Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-04-23

VI Cne KING ana COpneCQa, Tor
we have neither kings nor Cophe-
tuas in this happy land. But it
was, as everybody SAID, happy union of
two loving hearts, albeit one was fresh
with life's young spring, and the other
was closing under the chilly influences
of the autumn Of the year. Nevertheless,
1t was pretty sight and women looked
on with tender and fearful interest as
the aged bridegroom vowed to love and
cherish, while she, blushing celestia
rosy-red, vowed to love, honor and obey.
Many a high-bred damsel who looked
valnly from her easement for him who
came rot envied the modest maiden who
gave her hand to the great man, and thus
took the right to call him by one of the
dearest names on earth. There was
gush. of sentiment when the happy pair
drove away in their coach-and-four; and
society, for days afterwards, was agitated
with discussions OF the delightful affair.
It was so romantic, SO out Of the common
course of things, and altogether, very
nice. Winged thoughts pursued them
on their wedding tour, and many fem
mime imagination pictured them in their
bower of welded bliss-ln a first-class
hotel-she all clinging tenderness and
reverent affection, and he all chivalric
devotion. Other old men looked on and
said, under their breath, "Lucky dog"
And many maid, left like an ungather-
ed rose, wrung her hands, and, with
Desdemona, wished that Heaven had
made her such man. So all went mer-
~ as marriage bell, for only marriage
bells are merry.
In time, when people had well-nigh
forgotten this wonderful social event,
there came forth dark rumors of disagree
ment and jangling in the home OF May
and December. He loved the domestic
Preside, as old men do. He dozed over
his newspaper, or slumbered noisily with
his handkerchief over his head, while she
tretted and pouted, unadmired and neg
lected. Would. she 60 out into the
bright sunshine and open the petals of
sweet young life in the sun-lays2 He
would rather stay indoors and mouse
among musty, dusty law.books and po-
itical correspondence. Then he grew
jealous, for he rightly thought that a
young woman, though wife, might read
lily De attracted by a young mans win
some face, when the old mans face was
often clouded. It was not In human
nature for bright and charming young
woman to extinguish her hight and sit
down In the twilight of the aged. So
they quarrelled-violently, even, and
some gossi ps went so far as to say
that he lost his temper and pinched
her black and blue. For the honor
of the much abused male sex let us be-
lleve that this Is not true. But they did
actually separate. After months Of IN
happiness and pickering she fulfilled that
awful threat that many another married
woman has fulfilled, and went home to
her mother. Then the gossips wagged
their head, and said, Il told you so.''
She said that she had borne his harshness,
tyranny and unreasonable jealousy long
enough. He said that she was g1ddy,
frivolous thing, running after wild young
blades, and no fit mate for sober and
dignitied middle-aged gentleman. Curl
ously enough, none of these reflections
seems to have dropped into the minds OF
either before marriage. They both had
thought they would be the first old hus-
band and young wife who should live
happily together. They had left nature
out of their calculations.
This is an old story, as old as
the time of Solomon. Men have fooled
themselves in this sad fashion ever since
the world began. And the unsympa.
thetic part OF mankind has ever
remarked of the deluded one, "It
serves him right" Somehow, most PEG.
pie make allowance for the delusion Of
age. The old man who marries a young
wife honestly thinks that he will be a
fond and devoted husband, and that she
will be faithful wife. They both agree
that this is possible for them. And if she
is dazzled by his high political and 60
| cial position, she is doubly sure that he1
great reverence will be tho guardian Of
their conjugal love. But even great men
may be mean. A certain high and mighty
senator, now no more, was wont to show
q wrinkled front when his young wife
wore pink ribbons in her hair, or call him
by his Christian name. So wher MAY
shivered in the arms of December, ani
he pinched ner Gas they do say blacE
and blue, the riches and honor which h,
had brought INTO her life were gone
What is It to the fair young wife that he
husband Is famous or honored by tn
world if he ''nags'' her at home, keep
her tied to the leg Of his library table
and occasionally lays his hand in violenc
upon her2 She might have known bette,
Young though she was when she marr1e'