, 1866-01-29
= WOMAN m BLACK.
An Intriguing Vetersn...A Wife that
is not Wife.-.Arriral or the
Verftab1e Better-Half..,
Food for Gossips.

me eouthefn portions Of Ibis city, Ike e,esy ob.,
fnbutb4n locality With = snsplnssge Of snecim.n,
q 'etaino5 OF various ages and pe1soan4 hsy. n,
Gofhps. Gocd natufed n1tsoms md Asnisbte ,n,i5.
eta' mosnen, md married daughters, notaer.,n.
who finding tho evu7 ds, rert
me o. domestic lie ding somewhat heavily upon ,he,
hAnoe, Msempta vigorous annihihtIon OF thrIr ~.
Mae oy 1eaioosiy interesting themselves III the bus
iness And hab1A Of their reiRhbory, Woe IN N.
.a9ekiess Wight, whom the aree sna' hours s,on
. .as sW& lnd outside his domfc1te! he vii Iesa
nJ nous indignation upon many uatton,a hrn& ~
aood patnrs s Goaaena.'on spreading nom many
efed tosethes Voc to The hapleas yonno sT., T,a,,
me ~ epesks trse tq The .ame g without nend end
any other fe1,sie-his mother pestsna ie soio39 N 20
espted5he viii be branded as gay deceiyer M
summed az heA1t1esa 1lbe1ttna. 's' nHo
as Pss tasse q
suffered sudden death OF material for ronaiM HaSe
neiehboEhood have been almost unexcrnt,onh u t1e
$egnM N fhetr abits, and by no means jjehtesa
1nst4hs1 ,aas1t laps husbands and wives have ssd
nave been perfectly unknown, causing thn stae u
tIade Tor AfserteA conversations to dwindIs se ~
so,s, 70 marr7age Or two, and few oilers in ms
About three Heeka ago, m event occurred ,sh,..
monea II feeei'ed but momentary aiiention h.s
p.oseo g nave been cloud no bigger lhs,1 1n,n.s
n
harvest for the seusattonalst fhe event tn.g9as g1na
Sant 1h lisei W4s none other than lie arTirsi ~
ooa5aets IN highly respectable tamy Of midd,as
sSon.e man accompanied BY a young and blooming
IT TIE husband Vas tall eentlemau,y 1ooktn, nu
snne,rsne ~ w.lnaa and Of decidedly mlisr7
years. he junior Of her lIege was yery ooedi o.
a9a ap9saed very fond Of her so1new5at M.
some little attention among ottsjdr,s IN -. saGHeo
the husband was set down as ateal1 a. Is H,g
ssang hMseH It the shsne Of Venus acr Tatbs,
contradset this presumption, the ns,r wera 20
Most FORGOTTEN nnti Yesterday, when third .ttnr
s14,a nea, uRoo tns scsns and verify change cama
The supposed .'one flesh'' were rctnrr,,, 49,,
one OF the fashionable churches III lie uesthn1 ,i,
tSs snnes1 .1e9 were constant a.end.ns, when
sntileg Il S!aeiLy e pas parsEe5sd .Its y
sM.x !, 10. 10 make some hurried e1pAnsttons n
The yopnu a vo,o, sa1. qaeSly down cross street..
. pnrsgea &c esea tenor Of her way" and s1riSnd
,eF 1eE oya aa ,cn Or teea
lniet knock was heard at tho door, and II, nn5a,
IL H.1 wos ~ s0'ee aala ret pelsnaevc greyesed it
Id eVidcna en 1o Hss
lc That the Captain was with lis if sba sss aoea
sqnested to see the mistress Of The house IN
he me- fepIs hsf bdy ofhe
nsly soucheaied. and with Ike nnsssisf.s LII Pses.
nIe Eas proceeding to demonstrate shat hoWever
"tt%5e346 uEt assertions WEE. IL ktjrj e,n a
= Tasea phyke1l fact when her tnteriocntor st,re
M, 1bn 1e;i 1y ne sFsgcstiEe remark, MADAM
T 81 70 imagsned than described. ILL 'as oet- p
- aa: ta Has effected upon the snartn,ent y, y
.e M sgeu lothartc and his pasamour. f. X" ~, VI
oted stranger and the Indignant hay,aa enc sup
sesng lhe utter imposeibflfty Of rstrrat w.
i. h"nas y. INTO seat fand bni1ed is rsce IN
y ma nanns ae te await The charge Of tie ioe. iii II
ID dld NOT attempt one she nuetIv s.ts ecs1es; oe
e aged veteran was her hnsban3 md 5he tHa lnat
III adoxen little oltya blossomsT. ~ ib.t .ataet Of 10
ars service in the amy he ha been tnnsF t@9 on
u 81 The service, when, fnktrad ~ tnsneo Hseteo z
his e1pectant family at Toledos {}bia IL h Es
[ned thc acquaintance OF fema]e jnns,a s 9, uaa N k
lanlishment at Nashville, Tenn, whnse ya,;s ~ f.
= 4 Hae not 90 good ae itB patronage an wI,f hs ~
q ohhppeafcd4 turning up eventually Ia CHI. ia,
mat che particularly loved hIu, or v1sb.a II, rs;
:senee in the household on grounds nj n.er.,ns ~ ~:
:cnons Wns not true, eald the little wonsp ~ -
aAuked that anomalous positton of W.. rr - | -,
ioM Of my. che should insist upon s retE Eas3 ~
p0uFe number two, as 11attet NJ roTr.a | -
eed into Mysteries; but receiylnr m ssla = ~ ~
sftenfiou, az speedily recovered, T.f ~ 9ay Hes s
.twards she had departed Tor narfe nnHa' - mu@ TE
ing Der successor 10 retire III trjnmnh f"n a.. a..
neg. bearing her faithlcss Ife1e ia ia
J.. eesaaencs q sacoe*a and Distinct nrs
e the heroine Of many aretshborY consesstie, IN,
eeh al ciasses Of females from the 1nrtrnni ak
.ams at thetF tea, orthe juvenile mnidsns y fhei
. private interviews, down to Mary Jsna "a i Vii
III ann osef lie garden EalinRa. No