The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-11-23
,sr or SECESSION.

Caroline Ian ominous name, tha.l wife CT
lake Warner, seeded from her Husbands
..b.d and boasd" on FAST Tuesday hight
riyst shor. weeks ago The couple catered
into q federal compact 10 become - bdne
Of one bene and aesa CT onr 1esh. and adopt
ed for their motto the inscription en- the
American Flag, II p!csibas CEufn." For
The fret week Ih!s union promised one OF
gna!leyed pleasaye-~i. was cherished and
hugely enjoyed by both parties. The out.
vari word vas rs blank 10 them-ihe
soeiety Of .neir friends AMI relatives was
sschewei l. and they enjoyed their blessing
in "a solitude where uone tntrudr.' The
second week passed propitiousiy, as'did the
third and fourth. The eth week COM
meneed rs happily as Jill those preceding
ba. On Friday thai unlikely of all uulaeky
days--Lgke vas Induced by bis friends to
remain co. till nine O'Clock, discussing the
great political questions which now agisatc
the country. On returning 10 BIS home he
found that his wife had retired 70 her viz
suous couch. She WAS sgbbiEg bitterly
when be entered her presence, and 1t was
circulating 10 witness her distress when
she told him THAI she had slid between the
snowy sheets at seven o'c!agG, (taeIr usual
hour for retiring land her anxiety and i'm
patience for his return bad almost broken
her heart. Luke sgothed her Us only bas-
band can 50o.hs, and soon he bad The salts
faction Eby promising never to do 80 again)
OF ssaaas her composed, not ia the arms OF
Morpheus, but with her bead resting low
ingly upoa h.. own ann. Bat Luke could
NOS forget his old friends and associates I;
the ani0u be had formed with Caroline WAS
AL 81 1 he
many of hts rights and privileges abridged /;
he sned to his partner ia the union for more
liberties, and com planned tina. she was en-
,reuehiBg upon his prerogatives; bat his
jus, petitions were spuFnpd and UNDECIDED,
and at last, he determined to obtain by
force what be could not acquire by gentle
means. 1t u late hour enc night about
week ago, he entered the presence Of Caro-
line slightly tight, which made her eyes
.'iash Egs.' and on The next evening when
be appearsd before her drunk, she gave him
piece of her mind in style and manner
which only woman can aaopi on Impor-
tant occasions.
Thlngs continued to get no better very
fast, aud tears and prayers were forgotten
in high words and tareats Of dissolution.
Wen 10 make long story short, on last
Tuesday night Luke went home and found
his wife ia bed, with the quilts tucked over
her head and her face to she wall. This
so Disconnected Luke that he laid down up
on the bed without taking of his coat or
h36ts, aai IN The morning when he awoke
be found Caroline missing; but in lieu of
her presence she i3fE note stating that she
had gone to live in the family OF MF-who
had offered her three dollars a week with
room ia the Kitchen to s'spread herself"
Lake Is now m outcast and wanderer, in |
search Of that felicity he enjoyed during the |
three FIRST weeks Of his union with Caroline, |
while she, poor soal, spends her days in
peal!ag potatoes and securing pots, and at
night she dreams of the ecstatic bliss she |
enjoyed when Luke was a loving indi- |
vidual and did oil he could to keep ''peace
nj home aud invasion from abroad. - 81. I
Joseph GaSsits.