The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-02-15
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know what We DO mesn.
engsged myself once when girl,And
The sluipleton thought he owned me. !
soon took that conosit out of him and
seni him about bis business.
The voice was now tribe sharp. -
aght wonder, with SO Calling memo.
Irs
No man shall ever tyranDzs over me
never What Tie mischief DO sou
suppose Is tie ma,ter with this sewing
maehinei
I Annoyed at your logic, most likely,
said my friend, bright eyed Young
malron, IS she threaded her needle
Ny husband i not iyrant, Mics
Kent.
lam glad you are satisfied, was the
I lacoulc guswer,
II was quite evident by the expression
OF the dressmsket's face that she had
formed her own opinion about my
iriend's husband, and was quite compe-
tent to form aud express AN opinion on
any subject.
Miss Kent was little woman, as fair
80 q girl, aud IS plump as robin. She
wasn't ashamed to own that she was forty
years old aud an old maid She had
earned her own living most OF her life,
aud was proud OF il. Lazincss was one
sin Miss Kent could not forgive. She
was good nurse, faithful iliend, and
jolly companion; but stroke her the
wrong way, aud you'd wish YOU had not
Ia much shorter time than il takes me to
write it Her views on all subjects
were strkiugly original, aud not TO be
combsted.
What are you going TO do when you
get olds persisted the mislress of the
establishment.
What other folks do, | suppose.
But you can't work forever.
Cant say that ! wantio.
Now, Miss Kent, husband with
means, kind, intelligent man
| don't want any man. tell you,
Miss Carlisle, wouldn't marry the best
man that ever lived, ii lac was as rich as
Croesus, and would die If didn't have
him. Now, If you have exhausted The
marriage question, | should Ike 10 Try on
yoH: dress.
There was something behind all this !
knew well. My friends eyes danced
with fun; and as Miss Kent fitted the
waist, she threw me letter from the
4 bureau
This was what the letter said;
Ny dear JenDe-I shall be delighted
TO spend month with you aud your
husband. There must be, however, one
stipulation about my yisit--you must
promise 10 say no more about marriage.
shall never be foolish again. Twenty
five years ago to-day | wrecked my
whole life.
Better embark in new ship, hadn't
he2 put In Jennie, soto voice.
So unsuitable was this marriage, go
utterly and entirely wretched have been
its consequences, that am forced to be-
Ieve the marriage institution mistake,
SO, for the last time, let me assure you
taat / wouldn't marry the best woman
that ever lived, if by so doing could
save her life, Your old cousin,
MARK LANSING.
Rich, isn't it? said Jennie, aud then
pointed TO the chubby little figure whose
back happened to be turned.
shook my head and laughed
You'l see, continued the incorrigi-
BILE.
See what? inquired Miss Kent, quic
unaware Of our pantomime.
That particles which are chemically
attracted will unite OF course an akaii
and an acid --don't sou think this sleeve
is little TOO long, Miss kateI
Not after the seam is oil But what
are GU saying absut slkalies and acids,
Mrs. Carlisle? The other day at Pro.
lessor Bo,mon's saw some wonderful
experiments.
bid they succeed? inquired Jennie,
demurely.
Beautifully.
So will mine. never botched a job
10 my lie.
don'l think quite understand you,
Misc Kent perplexed.
No? always grow scientific when
talking sbout marriage, my dear.
Bothcrl was all the little woman said,
bat the tone was much better natured
Than | expected.
The next day cousin Mark Arrived, and
| liked hin At ouce. An unhappy mar
riage would have been the last iLiug
thought Of 10 connection with The gentle
man. lie had accepted the situation like
q man, Je nnie told me, aud for fifteen
years carried load Of misery thai few
could hsvc endured. Death came to bic
relief at last, and now the poor fellow
honestly believed himself 40 slieu from
domestic happiness.
Singular a. il may appear, Marx was
the embodiment of good heallh aud good
nature: fifty, perhaps, thong be didn't
lock Il, snd was rotuud snd fresa in hi,
way - lbe little dressmsker was 10 hers
As looked At him, deGed nybody to
see ore aud not be Immediately iemled.
81 of The otter. True, he htd more 81
the polish which comes from travel And
adaptation to different glasses and lndiyid
na!s, bat he was not whit more inteili.
gent by nature thsn was The bright little
woman whom Jennie bad determined be
should marry.