The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-24
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8 ArnAxrsorRo STORY
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ENCu uIlcT tuC CCICLIOuS MAs oh wv
could scarcely believe it. Yet there she
was-my wife. There was no getting out
of it-minc! Mine to go up the hills, and
down the dales Of life with-to love
cherish, and protect, and pay Gress.mak
crs' bills for, TO read poetry.boOks to du
ring tho honeymoon, and buy cookery
books fOrywhen 1t was over, to keep from
tho sayings and dolngs Of the femanine
suifragists and the wOmen's-rights wo
men, and to be m affectionate and indul
gent husband to, especially with respect
to pin money, and at least two new
dresses each Of the four seasons, as long
rs lite should last. Say we lived tiIty
years tOgether-,lS why shouldn't we?
was only thirty, and she only Gig hteen
and by the end Of that time ! should only
be eighty, md she would only be vcrging
toward the end of the psalmists rope
That would make four hundred new
drcsscs mot including bonnets) at an ave.
rage of one hundred dollars each-but
lose myself in speculation, and depart
from the historic sternness with which
commenced this little story. -.
Let me explain what mean by saying
that could scarcely believe il.
II was Thanksgiving day. l had beer
married a few days ago, andmy wife hid
Iaideyes upon me Just two weeks since
The next day l was to sail for Europe, L
be gone year. Opposite me, in u pri'
vate parlor Of New York hotel, sat tue
young lady Who'll mean my wife. She
did seem very young for man who was
beginning to be bald, and had seen II good
deal of ''liCc"-a word usually meant &c
indicate demoralising set ofexpericnccs.
She wNs southern girl, and ! have since
been told that tits characteristic Of south
ern girls to become engaged, when young
to men much older than themselves. My
establishment and delight consisted in this
that Winilred Allison, my wife, had known
me Just two weeks That within that
short space Of time the few relatives that
she possessed had been propitiNtcd, the
young lady herself had been spoken
with" the dreadful question had been
asked and responded to with want OIL
hesitation that / had not even dared ia
hope for, and the upshQt was that we were
,inAtried, and there We YcrGl, N&
4 It lladehappened in this wise* VIM
fred Alison was an orphan, and lived with
her uncle aud aunt in Richmond. Hav'
ing occasion to 90 there on business, l &C.
ceptcd nm invitation that Mr.. Alison had
repeatedly extended 10 me, and stayed Il
few days ut his house. There / met Win
fired, and was charmed with her trunk
audacious, but thoroughly innocent ways,
and the various evidences which proved
that she was q sp0ilt yet gOod.hc0rted
child. One day, when Winifred and !
were alone, I happened 10 say that ! was
going to Europe within fortnight, to re-
main year.
30 how should like 10 go" eXClAim'
ed the young Indy. ~ would give any
thing to beable to go"
"Nothing is easier" answered
"Would you like TO go with me|
"Shoufd be delighted" ripplcd Wini'
fred.
And AN R would %iiS you take motto Europe
rcally2't she excldimed. E "AhG should
we travel north, south, east, and west TO-
gcther, from Dublin 10 COhstantinOple
and from Rome to st. Petersburg? O
whata heavenly time VIC should have
shouldn't wc?"
"IshOuld have heavenly time-wi1l
you" answered. But can the thing be
dime P''.,S.ss'5, =, - - '-''''
/, 4Why, what M absurd question! If ]
say so, yes. My uncle lets me do just as
please. Yopllromise solcmnlys otake
, P Fst 5d E""r opel y & c.
"Then l promise solcmnly to be youl
wife. There! viii that do? Or shall ]
swear 1t on The Bibley" and she pressed
her delicate hand on copy Of Worces'
tiers dictionary, i
And that is the way my Courtship was
effected. Poor child Iknow now that,
Ut tie time, she had no adequate idea O.
all that marriage really meant She wa:
treated 0S u child by her uncle and punt
and hadbecn kept mn absolute child 40 lal
rs all knowledge went that would have
fitted her to act md speak more rcasOna
bly, on such u subject. AS to the argu
ments by means Of which her aunt and
uncle were made TO consent, l shall ad
ducc them after u while. IA 1dyy1e
We Ind n very quiet wedding, though ]
think that when the ceremony came 10 be
performed, Winnie ialterel little in hcl
resolution, and wondered whether a toul
through Europe really would compensate
her for the risk Tshe ran in tying hersel
down for life to 4 oman Of whom she knew
30 little. However all the final prepare
tons were too hurried to leave much time
for regrets or retrospectiols, OF, at least
for the expressionot them. Mr.. and Mrs
Allison's chief soliCitude seemed TO arise
from the fnct that we should be obliged tC
spend Thanksgiving day "alone by our
selves" at o New York hotel, AT the
table Of the Allison's the habitually dell.
cious dinner would be a little refined
upon, and tho, unavoidable absence Of
Winnie and myself would Of course cast
u gloom over tho cOrlialitics of the sea-
son. ... gor -s I..a.. ssla.. 90 ,rS ~
However, considering that we had
known one another such little time, and
that We hue, been married. only two OF
three days previously, Winnie and
managed to spend very snug anu happy
day. When u man and woman meet
make love to one another, and are mar
ried, MI within ono week, they have, you
SEGA great deal to tell each 0tller. Know
tngl almost. nothing about each Others
personal history, there isgreat' room FOL
mutual confidence. The first two OF
three days a6er our marriage, Winnie
and spent in making each others &c
diiaintafcG. q a. d9IW
At length, when evening came and W.
sat before the crate fire, summing ourselves
in It's r6tdy breath, and hearing without
the chill whispers Of November, Winnie
said tome In . yerygentle vae9-IDick
there somsthing ISwanE ID, t6llyOu& \
"Tell me then, my darling, There
could not be q better tim" 1'.' ~" '''
"Well. then, there were, Aye p2ERsPP'
said Winnie, timidlylo ~! C"lsIS
ttLNI,,a If Than, In oYNlniDNp1 NEivp