The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-11-02
AN EXHAUSTED HUSBAND.

that you may now feel that was wiser
than you thought In selecting dear
Orlando | have gained most affection
ate and attentive husband, and one
who has neither a fault nor vice,
Heavens What must a girl suffer who
finds herself united to dissipated
person, neglected of her, and disposed
to seek the society OF unworthy per-
sons, who drink, smoke, and do all
sorts of dreadful things
To-day is my eighteenth birthday,
and we have been married a year. We
keep house now, and | can make pretty
good pie only the undercrust will be
damp. However, | think that must be
the oven. Once | put peppermint in
the pudding sauce, instead of lemon
favoring; but then Orlando was trying
to kiss me, right before the girl, who
didn't muchlike either of us going into
the kitchen at all.
The flowers are coming up beautiful
ly in the back garden. We sowed a
great many seed, but hardly expected
so many plants. Among the most nu-
merous is one variety with large
leaf, that scratches ones fingers, and
don't smell nice. | wonder what it is.
Orlando frightens me by talking about
weeds; but seeds always come up, don't
they?
Dear Orlando! | come back to him
again-soe excellent, temperate and true
Tell all the girls to marry as soon as
they can find husband like mine
have but one trial-business takes
him so much away from me. \ law
yer must attend to business, you
know; and sometimes they carry on
the cases until two at night. Often
and often he has examined witnesses
until past twelve and come home per-
fectly exhausted And the nasty things
will smoke, so that his coat quite smells
of it. And as it makes him as Ill as
it does me, | have to air it, and sprinkle
the lining with cologne water before
he dare put it on again.
had a terrible fright the other night
dreadful Orlando had told me that
business think he said it was case
of life or death-would detain him
late. So | sat up as | usually did,
with book, and did not worry until
about one o'clock. After that was a
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 |
heard cab driving up the street, and
Isaw it stop at the door; then | thought
shouldfaint, for Twas sure some dread
full accident had happened to Orlando
| ran down to open the door, and
Mr.. Smith, friend of Orlando's, who
is not, confess, very much to nay taste
such red-faoed, noisy man was sup
porting my dear boy up the steps.
"Oh, what has happened?" cried |.
"Don't be frightened, Mrs. White"
said Mr.. Smith. Nothing at all; only
White is little exhausted. Applica-
ton to business will exhaust a man,
and thought I'd bring him home"
Cali right, Belle" said Orlando.
"Smith tells the truth-Pm exhausted"
And, dearest aunt, he was so much
SO that he spoke quite thick, and
couldn't stand up without lettering.
Mr.. Smith was kind enough to help
him up stairs, and he laid him upon
the bed, SO Frustrated that | thought
he was going to die. Then ! remem-
bered the French brandy you gave me
in case of sickness. | ran to get it
out.
"Have little brandy and water,
dear?" Isaid.
HThe very thing, Smith is exhaust
ed, too, Give some to Smith," said he.
And so | reproached myself for not
having thought Of it before Mr.. Smith
was gone. But ! gave a glass to Or
lando, and under Providence | think !
saved his life; for, oh, how bad he was
cRelle,n said he, quite faltering in
his speech, @the room is going around
SO fast that / can't catch your eye.
And, besides, there are two Of you, and
! don't know which is which"