The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-02-26

11rs. Caudle smuggles . rev
Things
"There, it isn't Otter thssI ask YOU to do
lanything for me, Mr.. Candle, goodness
hnowSt and when do, Tn a1ways refused
of course Oh, yesi anybody but your
/ ~ E.awfHl wifi. a Every other husband
toSar$ the BOAT Voald behsxes like a husband
but fAs left sshiA SoFmsself To be
sure, that's nothing new always ann
| could smuggle few things for his wife-but
l might as well be alone in the world. Not
| one poor half dozen of silk stockings could
You put in your hat for me and every body
else was rolled in lace, aud e don't know
| what. En-? What, Mr.. Caudle What do
4 want with silk stockings? Well---its come
to something nov There was q time, be-
lieve, when + had ,boty-yes, and al ankle,
too: 7bst when once d wemaals married She
has nothing of the sort, of course. No, Am
/ not. a eherub, Mr.. Candle, don't say that. /.
know very we'll L am.
II dare say, now, you'd have been delight
ed to smuggle for Miss Pretsraan Silk
lstoekings become her ! You wish Miss Pref
4 lyman Ns1S III IlOOu NOt SOu, MI Sdu-
/ die, that's only your art, your hypocrisy. A
/ would be none the brighter for her being in
it, know. And when you saw the custom
house officers look at me, as though they
were piercing me through, what was your
conduct? Shameful. You twittered about,
land fdgetted, aud flushed up, as il. | really
was smuggfer. And SO was? What had
that to do with it? 1t wasn't the part of a
husband, Iithink,gto fidget IN that wa ,sana
tshow 1t. You could not help It I? Hdnph
| And you call yourself a. person of strong
mind, believe! One of the, lords of the
creation! Ha! hal couldn't help ir!sA
4 But | may do all can to save the mon
] ley, and this is always my reward. Yes. Mr..
Caudle, l shall save great deal. How
much? / shan't tell you. | know your
meanness-you'd want to stop it out of the
house allowance. No; its nothing to you
where got the Inouey from to buy SO many
things. The money was my own. Well,
and If it was yours first, that's nothing to dc
withit. No. haven't saved it out of the
buildings. But it's always the woman who
saves who's despised. It's only your fne la
. dy wives who are properly thought of II
t was to ruin you, Caudle, then you'd think
something of me. @e re So .,
!, Il shan't go to sleep. Its. very .well for
e you who're no sooner in bed than yea re- as
e fast as a church, but / cant sleep in tina,
way. It's nv mind keeps me awake Ane
after all, do feel so happy tonight it's very
n hard-I can't enjoy my thoughts. No;1 cam
i | think in SILENCE, There's much enjoyment
!. | in that, to be sure ! I've no doubt, now, YOU
I could listen to Miss Prettt rasn-oh,. ] DOM
< care, I will speak 1t Vas a little more than
i odd, l think, that She should be on the jetty
| Il L I.44 zl~f2 H.
looking for YOU all the morning with the tel
It escope, I've no aoubt-she's bold enough fo
l. ANYTHING. And then how she slfcered aaC
e giggled when she saw me-and said. how ia
d Id got;' like her impotence, i think. What
h | Hell she nighfP Btlt know what she want
e ed; yes, she'd have liked to had nae searched
l. She laughed on purpose. a7a -.-as7 y-.y7
e II only wish I'd taken two. of the dea
e girls with me. hat things l. could has,
/ stitched about 'em! No; I'm not ASHAMED
C of myself to make my innocent children
it smugglers the more innocent they locke,
1t the better bat there You are with what 70,
d call your PRINCIPLES again las if it wasn't CIV
e en- to every body by nature to sninggle. In
sure Of tits born with as And nlcell
o I've cheated en- this day. Lace and velvet
4 and silk stockings to say nothing OF tn
/ tumblers and ldeeanters. Not i didn't iool
II rs II L hSt4iNSL 1taE
;. I should break me- That's another OF wha
IF you call your Jokes: bat yon should keep zen
k tor those who like iem. / don't.
n ..What have / made, after all? I've tolC
- you-you shall never, never know. Yes,
It know you'd been fined hnndEed pounds i
If they'd searched me b1Tf never misssssss>nt tia
!. Aeea IRE say you wouldn't smuE,
fl sle-oh no Won don't think 1t worth youl
p while You're quite conjurer, YOU are
{ Caudle Ha hal hal Well, now, Eli tell
- von / knew what an merchandising an
imal YOU were so made you smuggle,
2 whether or not. How? Why, when YOU
were az the eaae gss soea gs o. pest biack
/. Ivelses ander the lining I'm sinful woman
O. And TO see how innocent you looked wher
f the officers walked round and round YOU i
|. 1t was happy moment, Candle, to see you
O :'N hat did. YOU cafl It? \ shameful tricl
h | unworthy OF a wife. | couldn't care much
c for YOU? As if didn't prove that, By trust
ing vou with ten wards Of velvet. But dom
n care what you say; I've saved everything
II all but that beautiful English novel, that lv'
If forgot the name OF. And if they didn't TAX
e it out of my hand, and chopped it to bits lik
n so much dogs meat Served me right
o And when | SO seldom buy book No,
l. don't see how it served me right. If you cal
J. buv the same book in France for four shi
d ings that people here have the impudence t
ask more than guinea for-wel, if they d
ot steal it, that's their affair, not ours. As
e there was anything>in book to steal!''