The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-12-10
THE STONY OF Blue BEARD.
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hair dye. when "a ulan had to wear his hair
in the color nature made it, whether he
would or not, there was a man who made
himself enormously rich as whisky IN
spccior, or something OF chat sort. | don
know precisely where he lived. but | think
he lived mostly in the imagination.
He run a great castle on the European
plan. hal horses ani run them, aud, in
fact run about everything in the neigh
borhoCd, iacu uling runain, f,r o!iioe, AM
Will, the girls for at the time Of which
write he Was gay widower' lie great
quantities of .srcenbacl;s, corner lots, oil
stocks. bonl. and ihiugs but he was hid
epu>ly ugly, and had, wthal, an enor-
nous blue beard, frishtful to contemplate.
which gave to him the cognomsn of ue
Beard, By which he wax known to the
country roundabout, as well as the coun-
try which had laid of It's roundabout, and
Consequently was in iis shirt sleevs.
Blue Bearl crew weary Of living in
solitary magniicence in his lordiy cattle,
ard finding tha, he was getting bluer and
b!uer every day, he resolved to marry.
Having been married half a dozea times
taken half "a d zen raw, as one might
say-he was naturally quite miserable
when deprived OF the gentle influence Of
the sex for any length Of time.
One OF his neighbors was widow lady
who had two very beautiful and highly
accomplished daughters. They could play
piano, harp, and seven-up, and work en-
broidery and pIauchetie elegantly.
To this widow lady Blue Beard applied
for the hand and general a-atomy Of one
of Ter daughters, leaving her to decide
which one she would give him. Aitho u h
the stamps had pleaded in his favor as
they 30 yet, although this was great
many years ago, yed that dreadful beard
was against him. aud neither of the young
som an desired to Lave it against her.
Oe of them wept bitterly because it
would be several hundred years before
/ hair dye would be discovered SO he could
have his whiskers colorel
Another circumstance rendered them
shy of him. he vas having IL wedding
every once in while ut he castle, but no
funerals. " elding cake had been order
ed from the c0nfectioners several times,
but no undertaken had had "a job yet. No
10 matter how many times urn is left Z
wilower. If he espondingly Patronize-
Some respectable owner Of "A hearse but
repeated ge,llock without any funerals is
certaiuiv . suseic'nu' c.rcnneta""n
Blue Beard cuuningly invited the faIi.
" and their freuds to the castle where
hey passed week so delightfully."- that
the Youngest daughter began to think
;l..t blue nas a petty good color fol
Wi'.saers af'er all, particularly when theil
ros-es-or c,Git keeP-u2 such az estab-
lshment US that, where they had three
meals day, te-ides Lunch every morning
from ten until eleven. She looked Will
utemri on an Oh beau Of hers she usct
to thiuk perfectly splendid" and actual
" asked him nhY II. diln't rub indig'
iato them?" The upshot Of the busiues.
was. she consented to beoome Mrs. 3
Beard, and the wedding was celebrate,
with great eclat.
At the expiration of they honeymoon
Blue Beard pretended to his wife tha
business of great Importance called hin
: away to distant ci.y. lie would b.
abseut for several weeks. aud in the mean
tine she could invite company aud enjo
herself as much as possible. He gave ne
= bunch of keys. enabling her at any tim
to feast her eyes upon the diamonds Oh
: loaned nion Oh collateral sometimes.
;rccubacks. eeven-thir;ies, revenue stamp
: and re- eipted gas bills deposited there
room. pieiatc gallery, billiard room, ten
pin alley, corn house, ETC. But one littl
key opei ed IA door in the basement tia
she must not approach save on her peri
: She promised and he took street car f.
the depot.
From tie time that mother Eve fir.
disregarjcd the injunction against a cci
tain tree IN Eien's orchard an1 partook ,
:; :, Rhode Island pipio, ,hereby introducin
= various things into the world never befoI
{, dreamed OF, curiosity has been an absorl
.r ing passion with the fair Sc (, and We nee
hardly inform the intelligent reader tn;
" her husband was scarcely out of sight b,
r fore Mrs. y. i had unlocked the forbi,
l, den room.
. But what spectacle met her alTrighte
gaze. There. surended on hooks like
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