The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-05


sighs and tears redoubled,
Now my worst enemy would con-
fess it was hard, just as had gained
an anchorage, to he swept from the
river into the stormy sea. All my
wits, a scanty remnant, at once sprang
forward IN the desperate hope OF
equalling the occasion.
"Have you nothing to say " cried
my wife without checking her tears.
Il shall pack my trunk tonight; oh,
you wretch "
=" All literature, " replied anxious
to gain time" all literature, darling,
may be briefly described as the prod
uct of domestic unhappiness.
"Idont want any of your trnisms."
she sobbed. What have they to do
with this hair? Oh, l wish l was
dead /! / wish / was dead p
"My remark has a great deal to do
with that hair, darling-everyth thing in
fact. You know what n wretched
life Edward King leads?"
Whose hair is that" cried my
wife frantically.
= IL am coming TO that, " | replied
sternly, eff you will permit me to do
SO. But if you interrupt me again, ]
will not say another word. Ruin
yourself and me if you wish because
you are too light to listen to anything
except your own folly.
"Speak Charles, she said speak
in heavens name and give me the
rest of happiness or despair. "
Edward King" l began again,
was, as you know, when he married,
engaged in bushes. He was young
, popular, and successful; but his wife
made his life impossible. She would
i'll his absence surprise his Office, read
his private letters, and ballrack all
the woman she saw there, till wild
ows were almost afraid to go to the
Home Security Life to get their pol
icies.
Cup town it was the same thing; if
Edward ventured to the theatre, to q
party, to call on his cousin, his wife's
tongue paved his path with adders.
What could the poor fellow do?
Fortunately he was well educated and
versatile Despair took pity on him
and opened a key-hole for his escape
he became Il writer; he left the world
to live in books
"For while helived in peace; bat
what will not r woman's jealousy
zseeansPlish : His wife suddenly i'm
q an
bibed q love TER letters. tor VIVA
object? Edward discovered toe
| soon. One day opening "a choice
| novel he found half it's leaves gone
another and another, the same thing
| The truth flashed across him. lii
wife had read through his library, and
wherever she had found woman
name, had torn the page from tn
book. A week ago Edward, unabl
, longer to endure this tyranny, fle
| / and" A ae
II "Did he kill himselfPn asked m
wife, driving her tears
, HHe would doubtless have don
SO, but, unlike the rest of our famil!
he was brought up very strictly
, the Roman Catholic faith. He left
+ letter in which he stated that ne WIS
/ writing book, and should hide hin
self for % month. His wife was
! despair; she searched everywhere il
! him: detectives penetrated place
(. ! where mouse could not enter; b.
5 all her attempts were. vain. TIL
morning [ received letter. 'Charl
be secret. Call at - Bowery.
? knew Edwards handwriting | WI
' delighted to learn"
= You never told me-" and n
wife's mouth pursed itself into
pouting rosebud.
81 knew, dear, and I could n
have blamed you, that your XII
heart could not have kept such
secret from an anxious wife"
"You think, sir, because / tell u
t everything that can't keep a secret.
shall never tell you one thing again
r. l knew L was III the wrong, 80
e wisely refrained from further arg
ment and continued my narrative
II at once came upto town, gains
n your leave Of absence in writing, N
| fastened to the Bowery,, What "
6 my surprise on reaching the numb
3 to find the-er-outside of the bull
y ing er-covered with huge pictur
d ot-eh-the mammoth anaconda, L
fat woman, Interchangeable evol
ZIONIST T could hardly believe u
d eyes. Was it a mistake or i hoa,
1t Edward was q gentleman and nev
a. played practical jokes. / bought
g. ticket and passed into the roo
O-llThere IN one corner sat the fat "