Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-06-12
From tho Montreal Pays.
A MAN CoURTING us OWN WIFE

EIo" montreal rays.
A MAN CoURTING MS OWN WIFE.
Ten years ago, NJ. Vamarried in Mon
treal. He was one of the principal mer~
chants Of that place but by a reverse of
fortune he was compelled to suspend pay
ments soon after his marriage. He loved
his vile to distraction. to use common
phrase; and the idea of involving her in
his distress greatly afflicted him. After
, thousand internal conflicts Mr.. NJ. V,
resolved to leave the city without saying
anything about it. He wished his depar-
ture. or rather his disappearance to re-
main a mystery, But he had purpose,
Il will CO. he resolved, to Australia, and
there mend my fortunes, or die without
giving any account of myself
This resolution taken. our trades
man embarked clandestineIy, and eight
days after his flight. he was not thought
of. ..
Madam wept. we are fain TO sup>
pose more than this, we believe she
shed torrents of tears. and sought him
upon rivers. and in woods, lakes and cav
erns. but in vain. Nj. V. had left to his
beautiful. but weeping and forlorn wife.
an income Of hundred louis. and sailed
for Australia. What befell him upon
these shores we do rot know but little
by little he amassed wealth. a
At Montreal they supposed him dead.
His wife wept bitterly. and she saw un-
doubtedly that sorrow jaundiced her com
p!exion. and dimmed her eyes. There
fore. she ceased all sweetly. her role of
Niobe. Our Penelope could smile like
young widow of eighteen the art ofnee-
die work is t'o perfect now are notmen
entaugled with it She was faithful to
her wandering husband eighteen long
months but she then did what others
might have done in her place. Thinking
herself young. she lent her ear to tender
proposals. She reviewed her geography
of love-confessed to never have studied
the map of the tender country and one
fine morning, contracted new marriage.
But the 6rst husband He! ah, he was
dead What living husband would stay
away eighteen long months without wri-
ting = word -? II he was not dead, he
ought to be, (feminine logic.) She mar
ried. Was she happy, or was she not ?
(Shakspearean question.
Meantime, the first husband labored in
the mines. He acquired. acquired-al>
ways acquired. Falling upon an aurifer-
GUS vein, he suddenly obtained large
sum and had his only motive been love
of gain would have Immediately returned
TO Montreal. But his dear Louise must
eat from silver and drink from gold.
The unfaithful. Louise, as we have al
ready said. was again married. Faith
does not save us NJ. v. always labored.
but an epidemic prevailed our hero
caught the smallpox, and was complete.
ly dis6gured. Disguised with Australia.
no sold his property. and embarked on an
American ship. 'a.
During his voyage the second husband
Of his wife, died of consumption. NJ. V.
landed at Portland. few to Montreal,
went to the Montreal House without
arousing any suspicion as to who he was.
There are people who always love to cre-
ate surprise, and. he was Que Of them. He
enquired for Madam "; no one knew
such q person but NJ. V. insisted. Fl.
nally he was told by some one that she
was now, the widow S., and he recogniz.
ed his wife, charming as she Was the day
he left her. NJ. ". Immediately fell into
brown study. His oountenance was
grave. sad. very sad. very gloomy, and
thus he turned away: NJ. V. had more
spirit than money; and he found it very
strange to pay his addresses to his own
wife. But he did it he courted his own
wife for three months. He recognized her:
did she recognize him ? 1t is more than
We know, We leave the danes who read
this to solve the problem. He was intro
duced with all his pounds, shillings and
pence. People will admire pounds ster-
ling. and dollars federal, and women
above all. Though SCARED and pitted
from head to foot by the small-p pox. NJ. v.
won the heart of his wife. They were to
exchange the second marriage rings when
NJ: V:presented to him the same one he
had given her at their first espousal. The
woman they say, tainted.