The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-29
Seven Times a Widow.

For the benefit Of that yenturesome
class Of people who. like those pos
sessed of an irresistible desire 10
risk their lives among savage African
tribes, would-the sad shipwrecks Of SO
many of their friends Notwithstanding
venture on the ~treacherous sea Of
matrimony-for their benefit, l repeat.
says n Vienna correspondent of The
London Globe, il becomes an impera-
tive duty for me TO make known o
unique chance of connubial bliss which
has lately come TO my notice. IL is Of
Katharine Chasna., Of Verbo. in Upper
Hungary, hat l speak, and let him that
would secure n prize in the marriage
market hasten 10 the land OF pomade
and paprika, and without q moments
delay make her his own. For time Is
pressing; she has often been snapped
up. aud win in all probability be very
o snapped up again. A wife who
thoroughly understands her social
duties. and who is perfect in her PAGES.
is, l take il. universally acknowledge
ed 10 be q s.desideratum;" and II the
lady / have now the honor to introduce
TO public notice does not fulfill this
condition. her nobody evcr will. For.
like her sister in holy writ. she has had
seven husbands. and the last one has
lust died. Here however, the simile
comes TO an end; for instead of the
sevenfold widow following her masters.
Katharine Chasna is as sound as q bell,
and II what is generally said u be true.
has but one anxiety In life, and that Is
to get married-'sobald ais moglichr'
Our heroine-surely she must be ahero-
ine-first married at seventeen. She
began her crusade against the opposite
sex modestly enough, for she selected q
shoemaker, who, however. succumbed
to consumption at the end Of fifteen
months. He hardly lasted as long as
n of his own pairs Of shoes-best
quality. Number two was a much
tougher customer. He entered the list
ut the ripe age Of eighty-seven. held
out thirteen years, and died q fortnight
after his 1o0th birthday. How long he
would have lasted under favorable condi-
tons is IN interesting but now bootless
speculation. Tho affair so preyed on
Katharina's mind that she was fam to
marry within one month for consola-
ton, and this time 1t wa a widower.
who, however. came to a watery grave.
for no died Of dropsy after four years Of
bliss. All this ill-luck was beginning TO
tell on Katharine spirits. and she deter
mined now to invest In something
warranted TO last.l' She lent o
modest ear to the BURNING tale OF q
stalwart farmer Of %; but alas! he III
cumbed t o an accident almost be-
fore the expiration of the honeymoon
(whether he committed suicide Is not
clear.) / will spare you the next three
husbands, the last Of whom died on
Wednesday. Suffice it that o fatc
seemed to pursue them all, and hustled
them one after the other into the great
unknown" II Katharine does NOT
marry again soon 1t will be her own
fault, for suitors are after her. Although
between 40 and As. she Is still striking
ly handsome, has q splendid figure.
abundant black hair, and does not look
q day over IS. But, ahi well o day! she
has cast her flashing eyes on . youth Of
81. who Is himself oyor head and ears
in love with someone else. The mayor
of q neighporing town, q rich widowsr
Of n, Is said to have become quite
childish on tho subject Of Katharine
and humbly mumbles his suit. She
will doubtless take him out Of ''pique."