Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-08-16
An Exhausted Husband.

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by the more enlightened reader -
MY DIAN AuST.-Although You told
me, when i invited you 10 my wedding,
that was too young 10 marry, and not
capable of choosing mate for life prop
erly, and with due consideration, know
that you may nov feel that was wiser
than You thought In selecting dear
Orlando Ihaye gained most aifectionate
and attentive husband, and one who has
neither a fault nor n vice. Heavens
What must a girl suffer who finds her
self united to dissipated person, neg
lectful of her, and disposed TO seek the
society of unworthy persons, who drink,
smoke, and do all sorts Of dreadful
things
Thank Heaven, Orlando is perfection
To-day is my eighteenth birthday,
and we have been married year. We
keep house now, and can make pretty
good pie, only the under crust will be
damp. However, think that must be in
the oven. Once put peppermiutin in the
pudding sauce instead of lemon flavor
ing but then Orlando was trying 10 kiss
me, right befo-e the girl. who didn't
much like either of us going into the
kitchen at all.
The flowers are coming up beautifully
in the back garden. We sowed great
many seed, but hardly expected so many
plants. Among the most numerous Is
one variety with a very large leaf, that
scratches ones fingers, and don't smell
nice. l wonder what it is. Orlando
frightens me by talking about weeds !;
but weeds always come up, don't they +?
Dear Orlando 1 come back to him
again-so excellent, temperate, and
true. Tell all the girls to marry as soon
as they can, if they can find husband
| like mine.
1 have but one trial-business takes
him so much away from me. A lawyer
must attend TO business, you know and
sometimes they carry on the case until
two at night. Often and often he has
examined witnesses until half-past
twelve, aad come home perfectly ex-
hausted And the nasty things will
smoke, so that bis dear coat quite smells
of it. And as it makes him as i'll as it
does me, l have to air it, and sprinkle
the lining with cologne water before he
uareS 10 put III on again.
l had a terrible fright the other night
dreadful. Orlando had told me that
business--I think he said it was a case
of life and death-would detain him late.
SO I sat up as usual, with a book, and
did not worry until one o'clock. After
that was little anxious, confess,
and caught cold in.my head peeping
through the upstairs window blinds
for, dear aunt, it was not until three
o'clock that l heard cab driving up the
street and saw it stop at our door ther
1 thought should faint, for 1 was SURF
some dreadful accident had happened tC
Orlando.
ran down to open the door; frient
of Orlando's who is not, confess, very
much to my taste-such a red faced
noisy man-was just supporting my dea
boy up the steps.
"Oh, what has happened ?" cried l.
Don't be frightened, Mrs. White |!
said Mr.. Smith. Nothing at all only
White is little exhausted. Application
to business will exhaust a man, and
thought I'd bring him home"
"All right Belle" said Orlando
"Smith tells the truth-Im exhausted.
And, dearest aunt, he was so much 81
that he spoke quite thick, and couldn
stand up without tottering. Mr.. Smitl
was kind enough to help him upstairs
and he lay upon the bed so prostrate'
that I thought he was going to die
! Then I remembered the French brand
you gave me in case of sickness. l raj
| to get it out.
Have little brandy and water, dear !?
/ said.
"The very thing. Smith is exhausted
. too. Give some to Smith, " said he.
And so reproach myself for my no
g having thought of it before Mr.. Smit
. was gone. But l gave glass to On
, lando, and, under Providence, I think
I saved his life for, oh, how bad he was
"Belle," said he, quite faltering il
I his speech, "the room is going roun
g so fast that I can't catch your eye. An
l besides there's two of you, and I don
J. know which is which"
I I knew these were dreadful symptoms
!. "Take o drink, DEAR" said 1, can
I'll try to wake Mary, and send her fo
I the DOCTOR"
0 "No," said he, "I'll be all right i
o the morning I'm all right now. Here
o your health. You're brick. I
e And over he fell, fast asleep.
d Oh, why do men think so much c
: money-making Is not health bette
than anything else.
Of course he had laid down In his hat
b I took that off first. And l manage
d to divest him of his coat But when
$ came to his boots-dearest aunt, did yo
e ever take off a gentleman's boots
n probably not, as you are single lady
j. what task ! How do they ever g
S on? I pulled and pulled, and shoe
S and wriggled, and gave it up. But
e would not do to leave them on all night
e so l went at it again, and at last on
It came off so suddenly, and over | wen
# on the floor, and into his hat, which
had put down there for minute.
) could have cried. And the other cam
o offin the same way, just as hard and Jul
= as sudden at last. Then / put so
|, blanket over Orlando, and sat in m
n sewing chair all night. Oh, how heavll
d he breathed And I had, as you ma
fancy, the most dreadful fears II
o might have killed himself by his owe
n application to business, for all that
g knew. The perfect ones go first, it
!, said.
II Oh, how differently should have fe
II had anything happened to my believe
b Orlando. He has not had so exhaustin
day since, and / think he sees the fol-
of overwork; though if courts will kee
q open so late, what can poor lawyers do
q | think it is very inconsiderate of ii
q Judge. Iwonder whether he has vii
q the mean old thing
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