Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-08-06

jections be had to some Of the Thirty
nine Articles. Some people have gone
SO far as to say that he MAS no better
than Socinian, though I do not be-.
ieye.h he was ever 60 bad as that. Still,
however, it would never do for the
daughter Of q clergy to marry aman
who had any doubt concerning any Of
the Thirty mine Articles. We did ali in
our power to convince him that he was
wrong, and he did all in his power to
convince us that he was right: but Il
was all to no purpose. Indeed, he
seemed to consider himself kind of
martyr, only because we talked to him.
He argued most ingeniously that exact
conformity Of opinion was not essential
to happiness. But I could not think Is
correct to marry man who had any
doubts concerning the articles: for. as
man once begins to doubt it Is impossi-
BILE to say where it will end. And SO
the matter went on from. year to year.
and 80 it remains still, and so it is likely
to the end Of the chapter. 7 win never
give up the Thirty-nine Articles. y
All the sisters said that she was per-
fectly right and then Martha told her
story, saying cit was just about the
time that you were visiting Littleton
that Mr.. B, who had long paid me
very particular attention, made me an
offer. Mr.. B - was not o man of
first-rate talents, though he did not
want for understanding; he was also
tolerably good humored, though occa-
sionally subject to fits Of violence. His
father, however, most strenuously OBJ
jected to the match, and from being on
friendly terms with us he suddenly
dropped our acquaintance, and almost
prosecuted us. Ny father was man Of
high spirit, and could not patiently
brook the insult he received, and have
every reason to believe that thereby his
days were shortened. In proportion,
however, as the elder Mr.. B: opposed
our union, the affection of the younger
seemed to increase, and he absolutely
proposed a marriage IN Scotland, but my
father would never allow daughter Of
his to be married otherwise than by the
rites Of the Church Of England. At
length old Mr.. B. died, and then it
was thought that we should be married;
but it was necessary to wait q decent
time after the old gentleman's death, in
which interval the young Squire, whose
attentions had diminished Of late, went
to London, where he married a widow
with fortune. They are now living
separately"
"You were faithful to your first
"But l." said Anna, shave differ
emit story to tell. had four offers be-
fore was 10 years of age; and I
thought that was exercising great
judgment and discrimination in en-
deavoring to decide which was most
worthy Of my choice; so I walked and
talked and sang and played and criticised
with all in their turn; and, before I
could make up my mind which to choose,
l lost them all, and gained the charac-
ter of firt. It seems very unfortunate
that we are placed under the necessity
of making that decision which must
influence our whole destiny for life at
that very period when we least know
what life ISL
1T is expedent," said I, "to enter
tain several lovers at once"
IT found it expedient," said Eliza
beth, "to entertain several lovers in
succession. My first lover won my
heart by aute-playing. He was Lieu
tenant in the navy, visiting in the
neighborhood. Ny father disapproved
the connection, but I said that I
would not live without him, and so
a consent was extorted but, alas
my fute-player's ship was ordered
to the West Indies, and I heard of him
no more. My next lover, who sue
ceeded to the first rather too soon in the
opinion OF some people, was medical
man, and for a marriage with him a
reluctant consent was obtained from my
father but before matters could be ar
ranged it was found that his business
did not answer, and he departed. An
other succeeded to the business, and also
to my affections, and third reluctant
consent was extorted, but, when the
young gentleman found that the report
of my fathers wealth had been much
exaggerated, he departed also; and in
time I grew accustomed to these disap-
pointments, and bore them better than
1 expected. I might, perhaps, have had
a husband, if I could have lived without
lover"
So ended their sad stories; and after
tea we walked into garden. It was
small garden, with four sides and cir
cular center, so small that, as We walked
round we were like the names in q
round-robin, it was difficult to say which
was first. I shook hands with them at
parting gently, for fear of hurting them,
for their fingers were long, cold and
feshless. The next time I travelled that
way they were all in their graves, and
not much colder than when I saw them
at the cottage.