Shreveport daily news., 1861-05-15

ting. NOW, 'AO"S
of the story is undoubtedly true' l a
would nevertheless caution my rea- S
ders, gentle and simple, not to put t
too much trust in the former part e
thereof: remembering that husbands
are husbands, and, from the begin {
ming of the world to the present day.
have been and are, Il jealous and way
ward race; and, moreover, that the
breath of slander will at a!l,t1mes
sully the brightest regulations; and
besides, that conclusions are too ire
quently drawn which the premises
will by no fair means justify
7 But be this as it may, Mistress
Alice was very handsome woman
and, as has been before said, very
wealthy; for her father always pet
tied her,and although ihe had two other
lchildren, sons, he quarrelled with
Them both, and turned them out OF
doors, and very solemnly vowed he
would disinherit them, and there Is
, little doubt he would have kept his
vow, but that they prevented him.
: the eldest by being drowned IN the
Fleet river, and the other by get
f. TING murdered in an afray with the
!, city watch. At the cid mans death,
y therefore, he left all hts property
- real and personal, to his "deare
DAUGHTER Alice,'' who was then TWEEN
tv-one years old, and had lately been
married for the first time in her life
She has been introduced to the rea'
der as a widow, and if he was temp
s, ted to be surprised at her being sc
Young a one, what will he think
when he reads that she was widow
. for the fifth time !-ay, and was nov
r.. on the eve Of being married to he
sixth husband-this was Maste
simon Shard, draper OF Corne-hillt
who had well-filled purse, a rathe
corpulent figure, a round and rudd
face, and was about, two-and-thlrt
- wears of age. 1t was said he IA
been enamoured Of the fair Ail'
previously to her three last mari
~ res. but that he had not had cou
'h' ace enough to break his mind to n
till some time after the death OF h
fourth husband, and when he dld
mediate forerunner, at whose dea
. he again pressed his suite--was Z
cepted, and they were married,
After living together for about :
= months, on the most seemingly lc
: o inc and comfortable terms, Mas
o Shard was found dead in his b,
,''r. ''n without any previous illness or in'!
- posit:on: this WAS very stran 5e,
."l least strange it viii probably seem
! 49, the reader, though il was not 81
..hn Mrs. .4Iice's nei:. hbours. for, wond
,,a. tf,l to relate, all her other huSoaI
.oar- had died in the same way, and IN
vet The same circumstances. There
was been from time to time many V;
,ck ous opinions alloar upon this 5
.ows iect, aud they had become more |
her valent, stronger, and ot ion@e. Las |
eeEs upon the successive deaths It eac!
50 her husbands. The most mode
ent had merely observed, that ''tor ce
her Mrs. Alice was a very uniucky,
,led very lucky woman according
h not the Speakers appreciation Of wedi'
e she others looked very wise, and SCI"
unite TO think d good deal, but said
.htfui little, generally contcntin" theinse
was with observing. THAT it really
n her verv odd ;" but again there
theirs others, who-especially on I'll" q
atoms OF Mr.. SShard's predecessor de
.table ed that '.such things were clean
!, and OF the common run oI nature
their that either Mrs Alice, or sont
lgueS, not to be named aiiloi'S 49,
,pered must have bewttched her h~o9oa' ~
tec,- land here speaker and listener
,fMrs. peciallv if females, would dew
idow.l cross themselves cor else some
sband, or other" (also it seemed not
eeome named among Chistian) had eS
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