The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-03-06

find them, sometimes-it was a
comfort to him. He read all my let
ters; he liked it. He poked over
my bureau drawers, and saw all my
gloves and laces in such a mess
and in the mildest way reprimand-
ed me. This was a comfort to him,
also. He had not fault; ne had
not vice he had not an inordinate
desire. I wished he had"
"You wicked woman" calculated
the dressmaker. You didn't know
when you were well off"
81 know it-I know It'll didn't
somehow grow good with such a
man as l ought to have done, but
when he was'gone 1 saw it all, and
almost cried my eye: out. You see
a man is good thing about the
house, to lock the doors and look
after the things. When a woman is
once used to having one around she
is sure to feel lonesome and out OF
sorts when he is gone. l learned tn
think dull husband by no means
undesirable.as husband. Now the
second husband. / wore my widows
weeds the conventional period,
though several of the most agreea-
able men were attentive to me, but
shut my eyes. l managed to pre-
vent them from proposing, for I
rather liked my freedom, and some
how three excellent men, who had
known my excellent husband were
not to my mind. l am afraid hat
ed good men,"
The dressmaker groaned.
"Oh, how could you? lam sure
such husband must be beautiful. "
"That is true, Mrs. Fittem-and
he thought me beautiful. But you
must understand he was a model
man, and he did his best to make
me model woman-but it was not
in me. We women are naturally
perverse, and apt to think our way
as good as mans way"
$50 it is, only good deal better"
muttered the other.
81 don't know about that. | am
apt to think a man is wiser about
many things than we are; but, any
way, married people will quarrel as
a rule, because each is bent upon
his own way. Now l never disputed
a husband-never, never opposed
him. But, as l was going to say,
one of my admirers was of a differ
ent kind. He was bright, dashing,
high-spirited and witty. He quite
took me by storm of contrast. He
was not model man by any means,
but he was intelligent, loved boats,
and had Gne taste for music. He
had mean opinion of women in
general, and was sometimes furious
at himself for loving me. He de-
clared he would be master inspite of
me which was quite unnecessary,
for l rather liked to have a master
as saving trouble and responsibility.
hate disputes and fuss of any kind
and let matters slide in the easiest
manner possible" "
81 should think you might be a
little lazy" returned her auditor.
"Is that the name for it? Well,
perhaps l am. He would get into
fury about his buttons, and be-
cause a door creaked, or the coffee
was poor, and storm about the
house, and slam doors and kick over
chairs, at which l only would say
Softly, softly, DEAR, which only
made him worse"
81 believe YOU" said the dress
maker.
Gle even called me a devil once,
in a sort of tender fit, and quoted
Shakespeare:-
"Perdition catch my soul, but l do love
theep
"He said 1 would sit perfectly
calm on husbands coffin while he
smothered beneath, for what is a
woman to do, but be quiet, while a
big strong man is Raging about
nothing. In one of these spells he
broke a blood vessel on the brain,
and an autopsy showed a disease of
the head, which was pitiful to think
about"
81 wonder he hadn't killed you"
was the response of Mrs. FIFTEEN.
"My third husband was all senti-
ment, and called me pet names, that
would have delighted Fanny Os-
good, the poet. I took them all pa
tiently."
"PatientlyW cried her hearer. "It
must have been delightful"
eyes, when he called me pet, l
had an excuse for being girlish, if
birdie, l might trill my notes /;
queeny might be cold and proud,
so he had it all his own way. But
your sentimental man wants a good