The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-04-01

mo, no." said Jane, eve will go a
once to Paris"
"Paris |" I replied, "nonsehse
don't want to go and live on Frencl
kickshaws. Well go to Niagara"
"I say no. returned my wife in
loud voice, at the same time stirring he
coffee with SO much energy that sh'
threw the cup over, and broke it all tt
! pieces. It was one of our best set, too
"We will go to Paris
"Paris be-bothered," I replied "it
shall be Niagara"
"Paris!' !''
= tsNiagaral"
"I say Paris !''
"I say it shall be Niagara |"
1 grew very angry, and with my last
words, in my rage, kicked over the
breakfast table, scattering the coffee
cups, plates and everything else on the
table in every direction, of course break
ing them all.
When saw the disorder I had occa-
stoned, I became ashamed of myself
Ny poor little wife burst into tears.
1t was the first quarrel We had ever
had !
"Never mind, my darling" I ex.
claimed, approaching my wife and kiss
ing her-"You shall have your way, we
will go to Paris"
Jane smiled through her tears, re-
turned my embrace, and we were good
friends again. --.---.--
1 started the same day for Accomack
G. H., and in a week was in full possess
ion of my property. In three more days
we were in New York, on the fourth on
the Arago, and On the fifth out OF sight
of land.
I shall not attempt to describe the
miscries of that voyage. The reader
can realize it, when I tell him that /
was sea. sick from the day we started to
the day we landed! Oh how I cursed
the sea, Paris, and our recent fortune
How heartily I wished 1 was back in
good old Baltimore attending my pa.
tients I begged, prayed, implored
somebody to throw me overheard, but
the savages only laughed at me. My
wife, on the other had, was not sick at
all, seemed to enjoy herself thoroughly
while lay rocking in my berth. ]
could hear her laughing and joking with
the rest of the passengers. The sound
was hateful to me, and 1 upbraided her
very much with it. She retaliated
high words ensued, and we had another
desperate quarrel. Itwas some time be.
fore we made this one up. This quarrel
was succeeded by others; in fact they
became now of almost daily occurrence
and plainly saw we were growing tc
hate each other.
We landed at Havre at last. After
we had been on shore few hours, be
gan to feel better and could look around
me. The first thing noticed was q
young Frenchman, paying, as I thought
great deal too much attention to my
wife.
1 seowled at him.
He advanced to me with the mos
pleasant air in the world, and said
"Monsieur has been very sick. 1 hope
| Monsieur feels better.n
81 do" 1 growled.
"Who is this fellow ?" whispered t
my wife.
ooh, that's Monsieur Letoux, our fel
low passenger from New York; yol
were so sick all the way over, that yol
did not see him, but assure you h'
was very polite and attentive to me-"
81 have no boubt he was," muttered
"Monsieur and Madame go to Paris p
said Letoux. II shall have the homo
to accompany them %
There was no help for it. coulc
not be so unmanerly as to repulse polit
attention, SO bowed my head in acqui
essence.
We were soon on. our road to Paris
I sat coiled up in one corner of the rail
road carriage, while my wife and Mr.
Letoux conversed in French. Now
knew little French, while my wife spok
it like native 1 could, however, dis
tinguish the words "Mon cher Mon
sieur" and '|Ma chere Madame" yer.
often repeated. I did not much like it
but held my peace.
We arrived in due time at Paris, and
under the Frenchman's s advice, tool
apartments in the Hotel Meurice.
Then followed long weary mon tn o
sight seeing. Oh, how tiresome it was
I We visited the Louvre, Pantheon, Cat
acombs, Versailles, st. Cloud-and
hundred other places 1 don't remember
We returned home every day tired t
death. How I wished myself hom
again And my wife became more dis
tant to me every day; it was eviden
she took no pleasure In my society; no
a day passed but we had violent quar-
rel, and not an hour passed that l di
not curse our recently acquired fortune
I ceased at last to 60 out at all wit
my wife, but my place was very we
filled by Monsieur Letoux, who took he
everywhere.