Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-29
COMING HOME EXHAUSTED.
The View which an InduIgenf Young
Wife Takes Of n Woodworking
Husband Employed fn the Legal
Business.

The View which an Indu1gen1 Young
Wife Takes OF n Woodworking
Husband Employed in the Legal
BusIness.
The letter which Is given below is from
the private pen of a young wife to her
maiden aunt in Batesville. The letter
tells its own story sufficiently plain TO
require no explanation. 1t may be
remarked, however, that the lady takes q
very favorable view of the peculiar hard
labor which keeps her good man out so
late o. nights. The name of the very
happy masculine is changed, and Orlando
put in instead, for the purpose of leaving
the curious public in doubt as 70 the
precise legal gentleman meant:
My Dear AHRt-Although you told me,
when l invited you to my wedding, that
I was too young to marry, and not capa-
BILE of choosing g mate for life properly
and with due consideration, / know thst
you may now feel that 1 was wiser than
you thought. In selecting dear Orlando,
l have gained a most atfectionate and at
tentive husband, and one who has neither
a fault nor a vice. Heavensl What must
a girl suffer who finds herself united to q
dissipated person, neglectful OF her, and
disposed to seek the society of unworthy
persons, who drink, smoke, and do all
sorts of dreadful thingsl
AunAAA ADaNGAH ian u RGAAOLEAOLa
To-day is my eighteenth birthday, and
we have been married q year. We keep
house now n l can make pretty good
pie, only the under crust will be damp.
However, L think tina must be the oven. |
Once 1 put peppermint in the pudding
sauce instead oflemOn hsvoring; bat then
Orlando was trying to kiss me, right be-
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 q 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. 1 wonder what it is. Orlando fright
ems me by talking about weeds; but seeds
come up, don't they9
Dear Orlsndol l come back to him
sgain-so excellent, temperate and true. |
Tell all the girls to marry as soon as they
can, If they can find q husband like mine. |
l have but one tri~al-business takes |
him so much away from me. A lawyer
must attend to business, you know; and
at night. Often and often he has
examined witnesses until hslf-past
twelve, and come home perfectly exhaust
3D.. And the nasty things will smoke, so
that his dear coat quite smells of 1t. And
As it makes him as III as It does me, Ihsve
10 air it, and sprinkle the lining with
water before he dares to put 1t on
again.
Ihad a terrible fright the other night
dreadful. Orlando had told me that busi-
think he said 1t was a case of life
death-Would dstain him late. So I
sat up, as usual, with q book, and did not
worry until about one O'Clock. After that
wa a little anxious, 1 confess, and
,aught a cold in my head Peeping through
he upstairs window blinds; for dear
guut, il was not until three O'Clock that |
heard g cab driving up the street and 1
1t stop at door; then l thought I
should faint, for I was sure some dread
nj accident had happened to Orlando.
l ran down TO open the door, and Mr.
smith, q friend of Orlsndo's, who is not, 1
very much to my ~taste-such a
noisy msn-wss Just supporting
ny dear boy up the steps. {
"Oh, what has h~appened2n cried 1,
"DOn't be frightened, Mrs. White" said
dr. Smith. Nothing st all; only White
5 q little exhausted. Application to bu-
mess will exhaust a man, andI thought
ID bring him home" ,
Gan right, Belle" said Orlando, "Smith ]
ellis the truth-rm exhausted" L
And, dearest aunt, he was so much so
he spoke quite thick, and couldn't =
tand up without tOttering. Mr.. Smith /,
Tas kind enough to help him up stairs; ,
nd he laid upon the bed so Frustrated :
l thought he was going to die. Then d,
remembered the French brandy you !
ave me in case of sickness. / ran to get
out.
"Hsve 8 little brandy and water, desrP"
said.
The very thing. Smith is exhausted,
DO. Give some 70 Smith" said he.
And so 1 reprosched myself for not hsv- :
az thought Of it before Mr.. Smith was \
one. But 1 gave q glass to Orlando, and, i
nder Providence, 1 think il saved his \
fe; for, oh, how bad he wasl
" Belle" said he, quite fsltering in his &
peech, b room is going round so fast I
nat l can't catch o U eye. And besides &
here's two Of you, and 1 don't know {
hitch is which," |
l knew these were dreadful symptoms.
Take a drink, dear" said l, sand Iu {
y to wake Mary, and send her for the I
Z
"No," said he, 'Tu be all right In the 7
Pm all right now. Here's y
health. You're q brick. l." and
yer he fell, fast asleep. 6
Oh, why do men think so much of
~lOney-making? Is not health better
ian anything else.
OF course, as he had laid down in his 4;
! took that OF first. And l managed q
divest him of his coat, But when it .
iul6 10 MS aunt, did YOU :,
yer take of a gentlemsn's boOts2 prOba- =
y not, as you are q single ~lady-What a =
SKI How do they ever get EN- On2 1 =
1lled and pulled, and shook and wrig- 7
and gave it up. But it would not :,
to leave them on sll night; so I went q
1t again, and at last one came off SO 3
lddenly; and over 1 went on the floor Il
Id into his hat, which I had put down =
lere for a minute. / could have cried. :,
nd the other came off in the same way, 3
st as hard and Just as sudden at last. q
hen l put q soft blanket over Orlando, ;,
Id sat in my sewing chair sll night. oh,
Nv heavily he bresthed. And 1 had, as
)u may fancy, the most dreadful fears. -
Q might have killed himself by his over n
'plicatiOn to business, for all that 1 Il
The perfect ones go first, it is y
id. a
how differently should 1 have felt L
ID anything happened to my beloved u
He has not hsd so sxhsusting q '
y since, and l think sees the folly OF tC
-erwork; though If courts will keep v
'en so late, what can poor lawyers do2
think It Is very inconsiderste of the pi
dge. 1 wonder whether he has a wife fs
9 mean old thing. n