The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-12

an equal share of comforts am at a loss
to perceive the merit of the sacrificed" sneers
the unkind husband.
81 am accustomed to such replies, and
disregard them. Will you have some fish 2"
"Honoriai"
my dear! Command yourself. The serv-
ants"
"Some fish. Waiter, you needn't stop.
Strange, Mrs Sweetlove, that in all these
years you have never learned respect and
obed-- Oh, you darling" For the waiter
had vanished; yet, alasl undeceived; for, If
such phenomenon as an internal wink be
physically possible, IN that mans eye saw
=" If you had gone on moment longer,
Dolly, dear, l feel l should have cried" re-
marked one of the parties to this reprehensi-
BILE dispute.
"Honora"
Call me so again when we're alone, and
I'll come and pinch you," said Grace, the
shrew.
l am not going to describe our pleasant
wanderings. All, happy, happy days! But
for that memorable law which prohibits mar
rying for the first time more than once, how
often would we renew the blest experience.
AT the end of three weeks certain symp-
toms of our money chest seemed to suggest
the expediency of deciding upon our future
course, hitherto only vaguely referred to as
an intention to return to London and
"buckle tor
"If my figures be correct" observed to
my wife after some certain calculations, 1--WE
may take another week, and arrive, Mrs
Sweetlove, in the metropolis with sufficient
resources to take a cab towel, say any
where within the four-mile radius-and there
commence our career of usefulness with
let me see-yes-eXactly fifteen shillings."
Grace appeared to regard this prospect as,
on the whole, rather satisfactory
Remember, dearest" she observed cheer
fully, " that in less than two years and half
we shall be rich l regain my income, you
know
"In which interval said, with another
hasty calculation, " our existing means shall
supply us with, for the first two years, some
| thing under one farthing a day; for the sue
ceeding half year, nil! Hang this fifteen
shillingsl 1 disdain the provision. 1t pays
me no interest. AS capital, it is sufficient.
Far better rely upon that hardy nothing,
whose every step must of necessity be in the
direction, at least, of affluence."
ODDLY dear, how clever you arer' ex-
claimed Oracle. 81 never thought of that be-
fore!"
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 confronted
the outer world, with pockets as empty as
our own? Few" continued, " are without
weapon of some sort wherewith to fight
the battle of life l, for example, though
have sheathed my sword, have still another
instrument-my pen"
"Pen, love?" echoed Grace, opening her
blue eyes.
"Pen, DEAR" repeated, slightly ruffed.
"Why this amazement? 1t is an object of
familiar use"
"Not with you, dear" retorted Mrs Sweet
love, saucily. 81 never saw you write but
once. That was in the travellers book at
Penzance. l looked at it afterward, to cor
rect the misspelling."
Hon"
"Call me Honoria again, and I'll bite YOU"
was the dutiful rejoinder of this exemplary
wife.
"This is very sadr' calculated, 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
have been here beside you, enormously styl-
ing myself your lord and master. But,
| that these crimes should be found allied
| however, | waive the subject Enough, too,
love, of the remote future. Hey for one
other jolly week, then to town and-and-
buckle to-"
We started the next day for Fowey.