The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-10-18
An Exhnusted Husband.


aunt in Boston, will be read with curious int
est by the more enlightened reader:
Ny Dear Aunt Although you told me, whe
invited you to my wedding, that was to
young to marry, and not capable of choosing
mate for life properly and with due consideration
write that you may now feel that was wise
than you thought. In selecting dear Orlando
have gained most afectionate and attentiv
husband, and one who has neither fault nor
vice Heavens What must q girl suffer VIII
finds herself united to a dissipated person, neg
lectrul of her. aud disposed to seek the society 0
unworthy persons, who drink, smoke, and do al
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, I think that must be
the oven. Once put peppermint in the pud
ding sauce instead Of lemon fayoring; bat then
Orlando was trying to kiss me, right before the
girl, who didn't much ike either Of Us going into
the kitchen at all.
The flowers are coming up beautifully in the
back garden. We sOwed a 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. ] wonder what it is Orlando frightens
me by talking about weeds but weeds always
come up, don't they2
Dear Orlando? I 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 a
husband ike mine.
/ 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 cases until . at night. Often and often he
has examined witnesses until half-past r. and
come home perfectly exhausted. And the nasty
things will smoke, SO that his dear coat quite
smells Of it. And as it makes him as i'll as it
does me, have to air it, and sprinkle the lining
with cologne water before he dares TO put il on
again.
l had terrible fright the other night-dread-
ful. Orlando had told me that business-I think
be said it was case of life and death-would de-
tain him late. So sat up, as usual with book,
and did not worry until O'Clock. After that
was little anx1ous, 1 confess, and caught cold
in my head peeping through the upstairs window
blinds for dear aunt, it was not until 3 O'Clock
that heard a cab driving up the streets and saw
it stop at our door; then thought l should
faint, for was sure some dreadful accident had
happened to Orlando.
ran down to open the door friend Of Or
lnndo's who is not, confess, very much to my
taste-such red faced, noisy man-was just sup
porting my dear boy up the steps.
"Oh, what has happened p cried l.
" Don't be frightened, Mrs. White ~ said Mr.
Smith. Nothing at all only White is a little
exhausted. Application to business will exhaust
o man, and l thought l d bring him home"
An right, Bell" said Orlando, "smth tells
the truth-Im exhausted
And, dearest aunt, be was SO much SO that be .
spoke quite thick, and couldn't stand up without
lettering. Smith was kind enough to help him
upstairs; and he lay upon the bed SO Frustrated .
that / thought he was going to die. Then re-
membered the French brandy you gave me in
case Of sickness. / ran to get it ont.
Have a little brandy and water, dear?" 1
said.
The very thing. Smith is exhausted, too.
Give some to Smith" said he
And SO / reprOached myself for not having
thought Of it before Smith was gone. Bot ] gave
glass to Orlando, and under Providence. l
think it saved his life for, oh, how bad he was
Bell" said he, quite faltering in his speech,
- the room is going round so fast, mat can't
catch your eye. And besides there's two oryou,
and don't know which is which"
knew these were dreadful symptoms.
Take drink, dear said ], and III try to
wake Mary, and send for the doctor
No. said he, IN be all right in the morn
ing. I'm all right now Here's your health
You're a brick /" And over he fell, fast
asleep.
Oh, why do men think so much Of money max
ing Is not health better than anything else2
Of course, as he had lain down his hat,
took that of first And managed to diyest
hin Of his coat. But when it came to bis boots
dearest aunt, did you ever take off a gentle
mans boots? probably not, as you are
single ady-what q task! How do they ever
get them on {? pulled and pulled, and shook
and vriggled, and gave it up. But it would not
40 to leave them on all night 50 went at it
again, and at last one came of so Suddenly, and
over went on the floor, aud into his hat, which
] had put there for q minute could have cried
And the other came of in the same way, just as
hard and Just as sudden at last Then l put
soft blanket on Orlando, and sat in my sewing
chair allnigbt. Oh, how heavily he breatbed
And had as you may fancy, the most dreadful
fears he might have killed himself by bis over
application to business, for all that know. The
perfect ones 60 first, it is said.
Oh how differently should have felt had any
thing happened to my beloved Orlando He has
not had so exhausting day since, and think be
sees the folly Of overwOrk though if courts viii
keep open so late, what can poor lawyers do?
think il very :ncousiderate of the judge. won
der whether he has vife-the mean old thing
Double People.
Concerning double people-twins united in an