Smyrna times., 1871-08-23
M see Tia 10 e o us.
An Exhausted Husband.

ion purpOrting to have been written by
'Oung wife in New York to her prim and
'pectacled maiden aunt in Boston, will be read
with curious interest by the more enlightened
reader:
Ny dear Aunt Although you told me,
when l invited you to my wedding, that was
too young to marry, and not capable of choos-
ing mate for lite properly, and with due
consideration, | know that you may now feel |
that was wiser than you thought. In select
ing dear Orlando | have gained most atfec- |
tlOnate and attractive husband and one who |
has neither fault nor a vice. Heavens |
what must girl suffer who finds herself unit |
ed to a dissipated person, neglectful 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 acii be damp. However,
| think that must be the oven. Once | put
peppermint i'll the pudding sauce instead of
lemon fav0ring; but then Orlando was trying
to kiss me, right before 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 lcat, that scratches one fingers, and
don smell nice. | wonder what it is Or.
lando triehtens me by talking about weeds +;
but weeds always come up, don't they?
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.
l have but one trial-buSness takes him so
much away from me. A lawyer must attend
| to business, you know; and sometimes tn, y
carry on the cases until two at night. Often
and often he has examined witnesses until
half past twelve, and come home perfectly ex-
hausted. And the nasty things lCW smoke, Sc
that his dear coat quite smells of it'll And as
it makes him as i'll as ii does me, [ have tC
air it, and sprinkle the lining with cologne
water before he dares to put it or again.
| 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 [ sat up
as usual, with book, and did not worry unit
one o clock. After that | was little anxious
| confess, and caught a cold in my head peep
ing through the upstairs window blinds +; for
dear aunt, it was not until three O clock tha
heard a cab driving up the street and saw il
stop at our door; then | thought | shoul,
faint, for was sure some dreadful acciden
had happened to Orlando.
, | ran down to open the door; a friend o
Orlando who is not | confess, very much t
my taste-such a red-faced, noisy man-wa
just supporting my dear boy up the steps.
"Oh, what has happened?' cried l.
+ "DOn't be frightened, Mrs. White y sal
Mr.. Smith. " Nothing at all only White
little exhausted. Application to bushes
will exhaust man, and | thought I'd brin
t im home.
: "All right, Belle" said Orlando: "Smit
> tells the truth-Im exhausted.
;. And, dearest aunt, he was so much so tha
he spoke quite thick, and couldn't stand u
without tOttering. Mr.. Smith was kin
, enough to help him up stairs ) and he Ia
q upon the bed so prostrated that | thought b
n was going to die. Then | remembered tn
French brandy you gave me in case of sick
ness. | ran to getit out.
Have a little brandy and water, dear
| said.
70 1.-THE very thing. Smith is exhausted
y too. Give some to Smith,, said he
And so | reproached myself for not havir
/, thought of it before Mr.. Smith was gon
- But | gave a glass to Orlando, and und
Providence, think it saved his life-fOr, oh
how bad he was
"Belle," said he, quite faltering in h
sr | can't catch your eye. Aud besides, there
Or two of you, and don't know which is which
ID | knew these were dreadful symptoms.
D. Take drink, dear, said |, land I'll t
. to awake Mary and send her for the doctor
nd mol" said he; "Tll be all right In Il
er morning. I'm all right now. Here's yo
e health You re a brick land Ov
Ts' he fell fast asleep.
a, a, Oh | why do men think so much Of none
I.l. Al. Il
a else?
Tpr Of course, as he had laid down in his h;
10 | took that off first and managed to dive
him of his coat But when it came to
boots-dearest aunt, did you ever take off
y. gentleman's boots? Probably not, as you
re a single lady What task How do tn
iy, ever get them on? l pulled and pulled, a
or shook and wriggled, and gave it up. But
rk, would not do to leave them on all night;
no | went at it again, and at last one came
ed ed so suddenly that over went on the floor a
minute. | could have cried And the Oti
came off in the same way--just as hard, a
, lust as sudden at last. Then | put a S
I'M blanket over Orlando, and sat in my sewiI
% chair all night. Oh how heavily be brea
the ed ! And had, as you may fancy, the IN
Dus dreadful fears He might have killed hi
dI- dI- self by his overapplication to business, for
IN IN that knew. The perfect ones 60 first, il
ect said.
no Oh how differently should l have felt h
anything happened to my beloved Orland
'Om He has not had so exhausting a day sin
49,, and | think he sees the folly of overworl
o"r o',. though, if courts will keep open SO late, W
the can poor lawyers do? think it is very inc
g al sderate of the Judge. | wonder whether
has wife-the mean old thing
sys.
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Drk Well, there is something about them, vie,
philosophically and calmly which will ad
of bland smile, but, after all, they are