Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-11-30


shorter time than it takes me. to write.
it. Her views on all subjects were:
strkingiy original, and not to be cofn
batted. us .Ss $500 IL $50 Il.
"What are you going to do when you !
are old 2" persisted the mistress of the
establishment. -.s..ss..-, 80.
"What other folks do, suppose"
t'But you can't work forever: :, 80
.'Cant say that want to. ls...,......;.:.
ssNoW, Miss Kent, q husband with
means, kind, Intelligent man =:
ST don't want. don't want any
man. tell you, Mrs. Carlisle, would
not marry the best man that ever lived,
if he was as rich as Cr9sus, and would
die if | didn't have him. Now, it you
have exhausted the marriage question, j
should like to try on your dress. =.
There was something behind all this, |
know well. Ny friends eyes danced
with fun; and as Miss Kent fitted the
waist, she threw me a letter fTops the
bureau. 1'Read that, she said, with q
| knowing look ''it may ananse you. !"
This what the letter said
MI DEAR JENNIE: shall be delighted
| to spend month with you and your hus-
band. There must be, however, one stip-
| ulatlon about my yisit-you must prom
| shall never be foolish again. Twenty five
| years ago to-day wre cked my whole life.
''Better embark in new ship, hadn't
he" put in Jennie, soto oocs. FIJI
| So unsuitable was this marriage, so ut
| terly and entirely wretched have been its
| consequences, that am forced to believe
/ the marriage institution mistake. So
1 for the last time let nae assure you that /
| wouldn't marry the best woman that ever
lived, If by so doing could save her life.
| Your old cousin, MARK LANSING
| 'tRich, isn't il ~ said Jennie, and
then pointed to the chubby little figure,
| whose back happened to be turned
shook my head and laughed. {.
youth see, " continued the incorrigi-
BILE.
"see what ?" inquired Miss Kent, quite
unaware of our pantomime.
"That particles which are chemically
attracted will unite. OF course, an al
kali and an aCid-don't you think this
sleeve is little too long, Miss Kent?"
''Not after the seam is off. But what
were you saying about alkalies and acids,
Mrs. Carlisle? The other day, at Prof.
Boynton's, saw some wonderful exper-
iments.
''Did they succeed p inquired Jennie,
demurely.
beautifully"
$50 will mine. l never botched job
in my life"
81 don't think 1 quite understand
you," said Miss Kent, perplexed.
mo? always grow scientific when
talking about marriage, my dear.
"Botber!" was all the little woman
said, but the tone was much better ma
tured than expected
The next week Cousin Mark arrived,
and liked him at once. An unhappy
marriage would have been the last thing
thought of in connection with the gen.
tleman. He had accepted the situation
like a man, Jennie told me, and for hf-
teen years carried load of misery that
few could have endured. Death came
TO bis relief at last. and now The p or
fellow honestly believed himself an alien
from domestic happiness. Singular as
it may appear, Cousin Mark was the
embodiment of good health and good
nature; fifty, perhaps, though he didn't
look it, and as rotund and fresh In his
way as the little dressmaker was Ia hers
As / looked at him, defied anybody TO
see one and not be Immediately remind
ed of the other. True, he had more OF
the polish which comes from travel and
adaptation to different classes and moi
viduals, but he was not whit more in
telligent by nature than was the bright
little woman whom Jennie had deter
mined he should marry.
81 was surprised you should think |
necessary TO caution me about thai, !
Cousin Mark" cooed the plotter, as she |
stood by his side looking out OF the win
dow. 1.-The idea of my being so riaicu- |
ICx axNl IN "a. n WI q
wink at me, stCome, let us go 10 my |
sitting-room. We are at work there, but |
that won't make any difference TO YOU
will it" ss.ssa
OF course Cousin Mark answered |
"No,' promptly, as innocent as q
dove about the trap being laid for him.
s'This is my cousin-Mr. Lansing, Miss
Kent, and MIR. Lansing bowed politely,
and Miss Kent arose, dropped her scis-
sors, blushed and sat down again. Cous-
in Mark picked up the refractory i'm
elements, and then Miss Jennie proceed
ed. with rare caution and tact, to her
labor Of love. Cousin Mark, az her re-
Quest. read aloud an article from the
Popular Seisnce Monthly, drawing Miss
Kent into the discussion as deity as
was ever fly drawn into the web OF the
spider. III.
teWho was that lady, Jennie" cousin
Mark inquired IN the afternoon. -.
.sDo you mean Miss Kent r said Jen-
| ME, looking up from her paper. "Oh,
| she is lady have known for long
time. She is making some dresses for
| me now. Why7"
t'She seemed uncommonly well post
ed for woman" ~. ~. ~
Under other circumstances Mrs Car
Isle would have resented this, but now
she only queried "Do you think SO ?"
and that ended it. Two or thaee inVi-
sufficient to make Cousin Mark quite at
home there, and, after week, he be-
| came as familiar as this:
| 'tIf you are not too busy, | should like
| to read this article )" and this is what
| Miss Kent would say:
sob, am never too busy to be read
| to. Sit down by the window in this
| comfortable chair and let's hear it.
After a couple of weeks when the
| gentleman came in, boarse with a sud
| den cold, Miss Kent hustled about, her
voice full of sympathy, and brewed him
dose which he declared he should new
er forget TO his dying day but one dose
| cured him. After this, Miss Kent was
really toonderfpl woman.
All, Jennie was an arch plotter. She
let them skirmish about, but not once
did she give them q chance to be alone
together-her plans were not to be de-
stroyed by premature confdences--until
the very evening proceeding Cousin
Marks departure for California Then
Miss Kent was very demurely asked to
remain and keep an eye on Master Car
isle; whom the fond mother lid not
I like TO leave quite alone with his nurse.
fsWe are compelled to be gone couple
of hours but Cousin Mark will read to
/ you, won't you, cousin 2"
"Certsinly, it Miss Kent would like
/ it, replied the gentleman.
The infant Carlisle, thanks to good
management, was never awake in the
evening, so the victims of this matrimo.
NAL speculation would have plenty of
time. The back parlor was the room
most in use during the evening, and out
of this room was q large closet with a
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