The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-04-11
LOYc'S Young Dream.

raclcd maiden aunt in Boston, NAV, in
truth, have been inditsd by the latter
amiable lady herself, with view to en-
posing the absurd mfatuation with which
girl brides shut themselves up in the de-.
lusiou that their husbands are emLodi-
ments Of perfection. Ii the old lady did
write the document, it was hardly fair of
her to 60 aud palm it or on the innocence
Of inexperienced bridehood
AN EXHAUSTED HUSBAND.
Ny Dean AUNr-Although you told
me, when ! invited you to my wedding,
that was too young to marry, and rot
capable of choosing a mate for life prop
erly and with due consideration, | know
that YOU may now feel that was wiser
than you thought, In selecting dear Or.
lando, have gained most afFectionate
aud attentive husband, and one who has
neither fault nor vice. Heavens
What must u girl suffer who finds herself
united to disSipated person, neglectful
Of her, and disposed to seek the society of
unworthy persons, who drink, smoke, aud
do all sorts Of dreadful things!
Thank Heaven, Orlando is perfection.
To- lay 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 havoring 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 very 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
ugain--so excellent, temperate, and true.
Tell all the girls to marry as soon as they
can, if they can find Il husband like mine
| have but one trial-buSiness takes
him away SO much from me. \ lawyer
must attend to business, you know; and
sometimes they carry on the cases until
two ut night. Often and often he has
examined witnesses until half, past twelve,
and come home perfectly exhausted. And
the nasty things will smoke, 50 that his
dear coat quite smells of it. And as it
makes him as i'll as it does me, have to
air it, aud sprinkle the lining with Co.
lognc water, beloIo he darcs to put it on
again.
had a terrible fright the other night
dreadful. Orlando had told me that
husiness--I think it was II case of life
and death--would detain him late 81 |
sat up as usual, with book, and did not
worry until one o'clock. After that |
was 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
a cab driving up the street and saw it
stop at our door, then thought that
should faint, for was sure some dreadful
accident had happened to Orlando.
ran down to open the door, and Mr..
Smith, friend Of Orlando's, who is not
| confess, much to my taste--such red
faced, noisy man-wos just SUPPORTING my
dear boy up the steps.
"Oh, what has happened |" cried |.
"Don't be frightened, Mrs. White,'
said Mr.. Smith. "NOthing at all; White
is il little exhaused. Application to busi
ness will exhaust a man, and l though
Pd bring him home."
"All right Belle" said Orlando
Smith tells the truth-Pm exhausted"
And, dearest aunt, he was so much s.
that he spoke quite thick, and cOuldn'
stand up without tottering. Mr.. Smitl
was kind enough to help him up stairs
5 and he lay upon the bed so PROSTATE,
that I thought he was going to die. The
l remembered the French brandy yo
8 gave he in case Of sickness. | ran t
: get it.
r "Have a little brandy and watel
e dear 2" | said.
G 1.-The very thing. Smith is exhausted
/. too; give some to Smith," said he.
, And so | reproachcd myself for nc
h.. having thought of it before Mr.. Smit
c was gone. But l gave a glass to u
5 lando, and, under Providence, | think
f saved his life; for, oh, how bad he was
n "Bella," said he, quite faltering IN h
r speech, "the room is going round so ia
d that can't catch your eye. And, b,
J. sides, there's two of you, and l don
know which is which,"
o knew these were dreadful symptom
# "Take drink, DEAR" said |, Sand 7
II try and wake Mary and send her for Il
y DOCTOR"
If "NO," said he, "rll be all right in IL
d morning Pm all right now, Here
your health. You're brick. L" Al
Of over he fell fast asleep.
10 Oh, why do men think so much
money-makingl 10 not health bett
than anything elsel
y OF course, AS he lay down in his hat,
k took that off first. And managed