The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-27

lWonld tell her next Sunday evening, and
went homo thoroughly demoralized. Now
| was 80 much muddled by that question
that / was two days getting my head
clear enough 70 figure up my week
ly expenses. When / called again
was quite respondent, for |, had
not been able to make SO q
week do more than keep Us, whether we
boarded or kept heuse after we were mar
ried. After | had confessed my inability
to satisfactorily answer her question, she
asked me II ! would want to marry her II
she frequented liquor saloons, drank lager
and whisky, chewed tobacco and smoked
cigars? Topened my eyes wide and an.
swered Certainly not Then why should
marry you? You do these things.
was quite indignant that mans right to
drink, smoke and carnuse should be 50
plainly questioned, and holly replied that
If she was 90 particular, OF course We
could never agree, and took my hat to go,
thinking that like most young women she
would apologize for her plain and as most
men would call It, insulting speech. But l
went out the door, and she took up the
Danbury Nels and began reading about
the Nelson street man, and paid no atten-
ton 10 me. Now, here's CO. l mutter-
ed, as stumbled along the sidewalk.
You had better look out where you 60,
angrily shouted man whom ran hard
against. Il beg pardon said. Halo,
All, is 1t you? Has little Zepher been
blowing you up? You stagger along as
though you were drunk. Take cigar and
let us go into the den and see the boys
Thank you,' replied; There's some
thing the matter with me that only good
sleep will cure After l had recovered
my reasoning powers the question, how
man can support wife and himself on
$40 week, and why should a woman con-
sent 10 marry man who prefers saloon
company, whisky and tobacco to wife's
society, kept pressing for solution. After
living a month without cigars and treating
my cronies to liquor, found had near
so, besides my general health was vastly
better. But still could not begin to
make out enoug b to support wife in
the style knew Zepher was accustom-
ed to. | called on her one evening
and said I was ready to admit that
woman ought to demand the same purity |
Of character and unexceptionable social
habits in husband that he expected in |
wife, but how to live in proper style on $40 |
week was beyond my comprehension.
She gave me book TO read which shasaid |
would solYe the mystery, and told me to
keep clear OF liquors aud tobacco for
year, and study hard on the problem OF
married life economies. understood
that I was on trial. During the year we
were often together at her home, walking
and riding, but said nothing about mans
or woman's rights. The book contained q
scientific solution Of the problem Of COR
rect living. 1t convinced me that could |
support wife in q respectable manner on i
SO week. When the year was up |
asked her again to be my wife, She asked
me what MY income and expenses had
been the past year. ANSWERED $500 and
$500. 'Well,' said she, 4 earned in the
same time by making gentlemen's vests
5000 and spent $3.50. VIII you be con-
tent to have me continue to support my
self in the same manner? Take particu-
lar notice, don't say support you. My
wonap's rights education won't let me
make a pauper OF my husband, nor let me
be master tof his earnings. OF course,
readily agreed to sufh an arrangement.
and lGugbingly said that / should be ever
so much delighted to go arm in arm with
her and vote together II we agreed party
wise or to pair OF II she proved TO be a
Democrat and a Republican. M h h:.:
gaining, sir. We will vote our conyic-
tons, said she, laying her lprefnger EN-.
in the palm OF her left hand"
All liquor-loving, cigar.smoking Repub.
Iican and Democratic politicians consider
Mrs. Zepher Winsome strong-minded
woman,