Nebraska advertiser., 1858-08-26
Miscellaneous.
A Wife'S Dover.
BY A RETIRED ATTORNEY.

Everybody who knew John Gordon
knew HIM to be one of the meanest and
most contemplate men that ever was per-
mitted to walk the earth. His brother
Peter was not a whit better-So that it
would appear that meanness ran in the
blood Of the family.
John was pretty well off, so far as this
worlds goods were concerned. His pro-
perty was all invested in a building which
had cost him about thirty thousand dollars.
He did not marry until he was forty
probably from the fear of inCurring un-
necessary expense, and when finally he
did take wife, it was only as he would
have taken him a houSekeeper, a SER
want.
Mrs. Gordon was a poor woman, and
had been Obliged to work very hard Cor a
living. Probably she married on purely
prudential considerations, for she could
not possibly have loved such an abortion
of a man as John Gordon. She took
good care Of her husband, treated him
better than he deserved, and was in every
respect an obedient and faithful wife. All
she received in return was the meager
support which her husband s house afford
ed her.
When they had been married some
three years John was taken sick, and
fingered along for year, during which
time his wife was an excellent and devot-
ed nurse. Her whole aim seemed to be
to discharge her duties to her lord with
fidelity. She had made a bargain with
him, and she performed her part Of the
contract with scrupulous exactness.
One day heard that John Gordon was
dead. 1t was a small loss to the commu-
nifty, and l could not think of plying his
wife, for her lot would certainly be anne
liorated by his departure. She would be
entitled to one-third of the income of his
real-estate, which for a poor woman, as
she had been, and having no luxurious
taste to crafty, would be a princeIy sti-
pend.
never thought nor heard any more of
John Gordon or his wife for two months,
when a woman appeared at my office,
and introduced herself as the latter
Mine Is very bad case, Mr.. Docket,
said she, seating herself by my side.
Indeed, madame, l thought you were
ono third of tho income Of Ionr bnsband,S :
estate, or about a thousand dollars a
year
Itseems I am not to have this she
replied gloomily.
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