The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-06-12
BY TRIPLES
HONEYMOON OUARRELs SOMETHING'S
END ~ SEPARATION.


trivial ThinE- That Have streVvn
the sea of Mntrimony win the
WRECKS OF Married Live. before
the Voyage Wn- raIris Begun.
The only reliable thing in marriage
Is its uncertainty" Douglas Jerrold
0nce remarked i'm a cynical moment.
ana. Ike many sayings TO which one
may object this aphorism contains at
, least an elementary truth. Il is Gu
rious fact that while some matrimonial
barlrs survive hcty or more years Of
vOyaging aud come safely into harbor
at last others are wrecked before they
leave the stin waters Of the honey
moon.
This was the fate OF couple known
10 the writer who were married a few
years ago under the brightest Of aus
/ pieces and for whom their friends pre-
dicted nothing but happiness. The very
| first day OF the honeymoon their we'd
dcd lives came 10 an abrupt and tragic
| termination from the simplest Of
causes.
The bride had brought with her on
the honeymoon parasol Of n vivid. az
gressive red color, TO which her hus-
band objected. lie begged her not TO
use Il. but she persisted. The dispute
grew warmer and warmer. heated
words were exchanged. until az last I'm
an impulse Of anger the bridegroom
snatched the sunshade out OF his wifc's
hands aud threw it into the sea.
Thus ended their life together. for
I
train to her mothers home. and from
that day TO this the foolish people have
never met
In another case, known professional
/ ~ to the writer. a dispute as 10 the
| pronunciation OF a word completely
wrecked the married life Of a young
couple and brought their little tragedy
Z into the light OF the law courts.
II came out in evidence that durirs
the honeymoon the bridegroom had
yentured TO correct the bride, who had
mispronounced n word at the breakfast
table. She resented the correction.
maintaining that she was right and her
/ lord and master wrong. The argument
thus begun ended in n bitter quarrel.
during which each disputant no doubt
said things which had much better
have been left unsaid, with the result
that the silly couple separated. each re-
/ fusing TO yield to the other.
Efforts were made by their friends
and relatives to heal the breach. but TO
no purpose. and the little tragedy end
cd In judicial separation.
II seems almost incredible that peo-
pie should allow their lives TO be wreck
ed by such trivial causes. but in both
these cases actual fact proves stranger
even than fiction.
More ludicrous. If not more trivial.
was the cause that separated couple
who were united less than year ago.
In n suit by husband for the restitu-
ton Of conjural rights the wife de-
clared that it was impossible TO live
with the plaintiff because he snored SO
| dreadfully."
But. surely" the judge remarked.
''this is not n sufficient reason for stay
ing away from your husbandT' you
would think it was. my lord" the lady
replied. III you lived with him.
couldn't get wink OF sleep in any part
OF the house. and even the neighbors
complained OF his snoring. II will kill
me II have TO 20 back"
Unreasonable suspicious have con-
tributed as much as any cause to the
undoing OF husbands and wives. In one
domestic tragedy which was unfolded
/ in tie law courts n few years ago a
newly married wife had received let
/ ter addressed In masculine hand. The
husband. who was Of n Jealous temper
nment. demanded 10 see the letter.
which the wife refused TO show him.
/ High words ensued. aud in moment
! OF uncomfortable passion the husba nd
struck his wife. with the result that she
went home to her parents and refused
10 live with him again.
The most tragic and dramatic part
I of the story was the lady's statement
, in court that the letter which had
caused all the trouble had been writ
ten by her brother.
A clergyman told the writer that he
once married Il rustic couple whose
matrimonial life terminated at the
] church door ut the conclusion of the
wedding ceremony.
IL appears that the bridegroom he'd
I discovered tina; bis bride had sold her
manSle. which had been one OF the
chief inducements to marry her and
she had made an equally disappointing
discovery that her swain had sold a
handsome clock on which she had set
her heart. Thus were two lives wreck
cd by mangle and a clock. however
strange and foolish IL may seem.
In another case young widow who
had married an elderly bachelor who
was reputed TO be wealthy found
after her marriage that her false lover
/ had parted with every penny of his
| fortune in purchasing an annuity for
his own life and was so disguised
with his meanness that she left him
to the undisturbed enjoyment of his
annuity.
One recreant husband gave as rea
son for declining to live with his wife
the discovery that the hair which had
constituted her chief charm in his eyes
was false and that he could no longer
either love or respect a wife who had
so deceived him.-London Tit-Bits.
Hard Luck.