The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-15
Written for the Model American Courier.
A STORY OF MY WIFE,
AS TOLD EBY CARRIE
CAR HeOH.H.
by PHIL. DRENGLE.
"She is n winsonc Wee thing.
She is n hand some Wee thing,
She is n bonnie wee thing,
'Ihis SMucl Nrc wifi. q nIiuri"


"This now is very comfortable"
calculated, laziIy turning on the sof;,
until had fair view OF my wiie's
eyes.
She glanced towards mc-hcr checks
indentcd with the most fascinating
dimples in the world nodded assent,
but made no other reply.
a long pause ensucd, during which
my ha!Ecloscd eyes were fixed dream
lily upon her, and | was mcdtating
what to say. At last, broke ont with
what certainly did not, 4 moment be-
fore, intend to say.
"What blessing it is, to have y
rosy little wife with the warmest heart
and the softest fingers, ever created,
who knows how to talk when necessary
and how to keep silence when proper.
who has the most delicate t"uch imag-
Unable i'll arranging plIlow"-
"And who isn't at all jealous" said
Fannie, meeting my gaze with her
own smile.
"IIunph!"
stopped short, for did not know
how to proceed. What could she
mean? After vainIy puzz|ing myscli
i'll silence for some time, gave up the
task, well knowing that ! should soon
hear her meaning from her own lips.
Sure enough, like a true daughter of
Eve, she could not wait long with t. c
mystery.
"Wcll, Philip, how do YOU like Car
rie CarrolI?"
"Mrs. Walter Granger, suppose
you mean? So then, this is il!'
'Ncver mind that, but how do
you like her? Is she not the same
Carrie Carroll whom pictured to you
aiew weeks ago?"
EYES," replied, htsitatingly, "per-
haps she is, but the opinionl have
formed Of her in the last three days,
during her visit, is very different from
that which my fancy had onjurcd from
your description! Has not her charac.
ter changed since marriage! Has size
not borrowed some little strength of
spirit from her husband!"
ga ,rifle, possibly, but my quiet,
retiring friend was never deficient in
the spirit, which you seem to think,
belongs only to the harder SEX"
81 can believe you, Fannie, for il
! ever saw dash of the secret vixen,
just enough to make wife charmnyly
pungent, have seen it in the brown
still eye Of your friend. But | don't
believe that she has more of this same
spirit than yourself, and indeed, for
her husbands sake, / hope she has no
less. Take care how you vcx her, for
ifn woman's eye can speak, she will
have little pleasant revenge, and I
know what that is."
"The mischief is already done, SO
that your warning is too late"
"What do you mean?"
"Ihis afternoon, We were chatting
together, and inciden ally mentioned
our husbands. Yes, incidentally, sir.
Somehow, she imagined from chance
word or two, that | had told you the
story Of her heart-affuirs, and so, she
charged me with the fact. Justified
as well as possible, not very well, how
ever, bnt could not racty her. She
declared, that she would take the first
opportunity to tell you some little
l',attcrs out ofmy own early history
and then fell bnsily t" work in collect
ing documents. After some trouble,
she found few foolish letters which
had written t" her years ago. These
she means to show you rs soon rs pos
s,bIe, and unless Pm very much mi,.
taken, she will seize her opportunity
Tonight. Hush! there is her step at
this very n"r:nrnt. BE careful now,
aud above all, d.nl't he jc.I,l,~!!'
sac v:ara5h, there was The lady her