The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-20
An Exhausted Husband.

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The following bit Of charming unsophis-
tication. purporting to have been written By
! Young wife ID New York to her prim and
spectaclcd maiden aunt in Boston, viii be
read with curious interest by the more en-
lightened reader
NV Dear Aunt. Although you told ame.
when | invited you to my wedding. that |
was too young to marry, and not capable OF
choosing mate for life properly, and with
due consideration, write that you may now
feel that was wiser than YOU thought In
selecting dear Orlando have gained q most
affeciionate and attentive husband, and one
who has neither Il fant nor q vice. Heavens!
What must girl suffer who finds herself
united to a dissipated person, negiectful OF
her, and disposed to seek the society ofun-
worthy persons, who drink. smoke, and do
all sorts of dreadful things ss
Thank Heaven, Orlando issperfection
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 the oven. Once put
peppermint in the pudding sauce instead of
lemon fiavering; but then Orlando was try
ing to kiss me right before the girl, who
didn't much like either of us going into the
kitchen at all. sHb0& 1te# a
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 trightens me by talking about
weeds; but weeds always come up, don't
they? f& a1h
h Dear Orlando 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.
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 2 at night. Often
and often he has examined witnesses until
half-past IL, and comes home perfectly ex-
hausted. And the nasty things will smoke;
so that his dear coat quite smells of it. And
air it. and sprinkle the lining with cologne
water before he dares to put it on again.
had terrible fright the other night
dreadful. Orlando had told me that business
Il think he said it was a case OF life and death
would detain him late. SOL sat up, as
usual, with book. and did not worry until
O'clock. After that was a little anxious,
confess, and caught cold inmy head peep
ing through the upstairs window blinds;
for, dear aunt. it was not until o'cleck that
I heard cab driving up the streess and saw
it stop at our door !; then Thought should
faint. for was sure some dreadful accident
had happened to Orlando. a'i1 fi
4 ran down to open the door, friend Of
Orlando's who is not, 4 confess, very mlch
to my taste--such red-faced, noisy n1an--
was just supporting my dear boy up the
steps. ls's 4h
..Oh, what has happened ?'' cried I. =,
8sssDo,'t be frightened, Mrs. White!'' said
Mr.. Smith. Nothing at all !; only Whiteis
a little exhausted. Application to business
will exhaust man, and thought I'd bring
him home. -t sstgs
.tAll right, Bell" said Orlando. s'Sn,ith
tells the truth-Im exhausted"
And, dearest aunt, he was SO much 50 that
he spoke quite thick, and couldn't stand up
without tottering. Smith was kind enough
to help him upstairs arid he lay upon tile
oed so prostrated that 1 thought he was going
20 die. Then I remembered the French
brandy you gave me in case Of sickness. /
.an to get it out.
s.Hayea little brandy and water, dearsisf
aid. @ aaF
s.The very thing. Smith is exhausted, too.
siye some to Smith, said he.
And SO Ireproaclled myself for not having
hought Of it before Smith was gone. But
rave glass to Orlando. and, under Provi-
lence. think it saved his life; for. oh. how
,ad he was
..Bell,' said he, quite faltering in his
peech, '.thc room is going round SO fast that
can't catch your eye. And besides there's
wo of you, and | don't know which Is
which,
knew these were dreadful symptoms.
..Take drink, DEAR said |, '.and I'll try
o wake Mary. and send for the Doctor
Mo- said he, s.I'll be all right in the
morning. I'm all right now. Here's your
lealth You're brick. II And 4 ser he
ell fast asleep
Oh. why do men think so much % money
making? Is not health better than anything
lse I?
OF course, as he had lain down in his hat;
took that off first. And managed to dlvest
i'm of his coat. But when it came to his
,oots-dearest aunt. did you ever take off
sentleman's boots? probably not, as you are
single lady--what a task? How do they
ver get them on? / pulled and pulled, and
hook and wringied, and gave it up. But it
would not do to leave them onall night; so
went at it again. and at last one came off so
and over went OH the door, and
nto his hat which had put down there for
minute. could have cried. And the other
anne of in the same way, just as hard and
list as sudden ut last. Then / put soft
'lalFef over Orlando. and sat in my sewing
hair all night. Oh, how he2yily he breathed!
Ind I had. as you may fancy, the most dread-
al tears. He might have killed himself BY
lis over application to business, fer all that
know. The perfect ones go first, it is said.
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