The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-02-06

cid Husbands and Young Wives.
81 was an old fool Ycs-I was an old
fool; that's all there is abe ut it | ought
to have known better; she was not to
blame. poor thing. she is but a child yet;
and these baubles pleased her ambitious
mother eye. 1t was not the old man,
but his n,oney-his money! might have
known it. May and Deccmber-May
and Dccembcr-pshaw how could !
ever have believed that Mary Terry could
lone an old fellow like me 2" aud Marl
Ware surveyed himself in the large par
lor mirror.
See!-t reflects a portly old man Of
sixty, with ruddy face, snowwhite hair,
and eyes from which the light Of youth
has long since departed. And yet there
is fire in the cid mans veins too; SC how
he strides across the carpet, ca ,ula g
with fresh emphasis, Yes. l was an old
fool an old fool But will be kind to
her; I'm not the man to tyranize over q
young birl because her mother took her
out of the nursery to make her my wife.
seenow it is not in reason for young
girl like her to stay contcntedly at home
with my frosty head and equity feet
Poor little Mary! No-I'll not punish
her because she can not love me; she shall
have what she wants, and 90 where she
likes; her mother is only too proud to trot
her out,as tine wife of the rich Mark Ware.
If that will make them both happy, let
them do it; maybe '-and Mark Ware
pau1 ST. ii'y W H''eF .i S''p L'5 S'e;l ''
.to oe". no oa w. 4S ,'''y.I i
s"o 1..io ,,.i ,, I.,5 w.
ron,,n ', whn - %@iovnd in and , rc1i tra
toJ oror ,,,,r.os b,d VITA. tI,oro newer
r,os - haI u,ir. ,nt 0i h,t +hor, I ,raS hal
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nio MO Will, bc~ ,no+bar ,3a vii, sray Al
bnn,o ord r,,r.o INK, anIIt, Ioo ,rhsrn,,
10 owl in L,n. DIX o. ,,,,ra p. :, IjI,.
and If sha wo,,+s IA seq thn vo,ld VIM
she vIaIl COO #. ana +IonTI csi,,t o.,
Gancina rnnnJ with 1'nr mlyar with am
her brisht cycs-llo---no!v
Chat will do, fifty; another pin
in this lace; now move tIIat rose III my
hair lIttI1 to the Lit; so-that VIII
do"
"Ihat VII a0! lame RAISE for thai
small GFe2IaA head, WITH It's crown OF
braided tFeSse7; lot the 1Qli FoAhd throat
ana snowy siopirS SG0E!dsF.; Tor Tue
round, ivory arms, and taarcE!n&, rose
tipped fingers; Tor the lovely bosom ani
da'nty waist. W ell might such beauty
cazzle Marx wares eyes, TIL ne tailed to
discern M Vhe distance between May ana
Decemoer:
r., Marx ware had nightly read Mary,
one was su'!eleSs ana pure; as he Lad
sal0; al'd'chlld as she was, there "sas that
IN her manner before Which the most
a9oaciouS eye would nave sAfunN a1&sh-
eo;
When the young bride first realized
the Importance OF those words she A&&
been made to utter, "till death do lis
part" she looked forward with shudGe;-
ing horror at the long, monotonous, well
~ gears before her. Her home seemed
a prison, and Mark Ware he kecper.-
j. ,7 And
us very SP,l'tIGi pp4'ae19eI' MI 6.
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nnS ":'r'- . ' 49,. ,tta.
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cay llo'ei'iH oli's ~ A. tha 10, anI
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,he pu'tolny onay III IT,, ~ 81 n, W." b ,
pfieu' Su'i'-t r1 iA .la o.;I;,,a ot,,,ns
beauty 70 ia'o III 'lig s'''lus 80 ".ll0t -
phere OF darNeneu psForS, is'eAiAs %
the COMPLAINTS -. uttGIuiCuo piiA