Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-11
erRrcrLY TRUE.

chief, dwsys saying extravagant things
and giving people wrong Impressions,
and Ut me- bore the important title Of
-M dudley Rivington. Her hus-
band, Who was decidedly grave and se-
date, thought she did not support his
name with sufficient dignity, and he
sometimes undertook to lecture her on
what he considered her ''little failings;"
but with some mischievous reply she
was always sure to put to flight his
gravity.
Every one wondered how two people
90 totally unlike each other as Dudley
Rivington and Lizzie Rising had ever
been drawn together; but it is true
saying that people like their opposites,
and Mr.. Rivington, who was at first
shocked, then amused by Lizzie's
pranks, at length found himself in love
with the little hoyden while Lizzie,
who stood in considerable awe Of this
gentleman, gradually found her re-
spect deepening into different feeling
And so they were married, and dlia :
ent though they were, no word OF IL
cord ever marred their happiness. lie
bore good naturally with her mischiev-
Gus disposition, but at times he would
cast about in his own mind for some
way to cure her.
ssMy dear,'' said Mr.. Rivington,
one day as he entered the apartment
where his bride was sitting, 81 have
heard something very strange"
"What issit!' asked Lizzie.
Il have heard that your parents
were very much opposed to our union,
and that We were obliged to elope a,
.pig4ssk4 jumping out of the back win
d6s and that then We had gone imme-
diatsly to the clergyman and had been
married without the knowledge Of your
parents, who in consequence, had dis
inherited you, and had refused to have
anything more to do with YOU"
elbow very strange!!" exclaimed
Lizzie, chow could such report have
originated :"
s'Have you not said something in
fun which might have given rise to it!''
''No," said Lizzie, thoughtfully
and then she added, "Oh, now 1 re-
member. The other day when Sally
Brewster was here-you know she has
such perfect horror Of old gentlemen
she asked me, in her innocent way,
how ] came to marry person so much
older than myself. 'For my part,
said she, 4 never should wish to marry
an old man, and pa and mo would not
let me if I did She is such an homes:
little creature, and always takes every
thing so literally, that l wished to as
tonish her, SO replied, i sprang GU,
of back window, at night, when my
parents were asleep, and l was married
quite early next morning. / suppose
that must have been the way the story
originated, and it has gained of course
by circulation"
"But, Lizzie, what did possess you
to say such a thing?" continued MIR
Rivington.
"Only for mischief. I meant to have
undecelyed her before she left me, but
forgot it.''
''Do you think it right to say wha,
is not true, even in fun, Lizzie 2" ask.
ed her husband, with grave look.
"But it was strictly true, Dudley
for do you not recollect my telling you
that the night before we were married
became alarmed by the cry Of fire
next door, and l sprang out Of the win
dow, which was near the ground, and
as soon as the feeling Of fear was over,
I returned to awaken my father and
mother"
"What you said, then, was true in
the letter, but was it so in the spirit %
asked Mr. Rivington, as he gazed
earnestly into his wife's face.
CHOW, grandpa" said Lizzie, as she
stroked down his whiskers, "please dc
not preach me o sermon, for l was only
in fun when 1 said it. and l think peo-
pie might understand me; every one is
so dreadfully matter of fact"
''But when you make your assertions
with 30 grave face, you must expect
people to think that you mean what you
say"
Lizzie laughed, and wondered what
made her husband so very sober, and
wished he was a little more playful
while he, in his turn, wished that his
wife was not quite so full Of spirits
But he had still considerable annoyance
to 60 through with, before Lizzie gave
up this little failing.
One day he went up to his wife as
she was looking out Of the window, and,
putting his arm around her, inquired
why she was looking SO wistfully.
Il was searching for some blue sky
or sunshine, for l am perfectly crazy
to 60 out little way this afternoon. y
''That is sad," said her husband,
with an air Of mock solemnity. ''for l
DeileVe tnefe Is no lunatlc asylum very
near here"
''Now, MIR. Solomon, do be quiet !!
there is no comfort in telling ones
troubles to you; suppose you would
have me say that should rather like
to 60, wouldn't you!'
"You might express it rather more
strongly than that, Lizzie, without be-
ing quite so extravagant; you will Ger
family get yourself into trouble if you
continue to talk in this style, saying
things you do not mean. 1t was only
this morning that heard had failed,
and my wife was teaching school do
you know how that report originated?'
"No, am sure do not"