woes and wanderings. From mutual
esteem our acquaintance soon ripened into mutual love. She was all
that my heart could desire. I was tolerably well off; my position was
reputable; my connections were respectable. To us, and to our friends,
the match seemed a most desirable one. It was no hasty courtship; we
knew each other for months and learned to know each other well; and with
true love for each other, we had for each other a genuine respect. I
frankly told her the whole story of my life as I have now written it.
She only pitied my misfortunes, pardoned my errors, and, one bright,
golden, happy autumn day, we were married.

In the northeastern part of the State of New York on the banks of a
broad and beautiful river, spread out far and near the fertile acres
of one of the finest farms in the country. It is well stocked and well
tilled. The surrounding country is charming--game in the woods, and fish
in the streams afford abundant sport, and the region is far away from
large cities, and remote even from railroads. I do not know of a more
delightful place in the whole world to live in. On the farm I speak
of, a cottage roof covers a peaceful, happy family, where content and
comfort always seem to reign supreme. A noble woman, a most worthy wife
is mistress of that house; joyous children move and play among the trees
that shade the lawns; and the head of the household, the father of the
family, is the happiest of thee group.

That farm, that family, that cottage, that wife, that happy home are
mine--all mine. I have found a true wife and a real home at last.

My story is told; and if it should suggest to the reader the moral which
is too obvious to need rehearsal, one object I had in telling the story
will have been accomplished.

THE END.

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