The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-11

"JOhn Henry was the MAIDEN re-
ply, Il think shall. For us to marry
is impossible, as we both are too heavl-
ly burdened. We can, as we are, bare
ly keep those dependent upon us. BY
marrying Mr.. McNice l can put my
people and yours in condition of COM
fort, and then, John dear, he is seven
ty-four. How long can man of seven
ty-four live? And after he departs,
leaving his money behind him, what
then? Think OF it. Love is sweet, but
it never put pound of steak on the
gridirOn, or paid rent. We can live
without love but not without beef. Let
us be WISE"
John Henry expostulated; but to no
purpose. The wise young lady had
made up her mind, and she married
McNice.
The Peterson family received many
gifts from the new Mrs. McNice. but
they were invariably sent back. Mrs.
McNice offered John Henry assistance
to better his condition, but he indig-
nantlv spurned it and sulked-
"John Henry" she remarked, one
day, ''yOu are fool, and you will &C
knowledge it some day.
The second anniversary of her we'd
ding found her widow. She made the
aged McNice an excellent wife, but
within twenty-four hours of the death
of her husband she interviewed John
Henry, and congratulated him.
"Now, l can marry you With the
fortune of my late husband we can live
as we ought TO live, and be happy.
Surely, John Henry, it was worth
while to wait two years for all this
money?''
John Henry quite agreed with her,
and very happy they were till they dis
covered that the old gentleman had
years before his marriage made over
every dollar he had to a nephew, the
consideration being life annuity, which
they had lived quite up to.
"John Henry" said she; " we can't
marry; I am going to have the fortune
am entitled to-
The nephew had been constant Wis.,
itor at the house of his uncle, and she
very well knew that it was her attrac-
tons that brought him there. She
looked well in weeds, and the nephew
was very kind and attentive to her. He
consolcd her all in his power, as he felt
it was his duty to do, particularly as he
had the money, large part OF which
she was entitled to. The charming
widow received his coincidence with due
propriety, and played her part SO well
that in a little while the young man
became as much infatuated with her
as the uncle had been. One short year
after the death of her first husband she
| 1nl h,, %hn
much to the despair Of John Henry.
The uncle was an aged man, and he
felt that he could safely speculate upon
his early decease, but the young hus-
band was as young as John Henry was,
and to all appearances had as long q
| lease of life. But Euphemia bid him
have hope, and not be fool.
1--WE shall marry yet and be happy"
said she.
This ordinarily amiable young lady
changed very suddenly into the most
terrific termagant that the world had
seen since the day of Xantippe. She
laid down rules for his guidance that
no man living could have submitted to.
She made it warm for her husband in
every possible way. She denied him
his club; she refused him the privilege
of smoking in the house, she curtain
lectured him to a degree that was
frightful. Every good cook that came
into the house was dismissed, and every
bad one was retained as long as posi-
bic. She dragged him to church when
he desired to remain at home, and
compelled him to stay at home when
he desired to go to church. She haunt
ed his office, She dogged him on the
streets, and disarranged his clothing.
which, being precise man, CALLED him.
She clacked him when in the house by
the hour, and, in short, she did every
thing that woman could do to make
man miserable. And, to sum it up,
she threatened at times to poison him,
which left in his mind a conjecture as
to whether his lamentable uncle had
gone out of the world Uia some newly
discovered life-destroyer.
Finally, life became uncomfortable to
him, and he proposed an absolute di-
vorce. She was willing. The terms?
One-half the entire estate, made over
to her clear and clean, One-half the
} real-estate. one-half the money, one
half Of everything. No, come to think,
she should demand the whole of the
house she lived in, with the furniture,
and an equal partition of all the other
property.
Need we say the wretched man was
glad to purchase peace upon those
terms? OF course he was. The pa
rers were drawn up that very day. A
divorce was obtained quietly in Indi-
ana, and the day the decree was made
Euphemia and John Henry were united.
The termagant died forever, and the
good Euphemia of former days was
) rcsurrected. And John Henry, as he
moved his people into the spacious and
| well-equipped house, was fain to adj
nit that Euphemia was not only good,
but wise, and that he had been brute
to ever doubt her. And everything
went on smoothly and nicely, or rath-
er has gone on in that way for the two
weeks that they have been wedded.-
N. Y. Null.
1t is easy enough. Suppose you
have mailed letter in your coat
pocket and carried it there three weeks?
Sit down and write: 'You will observe
by the date of the within, my dear
motber-in-law, that Eliza forgot to
hand it to me until to-day. 1t has been
banged around in the bureau-drawcr
and is rather soiled in consequence. /
must talk to Eliza. She is getting
more careless and forgetful every day."
-Bufalo Express.
Octave Feuillet says: Providence
has so ordained it that only two women
have true interest in the happiness of
a man-his own mother and the mother
of his children. Reside those two lepit-