Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-01
H s~LHERxEsS ONE.

As preface | may remsrk-though it is
well known TO the neighbors that my name
10 Job Wrestler. 1t is no use to make a fee
Bile apology for the heading, | sm land !
wish could only nuke money at it the
Sleepless One. A man ons day said some
thing to ms about Alrs. Caudle's Curtain
Lectures, and gave me a synopsis Of the
whole series; hintizg with a keen glance full
in my face that i. was possible that / my
self might suffer from a similar Ailment.
W hersupon l could contain myself no long
eF but, casting q downward glance st ny
own smaoiAted figure, and bringing my eyes
up from the toes Of my own boots across
10 his boots, and so on slowly up his form
until l reached his aggrAvsting face,
spske. "CSudls ~ said | "Mrs. Caudle would
come in second to TO Ma. Wrestler 10 n rrAcs
that was partial to Mrs. G. Mrs. Csudle;" I'D
ded | thinking the comparison decidedly
odious, was the creation OF q mans brsin.
Mrs. Wrestler was, When an infant, born o.
respectable parents on Big Creek in Conuec-
tIcut l take q pride 10 Mrs. Wrestler, !
may say a desperate and killing pride, and
l cannot hear Of her being beat in her own
line Of business The man said no more
but left me, With q plying smile. hase to
be smiled at, especially pityIuRly. And
the worst of i, is that | cannot set myself
right before ny friends without going rath
more deeply into domestic matters than il
usually deemed advisable. The public
opinion and accusation Of and again IS ne is
that Ham hsnpscked both day and night, and
that | SIN physically and mentally succumb
ing to the infection. Now such is not the
case a: all. Most of the day time my wife
lies asleep on the lounge, while the girl does
the work. IT'S true she does wake up when
! come in to meals, and have a few words
with me but they are always on business,
] give my word Of honor. Something I've
been doing wrong, or not done right, or
something Of that sort. TIA all my own
fault ! know. l have . specially for no'
being able to do anything well excepting
the work by which l earn my bread. l can
not help it. But, being Of = very sensitive
mind it does hurt and worry me, secretly, TO
have Laura tell me- Of il every time l come
IN. 1t Amt her fault, however. ] made an
agreement with her that if she would marry
me ! would do all | could to please her, and
ask no questions. / have done so ever since
to the beat of my ability, and she acknowl
edges it but says that my ability is only zone
horse after ell. "She urges that l nigh,
be less remiss it ! would. She is generally
attired in her robe de mutt when ] arrive
home in the evening tired to death with my
days work. She usually informs me tina,
"at this hour Of the niRht"-here she Bird
les-"she purposed going to rest If l would
make less noise with my boots coming mp
stairs. We have no carpets, and she always
reminds me Of it. l don't like to tell her
that she is Handsomely and expenaively dress
sed and paid for while ! wear particularly
humble clothing. / don's care to remind
her of this; il wouldn't be Rsutlemanly-
though what is IL expensive to q limited in
come. She free3es her lips together her
face ia always more pretty when her lips are
thswed out-and says sinking back on her
dollar a pound pillow ;-"Job But if ]
tell you all she says l shall never obtain a
hearing: She has a clear incisive voice and
speaks at intervals just when II am a
printer by trade-sm dropping into a delio;-
GUS dream about that "fAt sof, take" ,omor
row, or wondering if the new inside Ed;,o-
has filled our file for tomorrow morning
She Digs me in the ribs, and revives me,
with the horrid thought that that dreadful
'.remiss" in the corrected proof was mine
and that, if SO / must flee away from cen
sure. Reviving me she says,-snj l mus
admit that she is always got up for the &C
cAsion :-Job-A hem l-you forgot to bring
me that ten csntbox Of round matches, and
with a sniff of sr~iumph-"I vent across
to the store and brought three boxes TO
twenty-five cents; and better matches
though they were the same mans mske,
great deal better matches, I'm sure, though
1 have not had occasion to use them yet 7
Here she HES back, somewhat wieghtily
being heavier than ], and gaspS, with
lwe