The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-12

with the GffairT asked she, gently.
II should imagine that one who had
always been affluent, like you, would
set little store by wealth; but to me it
would be a great convenience"
$50 much so, that, without wealth, l
should hardly be an object OF desire?"
You know better. Why waste words
upon nothing? Ii love you, you know
it. What do you think? Do you believe
that love youW
perhaps you love me as well as you
would have loved some other girl, if you
had chanced to fall in with her instead
of me. l have often thought OF that.
Why should a girl think herself particu-
larly loved, when, if her lover had never
seen her, he would have been just as
strongly attached to some other girlP
There are thousands of girls in this
world, to one of whom you might have
been attached, had you fallen in with
heri instead OF the others. Neither of
them has more claim on your love than
the rest"
"You think like philosopher, An
gelina; but after one has eaten chicken,
he should digest that particular chicken
in preference to u chicken which he has
not eaten. When one has paid all his
money for house, he can not throw it
away and buy another house. We may
think Of doing many things, but our
powers are limited; we can act only to
IA certain extent"
"StilI, sir, the house which you have
bought may not suit you any better than
thousands Of other houses which you
have not bought"
II can live i'll only one house at a time,
and, having laid out all that can afford
to purchase and furnish that, am con-
tent TO dwell there"
"BuL other houses would have suited
you as we'll"
just so; and there is the folly of
speaking of cOngenIal souls. There is
no such thing. see a girl whom fancy;
l devote myself 10 her as lOVer-as Il
husband; we are content to do all we
can for each others welfare; we take
each other for better or worse, and stick
TO our bargain till one dies; the survivor
makes another trade"
"Of all lovers, you are the most ad-
dicGed to common sense views" said
Angelina. MANY have told me that the
earth contained but one such paragon,
and that they were created specially for
me, and for them."
"rney could not all have been right
IT'S a Will-o'-the- -wisp that leads young
people into difficulty levered imagi.
guide. Let cool reason decide, and then
love all you can-tnat's my motto"
"Tney say that when one loves
strongly, he has little reason, and
scarcely acts like u man of common
sense"
IL respect reason only as a means" :"
replied the squire; "like bones in the
body, which are mere joiners work,
necessary to keep things in shape, but
OF no intrinsic value. Wine is good
DuG it must have vessel to hold it, or il
wastes on the ground. When | hear a
man eXtol reason and intellect, think
Of one presented with picture by some
great master, who should tall to prais-
ing the frame; or one presented with Il
cask of costly Wine, who should praise
the cusk; the latter is necessary inueed
to hold the wine, but, otherwise, Of no
value"
''rnen, with you, lore is everything,
Notwithstanding your common sense
view OF itY'
~ take no common-sense view Of love
ITSELF" answered the squire. ut is
above and beyond all intelIgence; only
reason upon It's appncaCion-its des-
tiny"
you would have me give you my
hand, then, knowing that thousands OF
otner girls would have suited you as
well?'
GLOW do 1 know, star of the west? ?
II l love you, l can not love them.
Suffice it that they are shut out; but
unless there is one being above all 9th
ers-more excellent than all other
| beings-there is none who has a para.
mount claim upon the human heart"
"They have told me that those who
are welded in this life come together
after death, and are one through all
eternity" said Angelina, looking with
some earnestness for reply.
The squire projected mis- under lip
and replied:
| II knew once q young man who held
that doctrine, and married his eternal
bride; she died at the end of three
wears, when ne made haste to take an.
other 'congenial soul.' He will, doubt
less, keep both his eternal bridesp
II should not care TO be one Of them -
said Angelina, quickly. But you re-
mind me of Anne l. who wrote sub
lime poetry TO Jane D.. and vowed
everlasting attachment, calling herseI
his congenlal spirit, and spoke of love
in eternity. He went TO Europe to lin
lish his studies, and had been gone only
one year, when Annie transferred her
eternal love TO Peter Duncan, and sem
her verses TO him."
81 have never known it otherwise y
returned the squire. This love tha
goes into eternity sAlfts about as oltet
as the wind. The spirit of man Wal
made to love right principles forever
and wherever those principles are founC
in the greatest perfection, his heart may
find rest forever; but, short Of that, his
love must necessarily be transtory."
Aunt Jerusha entered the room al
the squire finished.
"AIi nonsense" cried she. VI shoult
like 10 know if Captain Pease-whc
made me my first offer-didu't love mt
beLter than anybody e.s3? L shoult
have liked to hear him say that ht
preferred any one before meW
"And do you suppose he would hav'
loved you in eternity, auntT'
"Wnats WHIP cried she, "that maj
shall cleave to his wife aIways?'
"Whether she cleaves to him or not,
suppose| SAID the squire, smiling.
| "IHs his duty" sai1 she, earnestly.
Glow unseltish is the heart of wo
man!' said the squire, who sometimes
chose to be irOnical.
Angelina took her leave. As she
crossed the Park all / walked up Broad
way she pondered u '0n what her lover
had said. lie did no. deny that her for
tune was an objecn But could sh,