Sketches From Oldest America 



and allow him to sit by her side in the evening, 

 with his arm around her, it will be all clear sailing 

 and they will unite as husband and wife. 



With older people courtship is different. They 

 plead and arrange their own affairs, usually without 

 the assistance of a third party; As I have watched 

 these marriages, 1 could not help but think that they 

 turn out as happily as in any other section. Di 

 vorces, formerly so common, are now far less fre 

 quent, and when the people marry it is usually for 

 life, most couples living together happily until 

 parted by death. 



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