The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-01-18

40 fcoeooAote Hroohd lot mss GRIP
plisg osss~lf l offered to bet with
you, you acted wisely and declined
Amer my return from the Eas,
ladies, I bscsms scQuainsed With
Emily Harley, the mos, beautiful Of
women. Her wealth aud fam,ly
con asctioas delegate my relsuons.
l saw oaly her beauty, her heavenly
grace. I joissd the crowd Of her
admirers, aud vas fortunate enough
u become The most uafostuna,s Of
her suitors. She loved NE, ne sloss
Of all men. She did not deny il,
and for that very reason rejected
me
ala ..,n | sought her hand. In
vain her parents, her friends all
begged for me She remained ines-
orablc
II was unable for long tine 10
ind the reason for her dsclinstion to
. marriage with whom, "a she con.
fes.ed, she loved 70 Distraction. One
Of her sisters At Last told me the
secret Miss Harley VA = sender
Of beauty, but hsd ono defect she
was lame, and, on sccount Of this
dsformity, she feared TO become my
wife. She though, that my feelings
toward her would change entirely
when I discovered this, My rcso-
luton vas Immediately taken, There
should bs no difference between as
Thanks to you, my dear Thsyent,
there il none.
~ came back To London with my
wooden leg, aud my hrs' act was To
visit Miss Harley They hsd heard
already, in fsct had written to
them, that | had broken NY leg by
falling from my horse and had had
il smputA,cd. Everybody piticd me
Emily tainted whca she saw me for
the 6rst time; but sas married mo
On tho day sf'er the marriage, ! for
the first time impaired TO her my
secret, VIA, sacrifice | had made
10 order to obtain her. She loves
me only more tsnderly. Ny dear
TAsveast, IL | had ten legs TO lose
l would give them without hesitation
for my Emily All my life will |
thank you; come to London visit
Us, see my noble wife and then say
if you can, that | EN- . feol.
CHARLES TEMPLE
Thevsne, told the story aud show
Cd the latter to his friends, laughing
ill he ~, red in the face each tina
he told IL Aud he stills remains
a fool said Re
This Va. his answer
"sir | thank you for your val
usble present, for such | must call !,
since I cannot consider IL reward
for my slight trouble. | congrssu
late you on your marriage With the
mos, lovely Of your coan'ry~omen
|, is true leg is much to given even
for a beautiful vir,uoas, and tender
wife, hot not TOO much, II you are
not cheated in the bargain. Adam
had 10 give a rib for his we. OH
ars Of Us, too. pay for their wives
with a rib, some with = head. New.
ostheiess, permit me to rcmain OBJ
s,'uA,ely Of my old opinion. True,
for the present, you arc right, You
are living now in the paradise Of the
honey moon. But too, am tight,
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smi,ble wife. The ladies may pro.
serve their beauty and their viytuos
As men do their opinions. In my
youth I would At any time have
given my life for my lady love but
not my leg. The former I would
never have regretted, the latter I
would certainly regret aow. For II
I had dou. &c, I would he saying to
myself to day, Thesenct, you were
. fool"
II have the honor to be, sir, your
most obcdien, servant,
40. THHvENET
In the year 1898, during the
Reign Of Terror, Thevsnst being
..rns,a of .,,stocr,,ip tepIsuoia.