The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1871-09-09
AN EXHAUSTED HUSBAND.

10 have been written BY the vile Of . esrtain
lawyer to her mother:
Mn Dear Nodler-Although you told me when
I invited you 20 my wedding that was too
young 10 marry asd not capable Of cAoosiny .
mate for life properly and with due oonsidera'
ton, know that you may now feel that vss
wiser than you thought In selecting dear Or
l,ndo. have gained most sfsctionste and ut
teutiye husband, and one who has neither fault
nor vice. Heavens! what must girl suffer who
finds herself united to dissipated person, neg.
lecful of her, and disposed 70 seek the society of
nm worthy persons who drink, smoke, and do all
sorts of dreadful things
Thank Heaven Orlando is perfect! To-day
il my nineteenth birth day, and we have been
hurried year. We keep house, aud CAN
make pretty good pie, only the under crust will
be amp However, think that must be the
ovea Oaoe put peppermint into the pudding
sauce instead of lemon eavoring, but then Or
lapdo was trying to kiss me right before the
girl, who didn't like either Of US in the kitchen
at I'll. The flowers are coming up beautifully
in the back yard. We sowed . great many seeds
but hardly expected so many plants. Among the
most numerous is one variety with very large
leaf that scratches ones fingers and don't smell
moe. I wonder what it 10. Orlando frightens
me talking about weeds but weeds always come
up, don't theys
Dear Orlando, come back to him again. So
excellent, temperate, and true-tell all the girls
to marry az soon as they can, if they find hus.
ham A. nuvo h,t Il - us
takes him 81 much away from me. A lawyer must
attend to bushes, you know, and sometimes
they rry Oh III until two at night. OFT.
On md o,ten he has examined witnesses until
hall ,welve, and come homo perfectly ex.
hsusi i A"d tue nasty things will smoke, 40
thai his Goa, smells Of it; and as it n kes
him i'll as il does me, have to air it and
sprinkle it With cologne water before he da,es
to put it Oh again.
had terrible fright last night. Orlando
had told me that business u think it was Case
OF life or death) would detain him late So
sat up as usual with u book, aad did not worry
until one O'clock. After that was little AK.
isus, confess, and caught dreadful cold in my
head sleeping, through the up stairs window
blinds, for dear mother, it was not until three
o'clock that heard cab drive up the street
and saw it stop at the door. Then I thought
should faint, for was sure some dreadful acci.
dent had happened. ran down and opened the
door. A friend OF Orlando, who is not, con.
Tess, very much to my taste, such red faced,
noisy man, was supporting my dear boy up the
stairs. "Oh, what has happened ?" cried.
'Don't be frightened, Mrs. Wh,te' said Mr.
smith. Nothing ut all, only Mr.. White is q
Little exhausted. Close application to business
will exhaust man, so thsght would bring
him home" "All right, Mrs White; Smith
tells the truth, am exhausted" And, dearest
mother, he was so much 60 that he spoke quite
thick and couldn't stand up without totterinx.
Mr.. Smith was kind enough to help him up
stairs, aud be lay upon the bed 60 prostrated
shat l thought he was going to die. Thea re.
membered the French brandy you gave me in
case OF sickness. l ran to get it out. "Have u
Little brandy and water, my DEAR" said I. 1.-THE |
very thing. Smith is exhausted too" i'd he. !
''G've him some" Aud I reproached myself fer !
not having thought Of it before. Smith was
gone, but gave glass to Orlando, and under
Providence think 1t saved hi life, for Oh, how
bad he was "Mame," said he, quite fateriugly
in his speech, "the room is going around 80 fast
that l can't catch your eyes, aud besides there's
two Of you and don't know which is which )"
I knew these were dreadful symptoms. "Take
. drink, my dear, and will try to wake Sally |
and send her for the DOCTOR" NO." sid be, IL |
will be all RICH, in the morning. am all right |
now. Here's your (hic) health. You're a brick
IL" and he fell asleep. Oh. why 90 men
think so much Of money making! Is not health
better than anything else?
OF course he laid down in his hat took
that of first, and managed to divest him Of his
coat, but when it came to his boots-dearest
mother, did you ever take off gentlenan's
boots? What task! How do they ever ge.
them On! l pulled AMI pulled, and shook, and
wrigged, and gave it up But it would no, do
to leave them on all night, 50 1 went at it again
At last one came off 30 suddenly that over
went into his hat, which had put down for a
moment. l could have cried. The other came
OFT in the same way-just rs hard and Just rs
suddenly at last Then l put soft blanket
over Orlando, and sat DO Sn in my sewing chair
all night, On, how hard he breathed had.
a. you may fancy, the most dreadful fears.
he might have killed hlnself in over applca-
ton to business. For al! that knew the per.
feet ones 60 first, it is sl!l, lie has not had so
l,y I 81. ..1.