Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1862-05-30
MistellaneouS.
How He Escaped.
BY INEVITABLE HoLYoKE.

ClOls
talk cnigmas, do [? You shall hear
my story then, If you have patience.
And how | escaped from my wife p
Most assuredly; that is the eliminating
point Of interest, the announcement to my
romance.
As you may remember, / had lived
along from year to year, and was far past
boyhood before it seemed convenient to
take the blessing of wife.
What was there to prevent? o, there
were countless things. had small for.
tune to be sure, but every year brought
some new drill upon my income; now
had joined a military company, now wish
ed to purchase a yatch, and now farm.
liked hunting, and guns and ammuni-
tien have their price, | read Izaak Wal
ton, and that year all my surplus money
went for fi,hing-polcs, artificial flies and
excursions into the country. | was fond
of horses, too-indccd | had a hundred
sensible tastes,
And why were these not sufficient p
Why wasn't the first man satisfied with
all the roses and grapes of Ellen, but he
must 90 meldling with the forbidden fruit ?
So ladies did not smile upon me? |
beg your pardon, Miss Mehitable, When
once my mind was made up to select a
wife, the trouble was, that all the old
and young maidens Of my Acquaintance
were ready to fall into my arms. They
smiled too readily The fisherman would
not enjoy his trout if he could bale them
up by the net-ful at once like alewives.
Meantime must make ready for the
change Of lot. Ny indiscrctions and mis-
fortunes began. | sold my farm for a lit
tie estate in the suburbs Of the city; my
yatch and hunterwent for a family carriage
aud span. 1t was spend, spend for fur
niture, curtains, silver, porcelain
And the lady? o, had not found
her yet. In truth, the preparations cost
me 50 much, that [ began to be tired OF
Of the fancy. | looked about at my mar
riel aclaaintanees their happiness, #
they could boast any seemed of foolish
sort. Aud some had slattcrnly wives.
some had sickly or scoiling ones, and
some had swans of children, homely chill
dren. When | saw these unfortunate, |
eou!l bat think how idle it were to walk
into the same prelieament.
Oaly one among an my friends did |
envy. lie was the BEST ma"ksmaa-thc
40. alroit angler th1t | ever met, and
had the sweetest tempered wife. Poor
lcll,w , h. suffered wlctchelly from the
the lingering effects Of rhcumati. fever,
an his yonae wife eaye uo all her own
pleasure, in order to nurse and amuse
him. They we're both Of a lively, hope.
iul disposition anI then they had no
ehiidrcn--those domestic pests. can see
their parIor nov, with the bright blazing
fire, gnl Testers sofa drawn into the
warmc,t place beside it; and the wife
near, with her pretty feet, and her neat
tasteful dress All why were they ever
separated?
lie died from the fever? No, thank
fortune! Lester dil not die from the fc-
yer; but his business suffered from lazy
ina;tcntion debts began to accumulate;
advanced money until my friend was
ashamed to ask tor more; and his wife
came to me in secret, asking temporary
help, giving her word hat thc Obligation
should be cancelled by her own hands, ii
need be. | was not sorry for an excuse
to defer the subject of flnatrlmony | made
the l. L,Stcrs occupy my house a. 1t stood,