Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-11
LITcHF1ELD. CONN, THURSDAY. OCTOBER Ii, 1s77

which are not the readers concern. I man aged to augment our travelling means t, an amount sufficient for months trip Thus all vas arranged ItalHs 49afF s4f The ceremony was unpfetending. z Tn, l pegopener, 8 very motherlY person, wht was taking snuff in 3 side-aisle when de tailed for parental service, attended m bride to the altar. The beadle was my best man, and, apart from slight aroms l of beer, could have desired no better Thus carried of my prize. With foresight suggested by the frng al mind, we had resolve to assume the de meanor of persons long, and, if possible not quite happily, married. That experi ment, or part of it. had, we knew, beer attempted before, and seldom with mark | ed success, hotel bills, with few excep tions, being found to remain at high nup pital pressure. Nevertheless, we hoped l with little previous rehearsing, to over come all difficulties. Dolly" was to b. for the nonce dormant title-ssMr Sweetlove, .sAdolphus," and at times My dear. taking its place. "Grace. which confessed my inability to pron. ounce in any but g suspiciously tender tone, was to be changed to s'Honora, { sonorous name, and suspectible of stern not to say rebukeful intonation. We even sketched ont a slight quarre or so
 "Waiter, this soup is excellent. It ii served hot. I wish, Mrs. Sweetlove, could pay the same compliment to tn. soup at home P
 "Oh, Do-hem, MT. SweetloYe-hov can you say so? Don't I know how parti cular you are. Do ever neglect { l single thing that concerns your comfort ?
 Seeing, my dear, that you enjoy a least an equal share of my comforts am at loss to perceive the merit of tn, sacrifice r'sneers the unkind husband.
 II am accustomed to such replies, anC disregard them. Will you have som, fish ?" f.ss-s. ..l...4t '...z-s -. Honoria !''
 My dear! Command yourself. Tn, servants
 'Some fish. Waiter, you needn't stop Strange, Mrs. Sweetlove, that in all these years you have never learned respect anl obed-Oh, you darling!" For the wait CT had vanished; yet, also! undeceived; for If such a phenomenon as an internal winl be physically possible, in that mans ey, I saw it.
 "If you had gone on moment longer Dolly dear. I feel should have cried, remarked one of the parties to this repre- hensible dispute.
 'Honoria "Call me so again, when we're alone I'll come and pinch you, . said Grace tho shrew
 I am not going to describe our pleasan wanderings. An. happy, happy days Blu for that memorable law which prohibitl marrying for the first time more thar once, how often would we renew the bles experience
 At the end of three weeks certain symp toms In our money chest seemed to sug gest the expediency of deciding upon oul future course, hitherto only vaguely, re ferred to as an intention to return to Lon don and "buckle to-"
 ''If my figures be correct" I observed to my wife after some certain calculations ''we may take another week, and arrive Mrs Sweetlove. in the Metropolis witf sufficient resources to defray a cab to- we'll, say anywhere within the .four-milt radius and there commence our career oi actly 1h ahiliings." Grace appeared to regard this prospec as. on the whole, rather satisfactory. Remember, dearest" she observed cheerfully, "that in less than two yearl and half we shall be rich. regain m, income, you know"
 'tIn which interval, said, with anoth CT hasty calculation, "our existing means will supply us with, for the first two years. something under farthing day for the succeeding half year, nil Hana this 15 shillings 1! I disdain the provision. It pays no interest. As capital, it is in sufficient. Far better rely upon that hardy nothing, whose every step must ot necessity be i'll the direction, at least. oj afhuence."
 Dolly, dear, how clever you areI'' ex. claimed Gracie II never thought of that before!''
 You'll see," I answered, confidently. Courage, pet. Have we not read of an. other couple who, like ourselves, quilted their brief paradise and bravely confront. ed the outer world, with pockets as empty as our own? Few" continued, "are with out weapon of some sort wherewith to fight the battle of life. I, for example. though have sheathed my sword, have still another instrument-my pen
 ''Pen, love?" echoed Grace, opening her blue eyes.
 "Pen, dear," I repeated, slightly rufled. Why this amazement? It is an object in fanilia ruse"
 ''Not with you. dear," reto, ted Mrs. Sweetlove, saucily, ':I never saw you write but once. That was in the travel CTS book, at Penzance. I looked at it af- terward, to correct the misspelling."
 "Hon-"
 s"Can me Honoria again, and I'll bite you. was the dutlful rejoinder of this ex- emplary- wife.
 "This is very sad?" ejaculated, mourn fully. Rebellion, we are told, is as the sin of witchcraft. Of the latter, Madam. know you to have been guilty, else should not be here beside you, errone- ously styling myself your lord and mas- ter. But, that these crimes should be found allied-however, I waive the sub- lect. Enough too, love. of the remoter future. Hey for one other jolly week. then. to town nand-and-hnckla Ia fo