The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-12-20
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we %drs sitting together MIR, y!
Mr.. ?. aud myself -.abspk .the stove q
Mrs. L., in Albany bAErse iis = mar
ried woman-Mr3. slIs.,daa u yidoSet
Mr. and Mrs. p. used "a be very init
mate friends Of Mr. and Mrs. l., and
since Mrs. Pa death, Me- P,a still ,eOp
tinues to call in occasionally and nuhal
for an hour IN d soeiablSs kiHd 6g waS
AT the time alluded tori kappsnad q
DO present. mutual frisnds8 yIinaoo
| We had been chatting sgHiles. when
MIR. 7. suddenly sAids 4 Ladies, Il, NBl
going to ask you q qusstiouuoi AHAtheE
singular one perhaps TO aalS,l but for all
that l shall ask it. Do yeu cpnsider it
absOlut y necessary tAati less ahbaId be
an essential element to eonstatS basj-
piness in amarEisd ,liiisS-I mean dept,
earnest, passionate lover niaiaaa
1 replica, e. cstminly.s asfts. Il.
said she did not know.
MIR, z. eontinpeai aSI am teinpted
to tell you story todpy-or rather. a
history, forlit is svsly word a tyuej aHd
perhaps it will be as intstesting-to
you at least-as if 1t ysHsii magma
ton" ssygf, -
OF course we assured dim that II
would. He proceeded; ..,.,.. ssa1
i''Lt-was about twenty, Rye or tMsnty-
six years age, Cthat j, here in OEsgCnI
wrote to Miss Mary B., Of New York,
asking her 70 be my wife. We had
been acquainted from chdldhpcd, md
for five or six years preyisus had kept
up kind of friontlyI oorrsspaaaancs,
but nothing more. gsks wrote IN Fsyly
that she thought great deal 81 ne,
was pleased ct our oOrresponde etc,
but declined my offer. Her .anERGr
was satisfactory even 10 ms, and n NY
love was more Platenic than othsr1,sii
i did not hurt me muah, We, hovey-
er, continued our oEFasp0naepoe, andI
wrote to her that if ahS aS6r altsEed her
decision, would, If still Unmarried, 10
true to her. AboutfYe yeSrS Aiter. Is
Mary did not intiIaato- q chango, j
wrote TO Miss Ada Ga lalso &c the Stnls
Of New YeFk, with whom I ghAa cossss-
Ponded for sofie time, asking her the
same question, In due time ! recaived
an answer in the Affirmative. y Bat By.
the same mail received another letter
from Mary saying thlit !shs had FsOoA-
sidered the = matter and that she, too,
was now ready 10 saY ~. and h6ping
that / still would be true to ker. NY
love for either was not Of the ungov-
ernable chaxaoter, bat EAtAera kind OF
liking backed by my judgment a4.Hsd
But the matter was stilI niDre c0rn.a
plicated Il had become : getcquafnks
with some laaiesiaa Oregon, aad for al
wbiles previous to this had .ss6orted
Miss Nellie D., Of Salem, to and from
church and evening entertainments,
and in short vas playing Swest TO her
In rather ] marked mann / did not
intend 70 DECEIVE her, ,fpT1 bad told her
long before that / was ! iOorfespondine
with Ada, and had showed her pic
tsrs Of Ada which Il had HI my posseas-
ion. / ,had.a also told her plainly that
my attehl1onS % kcf9 SeFS Ssssely 4
ruatter offFiendship, L inlsnded TO
90. back for Ada, and that ale 4 tlEellib)
might discard me whenever she saw st.
But ciFcHneta threw, pt tegetbST-
PERHAPS ] may have BEEN too ready to |
create cifcttnst6 t6neeS-T dohlp tnoN
Nellie yss young artie ahscHohsse
and beaatifR1 ,liwith Viyaeitys snd 1ife |
enough t. make her conApsny sxoeei.
ingly pleasant; with intellectual cnisufS
enough tespapderte. my aesthetic tastes;
with domestic knowledge enough to
make boris slAandiao 5dSaGiE gki.h |
RmiiqPility, enough 70 Just suit my ca;
efiaioGs' temper, and. moods + and I vi 81 |
pllittle traihlng Ranla h9Se Inadasa reas
sehably y faif. R6hIah.. p sInshoss,
she was . eelsadiai good girl, whom I |
wouElltIi6hJan and now label as AsNo |.
/ had noticed Of late that Nellie had
become gaysPally tender, ,epd eIYwas
fearing int lhhd e ted hsE & tgeiinru
more than / desired, for I did not wish
to triAe ,Yith her, (wby, ! cannot tell
and had for !sEtra4 re - beeh
ering how / could break myself loose
and wound her tkS least, but knowing
that she 39HHW@R3a qspond-
ence and probable Intentions, had as vet
iqas On ok9ias dfsiI &c; ai6aVs YshSegd
On the evening Of the day that re-
ceived the letteEal allnAOdst To- = escorted
Nellie home from some entertainment,
and after we had gone in I told hers
! could, that / was about starting back
to New York, and iye nusts say good.
l,,-a ~ Iaaaf -. .-,,L A. - IA
qtfiver aug her eye moisten, aud sried
TO talk sOothE1gly to ilsTS bnt finally
she burst into an uncomfortable fit Of
tearSS drew her head To- my. skaaen
and did all could to comfort her, but
ike Rachel .dETb01LSKSE E&ould not be
somforted till !, she had her cry, out.
When. however, she became quiet, We
tslk"d tie mst!;rT; esei; and whilst she
AdFi sttSf fJl4kslis kAsewoal1 s fbs4 4acte,A
yet Eheehatl nobIiEiily ,Fsaiisea .thsn4
She never blamed me af gs5sIpn los1EISi
called herself silly for not remensbsriiSaq ~
what IabedftoA haR1 sGhs had laid lIsF !
ae4d ssfl , ny s.shoattlef md eEsEbsd fnT4
laana gh hsF'ss and several fisaesI
when / essayad 81 nt6lno she Jwdaldo akRyR
91ot 60 yetil l.DonE1dp Yet aa fethsItf 4
9 IL sp8g 81 i sbttsiEi tbslsprrspNvsrb
'kig bsot theEli HAD ObwslliiIledjl me- On thSt
'pet, q sWsohld "a We taken, e as z bISsbsR
RGs and made pQ, sresis tance.oq But ak 4
ength, when 1--we bothq felt that i zesssel
%, she saecohp pahieq cias I'd The d09o3p.ch
md giving me aJlek q loo out scfe her |
,yespgs Lshhh never SUtgssp saddehlyl