child WAS strong case
IN FAVOR or NC, EDUCATION.
She had abundance OF talent; and her father
being gentleman, hor mother q gontlowoman
Bhe acquired easy, self-nnconscous manuors,
IL
capital lettor-she even danced and sang when
sho had opportunity. Now, partly for hor sake,
to eiye her tho rocreation sho deserved, and q
glimpse Of better social things than oxiatcd at
homo, but much more Tor my own gisl's aako, I
tion With her. and treatod her In eycry respect
| as another daughter, even to kissing hor and
| blessing her night and morning. It went on
tLas aix or seven years. .aa ~ Anna married married
aomo period Of preparation for tho wsd:
ding and whom It waa oyer I asked
her mother to leave hor with mo for . tlmo.
not only to sot new arrangements going, but to
tho long vacation, WAS worry dull. nero book
worm. Mrs. Dalton agreed; and for several
weeks all went on delightfully."-, Dorothy had m
o1quisite gift Of companionahip- sot con-
yersasion going whom It was wanted, and her
1.,taS T.. ti,n .,rnaont 1o.T o1onl,f rnvor bnvo
" ~ rptenn sn an tn t.h,t ona rnorrs
~, ~. 70 or,nad hv - "A'A ~ 'sN
tns "A' ",n v1aIr pp9,, ,,ns nA1roy-
.,,r1ond ei M nnIv hnca,,ao hsr corntan.rco
hatchanod % tronhio Int hocauan snaw. thnt +
,,os harsly noaaiblo for her to lesyo, her family
Mv 6rat thnnoht waa Of soma necunarv difii.
a,1 mY m'r ,,ot ttas shn or naitnn sd ever asIa
' sor ovAn small loan.-yet how eouid
! tnov make hath euda .maot? Hor
srst arst words wora ~ want to sneak to You
alone
".so You sha,l,' I replied, Nov, nv deas
oooa ~ 3e,ayya Nd .shnta tho mattar2 No.hno aar,ous
Rhona ,,
TT M aba s,;d tnfnt]v. and with a ouivorino
lin. not looking up Ut mo; but / want Dorothy
", " can,a uns hono w;t|, 1ne to'davs,
1? aaknd ia Dalton Ill ar mn of tf
o,,drsn' ar arc von , What ia II y
oHt 4 ui,a hro1ra ;nto +oaru and anow;n1 The
-.t 49, ,n5rrnnao ha~ otrorntt 20 ,.aI
"onau ne Mara"ra ~. ,.aa sns .',a,, na
~ Ieneotnea' " 'A"1"o'o'' "1'" 'o1s t'1"ou "a
ioo.e9; Me Go,oo, ANNA aatd zooth,no,v. ramam.
h.. ,s,.oI -, eo ia fr;on1 m TEy M fann1
nor "nas ~ u ,rs;a,araa ~" .,d ~ toa,, ~?
| tlat an injury, "h1spetou, a1a 1ooA ~.