The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-04-04
mrs. CAUDIRis LEoruREs.
Cnu'ilc, whilst walking with hIs WIG,
hn- been bowed 20 bya younser mud
even prctticr Woman than Mrs. CaudIe.

/ had better stay indoors all my
life.
/" What Don't tell me to let you
have one nights rest wonder at
your impudencel It's mighty fiuc, |
never can go out with you, aud good.
ness knows its seldom onoughl without
having my feelings torn to pieces by
people Of all sorts. A sot of bold
miuxes Whdtam I racing about ?
Oh, you know very we'll, indeed, Nc.
Caudlc. A pretty person she must
be, to nod TO man walking with his
own wife Don't tell me twas Miss
Prct,yman-wBht's Miss Prcttymau
to me2 Oil Tou'rc met her once
or ticice at her brothers house ? Yes,
| dare say you have-no doubt of it,
| always thought there was something
very tempting about that house, and
now know it all. Now, it's no use
Mr.. Caudle, your beginning 10 talk
loud, and twist and toss yourself
about as if you were as innocent as u
new born babe-ATm not to be de.
ceived by such tricks now. No, there
was time when | was a fool, and be-
lievcd anything; but, l thank my
stars I've got over that,
"a bold mink | You suppose /
didn't see her laugh, too, when she
nodded to you'll Oh, yes, l knew
what she thought me a poor mise
rable creature, of copSao. 1 oo~lIsoa
that. No-dou'Asay so, Caudle. l
don't always see more than anybody
else--but | can't and went be blind,
however agreeable it might be to you;
l must have the use Of my senses. l
am sure il a woman wants attention
from a man, she'd better be anything
than his wife, always thought so,
and to-day decided il.
No, I'm not ashamed of mysel f to
talk so-certainly not. 4 good, ami.
able young creature, indeed Yes; |
dare say; very amiable, no doubt
OF course, you think so. You sup
pose didn't sec what sort of bon
net she had op2 Oh, very good
crcaturol And you think 1 didn't
see the smudgesof court plaster about
her facep You didn't see en-? Very
likely but did Very amiablo, to
be sure What do you sayP ! made
her blush at my III manacrsl / should
like to have seen her blush 'Twould
have been rather difficult, Mr.. eau.
die, for blush to come through all
that paint. No-I'm not a censori-
Gus woman, Mr.. Caudle quite the re-
verse. No; and you may threaten to
get up if you like. l will speak. l
know what color is, and ! say it 'ods
paint. believe, Mr.. Caudle, 1 once
had n complexion; though, Of course,
you've quite forgotten that. l think
/ think l once had color, before
your conduct destroyed it. Before
knew you, people used to call me the
Lily and tho Rose but-what arc
you laughing at ? | see nothing tC
laugh at. But, as l say, anybody
before your own wife.
"And | cant walk out with you
but you're bowed to by every woman
you meet What do Imeaa By every
'oonrdn, tohen it's only Mss Pretymanl
That's has nothing at all to do with
it. How do / know who bows'to you
when I'm not by2 Everybody, Of
course. And if they don't look al
you. why, you look at them. Oh
I'm sure you do. You do it even
when I'm out with you, and, of course
you do it when l am away. Now,
don't tell me, Caudle-don't deny it.
The fact is it's become such dreadful
habit with you. That you don't
know when you do it, and when you
don't. But l do.
"Miss Prettyman, indeed What
do you say? You 'oont lie still ana
hear me saaddlize that e.cceIleat young
loonien. Oh, of course you'll take
her part Though, to be sure, she
may not be SO much to blame, after
all. For how is she to know you're
married? You're never seen out o!
doors with your own Whenever
Wherever you go, you go alone. Oi
course people think you're a bache
lor. What do you say2 You aoel
kaoio you're not. That's nothing tC
do with It'll only ask what mus
people think, when I'm never seer
with your Other women go out
with their husbands but as I've Of
ten said, I'm not like any other wO-
men What are you sneoring at, Mr.
Candle2 Hoo do Ikno0 you're sneer
ing9 Don't tell me | know well
enough, by the movement OF the pill.
low.
"No; you never take me out-and
you know it. No; and its not my
own fault. How can you lie there
and say that2 Oh, all poor ex-
cuse That's what you always say
You're tired Of asking me, indeed
because always start some objec-