The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-06-21
HOW lrR. c., GOT HIS THREE

WHY'S,
I had finished my 11hpr for the day, and
according to mr. habit Of late, paid So
cial visit to the house Of On esteemed
friend, whore met aff1cquaintauce-one
Or the Oldest inhabitants Of Peoria, man
Of worth, and universally respected by his
fellow citizens.
4 perceive said he after the prelimi-
nary salutations we're over, that you are
writing work entitled, Life in the
West"
YES replied, 4 have undertaken
the work, but / do not know how may
get along with it-that will in q great
measure depend upon the interest which
it may excite amongst the public in gen.
eral.'
WELL said he, 4 could relate some
circumstances, which ! think in your
hands, might add to its interest"
said l would be glad to hear them,
and if / considered them worthy Of pub
LEGATION, / would lay them willingly before
my readers. He then told me the follow
incidents, which while they are still fresh
in my memory, / will endeayor to recapit-
ulate as closely and as accurately as ! can.
And as nothing is out Of place which illus
trates my subject, need not apologize to
the public for introducing it here:
now MR.. o. GOT HIS THIRD WIFE.
Il have been married to my third wife
(who was PRESENT. said Mr.. c. for
nearly three years. She is my third wife.
| Ny second wife, whom | loved dearly had
been dead little over year. / was then
pretty far advanced in life, and having
my family well settled and provided for, l
had made up my mind not to marry again
as supposed it was impossible for me ev-
| er to meet with woman so devoted and
congenial as my last wife had been. But
tits true that another power shapes our
ends, rough hew them as we may.
'One night, about this time had a
singular dream. thought l saw lady
on horseback endeavoring to cross stream.
Her horse became unmanageable and ran
to her assistance. took the animal BY
the bride and helped her over. She
thanked me, and l accompanied her on
her way how far do not recollect.
Next morning arose as usual and for
got all about my dream. Invent about my
business, but about the time for the morn
ing cars to arrive at Peoria, l felt strong
impulse to 60 to the depot. l had no
business there, but had business else
where, which at first | determined to at
tend to but the impression was so strong
upon my mind to 90 to the depot that |
at length yielded to it, and started of in
that direction.
Il arrived at the depot the moment the
cars were coming in, and the first object
that struck my eye at the window Of the
first passenger car was the lady OF my
dream of the night before. This, thought
l, is my future wife. went straight to
her, accosted her, welcomed her to Peoria
and offered my services in any way she
might require them.
'What did you think of this conduct,
Mrs g. p enquired Of his wife who was
| present.
why I thought it very strange she
replied, 'and the lady who accompanied
me whispered to me to pay no attention to
him, for he was drunk, and drayman at
that"
Hereupon there was hearty laugh from
all present, in which MIR. C. good ma
turedly Joined, although it was at his ex-
pense.
As soon as the pleasantly subsidized, Mr..
G. continued his story. n
| then conducted her and her compan-
ion to the place of their destination, and
remained with them all the day during
which l took occasion to inform my in
tended that she was to be my wife as soon
as she was ready. She laughed at me,
but will leave her to finish the story,
Next morning. said Mrs. G., 'Mr q.
came back with carriage and driver,
and asked me to take ride with him
My friends who had known him a long
time, persuaded me to accept his invita-
ton did so. He drove me round the
town, then on the bluff, pointing out ev-
cry thing worth notice. | was pleased
with his society he was frank and full of
conversational anecdotes, but said nothing
about the courtship or marriage. At
length we drove back to the house of my
friend there was a good deal of company
assembled. He handed me out Of the
carriage and into the drawing room, and
then introduced me to the strange compa-
ny as his wife. He had the license in
his pocket, minister was in attendance,
and before had time to recover from my
astonishment was his wife!
WELL said Mr. G. looking around at
us, you seem to be surprised, but my
second marriage was more remarkable
STILL
'Oh, please tell us that, Also, exclaim-
ed number Of voices in breath.
The good natured Mr.. g., ever anxious
to oblige and crafty, willingly complied,
and the manner in which he riveted our
attention during the whole evening, re-
minded me of the ARABIAN Nights Enter
tsinments, and the lady who kept the
Sultan's curiosity on the stretch from day
to day, till she had at last so charmed
him as to escape the doom that he had
prepared for her. l only wish could re.
late the story with singular power and
yivacity, so as to awaken the curiosity Of
my readers in like manner.
i was engaged in the milling business
in the State of New York, continued Mr..
G., and Miss Sophy l. offered to
lend me some money to purchase wheat,
and agreed to call upon her for the loan
on certain appointed day. The night
before that day, | dreamed that | saw my
wife and the same Sophy l. talking
together in an apartment adjoining that
in which | sat, and SO near that l could
easily overhear the conversation
'What will he do with the children p
said Miss Sophy to my wife.
ooh ! she replied, Mary Nj point
ing to that lady who appeared to occupy
an apartment opposite to them, will take
care of them
Almost immediately after This Miss