Letters of my father to my mother, beginning with those written during their engagement, with extracts from his journal, giving description of his wife and of himself; also a phrenological examination of himself made by ProfCrane . lor. I cannot say that I am sorry at being assured by you that I shall seeMiss Anne on my return to Charleston. This will restore to me the honorwhich I thought was about being snatched from me, that of being the firstson-in-law in your family. However, I beg Miss Susans pardon. Shemay, for aught I know, assist .some one in filcliing from me my goodname. But I appea
Letters of my father to my mother, beginning with those written during their engagement, with extracts from his journal, giving description of his wife and of himself; also a phrenological examination of himself made by ProfCrane . lor. I cannot say that I am sorry at being assured by you that I shall seeMiss Anne on my return to Charleston. This will restore to me the honorwhich I thought was about being snatched from me, that of being the firstson-in-law in your family. However, I beg Miss Susans pardon. Shemay, for aught I know, assist .some one in filcliing from me my goodname. But I appeal to your mother to protect my rights. .She ought toadopt tlie parliamentary rule of considering the petition in the order inwhich they were presented. Mine was presented last Fall, and. of course,has a precedence over one presented in January, or perhaps but yesterdaj-in Miss Susans case. There is an old adage that one wedding bringson another, and Miss Susan has lately been to several. My little sheet of paper admonishes me that I must conclude letter. I am sure j-ou would object to my sending more thanone sheet unless it was better written. Good-night, my darling, andbelieve me, Yours truly, B. F. . To Elizabeth McCall. 45 Greenville, March 14th, Dear Lizzy:—I have just received your letter of the 7th inst.,and hasten to answer it by the return mail. You must not, my dear Lizzy, understand my comparison betweenthe firm, steady and manly impulses of love at thirty and the waywardfickleness of love in youth as having any relation to your sex. I drewthe comparison for my own sex and believe it applicable to them love should always be implanted in her youth. There is adifference in this respect between our sexes. Take the world over andyou will find that a gentleman always loves his last wife the most, and alady her first husband. But I must here stop for fear I get to philoso-phizing again on love. I shall start to Pickens Court o
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