The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-13
TIE RICH HUSBAND.

IS Wonders VIII never cease" said
Hrs. Noakes, as she opened q letter she
had found beside her plate at breakfast.
"Here is cousin Corner coming home
sitter all these years, and such & letter +!
Just listen, my dear:
DEAR COUsIN-I suppose you have all
ysade up your minds that | am dead but
. m alive, as you see, and coming home.
fIni tired OF mere money-grubaing; and
Shose who have made fortunes know that
Lhey need something else IN this world. !
Ezean 10 end Iny days among my relatives
snd. between you and me, | shall put them
- the test | want to find out who are
really nav friends, and who court me for
ether reasons; and what / ask you to do Is
- make them ali think me very poor man,
quite out Of pocket. Bless me, Pm laugh
srg out loud as / writel You should hear
rae. To make them think that Pm Poor,
Eud THAI it would he a charity to ask me TO
pGy them visits, and to invite me Uo- and
zSsn to dinner, aud all thatl There ] 90
aEaiu, laughing un'il the room ringsl Aud
"a this way can discover my true friends
shall come to yOur house first, dressed in
character. x low it is an old joke, quite
. thiug out of the pavs and novels: but |
,sUSt it will succeed. Yours, very affections
zselv, OBADIAH CORNER.
P.S-Expect me Thursday. 0. Z.
off that Is not the most amusing
ching" said Mrs. Noskes; looming
5ome so rich that he is suspicious of his
relatives, and AFRAID of being courted for
money. And q bachelor, too. Dear,
Gear Poor Obadiah Corner, who used
50 be the black sheep of the family, and
whom we never believed would come to
any good! How every thing does
change about in this world! Life is a
sheckerboard, to be sureI William,
shat a splendid thing it would be for
.Erabella Mut1t."
What would be a splendid thing for
&rabeIla-a checker-board ~ asked Mr..
Eoakes.
oh. Mr.. Noakes!" cried his wife;
s' don't pretend to be stupid, because you
ere not, my dear, and you don't do your
self justice. Imesn cousin Obadiah"
Cousin Obadiah would be q good
Ching ior Arsbeils. Oh-yes--yes-
r-e-e-s l'' said Mr.. Noakes. "0h! I see
you mean 8 good match for her. But
ArabelIa Mufit, though a most excellent
zerson, is no longer young, snd she's
Iaever been handsome, my dear"
That's so ridiculous p',,said Mrs.
Noskes. " Arabells is much younger
shan Oosdish, and by no means so plain
IS he is. But that is the way with you
aaen. The older and uglier they get, the
younger and prettier they think their
wives should be. Boys of twenty some
shines fall in love with women of thirty :;
but men of sixty never think of any age
Beyond sixteen when they choose wives.
every true, indeed" said Mr.. Noskes.
And very ridiculous" said Mrs.
Noskes. at SIT events. Pve sn afac-
siou ior Arabeae, ana Ia 10 all caa 10
surther her interest aud don't forget
shat we must keep Obadiah's secret from
the rest Of the relatives. I snail give
Arabella 8 hint Of the real state of the
.ase, but not another soul shall know a
word beyond what Obadiah has told me
10 tell them"
4' Well, women must be mstch-mak-
ers, / suppose" said Mr. Noskes, as he
swallowed his last cup Of coffee and
glanced at the clock; but don't calcu-
late too much on success IN this affair,
say dear"
Zen he took his hist and coat sn5
4eagrted fox those regions ceil0quisl'y
:znown as " town where men OF bust.
ness hide themselves the best Par, OF the
dsv, snd shortly after 1Irs. Noakes
a wing ssrayed herself t. the prone
II de, went cut also, her pu-g IS being &
confidential interview wiz the Arsbslis
of whom -he bad spoken CT t. bsr hus-
band.
Ars5s Mufis, kuov- sEosg her
friends 9, little Miss Mut-- Va = very
smsiI b.,cz-syed isdy CT Icrty.--s year
old. waq ..yed ia a tiny herss Brine .p''ly
fusu.~ae- g 20 speCIuelrv- s.---= -aDc
sSsrE toJl mad Da-a .5l-j, able ,or the
last sweat I've yes-a.
she uJd nc near Relatives. SID could
remeuhsc zone but the grs1t.s-her who
Eett hsr the small property On which she
now Gvst, but sue had connections who
took Tea with Ter occasional ?. sud with
whom sue dined st times; fer tue rest,
churcb-yojug, needls-Work a1d books
occupied her time.
She 1psued The door for Mrs. Noakes
herself, and, having kissed hsc on both
chesxs escorted her to the bedroom
Shove, wnere sae was busy with 8 chair
cover.
- Now nc csn hsYs a MICS cRst, said