The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-11-24
CASE or SIT Ess.oy.

Caroline Tan cmiaea. name, ikasl wife OF
Like Warner, sesa.IeI from her husbands
s.bea and boar4n CD .zs. Tuesday night
Ts,h, sh0r. weeks go the couple entered
into federal compact 10 hscoEae . Zone
az one baEa and Eeza 6f cae aesh. and adopt
cd Ia. .asir motto she inscription on the
aneriean Fiaw, sE Psasibas Unun.' For
IL sr.t week tbs uatga promised enc Of
,,ualioyed pIeasurs--is was cherished ard
hugely enjoyed BY both parties. The out
uard world wasas blank 10 them-the
society Of their friends aud relatives was
s.cheweI-- ard they enjoyed their blessing
II, "a solitude where none inirute.' The
second week passed rFaFtsIous!Y. a.'di4 the
third and fourth. Tie tftA week com
uenced As happily Is did those preceding /;
Lu. on Fr.dag-tkat un!akcy Of al uBlGcky
days-I.aks was Induced by bis friends TO
rernain out till nina o'clock, discussing the
great political questions hlch now a-Isate
the country. Ga returning 10 hts home he
found that bis wife lad retired to her viz
taoua couch. She vas sgbbing bitterly
when he entered her presence, AID 1t was
exeFgtIating 70 witness her distress when
she told him that sAe had cid between the
snowy sheets at seven O'Clock, (thelr usual
hour for retiring. and her anxiety and I'M
patience for bic retain bad almost broken
her heart. Luxe s3asa4l her as ouiy Eus-
band can sagtae, AID aggA be had the salts
faction thy promising never to DO 20 again.
q! seeing her composed, NOS IN the arms oil
Morpheus, bus with her head resting low
ing.y upon his own arm. Bot Luke could
no. forget bic Oh friends anl associates !;
tina nuIOn he had formed With Caroline was
not ''a!i bis faueT EaIRto4It,' and he found
mtny 0t his rights and privileges abridged;
he sued to his partner IN the union for more
liberties, and complained that she WAS en-
trsecthr upon his prgroEatiyes but his
just petitions wgrs spurmed md unhccded,
and a. last, be determined 10 obtain by
force shat b. could not acquire by geBtle
means. A. & late hour enc night about 4
week ago, he entered the presence Of Caro-
line slightly tight, which made her eyes
's34sa hrc,f and On tbs next evening wien
be appeared before har drunk, she gave him
Il piece Of her mind 10 a style and manner
which only w9man can ad2p. en- imPor-
sant occasions.
Thing continued 10 get no better very
fast, anI tears and prayers were forgotten
IN high words and gagusjs OF dissolution.
Well 10 make q long story short, on last
Tuesday might Luke went home and found
his wife 10 bed, with the quilts tucked over
her head, ard her face to The wall. This
80 Disconnected Lake tha. no laid down up
en- ths bed without taxing Oft his coat or
boots, and 10 the morning when be awoke
he found Cas5..aa missing; bat in lieu Of
bsg presence shs left a note stating that she
haa gonp 10 live IN the family Of Mr. who
had offered her three dollars Il week with
room in the kitchen 10 '.spraai herself"
Luke IL a0w IN eateast aud wanlercr, in
search Of that felicity he enjoyed during the
three FIRST weeks of bis union with Caroline,
while she, poor soaI, spends her days in
psalsnE potatoes and securing pots, and at
night she dreams Of the ccstatic bliss she
enjoyed when Luke was q uniou-ioving ind
ytduaI aud diI all be could to keep ''peace
nt homo and Invasion from abroad 81.
Joseph Lg~eite.