Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-04-29
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] THE TWO WIVES.

in the shape Of snow fakes said Alon-
20 TO us one afternoon, as we were stand
ing by the corner of astreet, and dream
ing of sleigh bells es..-l warm brown
hearths. Ere you can seach your
house,, continued he, 'the storm will
burst forth. Come then, and go home
with me. You have heard of my Maria
Ia paragon of women-the best of
wives~AHons!-You shall see how she
will receive her husbands friend
Alonzo had mentioned his wife to me
before, and although there was nothing
particularly engaging in the description.
yeton that you often hear Of. you feel
some curiosity to see. AS we hied to-
wards the mansion which my friend rem.
ted, we met our mutual friend Daggett.
He, too, had wife, and straightway,
when he had passed, did AIonzo fall to
commisserating the fate Of his friend
Daggett.
"a wife he has. indeed said Alonzo,
but nomore like nine than--than--com-
parison arches with impotency at the
thought Why. sir, she hath not the heart
Of woman, which is, or ought to be all
scnsibility. My friend Daggett is fel-
low OF mind--of genius-but unhappily
he is united to woman who cannot ap-
pieciate him, and who is a complete no.
body. But here is MY house. Enter
and see what woman CAN be-
AS Alonzo pronounced these words,
the door flew open. glanced at the
staircase, and saw that a broom had not
passed over it lately. The hall lamp
was untrimmed, and the brasses on the
doors had not seen rotten stone in many
days. We entered the room. Ayoung
lady sat by the window, apparently
counting her fingers, for no other occupa.
tion seemed to engross her attention. Il
Her dress was good sofar as the quality
of the cloth was concerned-but there
was a great lack of neatness therein,
and even the vulgar idea of soap and wa
ter obtruded as we looked upon the 18TH
mus which joined her head to her should
ers. But we had not long to make these
-e,nnrks.i as she arose on our entrance
and embraced Aonzo as if she had not
seen him before for a month. Iwas in
troduced; and Maria gave US to under
stand, that as the acquaintance and friends
Of her incompatible Alonzo, we were
abundantly welcome.
Having stumbled over broom, and
band box, which lay in elegant negli-
gence in the middle Of the floor, we found
tie way TO a chair, thickly covered with
dust. twas rathcrlat in the afternoon
and we were glad to hear Alonzo tell
her to place the dinner on the table. She
replied, certainly, my Alonzo, nothing
gives me greater pleasure than to wait
upon you'll You know it is my meat and
my drink to obey your wishes.
.Alonzo turned to US with smile of
triumph, as she went slowly from the
room, and said, 'can avoid adoring
woman who 50 readily executes all my
orders. You heard what she said ?
We bowed and waited. became
extremely hungry, but in the course Of
half an hour, we heard the slow and
heavy step Of Maria approaching the
room. Now. thought we, we shall
break our fast. The raw air gives one
tremendous appetite.
/. Maria entered, but instead of bearing
in her hands smoking platter or table,
her arms were loaded with books and
pictures. We now expected that Alon-
70 would seriously chide, but he again
glanced at us most triumphantly and
whispered.
See what it is to have an intellectual
wife,
We were now compelled to examine
a dozen volumes and listen, to The re-
marks Of the enlightened Maria. Tho,
sun had declined very near the naked
tree on the western hill before the sub
feet Of dinner was again mentioned
when Alonzo seemed TO start as II from
a trance, and rather pettishly requested
that dinner might beimmediately bro'tin.
The harsh tone Of his voice brought
tears into the eyes Of Maria, who threw
her arms about bis neck, and declared
shelcould not live if he was offended
with her. This was all very interesting /;
of course, and as the affecting interview !
lasted some time, it seemed TO give US
better appetitefor dinner. After Alon-
20 had soothed his beloved, and dried
her tears, he discovered that his rnff1es
had suffered much from the embrace,
and gently hinied that he should like to !,
r,ststben,. off, and new euuip bis neck and f.