Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-11-08

tnit mean manner. "A man WnO0 90 thnf,
would have his widow burnt with him, if he
could-just as those monsters, that call them-
selves men do in the Indies
'However it's no matter TO me how you've
made your will /; bu, it may be to your second
wife. What! shall nerer give you a chancet
lia! you don't know my constitution after ALL
Caudle. I'm not at all the woman was
say nothing about 'em, but very often you don't
know my feelings. And as we're on the sub
lect dearest, | have only one favor to ask
saying that. After the comforts you've known
Of marragc-what are you sghlHg at, dear -
after all the comforts, you must marry again
now don't forswear yourself in that violent way,
taking an oath that you know yon must break
you couldn't help it, I'm sure of it and know
you better than you know yourself. Well all
ask is, love- because its only for your kc and i;
would make no difference to me then-how
should it but all ask is, don't marry Miss
Pret-- There there I've done | won't
sny another word about it: but all ask is don't.
After the way you've been thought Of and after
the comforts you've been used to, Caudle, she
wouldn't be the wife for you. OF course,
could then have no interest in the matter-you
might marry the Queen Of England for what it
would be TO me then-l'm only anxious about
you. Mind, Caudle, I'm not saying anything
against her; not at all; but there's hightness
in her manner-I dare say poor thing, she
means no harm, and it may be, as the saying is.
only her manner after al--s'ill, there isa flight
mess about her that, after what you've been u
sed to, would make you very wretched No,
Tor it may boast of anything, Caudle, it has
been my proprlety of manner all my life.
know that wives who're very particular, arn't
thought well as those who're not-still, it is
very little to be virtuous, if people don't seem
so. And virtue, Caudle-no, I'm not going to
preach about virtue, like child with drum;
making all sorts of noises with il. But know
your principles. | shall never forget what !
once heard you sav to Prettvman; and ITS No.
excuse that you'd taken so much Won didn't
know what you were saying at the time, for
wine brings ont mems wickcdnoSs iu~' as th"
fire brings out spots of grease. lIi0t did r",G
say? Why YOU said this :-'Nirtue'S heau'I
iu thing in women, when they don't mako 90
much noise about it ; but there some womc p,
who think virtue was given 'em, ~ claws were
given to cats'-yes, cats was the wnrA--'to -,
nothing hut scratch with That what vau
said. You don't hnotc a syii0blc oft No
that's it; when you're in that dreadful state.
you recolIect nothing; but it's good ,hiug I
do.
/ "But we won't talk OF TINT, love-,ha,'. al
over dare say you meant nothing. But I'm
| glad you agree with me, that the man who'd lie.
up his widow, not to marry again. is mean
man. 1t makes me happy that you've that con-
fdence in me to say that You ncrCr SAIL II >
| That's nothing to do with it-vou've lust ss
good as said it. No; when rnan leaves all
his property to his wife, without binding her
hand from marrying again, he shows what De-
pendence he has upon her love. He proves 10
all the world what a wife she's been TO him 3,
and how after his death, he know she'll erie rs,
for him. And then, of course. second marri s,,c
never enters her head. But when she lnlv.
keeps his money so long as she keeps widow .
Why she's aggravated to take another husband.
I'm sure OF ii, many poor woman has teen dri~
ven into wediock again, only because she was
spitcd into it by her husbands viii I,'- onlv
natural tosuppose it. III thought CAupLr, you
could do such thing, though it wouAd break
my heart TO do it-yet, though you were dead
and gone, Id show you spirit, and marry again
directly. Not but what it's ridiculous my talk.
ing in such way, as shall 60 long before yen:
still, mark my words, nnG don't provoke ne
with any will of the sort, or I'd DO tbs I'm
living woman in this bed, rldn IT,"
81 did not contradict her says CArDrr "bu.
suffered her to sleep in such assurance
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