Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-02-26
Dunorous Selections.


We published a few days ago the letter Of
a wife addressed TO young lady who had
offered a correspondence with her husband. A
lady in St. Louis thus writes to the st, Louis
Republican,
Mn. EDITOR: l was reading the "spicy
correspondence in your paper, yesterday, and
il reminded me of something that happened
to married man some three years since,
Now never wrote anything for the papers in
all my life, we know better so / will state
the facts as | know them TO occur, and You
can put them in ship-shape. Tho gentleman s.
wife had good reason TO suspect him of being
partial Co ladies' i'm general and To- other men
wives In particular so she laid q trap 20 catch
him. She wrote him letter In distinguish
ed hand, telling him that she had long loved
him i'm secret, and she had often been tempted
to write 10 him. but that the fear Of her hus-
band and his wife had prevented her domestic
relations, that she could no longer resist.
She hoped lac would not think her a bold.
bad woman, for addressing him first and so-
Letting an interview. If he only knew how
long and how ardcntly she had loved him. he
would pity, if he could not love her-and a
good deal more in the same strain-and con-
cluded by requesting him to meet her ON a
certain bridge at s o'clock atnght, where she
would be, disguised as a negress. She sign
cd herself Mary.
The evening came, and with it came the
gentleman home at an carly hour, and in the
best Of humor. He split wood, which he had
never been known to do before, made himself
very useful, kissed his wife several times
something unusual), but could not wait for
supper as he had urgent business down town.
As soon as he left, his wife disguised her
self and went to the place appointed, and be-
hold there he sat, purchcd upon the bridge,
his umbrella over him. for it was rainy and
dark She passed by, and he caught hold
of her, and asked if it was Mary She told
him yes, when he claspod her in his arms,
gave her a sweet kiss, and then put his hand
up to her head to see if il might be a Negroes
the idea having struck him that possibly
he was hoaxed. Finding the head all right.
he insisted ON knowing who she was. After
due hesitation, she told him the name of a
beautiful married lady "Is it possible that
you are Mrs wife" at is even so, she
replied, and hid her head in his bosom and
pretended to cry bitterly, whoroupon lac
soothcd her, kissing a great many times. and
telling her she was the sweetest little woman
he had over kissed, and if he had only d
sweet wife, he would be perfectly happy In
the meantime, they had "adiouucd' to one
side of the road. and he had atdown on very
sharp stump, taking Mary in his lap; and
you may Imagine she did not spare him any.
Finally, Mary concluded she must go home
and insisted on his meeting her on Monday, i
he knew any good place. Oh, Yes, he knew
the best kind of place and went on to tel
her all about it; which was just what she
wanted TO kRow Then he insisted on hen
going with him to his office. On their aui.
val, he asked hor for her shawl to hang mp al
the window. She handed it to him. politcl,
bowling and telling him she would certaiul,
meet him on Monday. If you cannot i'm.
agino how meanly he looked, cannot tell
you. only know he complained good deal
about that-lish stump being so sharp
/ BE so kind as not TO let any one see this
| A certain person will know who wrote it i
sees the handwriting. FANNY A.