The Princeton union., 1880-04-21


ond wife and her mothers here. We had
some occasional pouting at first, but I
always held two points without yielding
II was the master in my own house, and
! would never let anybody worry my
wife. So pretty SOON my four.in-hand
learned to travel smoothly on all to-
gether. 81.
'.Ah, mel I looked forward to a
happy old age with that dear wife,
but alas! in two years she was killed
by railroad accident I was
with her on the train, and was badly
hurt, lying for weeks in state Of uncon-
sciousness. When l recovered, my dear
wite's grave was green. felt so bad and
my health was so poor that did not care
for woman again till all my children
were married, and I was left alone with
my four old ladies. Then met pretty
little romantic widow, who was $50 sorry
for you'll p she wrote poetry and painted
pictures, and was dying all the while of
consumption-that sc0urge Of our city
and thought as she had struggle to
take care of herself and her husbands 8
mother, could smooth her passage to
the grave.
$50 I married her and her mothcr-I
! mean-well, you know what mean. I
treated her mother-in law just as I did
the other old ladies, and that wife lived
seven years after all. made her so happy
that she adored me, and we had the sweet
est baby ever seen. Oh, what lovely
creature that child was-a little angel
she only lived three years, and then faded
away. But I've several beautiful pictures
| OF her, painted by her mother"
"And did you have any trouble with
that mother-in law?'
"Not while her daughter in-law lived 3;
she was always taking care of her sick
child and grandchild. But when Emma
was gone and all seemed quiet again, the
old lady wanted to marry me!''
"What Emma's mother-in-law!
eyes, she was handsome woman still,
and she knew it; about my age and no
relation whatever, so she set her CAP at
me-"
"And that made commotion in the
house!''
"Well, yes. Yes, I never knew nv
mother to get into real rage till then.
She was mad She told me to 20 right off
and get a young wife-the younger the
better! Then got mad stormed awav
at my old ladies together; threatened to
break up housekeeping and turn them
out upon the world, away from the pleas
ant home which they had enioyed 80 long
that they really believed it to be theirs.
Finally declared that I would leave
them in it to fight like Kilkenny cats,
while would live at hotel in the CITY.
And I kept my word. l lived at one
hotel and another, but always went home
on Saturday nights to go to church next
morning as usual, 80 that the neighbors
should not be gossiping about us.
"How good they we're to me then
They lived together like a nest of kit
tens! But mother assured me that peace
would not last long it I lived at home
without wife; so when I met q pretty
little orphan girl, who had not relative
in the world, told her all about my af-
fairs, and the sweet creature, with tears
of pity in her eyes, consented to marry
me, and be good to my old ladies' And
she kept her word, both in letter and
spirit, and am thankful that life has
given me SO many blessings!''
just then young Mrs. B returned,
and Though | observed through the even
ing that her manner toward her husband
was more that of beloved and loving
daughter than wife, yet she appeared
more serenely happy than any woman
remember ever to have seen.
This story is from life, excepting that
have changed all the names. Sol B.
has been dead some years; the will he
left was as just and manly as his other
acts.