The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-02-24


they remsin uumarritd Ai gopu
girls, take Il, ARE careless aai L l
suits YOU IN ali other wass, and yea bows
ber, yea are foolish 10 give np your
thought Of asking ber 20 be your wife
am 20, harsh, aad Il there be- any
cruelty 10 The matter, it is whpeufler
il. love her. She mas not care ioi
me, Bat, Graysoo, couldn't marry IA
uulldy woman. have too mach reason
10 know what sort Of order Miss seldom
keeps 10 her room, and even what ber
habits Of personal nesinsss afe. The
Hamilton girls room ioia hers The
character OF the inmates is stamped there
IL. When you marry, you will haye a
neat, orderly, well.kept household. Miss
Seldous husband will not. Bat - ]
shall probably never see her again after
tomorrow, il matters nothing 10 me.
/ Aud with these words, the two gen
tlemen passed on.
What did do2 ....
Burning with modification and chafEiu
/ fastened into the house aud up TO my
hateful room. How forcibly lhe truth OF
the words had Just listened to come to
me when | beheld the dire confusion
that reigued there Then | wept the
bitterest tears my eyas had ever she'd. !
saw il all now how my untidy, careless
habits had utterly lost me the man that !
most loved, and who confessed be loved
me.
lie was going to town the next day. ]
should never see him again; aud he
would forget me, no doubt, and marry
some pretty girl who would never offend
his faslilious taste.
But in truth did not feel the least
indignation towards him. | did not see
any hsrshness IN bis Judgment of me, II
| | had had that feeling, ! should never,
perhaps, have changed, as ] did
Butt was true, what he said. saw
it. Two natures SO thoroughly at odds
in their habits-oue fastidious TO fault,
the other careless in tha same degree,
could never live happily as man aud
wife. There would be disturbances
every day, breeding discord and final
dislike. The wedding music would, al
ter few perhaps months--be
sweet bells tangled out of tune.
What became of him? asked Bella, IN
an anxious voice.
He left the seashore the next day, with
out bidding anyone good bye.
And did you never see him?
Oh, yes, replied Aunt Sue, with a
bright smile. married him five years
afterwards.
Uncle Ned? Why, Aunt Sue? Was
that man be?
Yes, that man was he. will tell you
how | came TO please him, after all. !
made up my mind that night that !
would never allow myself TO be called a
slattern again. ! would strive diligently
to correct my untidy habits, and no ones
love thereafter lavished on me should
have any cause to blush for its idol
again.
accomplished my purpose. 1t was
hard at first--as 1t will be for every one
naturally careess--to learn TO fold and
arrange, and dust, and smooth, and pack
away. But | was determined | would
cure myself of my besetting fault, and /
did.
Four years sfterward, when your uncle
aud met again, at the same seaside
house, in the same old arbor, we came to
perfect understanding, and agreed we
would try life together.
suppose he took sly gances et your
boot lacings, examined the rims of your
collars aud cuffs, and peeped into your
closets before he proposed, however,
interrupted Bella, in somewhat sarcas-
| tic tone.
They all stood the scrutiny il lie did;
for there wasn't neater or more orderly
young lady on the shore than she who
was once the untidy Sue seldom.
And do you believe that is the reason
Dave Evans did not marry Miss Gertie
Gravesy
don't say so, but it may be- a young
man of fastidious tastes aud neat habits
ought always TO consider this question:
Is the woman TO whom have given my
heart one who will make my home com.
Portable aud happy.
1t is an important question Of character
TO be considered. Home comfort aud
happiness depend very much upon neat
ness, order, aud system, and lack Of
them is very sadly to be regretted 10 &
1 wife.
Then husband may be as careless aud
uhddy as be pleasesi Pshaw! said
Bella.
No, no, replied Aunt Sue. 1t IL Ger
tAinly q most excellent thing to have 1
cleanly, orderly man at the head Of one'i
house; but the man don't make the HON,
you see. lie only procures Il. Th'
woman makes the home, aud nealness j
the best OF servants 70 her there, beside
being strong magnetic force to atlrac
b husband 10 bis own ircside.
Bella got up from the lounge, frle,
her crushed rufilss, aud made some bit
ing little speech, about nice men H gen
eral. But as Aunt Sue and the gif.
knew that she bad one in p4rliealafi b
her mind, they hoped he would BE- bene
lifted BY the BIZ of hfe history fhat hal
been given her.
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