The Van Buren press., 1869-02-09
MISCELLANY,
soHE ACCOUNT 0. a FAMILY JAR
BY JOHN GULL

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Quilts demeanor that there was going e
be row. There was a certain fire In hei
eagle eye a seonful curl Of her usually
straig ht lip; frown upon her alabastol
brow. She looked dsggers, aud seemed
capable of using carving kniles. lIei
greeting was cold ! tried TO Assume Q
jocund air, and rally her upon her melan
choly appearance But she wOuldn rally
she fell back upon her dignity could
Mt be jolly To save ms life. l felt like {
man who is showed upf ar pile4driyer OF
the up stroke. lie knS " it won't he more
than a minute before The whole concern
will be down on him, and crush him out
fiat
ate my supper in silence. When
had finished, Mrs Quill said, F
A'" Now walk into the sitting room IL
you please, | have something to say TO
you /" -.t........ ....... f.t...
felt that the crisis was at hand
| tried to affect Indifference -
f" Did any letters come for me love y
| asked l9m Div tIs a5l r.1
That jerhed the cork Of the thunder
storm You understand
p" Letters y'ssaid She, ''letters You ask
for letters You, you you ask for letters,
and calime "lovesR Letters should
think they were." s1sl'oh .as.s si gu5.
Well, why don'l yoU produce lem
then, as the hen said 70 The egg with two
chickens in It 7"
"See here, John Quill, / don't want
any of your miserable jests now. I'm
in earnest. While yen were gone letter
came TO you marked important j
opened it The horrible wickcdness and
treachery It disclosed SO shocked me, that
| determined to open all the Others that
came. | did so | have found YOU out
Plunging headlong into dissipation and
vice, you thought to deceive me, your
wife. You were mistaken. You thought
| would never know Of your infamous
transactions. have caught You at last
I've often wondered what YOU did with
your money; why you always said you
had no change whenever | wanted q cent
forthe house why you could never afford
to cloth yourwife and children decent.y.
! know you now Ihayc solved the mys-
terry Iwant you TO explain the meaning
of this letter which game to me the next
day you went way, Listen ,-t.s...
...-,,- d ... APEu--, 1865
Ny DEAREST Low; When, when are
You going TO see your Amelia? You
don't Eun,r Hoo. 4 ay,,,. H.. IA a 80, =, 4
yonr ahsenoo, -anc'r5setg so vei,s very
the day come when / can call YOU my
darling, darling husband Ma says !
shall be married as Don as that horrid
woman is out of the way. DO come
around aud Sec me. got the love of a
bonnet you sent M You have such
sweet taste. You know that bracelet
YOU gave me ChristmasY Wen, the clasp
is brokea all to pieces. ] look at your
portrait every hour in the day, and kiss
it ovcraud over again. Come round on
Sunday night ifyod can, and take me to
hear that dear DR. Gibbs. lie shall mar
~ MS shant he love? % 's
aut 600 Yonr own darling, fT"F a
atm afad ~ AMELA SMITH.
There Mr.. Quill, what do YOU say to
that? loa give her bonnets, do youi
You buy bracelets lor her, when your
own LAWFUL wife that lasp't got a rag to
her back that's fit to beseeu? She kiss
es your portrait does she, the nasty hus
sy, and calls Inc horrid woman,' and
wishes me out Of the way Wait till /
get my hands on her, I'll scratch her ug-
" eyes out Wants DR.. Gibbs to marry
her? Let him dare to doit, and III tare
ofwhat little hair he's got on bis good
for nothing old scalp 80 mr5,s.f.. 4.
"But, my love, this is = mistake. /
never heard of such q woman. !, Said +
30 don't love, me Yottcan't deceive
me again. I'm going to silt this thing
to the bottom. What does this mean
I'd like to know Listen to this"
MAY, 1868.
DEAR OEp Boy Can't you let me have
that twenty, five dollars you lost st euchrc
last week? Tn desperately hard up
Binns wants to be paid for the champagne
and salad we punished should have
asked you for it the same night, but you
were so drunk | could hardly get you to
bed How are you on the Firehy's ball
next week? think I'll 90 round and
shake my leg an hour orso. Yours ill
death f BOB STRUrrrRs.
and that's where the money goes, Is
| II Champagne and salad 7 And gamb
ling, too, gambling, while your family
want the necessares of life. Put to bed
drunk !! You? aud protesting to be de
cent man, and telling me you had been
out Of town all night, Who is Bob Strut
ters, | want to know? A low life yaga
bond I'll be bound, or he wouldn't 90 to
a vile ball, and use such disgusting slang
Shake laleg' indeed j II shake his whole
body, and his soul ont Of it, too, If get
hold of him." 1FCEFlf .Na1A
"Upon nyword Mrs Quill, this is get
ting too outrageous, ! don't know any
man named---' i'l ..
"Thcrc's no use OF denying il Mr.
Quill, No man ever wrote letter like
that unless he meanti It, Donta add false.
hood to your other crimes i wonder
the earth don't open and swallow you up.
But there's worst to come yet Oh 1t is
luck for me that you went out OF town
when you did. What have you got to
say to this dl s1ag o' asF
SIR In regard to that assault and hat
terry case in which Won are defendant,
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