The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-06-06

ject or simpson wife to discuss the
general subject of polygamy.
The Persians have more wives
than one, hive they notl" inquired 1.
Those who can afford it have"
said he, sbut it is not as usual as you
may imagine
I need not ask how SO prohigate a
system must needs work. saidI 1. 1T
is domestic failure, of course2''
You need not ask the question, as
You say, replied Simpson, cracking
walnut but if you do ask am
bound to say it is SO far like marriage
in this country it is sometimes do
mestic failure and sometimes not.
Perhaps it requires more judgment
In selection. You have not only to
please yourself, you know, but to
please Your other wives"
Goodness graciousl" enid I, '.how
COOL y talk about It'll hope no
Eurol a,ho happens to be resident
IN this > - community ever gives
IN TO the eu. EoInz
Some doa and some don t, was the
reply of Simpson. Il lived in Persia
with one wife for 15 years before 1
gave in"
'Whatl you married a second wife,
your first wife being alive2"
Just SO. )" was the unabashed re
joinder
Simpson swept the walnut shells
into corner of his plate and helped
himself tosherry. II have now four
wives"
BLESS my soul and bodyl" said 1.
Tour wivesl"
.'Yes. The story of my little men
age may seem in your ears rather
curious. II it will not bore you, I'll
tell you about it"
had no words to decline the offer,
even if wished it. My breath was
fairly taken away by Simpsons four
wives. The traveller who once told
me that he liked his food uncooked
(human fesh) had given me rather
turn, but that was nothing to this
revelation of my present companion,
n man we had always considered of
the highest respectability, and who
my wife had thought would have
suited our Jane.
well, it was at n picnic party on
the plains near Bussora that the
thing first came about. My wife and
We're both present at it, and my
European 6f5sea notions preventing my be
lieving there co1I;d be the least mis-
understanding abo1$ it, since l was
already married, 1 made myself very
agreeable to certain Fterslan lady.
She was neither Young noia pretty
just like what my wife herself in
deed had grown to be by that tiES.a
and had no more thought of MAX,
ing her my No. 2 than-dear mei-of |
embracing Mohammedanism.
My attentions, however, were mis-
construed, and her brother, being
violent man in the shah's cavalry
and knowing had fairish income,
insisted on my becoming his brother
in-law. believe Irish marriages are
often brought about in the same way,
SO there was nothing in that. The pc
culiarity of the case lay in my having
a wife already, and one who was very
resolute indeed to prevent my hav-
ing another. 1 spare you the troubles
that ensued. Between my wife No.
1 on the one hand and her sharp
tongue, and the officer of Spahis on
the other, with his sharp sword, 1 |
was placed in a very unpleasant po-
sition, 1 promise you. But in the end
1 married Khaleda.
Il am sorry to say the two ladies
got on extremely i'll together. 1t
was said by great English wit that
when ones wife gets to be 40 one
ought to be allowed to change her
for two twenties, like u 94O note, and |
1 dare say that would be very nice;
but, unhappily, had now two wives,
each 40 if they were day, and there
was no prospect of getting them
changed or parting from them in
any way.
''Pirouze and Khaleda led me a
most unhappy life. They quarreled
from morning to night, and so far
from being able to play, off one
against the other as l had secretly |
hoped. was treated with great un-
kindness by both of them. They
were matter of very considerable
expense, of course, and very little
satisfaction. My position, in fact,
became intolerable, and as could
please neither of them I resolved to
please myself by marrying No. g."
A 90, supposed" said /, interested
III spite of myself in this remarkable
narration.
We'll, yes-that is, she would have
been 20 in England, but in Persia
young ladies marry good deal
earlier She was charming creature |
and cost me-
What! Did you buy herr" cried
I in astonishment and horror.
We'll, no, not exactly. Her father,
however, insisted upon something
handsome, and there were heavyish |
fees to be paid to her mother and sis
ters and to the governor of Bussora.
The custom of the country is curious
in that respect. After ones second
wife considerable tax is levied by
the government upon marrying men.
However, Badoura was worth all the
money. She sang, sho played divine
ly. That is, she would have done SO
if she had not been always crying.
Pirouze and Khaleda made her life
utterly miserable Hitherto they had
been at daggers drawn with one an
other. hTlt nOUy thew 11Ditad +or,a4Ia,.