The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-04
TH cAUDLE CURTAIN LECrUREs.
Mrs. CaudIe, WearIed OF aIarEate, has
a Great Desire TO see France

THE CAUDLE CURTAIN LECTURES.
Mrs. CaudIe, FearIed OF aIarEate, has
n Great Desire TO see Franco.
''Ar'n't you tired, CaudIe2 -
moi Well, was there ever such a
manf But nothing ever tires you. OF
course it's all very well for YOU yes,
what? So can II And wonder what
would become of the children If I did3
Noi it's enough for the father TO lose his
precious time, talking about politics,
and lords, and pack of people who
wouldn't care pin if we hadn't roof
to cover us-it's we'll enough tor-no,
Caudle, nos Pm not going TO worry
you; 1 never worried You yet, and it
isn't likely should begin now. But
that's always the way with You-al-
ways I'm sure we should be the hap
piest couple alive. only you do so like
to have all the talk to yourself We're
out upon pleasure, and therefore let's
be comfortable. Still, 1 must say it;
when you Ike, you're an aggravating
man, Caudle, and you know It -
"Whdt hare yolG- done IlOt1s There,
now; we won't talk of it. No; let's go.
TO sleep; otherwise we shall quarrel-I
know we shall, > What have. you
home for few days, but I must be
insulted Every body upon the pier saw
il. SdI0 Uhdt3 How can you lie there
in bed and ask me? Saw what, indeedl
OF course it was a planned thing! reg
ularly settled before you left London.
Oh, yes! like your Innocence, Mr..
Caud1e; not knowing what I'm talking
about. It's heart breaking thing for
awoman to say. of her own husband !;
but you've been q wicked man TO me.
Yes, and all your tossing and tumbling
about in the, bed won't make it any
better. @
"Oh, it's easy enough to call a woman
dear soul.' I must be very dear, in
deed, 10 you, when you bring down
Miss Prettyman to-there, now; you
needn't shoutIike a wild savage. Do
you know that you're not in your own
hOuse-do you know that we're inlodg-
ings What do you suppose the peo,
out in that manner, for they can hear
every word that's said. What do you
say Why don't 7 hold my tongue, then ?
To be sure; anything for an excuse
with you. Anything to stop my mouth.
Miss Prettyman's 10 follow you, and
Pm to say nothing: L know she has
followed you; and if you were to go
before a magistrate and take shilling
oath to the contrary, wouldn't believe
you. No, Caudle, wouldn't.
"YeTy Iceu theHS Hal What heart
you must have, to say very well;' and
after the wife I've been to you. Pm to
be brought from my own home
be laughed at before the world-don't
tell mel Do you think didn't see
how they looked at you-how she puck
cred up her tarthing mouth-and-
Mhatf Why did Z Kiss her, then p
What's thai to do with it Appearan-
ces are one thing, Mr.. Caud1e, and feel
1ngs are another. As If women can't
kiss one another without meaning any-
thing byit! And you'll could see YOU
looked as cold and as formal at her
as-well, Caudlel wouldn't be tie
hypocrite you are for the worldI I-7UH
There now; I've heard all that story.
| dare say she did come down to join
her brother. How very lucky, though,
that you should be here! Hal ha 7 how
very lucky that-ugh! ughi ugh! and
with the cough I've got upon me-oh,
you've heart like seaside flint
Yes, that's all right. That's lust IKE
your humanity. 1 can't catch cold,
but it must be by my own fauIt-it
must be my thin shoes. / dare saw
you'd like to see me in plough
mans boots; 'twould be no matter to
you how disfgured myself. Miss
er thing-no doubt.
81 thought when you would make me
leave home-1 thought we were coming
here on pleasure; but it's always the
way you embitter my life, The sooner
that I'm out of the world the better.
What do you say? Nothin0F But I
know what you mean better than If YOU
had talked an hour. I only hope you'll
get better wife, that's all, Mr.. Caudle.
What? You'd not try? / know YOU
know you'll In six months you'd fill
up my place; yes, and dreadfully my
poor children would suffer for it.
1"Caudle, if you roar in that way, the
nRnnla will nriUa FF1flfr
Can't I be quiet then Yes-that's like
your artfulness: anything to make me
hold my tongue. But we won't quar-
rel. Pm sure If it depended upon me,
we might be as happy as doves. 1 mean
ft-and you needn't groan when say
it. Good night, Caudle. What do you
say7 Bless me! Well, you are a dear
soul, Caudle; and If it wasn't for that
Miss PretIyman-no, I'm not torturinR
you. know very we'll what I'm do
ing, and wouldn't torture you for the
world; but you don't know what the
don't. NJ
"Caudle-I say, Caudle. just word,
dear. WeuS Now, why should you
snap me up in that way? You wGRt TO
90 20 SLeepS So do 1; but that's no rea-
son why You should speak to me in
you once promised to take me to
France. You don't TeeoILect itS Yes
-that's like youi you don't re-
collect many things you've promised
me; but l do. There's boat goes on
Wednesday to Boulogne, and comes
back the day afterwards. What of itS
Why for that time we could leave the
children with the girls, and go nicely.
Nonsense? OF course; If want any
thing it's always nonsense. Other men
can take their wives half over the
world; but you think it quite enough
to bring me down here to this hole OF a
place, where L know every pebble on
the beach like an old acQuaintance-
where there's nothing to be seen but
the same machines-the same jetty-
the same donkeys-the same every-
thing. But then, I'd forgot; Ma-gate
has an attraction for you-Miss Petty
mans here. No; I'm not censorious,
and wouldn't backbite an angel; but
the way in which that young woman
walks the sands at all hours-therei
therei I've done; can't open my lips
ABOUT that creature but you always
storm. s
'tYou know that always wanted TO
go to France. and you bring me down
here only on purpose that should see
the French clifs-just to tantalise me,
and for nothing else. If I'd remain at
ever came here-I should never have
thought of France; but, to have it star
ing in ones face all day, and not be
allowed to goi it's worsethan cruel, Mr..
Caudle-it's brutal. Other people can
take their wives to Paris; but you al
ways keep me moped up at home.
And what for7 Why, that may know
nothing-yesS just on purpose to make
me look little, and for nothing else. :!