Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-08-06
LEWIS VERSUS LEWIS.

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hu tdl" of legal papers and thrust them
/ i,', Il pigeon hole when a young MAJ
! = 's,- in.
How are you, my boy? Sit down.
/ VI t;t ca l do for you to day? I've just
got to the end OF a case which ought to
he !, lesson to all young fellows, said the
Judge, all in one breath, as was his man.
! ner.
What case was that, judge?" asked
! Losing, as he dropped into a chair
/ Lewis VS.. Lewis, action for limited
divorce on the ground of incompati-
| bi!ity, cruel treatment, and SO forth.
You saw the young woman who just
went out?"
| LOSING nodded.
! That was the plaintiff. Nice sort OF a
| girl, well educated refined, handsome,
and all that; but not the right sort Of n
wife for the man she married You sea
| shn is the only daughter OF wealthy pHo-
pie, who had naturally gratitied every
whim that came into her head. She
! fell in love with young man whose
r-spsctabiity was his chief Iecommenda
| ton"
well, wasn't that the principal thing
to hA consdered?" cried LOSING.
"Other things being equal, yes; but in
this case it was only one of the principal
considerations as you see. The young
ma., was as poor as he could be; he had
oniy modest salary to depend on, ani
nothing in the way of prospects. The
girls parents objected at first, but finally
,'onsented to the match. They probably
knew she would have her way in spit
of all objections they might interpose.
You hear and read great deal about the
| tyranny OF parents who refuse to sane
ton marriages which they believe will
end in unhappiness, but 1 tell you, my
boy, that what is called tyranny is i'll
many cases honest common sense and
| goo Judgment based on experience and
observation.
well, they were married, and for a
short time they were happy. Then the
y"lng wife began to be discontented.
:, u. missed the luNuries she had been ac.
cu,:om"d to enjoy. The mo'lesG HON"
I.r husband could provide for her was
so different from the elegance with
which she had been formerly sur
r,.un'tri. She began to fret. Her dis
! ;.",.;cnt soon found expr 'ssion in words.
! &,tu.ally, her husi,a ii became an."re .
ut VI ,ut he considered her lack of devo
| Ion.
"Nhcn she suggcsted that her parents
wnul lend financial aid he became in
| .iyutnt. and insisted that she should b."
e, tent with her lot. until by his o n
Efforts he could better their condition.
gu can imagine that this state of affairs
,.,on led to something worse. Quarrels
| ~ came frequent; love was thing OF the
,nst. No doubt thinking herself much
abused, she left him and returned to her
parents. Then application for a separt-
';on was made. All efforts to effect Il
reconciliation were fruitlrss. Well, this
is the end. The law has sanctioned the
separation that already existed in fact ::
the young woman remains with her pa
rents; the young man will probably go to
ruin, for his unfortunate marriage has
taken all ambition out of him.
And the lesson?" suggested LOSING
Don't marry a woman who is beyond
your station financially; don't take a
wife from a mansion unless you have Il
mansion in readiness for her.
But surely all marriages of this kind
don't result as this one has doneI"
NO, probably not; there are excep-
lions to every rule. lam speaking of the
rule You will find as you grow older
that it holds good in nine cases out of
ten. Marriage is too serious matter to
snter into it lightly, and happiness too
valuable to stake it on a chance. Heir
esses are content with love in cottage
only in novels; in real life you seldom
find love that is strong enough to conquer
all the weaknesses of human nature,
especially of female human nature"
Losing sat in silence for a minute or
more. The old mans words seemed to
have impressed him deeply.
At length he asked question he had
come to PROFOUND, receiving a reply that
made the matter clear to him, thanked
his adviser, and was about to leave,
when the judge remarked
by the way, my boy, if you wa. any
further points on that case, come to my
house this evening, and will show you
what authorities to consult.
THANK you; shall do so, " LOSING
replied.
He took the kind offer rather as mat
ter Of course, for Judge Sharpe had long
ago told him to make use of his library
whenever he wished, and he had fire.
quenuy availed himself of the permis-
| sion.
LOSING, after leaving the judges
office, went directly to his own, which
vas in another part of the same building.
Instead of busying himself with the
papers that lay strewn about upon the
! ,!e>k, lie paced to and fro for several
,!Iiuutes. Then he sat down, and for
at hast half an hour stared very hard at
nothing, or perhaps at the wall. Could
he have seen his own face just then he
would have been surprised at the
nhange that had come over it. There
'as il hopeless, le,pnring exprcsS IN
there which would have seemed quite in,
.xpli.abe to any of those WHO kne him
| best.
"Therc's no other way; I'll have to it. -
he suddenly exclaimed. ut the same time
rising abruptly.
Then he put on his hatand coat, went
out and walkcd rapidly away.
The evening of that dav found him at
rhe house Of Judge Sh rpr. sitting in the
library. apparently "n&r''ssrd in a lega!
volume l5ut as he had been starin,, .'
In. same page for the last ten minutes
,nd that page harp'n"d t" contni
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