Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-02

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Philadelpbia cor. Pittsburr Leader. 25tb.1
There is a wholesale provision dealer
doing business in this city, who, for the
sake Of name, we shall call Hugly.
Now the aforesaid H. is the happy pos
SCISSOR Of charming little woman Of
about thirty.fve years of age, fresh as a
dew drop, and as plump as a partridge
in October. One sweet cherub, that he
says in his image, has blessed their
union. IL ever any man walked in that
narrow path that married men must
tread. that begins in love and ends in
humanity, it was Hugly But an apple
Of discord was thrown in this happy cir
Gle, and il came in the form Of buxom
widow, cousin of Mrs II. that came TO
spend the winter with her. On several
occasions she made before the eyes OF
the astonished husband a liberal display
Of anatomical development that he
thought never existed except in the i'm
agination of some old Roman sculptor.
The display of bare arms and busts made
the enraptured merchant imagine he was
in the house Of "Stalacta,' the goddess
of the Black Crook. AS natural con-
sequence, the pretty wife, who saw what
was going on, looked with a malignant
eye upon her fine-formed relative. One
| n-antoe, -aNurnfn,, lata f-nrn h,taspaoe
aud finding that his wife had retired,
the dealer in salt cod concluded he
would take bath before retiring, Step
ping lightly, so as not to disturb his
slumbering partner, he opened the door
of the bathroom, and, to his surprise,
found the gas burning dimly. This sur
prise was of short duration, for wo-
man voice in a smothered shrek rang
out upon the air. To his horror he
found the bathing tub occupied, and the
occupant bnxom relict. There she
stood, blushing and dripping like some
nineteenth century Venus rising from
the wave, Eve-like, save that the tradi-
tional fg-leaves were wanting. "0h,
Mr.. Hugly," she exclaimed, making an
impromptu mantle Of very small
towel, ego away sirl oh, 60 away" But
strange to say, Notwithstanding this
frantic appeal. Mr.. Hugly didn't move.
(He SAYS he was paralyzed with fear
frSir, 90; think if any one should see
u.s." vehemently persisted the lady, mo-
tioning to the door.
my dear madam" said H., I" / as
sure you | hadn't the slightest know
ledge that YOU were here"
Never mind" replied the bather,
"only leave me. What if your wife
should discover us2" Now it so hap
pened that at the close Of very disa-
rreeable dream, in which Mrs. Hugly
had imagined that some one had dropped
grease over her new silk. she was
awakened by the noise of conversation,
seemingly in the next room. She heard
the words "if your wife should discover
usn Good heavens. il was her husband
and that base woman. With flashing
ewes the little woman sprang from bed,
and with bound was in the room con-
fronting the pair. They looked guilty,
and for A while her indignation was too
deep for words, but at last she burst out
Indeed, sir, well, sir, this is the way
YOU fulfill your marriage vow, is it?
This is the important business that kept
YOU at the store until late, sir2"
my dear, upon my word"
Don't speak to me, sir, you wretch, +"
and she looked a gross of daggers at
him. Don't you dare to speak to me (;
don't YOU dare, sir. ,.'.
The little woman, in her great excite
ment, had raised her voice until il pene-
trated the bower in which the Milesian
chambermaid was sleeping the sleep
of innocence. Being aroused, without
waiting to dress herself, the exile from
Erin descended the stairs TO see what all
the noise was about As the enraged
wife caught sight of the help" she re.
solved to secure her as an ally, SO she
said:
" Bridget look at them, my husband
and that hussy. This is the situation in
which discovered them. If you can't
see them where you are standing, Brid-
get. YOU had better come down on this
step where you can have a good view Of
her brazen face"
Inc Dould' impndenI tnlng tna' sue
49, sad sympathlzing bridget.
ana nim 1hSt we =, nave gwen up 80
much lor! salu MRS a., glvlng way anu anu
bursting lnto Tears, 5 @ ner any now nov came ca .e
TO her rescue ana T conyeye9 her On b! 70
her bedroom. Inc WIDOW, N great als1
tress' rushed i5antlcally TO her lorml-
tory, ana poor nugly, whose outer gar
ments were IN ms wile apartment, m9 InI9
whlch ne feared 70 enter was eompelleu
to roam qlseonsolalely tnr1ugn tne par,
l9rs lor lhe remainueI ol Ine nlgIl, ls IN IN
the morning the wl9qw was packed on ~
bag ana oaggage, ana Drluge. 'oIk sn a nan nall
holiday IN order 10 circulate the rews
among the neignpors' before noon II
was wen wen known' ana . ~ I even got uown
on, change, ana mug ana tne
wldow, was t9e staple Oh m9en loklng;
Mrs, ID. $ relauons were eaIlea IN, ana
after many Tears ana terrible tnreaten-
ings the niue woman at last relenteui