New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-07

It was not "many and many year ago" nor
anything like it, it was simply some months ago,
that a worthy lady and her daughter came from
Buffalo to Milwaukee, and engaged in the boarding
house business. They were nice folks, and very
soon had a large circle of acquaintance. Ny
flower, sweet and buXom. She had tested the
sweets of welded life. Alas she had, for they
were by no means delightful as poets sing about
stage heroes yaunt in thunder tones, or school
girls lisp in accents wild. Hers had been the re
atty of married life, and very unpleasant reality
it was. .-.-.-
In Buffalo it was that this fair girl was led to the
altar, blushing bride: and in that famous Queen
City it was that she discovered marriage lacked
those charms so beautiful, that we are told about,
at least to her 1t was in Buffalo that she dis
covered that instead of being bound with silyery
chains to one of natures nobemen, he was fast
in tow OF heartess wretch with so little of man
hood in his heart that he abused and ltreated her
at all times.
She could not submit calmly to have her air
castles thus demolished, and when she found there
was nothing but misery in store for her, she left
her lord, and with her mother came to Milwaukee.
After year of maiden widowhood, our lady
discovered that it was not meet for woman to live
alone. Although her experience in the haunts of
Cupid had not been very satisfactory, she deter
mined TO try it again, and with this end in view
sought out an attorney with instructions for him to
lose no time but slip the Gordian knot without
delay.
Seeing the urgent anxiety of the lady, and with
an extra fee in view, the attorney set to work to
rush through divorce, as runs the legal phrase.
He had his examination, the evidence was taken
all the papers were prepared in remarkably
short time, and matters were progressing as favor
ably as could be desired by any person not pos
| sessed of very choleric disposition.
One evening the lady dropped in Mt the Office of
| the attorney for a canvass of matters. She felt
that everything was done as well as it could be
! yet the tedious slow process of the law annoyed
| her. She must have her papers BY such day.
| Well the attorney would see. Feeling consider
able sympathy for the lady, he went to the judge
in whose hands her fate lay, and after little en-
treaty. received the iudges promise that on SatuI-
day morning (you see we like to be particular
about the exact day and hourl the matter should
be summed up, and the decision granted These
words gave the lady considerable satisfaction and
she was as happy as lark. At her request, re-
| peatedly made, the attorney promised that he
| would think of nothing else until the promised
documents were safely in her hands, and she must
call and get them on Saturday morning. He knew
they would be ready.
Judges are human, as a general thing. Like
mankind generally, they are subject to all the ills
which flesh is heir to, and the worthy Judge who
held in the hollow of his hand the happiness of oul
lady friend, although, as general thing, a stran
ger to sickness, on this occasion, the very one oil
all others, when he had no business to do it, Fri
day night took to his bed and the doctor, so tha
on Saturday morning he was in no condition tC
into the mystries of a divorce case.
Saturday passed and our lady did not cal
around but on Monday morning, with face radi
ant with bushes and smiles, and apparently al
} happy as lark, she entered the office of Tho
attorney, with a sweet good morning" She wa
very nervous, very uneasy, yet, wthal apparently
! very happy The attorney eommencedb by regret
ting that the judge had been so suddenly taken i'll
but he was better now, would certainly be able K
attend to her case in day or two at the farthest
The lady started up from5the seat she ha'
occupied, startled troubled look ataonce talking
place OF the smile which had shown on her face
and asked the question ia one of those trembling
voices that you are certain does not want mega
tive answer
What, are the papers not ready ?"
',Ihey are not, madam.r} r.rls g l.l.
ana am l still married to my husband i
Most Rssuredly, you aren -.5.rs r
mere was an explosion with a shrek Whic
resemhled loud scream, which had been snotl
5 cred until there was only little of it left as IL
: lady sank back into the chair and. raising liz
3 after sob.
g The attorney was surprised astonisbed r
endeavored to console hers -
at is matter that should give Won No sncb III
tress, madam said he. II am sure the iu5pe w
f give you your bill this week, He was sicF ar
could not do It as ne agreed to on Saturday,
r ID Please do not distress yourself, madam. Ia
sure II Is all right con9nued the attorney.