THEIR FIRST YEAR’s MARRIED LIFE. 15 
CHAPTER 11. 
The first week of their married life was 
passed in a continuous round of pleasure ; 
Brown gallantly escorting liis bride to the 
shades of the fragrant hemlock groves, where 
she loved to repose during the heat of 
mid-day, or wandering witli her in some se- 
cluded spot in a favorite glen, or attending 
her in her calls upon her neighbors, with 
whom she was now on the best of terms. His 
constant care was for her comfort and happi- 
ness, and many were the commendatory re- 
marks made upon his conduct by the female 
part of the community. The male portion 
said less, most of them remarking that they 
acted just the same when they were first mar- 
ried; but they knew how to restrain their 
ardor, now ; ” and some of them were so mali- 
cious as to emphasize now. However, Brown 
tried hard to please his mate, and as she has 
never uttered any complaints, he doubtless 
