, 1872-11-28

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boast Of having had an able woman for wife.
This may be a sort Of morganatio accomplish
ment, but it is one which has helped q good
many men On in the world. Clever wives have
been known to make poets, and heroes, and
statesmen Of men who, without their help, might
have remained in obscurity. The Poet Of the
siorras may look to his divorced wife for fame
that ''Kit Carson's Ride" will never give him.
He is a selfish and ungrateful fellow, and may
not appreciate what she is doing for him, but
she does not hesitate. Whatever Joaquin
may lack in thankfulness will be made
up by the public, who will accept Mrs. Minnie
Myrtle Nil1ers al1iterative name as that of one
OF the sprightGest and spiciest little women Of
the day. It is not often that mankind has the
pleasure OF looking on while a poet is dissected
by his wife, common as domestic surgery ia
nowadays. Minnie Myrtle has found an entirely
new and unculhvated field, and she is improving
it to the largest possible extent
HRS. Miller has delivered a second lecture in
San francisco. It presents series Of the most
aggravating contrasts. In one sentence the &C.
complshed pioneer speaks 6f her former hus-
band in language that any man might
envy, and carefully leads Joaquin and
the audience into q trap which she
snaps down go suddenly and savagely that
there is no escape. Her sca1pe1 is only PEN
knife, but it is not the less incisiye because it
inslnuates itself slowly and de1icately. It is de-
ightful to hear her talking Of the Poet Of the
Sierras as "one greater than I, the 1atchet OF
whose literary shoes ! am not worthy to loosen"
She says this from her intimate knowledge Of
him, and declares that if anybody knows him
any better, she will be glad to have that individ
ual come forward, and they Will mingle their
tears together. She also feels confident that, if
she has been right in coming before the public
to earn money for her children, she
will receive Joaquin's, approval In all
her undertakings that threaten failure, he has
hastened to condemn her with his usual earnest
ness; but if she is likely to succeed, she feels
tnas he will rush forth to encourage her-and to
divide the profits.
ihefe Is Nothing half SO absorbing in all OF
Joaquin Alll1ers descriptive verses as his w1e'e
picture OF that famous visit to 1Iinnies home;
no" she came out from the modest 6sherman's
cottage by the sea-aida. looked upon his heels,
digniied By his ponderous spurs, as he dis
mounted, and worshipped him; how they fosted
down the river in her canoe until the current
threatened to carry them into the open
sea, and then how he beloved, Pull.
Minnie, for Gods sake, pull y Minnie
had thought that nothing would
have been grander than to go down to death
locked in the armB OF her o~n true love, hut
subsequent experience has taught her to be-
thankful that the turn of q wave Saved her life,
She is convinced that joaquin, who thre~ of his
coat, prepared to jump overheard, would have
SWAN ashore without her, Mrs. Miller excusea
her recent spouse for his desertion, because he
was too poetic for domestic uses. His very re-
Igion was poetry. He did not like his children,
both because they were strong and fat when
they should have been pale and puny, and be-
cause they we're legitimate, and consequently
not poetical. His mind ran On the sub
ject Of death. He WAS constantly making
new wills, the only point in which
there was no variation being in his legacy to
her-their loye-letters. He always wanted to
be burned after he died, and was dislnterested
enough to desire that she should become part
Of the funeral pile.
One thing is certain, Mrs. Minnie Myrtle
Miller will need no future Harriet Beecher Stowe
to yindicate her memory. II there is anything
which can reconcile Miuera verses to the public,
or make his career interesting to anybody, it is
| to be found in his wfe's 1ectures,-the very
| opposite Of the Candle school, and new model
| in satirical literature. Miller made mistake
| when he ga7e up that woman to listen to the
| 1anents OF Nav York chambermaids. He Will
| never find another like her.