Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-11-04
She Filled the Bill.
ED DUNN's MARRIED LIFE.


Why is it not capital plan for 6
jealous young man when he weds tC
get life partner very plain-looking
or else much older than himself, OF
both?
BY so doing, many of the condi.
tions that cause jealousy would BE-
removed, and he would have the
satisfaction of being quite sure that
none other of the male pesuasiou
would get violently in love with his
wife.
Many years since, there was a
young man living near our boyhood's
home named Ed Dunn, a good, hon.
est fellow, not quite as bright as the
generality of mankind, but he was
about the most jealous pated chap
that we ever saw.
Now, by the death of relative
Dunn came in possession of some
three thousand dollars i'm cash. Con.
sequently, Notwithstanding his sim.
plicity, several of the local young
ladies tried their very very best I" to
catch him." and at last q Miss Es.
ther Smith-whom we had seen sew.
eral times, but was not much ac.
quainted with An uncommonly
handsome girl, but a notorious flirt
succeeded in "landing the gudgeon. ,,
After brief honeymoon the cou.
pie led a regular cat and dog life,
she spending his cash as fast as she
could get hold of it, and flirting like
fury with other fellows; which lat
ter proceeding naturally reused her
husbands jealousy to the highest
pitch.
About then we left for other parts,
and as time passed Dunn and his
wife we're partially, if not wholly,
forgotten by us. But many years
after, when visiting friends at and
near our old home, while walking
along the road, whom should we
meet but Dunn in carrige, accom-
panied by one of the homeliest and
most withered-up bits of humanity
that we ever saw, and old enough in
looks to be his mother.
After hearty hand-shaking and a
conversation such as two acquaint-
ances long separated will usually
have, we parted. While walking
along we wondered if the lady with
him could possibly be Esther, the
beauteous, flirting wife of his younger
days. So we thought and thought
it over and over, and by making in
quiries could find out nothing def.
mite concerning them.
AS luck would have it, a few DAYS
later, while travelling afoot several
miles from where Dunn and we first
met, who should we meet again but
him, coming leisurely along the road
alone In a one-horse farm wagon,
and then we were bound to find out
something about his family history.
So after the usual salutation we said
to him:
"Was that Esther in the carriage
with you the other day ?"
Esther? No, confound her ="
said he. Why, after spending all
of my money and making my life a
continual tophet for several years,
she scooted off out West with an.
other fellow; and swore then that
If ever | got another wife I would
get one so old and homely that no.
body else would want her, so could
| ''o' 'Si w nyoSli duu tlOl D6 OH
nettles all the time for fear she
would run away with some other
fellow, like Esther did with that
cuss; so l married the woman you
saw with me in the carriage (I for
got to give you an introduction to
her that day. and l think for age
and beauty she fills the bill exactly,
don't you?''
We discreetly said nothing, but
it will suffice for US to say that al.
though some of our ideas about mar
riage didn't fully coincide with
"his'n." those in regard to his wife's
lack of beatty certainly did; besides,
we thought if we were in Dunn's
shoes we would be most nightly
pleased if some chap would come
along and kindly take her off our
hands and elope, as the other fellow
did with Esther.