Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-30
A ROMANCE I'M REAL LIFE.
An Irate wife Chastises a Lively
Widow.


[From the Memphis Bullstin.1
A new act of the old comedy of The
Serious Family" was performed, with va.
riations, in a neat little villa located in
the very pleasant suburbs of South Mem
phis on Saturday afternoon, which has
been productive of much merriment among
a certain class who are always ready to
enjoy a good laugh at the expense of their
neighbors. In the locality referred to
resides a nice, gay widow, who had the
misfortune to lose her husband about a
couple of years ago, but IS she was left a
competency, the loss was not considered
SO great as if she had been both beref.- of a
husband and consigned to abject poverty
at M and the same time.
The widow in question is very fond Of
a promenade through the streets of the
city, and q little mud or even the quantity
of that material with which Memphis was
blessed q few days ago, will not deter her
from making her usual rounds among the
stores. While attempting to cross Main
street at n Of the intersections of that
thoroughfare, the other day, she fairly
stuck in the mud, and stood helpless, until
q gentleman went to her assistance. He
quickly rescued her from her awkward
position, placed her softly upon the oppo-
site sidewalk, and received the HEARTFELT
thanks of the lady. The gentleman, who
occupies q good position, was completely
overpowered, and, although he has a wife
and an interesting family resident in the
city, he volunteered to escort the lively
widow to her house. The offer was &C
cepted, ard the pair walked quietly along,
evidently enjoying each others society.
When the door ofths lady's residence was
reached, the gentleman took his depart
ure, promising to make a call an the fol-
lowing day. All this time he had said
nothing about being a married man, and
the widow fondly imagined hat she had
gotta sutton.
The call wa made, and followed by
others; but the gentleman was not aware
that he was watched by a lynx-eyed mem
Der of the fair sex, who occupied the
dwelling opposite. This lady knew all
about him, and was also slightly acquaint-
ed with his wife, and came to the virtu-
Gus conclusion to inform the lady of what
was going on. She accordingly made e
pilgrimage to the house of what she con-
sidered the much ill-used wife, and related
in touching accounts all she had seen.
Measures were promptly taken to ex-
pose the husband and chastise the artful
widow. The wife possessed herself with
a heavy riding switch, and she and her
friend repaired to the dwelling of the lat
ter, to watch events. Enseoneed behind
the blind of q window, the wife could see
all that went on in the house opposite.
In a few minutes the husband came
marching along, and the door of the
widows dwelling was opened at his ap-
proach, and he was received with a smile
as he entered.
This was too much for the wife, and she
hastily ran down stairs, rushed across the
street, knocked Justify at the widows
door, and, on being opened, she demanded
her husband The widow stood aghast and
before she could utter a word, the riding
switch was applied rather sharply to her
shoulders. Hearing q scream the husband
ran out of the parlor into the hall, and
was dumbfounded when he beheId his W
wife. He rushed between the ladies, and
like all meddlers, he came in for a share
of blows. With considerable difficulty he
got his wife out of the house. The wife
talked loudly of separation, but on re-
eeiving assurance from her husband that
he had only visited the widow twice, and
that nothing improper had passed between
them, she agreed to return home to her
children. The husband has now received
a lesson which will prevent him from pay
ing attentions to lively widows in the fu-
ture.