The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-09-06
LYSANDER'S WELL.
A Bono OF Contention That Became
Bond OF Union.

money very unexpectedly, mado mp ms
mind 20 leave the sea, which hc hhd
"follOwcd. " 10 use hi7 own expression,
over since ho ran away from home nt
fourteen year. of ng', 10 also occurred
10 him that IL was incumbent upon
him 90 choose - wife for himsclf-Onc
who should cook his dinners, iron his
shirt bosOms, keep his house In good
order, darn his atoctiugs, and go 10
church with him on Sunday. II was
very well, as nc said 10 himself, for II
sailor 90 have a sweetheart in every
port, but land5man with property
should cultivate the domestic virtues
Accordingly ho proposed TO Esmcralda
Archer and was accepted
II was not n love match. Esmcrada
had giycn up the idea OF matrimOny
years before, and had settled down ~
the village tailorcss She could, how
over, turn her hand 10 any thing, and
coming TO Mrs Conuoycr's ono morn
Ing, had helped her 30 get breakfast.
Lysandcr Whiting boarded at Mrs.
Connovcr's, and as no sat at table lac
watched Esmcralda going 10 and lro
with her light, true step aud bright
smile. Her face, flushed from tho
warmth Of the kitchen, out OF its usunl
palcncss, aud that satisfaction in sorv-
ing II meal 90 hungry folk that Is as
natural 10 some women rs their loyo
for babies, gave her pleasant, homo
like look.
"Sho'd mako good wife, he said
20 himself Aud the proposal was tho
result Of the conviction.
Tho talloross said 20 herself that tho
ex-salor had agood-humorcd face, and
would be kind 10 her. He had also a
homo TO offer her. which she could
mako comfortable for him. The domos-
tic affections seemed very beautiful TO
tho lonely, middlo-agod girl, who had
no relatives; and il thorc was no
romance In cithcr heart thcro was no
fear OF the future.
However, the Widow BodOtt was
right when she declared that wo "kant
kalculato on nothin' airtlly." Bcforo
year had passed over their heads tho
nowly-wcddcd pair began 10 find thom-
selves unhappy What happened OK
actly IL is hard 20 tell. Tho mans
code Of morals and manners was not
that of the woman. She, u Puritan of
the Purians. brought up In village,
could not understand tho sca-faring
man, with his nightly glass's of grog.
his desire to throw the parlor windows
wide and let the sun In, his unconycn-
tional disregard of ncighbors and his
horrible habit OF kissing pretty girls.
She tried in vain To forco him TO 10
"gcntccn and propor llo stroys.
with disastrous results, to induce hrp
90 bo "jolly," on at least 20 allow him
To be SO. At last hc secretly wished
that he had never left the soa, and she
that she wcrc still tailorcss.
1t was just about this tmo that tho
old we'll gave out. II had not boon
sweet for long whilc, and thcrc
could ho no doubt that thcrc should
havo been new one long before
Esmcralda was anxious TO sond for Ccr-
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