New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-06-21
The Method Of an
Ex->SociefY Belle
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to the city to go into business was /
warned by his father against false
step in marriage, Mr.. Woods, ST., con- |
Guiding: eff you marry a girl with |
less than $4,000 in her own right I'll |
disown you If the girl you marry has |
that amount 1 will give you S1O,O00.'
Notwithstanding this warning, Cuth-
bert walked right into match with
poor girl. The first thing be knew Of
what was happening after meeting
Lucy Briggs was that he had been In
thralled. Lucy was a girl who could
win hearts to throw away if she liked,
but, as her intentions with regard to
the matrimonial key.
One morning the elder Woods receiv-
ed a letter from his son announcing his
| marriage with Miss Lucy Briggs. The
| father made no reply to the letter, but,
after giving himself time to COOL wrote
! a friend in the city to make inquiries
| as to his sons wife and report. The
friend wrote that Miss Briggs had been
a social belle, but, her father having
died insolvent, she had previous to her
marriage been preparing to earn her
own living. On receipt Of this letter
Mr.. Woods wrote his son reminding
him Of the warning given and stated
that the boy could in the future shift
for himself supporting an extravagant-
~ brought up wife as best he could.
/ Now, young Mrs. Woods did not feel
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on her husband, but she did not sit
down and mourn over it, nor did she
do what some women would have done,
charge her husband with being the
cause of it. She went so far as to as
sumo the whole blame herself, declar-
Ing that no girl had any right to make
trouble between parents and children
by a marriage which was not even an
nounced to take place.
'Cuthbert," she said one spring morn
ing few years after their marriage,
Il need a rest. This doing Homework
and taking care Of two children is
breaking me down. I think I'd better
go to Aunt Deborah's this summer for
a visit. She will be delighted to re-
H.,
III have no homework to do"
,"Certainly, my dear, and the quicker
you go the better"
90 Meanwhile Mr.. Winslow Woods was
finding life tedious Being a widower
with no child save Cuthbert, he had al
ways looked forward to his son and
her sons family living with him. This
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p count Of his sons folly. Mr. WinsloW
! Woods was but fifty, and he would have
f married again, but he lived in quie
+ | place among quiet, prOsaic women, no
O one of whom was in the slightest de
+ gree tempting to him. But when, Ont
6 morning, a stranger, Miss Aylesworth
o called on him and after announcing
4 her intention to open a school in til,
h place asked him to countenance th
4 project he saw something different
J. Miss Aylesworth did not seem fittet
q for a schcolma'am, but the momen
: Mr.. Woods looked into her pretty fac
!, and noticed her engaging manners
q occurred to him that she would be jus
+ the person to take the place he hat
;. intended for his sons wife He KEEP
+ her chatting over her proposed schoo
II for an hour, promising to support tn
J. enterprise not only with influence, bu
O with money, and invited her to call CIV
|, cry day till her plans were matured
At the end of two weeks he propose,
l. to her, but she called his attention t
the fact that he knew nothing abou
, her and would not consent till he ha,
J.. made inquiries. When he told her O
his son she declared that she wouI
never marry the father without til
sons consent, This broke off negotia
: tons for a few days, but MI Woo
had set his heart on Miss Ayleswort
J. and finally consented as a preliminar
! move to send for his son and patch III
, reconciliation.
J. One day Cuthbert Woods, who wa
p toiling in the city, while his wife an
q babies were in the country, received
4 letter from his father to come to hin
4 Cuthbert hopefully wrote his wife O
q the invitation and took the first trai1
! "Cuthbert," said Mr.. Woods, Sr, b
p your folly I have been prevented, as
always hoped, from having you an
u your wife with me in my old age
=. Fortune has given me an opportunit
= to break my loneliness. A young won
= an-rather young FOR me, I admit
. willing to marry me. At her reques
= I am going to be reconciled to yol
She has made no such request as t
your wife, whom still do not care t
l: meet. I will, however, from the da
70 Of my marriage allow you $1,000
,e year." o..
IS Half a loaf is better than none, an
- Cuthbert, for the sake of his wornor
wife, yielded dissatisfied consent.
"And now said his father, 81 wis
you to meet the noble lady who hs
% effected this reconciliation" He opel
y ed door and announced, Miss Ayle
II WORTH my intended wifeH'
n To his surprise, his son stood for
.. moment struck dumb with astonisl
= ment, then took his fathers intende
!, wife to his arms. Then to his faith,