The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-08-02
A Painful Separation.

We had been united for long lime,
and for many years | had no fault to
find with her sweet disposition and her
unalternblc fidelity. Night and day she
was with me, she ne rcr left me for nom.
ent at table she always ate the things that
preferred.
was happy for she was beautiful.
Some may admire the oriental beauties
with their dark locks, their brunette
compilations and their voluptuous CLAN
ccs; others may celebrate the goddcsses
of the North, their soft blue eyes and
their slender graceful forms; she, she
was tiny indeed, but she was white as
ivyry.
Aud her hair?
She had no more than a billiard
ball.
But she had pretty eyes!
She was blind
repeat; however, that I loved her
for she was beautiful; and you would
have admired her yourself if you could
have seen her reclining silent and m5
tionless on her auteuil Of crimson vel.
vet.
hoped for union. without cloud,
but fate had decresdcd otherwise. Is
there anything enduring in this world
Il ln 4,
most faithful companion will sometimes
he corrupted.
Thus it was in my cusc.
She commenced hy petty attempts to
vex me, to which ut first paid but lit
tie attention, thanks to my hab;tull
good humor; each day, however, she
grew more troublesome l addressed
ieproaches to her, which she received
without word Of reply. Was this
silence an avowal Of her wick edness
had the nnivete to think so, for We lived
together most amicably during the entire
summer.
Winter came, and my domestic troub
les recommended with redoubled force.
| tried to soothe her with milluess, but
in vain. 1 threatened her, it was
equally useless.
"Oh. it is too much" l exclaimed ons
day. 81 can stand it no lanser, You
must leave me -
But see no" po.,crrul is the force of
habit f.,t utterly incapable myself
Of Sc ',ering the bond that united us so
closely; my resolution failed utterly.
In Paris there are several agencies
which have charge ofunions. All, from
the humblest workman to the richest
"fis dc famille," who wish TO enter the
lists of matrimony, can find there girls
rich or poor, blonde or brunette. There
one can take his choice of the crooked,
the straight, the fat the thin, the young
or the old, the spirituelle or the silly.
But there are quite as many places
for divorces as there are for uniting
people.
was told of place where | could
obtain separation without the least
difficulty.
started accordingly with her. But
stra nge to say, she was perfectly charm
ing all the way, and | had nothing to
complain of for a single instant. Perhaps
she OWNED where we were going. For
my part was tempted to turn back.
Suppose I do not go to this gentle
man." said to myself Then remem
bering all she had made me suffer, all
the torments she had inflicted upon me,
aud rejecting that there might be still
more in store for me, was convinced
that would DC fool and coward if
L did not obtain separation at once.
The next moment | was introduced into
parlor where there re several per
sous seated awaiting their turn. Thoy
were all called in one after the other.
After about one hour Of anxiety n ser
want came to me and said, "Mousieur, it
is your turn, please walk iuto the next
room" l went in taking her with me
The person before VIII ON found my