National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-01
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rrHN WIDOW. AND THE HUSBAND WILL

TURN WIDOW AND TILT HUSBAND WILL
BE FORTHCOMING.
I, is generally the case that the more beautiful
and ricicr young female is the more difhcult are
hath her parents and herself in the choice OF hus-
band and the more offers they refuse. The one is
to,tail the other short, this not wealthy, that
not respectable enough. Meanwhile, one spring
passes af;er another. aud year after year carries
away leaf after lcar OF the bloom Of youth, and
opportunity after Opportunity. Miss Harriet Sell
wood the richest hcress in her native town,
but she had ALREADY completed her twenty
ScEen:h year. and beheid almost all her Young
Friends united to zen whom she had at one time
or Of .ef discarded. Harriet began to be set down
Tor Old maid. Her parents became really un-
Ecasy. aud she herself lamented in private posi-
ion which isnot Ia furai unc, and TO which those
20 whom nature aai fOTlu!e have been nisSard
pf thF gifts Obliged to submit but Harriet, as
1--WE have said. was handsome and very rich.
SuciI was the state nf things when her uncle.
swealthy merchant in the north Of England. came
On visit to her parents. He was iovisl, lively;
difficulties boldly and euOlly-
You see,' saidsheT father to him one day,
Harriet continues single The girl is handsome;
in this ssandai-loviEs t"wa not creature can
breathe an impntation against her
-brs;l her the grand l,oiH in every affair in this
worth is to seize the right moment; this you have
not done. 1t is q misfortune but let the girl 90
along with nc, and before the end OF three months
1 will return her 10 yOu as the wife OF a man as
young and wealthy a. herself
Away went the T:circ viii. her uncle. On the
way boiue he thus addressed her:
Mimi what ] am going to say lou are no
Longer Miss Selwood. but Mrs. l.umley, my niece,
p young. wealthy. childicss widow: you had the
misiorune to lose your husband. Colonel Lum-
ley. after q happy urlUn oi a quarter Of year. by
a fall from his horse. while hunting.
g Bat. uncle
Gle: me manage. If -yru please, Mrs. Lumley.
Your father has invested me with full powers.
Here. look you, is the we.ldns.ring given you by
your late husband. Jewels, and whatever else
you need. your aunt will supply sou with, and
accu stdm yourself L" cast dawn your eyes
Tho kcen-wittea uncle introduced his niece
every where. and ever here the young widow
excited a great sensation. The gentlemen
throDged aDont her. and she soon had her choice
out OF twenty suitory. Her Uncle advised her to
accept the one that deepest in love with her,
and rare chance iecrcch that this should he pre-
ciscy the most amiable and opaent. The match
was concluded, and one day the uncle de
sired to say q few words 10 his future nephew in
private
sMy dear sir, he began. I'VE have told you an
untruth.''
..ItoY so? Are Mrs. Lumleys Affections
Nothing of the kind: my niece Is sincerely at
tached 10 yuu.r
..Then her fortune, suppose. is not equal to
what you told mcf'
''bn the contrary. II is larger"
.'Wcli. what Is the matter, them"
"a iokc-an innocent Joke. which came in: my |
head one day When | Ia .God humor: We |
could not well recall 1t sitcrmard. Ny niece is !
no. a widow
what: CD. Lumley living:
mo. no: she is a sf.ir<ier.
Tic lever protested that he a happier fel- |
low than he had eyer conceived himself. and the
old maid was forthwith Inetamorphosed into a |
WIFE.