The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-06-18
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aoREyMocN ouARRELs SOMETIMES
End IN SEPARATION.
Trivial Thfngs That Have strewr
the Sea OF Matrsmony With the
Wrecks of Married Lives Before
the yeyase was Fairly Begun.
The only reliable thing In marriage
IS its uncertainty Douglas Jerrold
once remarked in cynical mopent
and like many sayings to which one
may object this aphorism contains at
least an elementary truth. It is Gu.
ri0us fact that while some matrimonial
barks survive fifty or more years of
yoyaging and come safely into harbor
at last Others are wrecked before they
leave the still waters Of the honey
moon.
This was the fate OF couple known
TO the writer who were married a few
years ago under the brightest Of aus
piees and fsr whom their friends pre-
dicted nothing but happiness. The very
arst day Of the honeymoon their we'd
ded lives came to an abrupt and tragic
termination from the simplest OF
causes.
The bride had. brought with her on
the honeymoon a parasol Of vivid, ag-
ryessiye red cobar, TO which her hus-
band objected. He begged her not to
use ii, Dut she persisted. Tie dispute
grew warmer and warmer, heated
words were exchanged, until at last in
an Impulse Of anger the bridegroom
snaiched the sunshade ont Of his Wife's
hands and threw It into the sea
Thus ended their life together, for
the indignant young wife took the next
train to her mothers home, and from
that day TO this the foolish people have
never met.
In another case, known professional
IL TO the writer. a dispute as to the
pronunciation OF q word completely
wrecked the married life of e young
couple and brought their little tragedy
into the light Of the law courts.
came ont In evidence that during
the honeymoon the bridegroom had
yentured Go correct the bride, who had
raispronounced word at the breakfast
table. She resented the correction.
maintaining that she was right and her
lord and master wrong. Tie argument
thus begun ended in g 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 20 heal the breach, but to
no purpose, and the little tragedy end
ed IN q judicial separation,
Il seems almost incredible that pec-
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 iudicrous, &c not more trivial
vas the cause that separated couple
who were united less than year ago.
In suit By husband for the restitu-
tion Of conjugal rights the wife de
sclared that II was impossible TO i've
With the plasntiiGfE e because be snored so
dneadfuEly.n
'sgut, surely the judge remarked.
settlais is not a sufficient reason for stay
ing away from your husband q Yea
would think It was my lord. the lady
replied, ..if ron lived with him. 1
couldn't get q wink of sleep IN any part
of the house. and even the neighbors
complained Of his siaoring. Il viii kill
me if I have TO go back.
Unreasonable suspicious have con
tribrted as much as any cause to the
undoing Of husbands and wives. In one
domestic tragedy which was unfolded
in the law courts few years ago
newly married wife had received les-
ter addressed IN masculine hand The
husband, who was Of a jealous temper
ament, demanded to see the lester-
which the wife refused to show him.
High words ensued. and in 4 moment
OF uncomfortable passion the husband
struck his wife. with the result that she
went home TO her parents and refused
30 live with him again.
The most tragic and dramatic part
OF the story was the lady's statement
in court that the letter which had
caused ali the trouble had been writ
ten by her brother.
A clergyman told the writer that he
once married a rustic couple whose
matrimonial life terminated at the
church door at the conclusion OF the
wedding ceremony.
It appears that the bridegroom had
discovered that his bride had sold her
unangle. which bad been one OF the
chief inducements to marry her. and
she had made an equally disappointing
discovery that her swain had sold
handsome clock on which she had set
her heart. Thus were two lives wreck
ed by mangle and clock. however
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