Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-09-08

81 reckon upon transferring her hus-
band TO a lunatic asylum as a mailman.
As soon as his insanity is proved by de-
cree of court, his wife will sue out a di-
worse. Then / shall marry her. To be
prepared for this happy event, 1 have
filed portion of my trunks with pres
ents for my future wife," a..-
"Really, that is an excellent idea, and
it proves you possess a most fruitful
imagination. "s "--'s
al Ioye makes men ingenious. And |
do so adore her, she is so beautiful
Come down into my cabin, and let me
read Won some of the letters she has
written to me. You will see how ele-
cant is her style. lis Heloise born a
Creole. that is Incidence allied with the
most exalted sentiments"
"YOu are a very happy man.
/ wished to remain on deck, having
great need of breathing air; but nj.
X-insisted so muchand so earnestly,
/ was obliged to yield. When nj. X
saw there were several beds in his cabin,
he became furious.
He said: 'sThis is horrible, L have
been swindled. What L have paid
four hundred and eighty dollars, and !
| shall not be alone in my cabin And
pray who is going to sleep with me p
The butler replied, Gan Englishlnan,
sir"
Gan Englishman And why do you
stick an Englishman with me is il
because cannot speak English ? No,
/ have never slept with an Englishman.
and never will slocP with an English
man 70
The Captain was summoned. When
mr.. WAS convinced that he could
not have a cabin entirely by himself, he
begged me TO take the Englishman's
place. The latter consented to this
change of cabins. became nj. ks
shipmate. He made me read two OF
three letters from his beautiful Creole
every day. He had at least forty oi
them. .,f
/ had been some months In America.
when, after landing in New Orleans,
met Nj. x. He said to me, "Well il
was perfectly successful.
"It? What p
| Why, the scheme. / had the hus-
band sent to the insane asylum; the
divorce was decreed. L have married
his wife"
M. x spoke with perfect serious
ness. was full of horror to think OF
SO mOnstrOus an act. 1 said to him
You have resOrted to abominable means
to satisfy your love. Have you no
remOrse.
| "NO, L have no remOrSe, but l. have
some regret at having succeeded so well.
III il was not much more difficult to get
sane man out of a madhouse than to
send him there, to declare a divorce
null than to dissolve marriage, and il
it were not impossible to persuade AN
unmarried husband to re marry his old
wife. long, long ago the poor husband
would have resumed his original posi-
ton and / mine.
HAS not your marriage proved a
happy One?"
.'Alasl / have discovered too late that
happiness Is not TO be found in this
world, either in the new or the old
world"
The fascinating Creole who had, with
SD much alacTity, taken measures to
get her first husband adiudged a luna
TIC, made her second husband so I'M
happy by her incessant whims and ca
prices that Nj. x really became
crazy. He was carried to an insane
asylum upon good !ground of reason,
and he soon died there in a state OF
complete prostitution.
Al fcr fine irsf husband, the pseudo
lunaiic. lac laughed heartily when he
heard of the tragic end of his successor
To the favoIs IF his ex-tender half. lie
obtained his liberty, and confessed he
had cheerfully feigned lunacy, because
he was afraid he would really become
so if he did not get rid of his wife.
The greater lunatic of the two wa:
not he who passed for the mailman.