Year: 1869

The New York correspondent OF the
Mobile Register says-I once met law
yer who warmly advocated marriages,
and who explained his reasons to me for
SO doing. For such a man to do such
thing was, to say the least, surprising.
l listened with breathless interest while
he gave me brief history of his expert
ence during the first ten years Of his res
idence in that celebrated city.


Said he: 81 first came to Chicago fiji
teen years ago. had a friend living
here whom I had known while he resided
in New York, and conducted himself like
q civilized man in a civilized communi-
ty. AS he had written to me to visit
himself and his wife when I came to Chi
cago, remembered the invitation when
did visit that city, and immediately on
my arrival proceeded to his house. He
was not at home just at the moment, and
asked to see his wife, whom had konwn
only year before in New York. In
answer to my inquiry for Mrs. De Worst.
pretty black-eyed girl came into the
drawing room, and received me quite
warmly.


'Well, we chatted very pleasantly till
my friend came in, and I really felt my
self beginning to experience very af-
fectionate impulse toward her, suppos-
ing, of course, that she was lis niece, or
cousin, or something of that sort. But
in the course of the evening l asked
him whether his wife was at home, and
if so, when he proposed to let me see
! her.


''To my utter establishment he replied
that, This lady is Mrs. De Worst! l
thought you were aware of the fact


sOf course blushed and felt horribly


uncomfortable, and said I was not aware
that he had lost Emily.


'..Oh,' said he, Emily is very well,
and has married a partner of mine. We


were divorced. you know, about six
months ago, and married my present
| wife only last week.


| Swell, didn't feel quite SO affection
ate toward her after that, for had been
warmly attached to Emily; but we said
no more about the matter. and l went
away, vowing never to get myself into
such scrape again by asking after any
body's wife. did not see my friends
new wife for about month afterward
until met her one day in the house OF
mutual acquaintance, and in the course
Of conversation said to her: by the way
might ask you to say to your husband
that want him to come to my Office one
Gay next week.


Il don't think you know my hus-
band,' she replied, smilingly.
"'What do you meant said I, getting
rather nervous.


"sWhy, my new husbands name is
Smith, she answered. L was seperat-
ed from Mr.. De Worse yesterday morn
ing. and married Mr.. Smith last night
4 lett that house pretty rapidly ana
registered second VOW that / would
never, to my dying hour, ask Chicago
lady about her husband again. The two
mistakes had already made. as to Chi
cago wives and husbands, made me de-
cidedly shy of them. But the very next
day went to De Vorse's store, and
found him engaged in conversation with
terrible angular female who looked
like compound of New England old
maid, Western woman's rights lectur>
er, and an Arkansas squatter's wife.
COZ course pitied my friend, and
when the terrible female left, remark
ed, L congratulate you on your escape;
that horrible female would have exhaust
ed any mans patience in less than ten
moments conversation. What was my
horror when he replied; Il must beg of
you to speak more respectfully Of that
lady; she is at present my wife-a fact
of which you are Of course unaware, as
VIC were married very privately last
night


Il never said word, but fed abrupt !
from his presence. Once more / swore |
and went before a notary, who had |
the bigges. kind of Bible, SO as to
make the oath more biEding-that never
would speak disparagingly of Chica-
go woman to q man. After that felt |
better, and for two weeks avoided MAX
ing any more mistakes.


cat the end Of that time. however, l !
met the angular Mrs. De worse, to
whom had in the meantime been intro
duced, having the liveiiest kind Of a
quarrel with big, prizefghting looking
fellow, who was apparently on the point
Of knocking her down. OF course few
to her rescue, and demanded to know of
the fellow what he meant; also, If he
was aware who that lady was, and who
her husband was2 To which he briefly