The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-15

die has Made his VIII, is tOnIy
Anxious as q Wife, 70 Know Its
Provisions. - Z D5iies
81 always said you'd a. strong mind
when yon liked, Candle; and. what
you've Just been doing proves it. Some
people won't make a will, because they
think they must die directly Afterwards.
Now, you're above that, love, ar'n't
your Nonsense; you know very well
what mean. know your willis
made, for Scatcherly told me so.t WhatP
You don't betieUe NJ Well, Tn sure!
That's pretty thing for man to tell
OF business to talk; but l suppose
there's a way of telling thinga without
speaking them. And when I put the
question to him, lawyer as he Is, he
hadn't the face to deny 1t. is.lil I
stTo be sure, 1t can be ofsno cOnse.
queuee to me whether your will is
made or not. / shafl not be alive, Mr.,
Caudle, to want anything; shall be
provided for long time before your
willis Of any use. No, Mr.. CaudIe; /
sha'n't survive you; and-thOugh a
woman's wrong TO let her affection for
a man be-known, for then she's always
it's foolish and weak to say so, still 1
don't want to survive you, and another
husband too. What a gross idea, Cau-
5dle! To imagine I'd ever think of
marrying again. No-neverl WhAtP
That's tOhdt zee all Sdy3 Not at all; quite
the reverse. To me the very idea of
such thing Is horrible, and always
was. Yes, i know very well that some
do marry again-butw what they're made
of Pm sure ICan't tell-Ughl s-ii
t'There are men, I know, who leave
widows, TO hold 1t, must keep widows.
Nowifthere is anything in the world
that Is mean and small, It is that. Don't
you think so, too, Caudle2 Why don't
you speak, lover That's so like you!
l never want a little quiet, rational
talk, but you want to go to sleep. But
you never were like any other mani
WhatH Hoi0 do 7 kno1f There now
that's so like your aggravating way. l
never open my lips upon u subject but
you try to put me OF. I've no doubt
when Miss Prettyman speaks, you can
answer her properly enough. There
you are againl Upon my life, it's odd;
but never can In the most innocent
way mention that persons name that
Why can't 4 leave her GLone3 I'm sureI
with all my heartI Who wants to
talk about her? don't; only you al
ways will say something that's certain
to bring up her name.
"What was L saying; CaudIe2 Oh,
about the way come men bind their
widows. To my mind, there is nothing
so little. When a RmanfoFbids his wife
to marry again without losing what he
leayes-its what 1 call selfishnesS afIer
death. Mean to a degree! It's like
taking his wife into the grayewith him.
Eh2 You nepeT gdnti 10 do that No,
I'm sure of that, love; you're not the
man to tie woman up in that manner.
a man who'd do that, would have his
widow burnt with him, If he could
Just as those monsters, that call them
selves men, do in the Indies.
"However, it's no matter to me,
you've made your will; but it may be
to your second wife. What2 shall
HeUeI.- give you a chunceS HR you don't
know my constitution after all, Cau-
del pm not at all the woman 1 was.
1 say nothing about 'em, but very ofIen
you don't know my feelings. And as
we're on the subject, dearest, 1 have
only one favor to ask. When you;mar-
ry again-now it's NO. use your saying
that, After the comforts you've known
of marriage-what are you sighInH at
dear ?-Rfter the comforts, you must
marry again. Now don't forsWear
yourself IN that violent way, taking an
oath that you know you must break
you could't help u I'm sure OF Il; and
yourself Well, all 1 ask is, love, be.
cause it's only for your sake, and it
would make no difference to me then
how should it2-but all I ask is, don't
marry Miss Pret--There thereI !
I've done; I won't say another WORD
about it; but all 1 ask is, don't. After
the way you've been thought of, and
after the comforts you've been used to,
Caudle, she WON'T be the wife for you.
OF course, L could then have no interest
in the matter-you might marry the
Queen of England, for what it would
be to me then-I'm only anxious
saying anything RgRilSt her; not at all;
but there's a flightiness in her manner
Il dare say, poor thing, she means no
harm, and 1t may be, as the saying is,
only her manner after all-still, there
is a hightiness about her that, after
what Y0u'Ye been used to,fWould make
you, very swretched. y Now If u NAV
boast Of anything, CandIe, It Is my
propriety Of manner the whole Of my
life. L know that wives who are very
particular are not thought as well of as
those who're not-still, it's next to
nothing to be virtuous, il people don't
1
notgoing toipteAch about virtue, for u
never do. No, and don't go about
with my virtue, like child with
drum, ,ymaking all SORTS of, noises with
it. But I know your principles. 1
shall never forget whatI once heard
you say to Prettyman: and it's no ex-
ctise that you'd taken so emueb wine
you didn't know what you were say
ing at the time; for. wine brings out
mans wickedness, just as fire brings
out spots OF grease. What didyoW Sdyf
Why, you said this:-'Virtue's beau-
tiful thing in women, when they, don't
make SO much noise about -it;-but
there's some,women who think virtue
was given 'em, as claws were given to
cats'.yes, cats was the word8ttoi do
nothing but scratch with,I That's
what YOU said '.Y0H don't fee0EEeet q
syllable OF It. No, that's 1t; when you're
in that dreadful state. You Irec0lect
fiothingS but ats a. good thing j do5o
"But we won't talk of that love
that's an over I-dare- -say-you- meant
nothing. But I'm glad yon agree. with
me that tli6 man who'd tied up his wfds
Iow not to marry again.Eis mean man.
ItHake5 me shappyt that you've that
confidence in met6 say that. 4 You HeU-
er said ~ That 3 nothing to do with
it-youive just as good as said It. No:
when a man leaves all his property to
his wife, without binding lher hands
from msFEying again he shows what a
dependence he has upon heFllOve. - He
proves to all thslworld what a wife
shs,s been 10, him; and how after his
death he knows she ~ grieye for. him.
And then, of course, a second marriage
never entHrs her head. But when she
only keeps his money SO long as she
keeps n widow why she's aggravated
to take another, husband. I'm sure of
it; many a poor woman has been driv-
en- into wedlock again only becauRe
she was spirited into Il by heThusband's
will. Its only natural to suppose il.
II I though Ga1dl dle, you could do such
af.thing, though 1t would break my
heart 10 do it-yet; though you were
dead andi gone, I'd, show you I'd a
spirit, and injury again directly. Not
but what it's sridiculOus my talkingt IN
such q. way, Us shall go long before
you; still, markmy words, and don't
provoke me with any viii OF that sort,